Starts Work on Monday!
The Duty Solicitor was on his feet offering mitigation for his small, scruffy client, who sat in the dock giving shifty glances around the courtroom. “I am pleased to say, sir, that Mr.Jones is getting on well with his community sentence, and that he has obtained employment. He is to start work next Monday as a Recycling Executive”.
When I heard this I was forced to put my head down and shuffle some papers and then take a sip of water. Firstly to cover up my amusement at the job description (I think it means working in a scrapyard), and secondly to hide my surprise that solicitors continue to have the front to say that his client has a job starting on Monday - one of the most tired old clichés in the book.
One day, a lawyer will stand in front of the bench and tell us that his client started a job last Monday; then I really will be surprised.