Boredom

You know you have had a boring and wasted day when the highest point is the free sandwiches and orange juice that got served at lunch.

Today I was rostered to come in (on my day off I might add) to do the following course: OH&S Introduction to Safety and Procedures in Construction. Basically it is a course specifically designed for people who are starting out in a career in construction. You know: Building. Roofing. Tiling.

I learnt valuable things about the height of scaffolding and the benefits of hard hats and roof harnesses. Well it would have been valuable. Except for the fact that I am not starting a career in construction, nor do I ever INTEND to start a career in construction. The world would have to be a very dark place and job prospects exceedingly scarce for me to even consider the possibility of maybe possibly even thinking about applying for a job in an area such as construction.

For goodness sake, I complain about what I have to wear for work NOW, let alone if I had to run around in huge boots and flannelette and a yellow safety hat. Hats make me look like a prepubescant boy. And I gave up flannelette around the same time I gave up Kurt Cobain shirts and adolescant depressive tendancies.

In fact, out of the 25 people who attended this incredibly useful and relevant course today, not a single one of us worked in an industry even remotely RELATED to the construction industry.

I personally think that my employers would have been better off putting the money into something I need- like say, the "dangerous dog" training that is a legal requirement of the job I do that I have not yet done even though I spend half my time chasing pitbulls in housing commission areas. Or maybe they could have spent it on an extended holiday for themselves so I would not have to SEE them anymore.

I have to admit, however, that I did learn a couple of interesting things today:

Moe (friend and colleague) can sleep in an upright position with his eyes almost open.

The little Japanese girl that came late and sat in the darkest corner snores REALLY LOUD

The gaggle of student town planners that sat around a desk at the front and giggled over a bunch of photos that one of them apparently carries in her bag for all occasions are REALLY ANNOYING.

It is possible to be bored to tears.

Well at least lunch was ok- who can resist those plates of little sandwiches? I had an egg one, a chicken salad, a turkey and cranberry...... the high life that was. And the orange juice- how generous to offer something other than stale instant coffee and out of date milk. They spoilt us I tell you.

And at least I didnt have to spend the day pretending to be nice to work colleagues that hate me almost as much as I hate them......

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