How to Be a Successful Social Worker

I was once in the pub with someone and we asked them what they did. And he worked in Marine, Marine assurance or something? He explained that this was basically like, if a ship gets commandeered by modern pirates, often off the east coast of Africa, obviously your insurance company sends you Renault Cleo. But it's based on an old social technique which people often use on dates. Half an hour into the date, the girl will get a call on her phone. She'll go, oh, excuse me, Henry, sorry, I'm just gonna call. Then she'd say, Henry, I'm sorry, I've just had the news that my dog has vomited