I've spent the past week sitting at a desk! My accustomed routine of getting up late, having a leisurely breakfast, going for a walk or spending time in the garden (officially known as pottering), has been swept away at a stroke.
I've got a job, albeit a temporary one, but they have promised to pay me so I suppose there are advantages to getting up early and driving 40 miles every day.
The only thing that hasn't changed about my lifestyle is the speed at which I operate and the passage of Time. I wrote previously about how Time is evil and slows down to extend idle moments. I expected the reverse to be true when I started working - pressure, deadlines and all that.
But, despite being seemingly desperate for me to start this job, nobody appears to have been prepared for my arrival.
I'm sitting at someone else's desk with a small cleared space big enough for a writing pad and a couple of files. I can't use the computer because no-one thought about setting me up on the system.
My colleagues are usually rushing off to meetings or conducting long conversations on the 'phone and the few tasks they have entrusted me with have so far taken no Time at all. When I ask what else they need there is much shuffling of papers and sideways glances.
Ok, I'm getting paid to be bored but Time and its evil hand is weighing heavily on my shoulders. It's made ten times worse when everyone around me is claiming that 'there are not enough hours in the day'.
Hours are a commodity that I have a surplus of. So, I could sell them some of mine to supplement my income amd spend more time at home!
How much is an hour worth?
What am I bid for the next sixty minutes? Each one is brand new; never before used; guaranteed to contain sixty perfect seconds and yours to do whatever you want in. I'll even throw in an bonus five minutes to the highest bidder.
It's the ideal gift for that special person in your life, or a harrassed parent or busy executive.
After all, as the saying nearly goes - "There's no present like the Time" .
Apropos of your last sentence - unless we are talking about my birthday!
ReplyDeleteThere are days I could definitely do with some extra time! If you could throw in some extra energy, too, that would be helpful!
ReplyDeleteIt's an initiative test that a boss sets for his staff. He'll hire someone without telling anyone else and then watch how his staff cope with the situation. It's also a measure of the competence of the IT department. If they know someone is joining the company and even the day of arrival it will still take three weeks for them to set up a logon ID - and that's fast!
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