I know someone who used to work as a prison officer at HMP Manchester. When he left there, he got a job as a MAN security supervisor but quit before completing the training because he found the working environment so demoralising, which tells you a lot ...!

KARFA - oh well, it'll still be nice to have a change of scenery in T1. Though Is the plastic Merc suspended from the ceiling there? I'm always slightly nervous that it's going to come unstuck and flatten some poor unsuspecting family sitting underneath it!

stowger - good to know, clearly they're not drawn from the same employee pool as security!