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Temps  
 
To Bristow, a temp is a challenge. How long will she last while he makes her life a misery? Temps usually come from Tillies Temps or Trendi-Temps but Ponsonby’s Permanent Positions have supplied a few (including the notorious Tess Trelawny strip 4032
Strip 4032 was published in the Evening Standard in February 1974 and in Bristow Extra
- who may or may not have been involved in the Great Tea Trolley Disaster of '67). When a temp is asking for work at one of these agencies she will get a choice of three - Siberian Railway, Salt Mines or Chester-Perry’s. Most opt for the salt mines. Those that plump for C-Ps and find themselves in the buying department will regret it - strip 3429
Strip 3429 was published in the Evening Standard in March 1972 and in More Bristow

Sometimes Bristow meets his match

"I take it you have worked in an office before?"
"I take it you don’t want a smack in the mouth".

Less violent but equally stubborn temps will sing "We shall not be moved" whilst Bristow dangles his horrible hairy spiders (purchased specially from Joe's Joke Emporium) over their heads. 

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Strip 3432 was published in the Evening Standard in March 1972 and in More Bristow

Once in a while Bristow meets a temp he really likes. These tend to be the one who wear T-shirts bearing the slogan "I hate work". And there's always the oddball with the most peculiar taste in men strip 5414

Strip 5414 was published in the Evening Standard in June 1979 and in The Penguin Bristow
.Some girls may well be carried in the back door kicking and screaming. Others are induced to accept an assignment at Chester-Perry's by more devious means
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Strip 10495 was published in the Evening Standard in July 1999

Temps, like the workers in the typing pool, are always female and single. Mr. Gordon Blue packs out the canteen when he holds his "Bring a temp" day (spoilt by the inevitable "Pass the tomato sauce Bunnikins"). No-one is permanently immune from their charms. Jones falls from one Tanzi LaRue, alias Trixie, in a bad way and only the iron in his soul keeps him going after the shock of rejection. and as Bristow says "Its your own fault. You should never have got involved with a temp. Temps leave a trail of destruction wherever they go. That's their mission in life. Meet, miserise and move on".

Should any temp have designs on Bristow then the faithful Miss Sunman can be relied on to stick her oar in - strip 10503
Strip 10503 was published in the Evening Standard in July 1999
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