At Long Last
So here I am back at work; after an absence of two years, four months and a few days. In the smallest office they could spare, with the oldest laptop they could find, filling a post that does not exist, doing nothing!
I’m as busy as a broke john in a brothel but at least I have a good internet connection with access to everything.
I have been informed that I’d be working flexi hours but also warned to show my face every morning for ‘in case something crops up’. So I can see my new job description; stand in for anybody who is not at work.
I only started working a few hours ago and I’m bored to hell. It is going to be a long 2 months until I retire!
Friendly greetings from a sunny and pleasant Cape Town.
Comments (53)
Don't push your job onto me, dear.
I'm just getting in gear now to do nothing and very shortly I will have it down to a fine art.
Hmm, I think I could become very adept at this mammoth task of doing nothing. I'm starting to enjoy it.
No, no! This business of doing nothing is seriously interfering with my fishing. It is the best day of the season so far and I'm chained to my desk.
This is not a job. Just a filler to keep me occupied until I retire in two months. They could have assigned me to my desk at home.
Eish, I thought I was all of that already. Can it get worse?
No arranging cupboards for me, mate. I'm selling up when I retire. I plan to relocate to another country towards the end of the year.
Hmm, but I would rather be doing what I was trained for. It is hard to learn a new skill at my age. Doing nothing can be very demanding on your time
I crybaby you say. That is not what you said last night, is it?
Yes ok, I'm taking it very casually. I'm still on light duty and I'm not doing too much of this nothing. It can be very tiresome. Luckily I had a good run of it during the last two years or so.
I'm doing the last two months to complete 20 years service. No gold watches for that. And the queen would rather have me beheaded than rewarded.
Hmm, you're quite right.
at least I'm earning money again. My sick leave and accumulated leave had been exhausted a very long time ago.
Hmm, back at home after a long tiring day at the office.
It would seem that I will not be expected to sit at the office all day.
Are you trying to rob me of my of my only chance to read old newspapers?
If you send me your address I will send you a few rolls. Must be hard to use a stone every time.
Leave everything behind and take a ride with me in the cable car! On the Tafelberg we can look down and everyone can stay lost for us!
Believe it or not but I have never been up there. Oh, I went there a few times on foot yes but never via the cable. Every time I wanted to the queues were too long.
So you call it green stone? I would have picked another colour.
I think they cannot wait to get rid of me. They were very pleased to hear that I was ready to resume duty until I told them about retiring after two months. I believe I'm creating more problems than what I'm worth now.
But I will put your name forward as a suitable replacement when I leave.
Lag met 'n traan
What is it to have to queue a bit compared to that?
Yes almost like 40 days left in the army. Min dae!
So you remembered Master Jack!
Teaching is like nursing. Not much financial reward in it. You do it for the love of the job. And now I'm not even doing that for the same crummy pay.
If I could stand in a full lecture hall teaching for my last two months I would have been very happy.