i have a confession to make

i applied for a contract job a few weeks back. i went for an interview with the agency and hey, they may have asked me if i was looking for long-term work, and i may have glossed over that part of the interview.

two weeks later, they have given me a job and it's going swimmingly. but i have a secret: i have to leave at the end of the week. i've been in the job four days and they have spent three of those training me. tomorrow i will have to quit. i am wracked with guilt, and they know none of it.

you see... it all just got a bit out of hand. it wasn't really my fault. i applied for a contract job. it's clearly not my fault that they really saw it as a permananet job, now is it??

so come monday, i have to quit. (after all, i only have seven sleeps till i leave and i'm guessing that london might be pusing the "working frome home" definition just a little too far.) at first i considered getting myself fired. after all, i've got lots of experience at that. but i'm forced to admit that getting fired in five days is beyond even my considerable skills.

so how do i quit? i am the world's very worst liar, so i have no choice but to to do it over the phone. i shall wring my hands, affect a choking sob and tell the best untruth i can think of. but what will it be? here's the best i've got:

1. my mother's uncle has passed away overseas. we need to present ourselves overseas in order to claim our inheritance.
2. i don't like the job (this would be an absolute lie [so vastly different to my grandmother dying]. the people are fabulous and i have told everyone who asks how much i love the job)
3. my father's grandmother has passed away overseas and i need to go and sort out her estate. i am the family member with the least ties to melbourne so i am the one who is going

i know- they're all completely crap. be sure to e-mail me if you've got anything better.