CONJURING UP A GOOD POLICY.Byline: Richard HAMMOND I VERY much hope that Peter Hopkins, the insurance company manager sacked this week for performing at a children's party as Mr Hocus Pocus the friendly wizard while on paid sick leave, has been inundated with work offers since. I like to imagine that he has barely had time to remove his little pointy hat Pointy hats have been a distinctive item of headgear of a wide range of cultures throughout history, in particular suggesting an ancient Indo-European tradition, but they were also traditionally worn by women of Lapland, the Japanese, the Mi'kmaq people of Atlantic Canada, and the and wipe the sweat from his brow with a starry sleeve before plunging back out to another rapturous rap·tur·ous adj. Filled with great joy or rapture; ecstatic. rap  tur·ous·ly adv. reception from audiences
desperate to see the act for which he paid the ultimate management
price.
It was only bad luck that Mr Hopkins' work life and Mr Hocus Pocus' stage life became so fatally intertwined - his audience at a christening party last April included a human resources The fancy word for "people." The human resources department within an organization, years ago known as the "personnel department," manages the administrative aspects of the employees. of ficer from Legal & General, where Mr Hopkins worked. I mean, what were the chances? Sadly, although Mr Hopkins did work in insurance, I don't imagine even he can have had the foresight to arm himself with a policy covering "accidentally being busted by a human resources officer for being a wizard while away on paid sick leave from your job in an insurance company". Let's get him on the telly and let him do what he really wants. And it won't be selling insurance, I'll bet. |
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