Gross British Food: What You Need to Know --Bailey Callaghan

Here's a quick PSA about things you should and should not eat while in London.

The good:
Jaffa Cakes
Chips
Prawn Cocktail flavored crisps
Bangers and mash
Curry
Lots of tea

The bad (aka you should avoid at all costs):
Monster Munch (particularly the ones in pickled onion flavor)
Black pudding
Scotch eggs
Marmite (if you are given the choice of jumping off Tower Bridge or eating Marmite, go with the bridge)

         

Working in London is an interesting experience, to say the least. People here go for drinks at lunch, keep drinks in the office, and leave work at 5 sometimes, just to go get a drink. I'm surprised they don't just install a pub in the basement of every office building to cut down on walking time.

In all honesty, though, working in London is great. I work at Maxus Global, a media agency that has accounts with all kinds of big brands like Barclay's (where I work), L'oreal, and Fiat. I work on a team within a team, composed of about 5 or 6 people (I'm still not 100% on who is the boss of who here). My boss, Howard, thoroughly enjoys making me try horrible food and then making fun of American food. My co-worker, Rose, interrogates me regularly about everything from my favorite American politician, to the difference between a hillbilly and a hick, to the mystery of boneless wings (seriously they had no idea what boneless wings were).  Work is full of a lot of laughs and, occasionally, running to the windows to see what "crazy window girl" across the street is up to (really, this is what they are getting paid to do).

I'm learning a fair share of advertising techniques, channels, and how to analyze audiences. too. It's not all fun and games here, after all (Actually no it pretty much is all fun and games. 3 people in my team are engaged so all I ever hear are wedding plans). I haven't been given much to do so far (I mostly just sit around all day and listen to everyone else's conversations) but I'm enjoying my experience regardless.

Plus, every day that passes by is one day closer to going to the Harry Potter studio tour in April. And that's what really matters here.