Tuesday, July 06, 2004
Hmmph.
I suppose today was a kind of turning point at work. Sure, I know "the end" isn't for another seven weeks (only seven? Jeez.) but today might have very well been my last day at the office. I'll be cruising the next two weeks in "the Branch," a small, sleepy office that doesn't do much business and, more importantly, doesn't have a Postmaster or a Supervisor to watch over me. That doesn't give me free reign to spit on people or steal the mail; they do exist, they're just a phone call away. That means I can bring my stereo in and play anything I want to. My uniform need not be complete, in fact, I might not wear it all sometimes. Best of all, it's a quiet office, so I'll have plenty of time to read. I think I'll revisit two classics from George Orwell, 1984 and Animal Farm, which I purchased in a single hardcover from Strand Books last year.
Today was an easy day but a typically frustrating day as well. We were closed for business to observe yesterday's Independence Day. I didn't have a lot to do and I had plenty of time to do it in. I would say I was done with everything by three o'clock. Of course, then I had to wait for the mail to come in from the street. Even when we're closed, someone has to collect all the mail from the mailboxes around town. Otherwise they'd overflow come Tuesday afternoon. So that was at least half an hour of waiting and even then it was only twenty seconds of work. But then I had to wait for the truck to take the mail away. He said he would be there at four but it was closer to 4:30. And then just for kicks I had to wait for the other guy to leave. Don't ask why, but someone decided that I can't leave the building until everyone else has left. So instead of leaving at three I have to wait until five. That's about two solid hours of wasted life.
A sharp-eyed viewer (yes, you) might notice that the "NES Videos" link has changed to "Time Attack Videos." That's because clever people have made software advancements allowing us to "time attack" Super Nintendo and Sega Genesis games in addition to the NES. Of course, the URL still says "nesvideos," but that's Bisqwit's problem, not mine.
Today was an easy day but a typically frustrating day as well. We were closed for business to observe yesterday's Independence Day. I didn't have a lot to do and I had plenty of time to do it in. I would say I was done with everything by three o'clock. Of course, then I had to wait for the mail to come in from the street. Even when we're closed, someone has to collect all the mail from the mailboxes around town. Otherwise they'd overflow come Tuesday afternoon. So that was at least half an hour of waiting and even then it was only twenty seconds of work. But then I had to wait for the truck to take the mail away. He said he would be there at four but it was closer to 4:30. And then just for kicks I had to wait for the other guy to leave. Don't ask why, but someone decided that I can't leave the building until everyone else has left. So instead of leaving at three I have to wait until five. That's about two solid hours of wasted life.
A sharp-eyed viewer (yes, you) might notice that the "NES Videos" link has changed to "Time Attack Videos." That's because clever people have made software advancements allowing us to "time attack" Super Nintendo and Sega Genesis games in addition to the NES. Of course, the URL still says "nesvideos," but that's Bisqwit's problem, not mine.
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