I am closing in on age 58 more quickly than I ever imagined and, as mentioned in my earlier blog entitled "Bored," there are things I am tired of. When I was 15 I got my first "real" job that wasn't babysitting and have been working ever since. For the past 43 years I have listened to coworkers and yes, myself, say the same things over and over and over about our jobs to include: getting there, work in general, and the week. Here are a few that now annoy me. "It's Friday!" Yes, it happens every week. "It's snowing!" Yes, it happens every winter. "It's raining!" Yes, weather happens everyday, now go away. "How was your weekend?" Fine, how was yours? "I don't want to be here today (groaning)." "Really? And the rest of us do? If you did, something would be wrong with you. Then there are the "yetties." "Is it over yet?" "Is it Friday yet?" "Can I go home yet?" Don't forget the magical thinkers, "When I win the lottery...." There are the rationalizers..."It pays the bills," "Thank God we have jobs"...and the whiners..."Do we HAVE to be here?" "I want to go home." "I had a hard time getting out of bed this morning." Not me. I got up 2 hours early, picked up a lottery ticket, mailed the bills, drove through an hour of rain which turned to snow, to finish what I haven't finished yet, on Friday, all the while thanking God or whoever in the universe might be listening for the opportunity to be at work today because there is NO place I'd rather be than here, EVER!
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