After the initial annoyance with my current job I wound up applying for a bunch of others. Long story short, earlier today I had an "open day" with a local marketing company to see what theyre all about and have them check me over. Turns out their clients include Talktalk and most recently Sky. They've already offered me a job.
My current job is slowly getting a little better again. The old store manager has returned from his stint covering another store over christmas, and standards have started to get a bit higher. I'm now confident that rotas will be done properly and i wont be left with fuck all staff.
On the other hand, the GAME acquisition has now been cleared by the OFT and has gone through. There's every chance the job will get worse before it gets better. I very politely asked the marketing firm if I could have a couple of days to think this over, I really think this whole thing has the potential to ruin my life if I make the wrong decision. Once again, here are the options :
(1) Stick with Gamestation, despite the shoddy treatment and the liklihood that its going to get a lot worse now
(2) Take job with marketing company that I know i wont enjoy too much, and where a bad week can leave me with fuck all money.
(3) Apply for the Store Manager position in Leicester Forbidden Planet. This one is the least likely for now, mostly because it involves a massive amount of commitment in that I'll have to move to Leicester where I know nobody.
The final possibility is to find a job somewhere like Manchester. Watch_It_Burn is looking at moving somewhere like this when he's finished his computer maintenance course, and I hope he finds an awesome job because christ knows he deserves it. At least that way I'd be living with somebody I already know, and it'll give me the kick up the arse I could do with.
Stupid introspective moments, why can't I just go back to how i was a year ago...when I didnt think ANYTHING over and was just blissfully retarded regarding every aspect of my life? 
As for making no decisions and being blissfully ignorant, welcome to my world!
I only starting thinking about the implications last night, after I've been accepted on the course and given them a hundred quid deposit Its like AWS on Sunday and me not having a ticket, that lack of forethought made the evening far more dramatic. Thinking things through and planning stuff is for losers.
There is a point all of this, fuck the consequences lets just get the hell out of Denbigh. But if we sit around thinking about it we might find reasons not to.
Or something.