One of the more impenetrable post titles I've come up with, I think. Hopefully, all will become clear - or clearer, at least.
What the hell is 'vacuumation'? I saw the word on the side of a van belonging to a company specialising in drain clearance on the way to the station at lunchtime, so I can only assume it's got some meaning to any drain clearing aficionados out there. I'm all for neologisms, they're the lifeblood of a language in many ways, but it's nicer when they seem not to have been created by an infinite number of monkeys throwing Scrabble tiles at each other.
Much less opaque was a minute or two of boy watching at the other end of my commute - the town centre at the work end has seemingly been in bits for months, as paving has been relaid and 'street furniture' rehashed, the latest phase of the work reducing the pavement near the station to half of its usual width, leading to 'pedestrian jams', in turn meaning that I was 'trapped' in a slow moving file of people about half a pace behind a very cute boy. Too young by at least a couple of years, really, but still very nice to look at.
I loathe late shifts at weekends, and this weekend, I've got the added pain of covering my least favourite position, too, on the 'assist' desk - basically, it's a lot of sitting around waiting for anything which might require an extra pair of hands on one of the other positions to happen, which it rarely does, especially at weekends, shuffling the odd bit of paperwork, and, horror of horrors, making the tea for everyone else! Thirty-odd years, and I've graduated to teaboy! Marvellous! Which is where Android came in - my (still relatively) new phone, and some of the more or less mindless games I've downloaded for it, was the only thing standing between me and total brain-frying boredom. And I've got to go and do it all again tomorrow! I can hardly wait.
Love & best wishes to all
Sammy B
Love the "vasuumation"! Those marketing people have got us all by the short and curlies! Or, in this case, I suspect it was the owner's 4 year old son who got "vacuum automation" wrong! HAHAHA WHo knows! Anything to catch your attention, as it did yours, and it stuck! So even if it's monkeys and Scrabble tiles, they accomplished their goal.
ReplyDeleteI know how you feel about being the teaboy. When I first started the job I'm in now, it seemed like everyone brought me the crap they didn't want to do for whatever reason...mostly because it was tedious, time-consuming and mindlessly boring or frustrating. Finally I "graduated" to bigger and better. At least it's just a rotation for you.
Peace <3
Jay
Hello Jay
DeleteAttention catching, maybe, but if I had a blocked drain, I might be inclined to use a company whose services were described in reasonably normal and familiar English words!
At least my weekend of 'teaboy-ing' is over now, and, as you say, I don't have to do it too often. Having said that, one shift on that job is enough for me, three in a row is bloody torture!
Love & best wishes
Sammy B
Hi Sammy;
ReplyDeleteWhat, oh What! did we ever do before internet capable devices!!! I have a Kindle Fire, myself. Thankfully. There are times that things are moving right along without needing my help and the shift just drags on and on..... and then there are the days where I'm so busy I'd love to just sit for a moment. But, the Kindle goes everywhere with me now.
Be well, my friend.
randy.
Hello Randy
DeleteIt's certainly hard to imagine how things would be if all these gadgets were suddenly taken away. Earlier in my career, when I spent a lot of time working on my own, I used to read voraciously and omnivorously - I guess I'd go back to that when the slack times permitted. Probably better for me than playing mindless games, too!
Love & best wishes
Sammy B