Man Friday (From The Wiltshire Gazette and Herald)

Man Friday

NAME: Mark Gray

AGE: The wrong side of 40

EMPLOYER: Europrint

SO WHAT DO YOU ACTUALLY DO? That's a good question. Rumour has it that I'm a director of a design and print company.

WHAT DO YOU HATE MOST ABOUT YOUR JOB AND WHY? Leaving messages on voicemail. I soon forget who I'm talking to and invariably end up asking myself questions. It's no surprise that they never get returned.

DO YOU THINK YOUR COLLEAGUES LIKE YOU? Oh, without doubt.

WHAT'S THE BEST BIT OF ADVICE YOU HAVE EVER BEEN GIVEN? There are two bits of advice: 1) never look down the barrel of a gun and 2) never eat in a restaurant with a pun in its name

WHAT'S THE BEST BIT OF GOSSIP YOU HAVE EVER HEARD ABOUT YOURSELF? Somebody once said I was a nice bloke outrageous.

WHAT JOB DID YOU WANT TO DO WHEN YOU WERE YOUNG AND WHY? I am young, aren't I?

IF YOU COULD HAVE A DREAM JOB, WHAT WOULD IT BE? I'd be one of the two people that Mariah Carey employs to tell her, every day, that she's beautiful. Missing the deadline would be the only stressful thing.

HOBBIES: Swimming, eating, gallivanting

IN JOB TERMS, WHO OR WHAT HAS BEEN YOUR GREATEST INFLUENCE AND WHY? That would have to be my father, relentless, visionary...