Ramblings ....

[wyntir_knight]

So I'm at work and I am bored to tears. Apparently, there is no work for me to do (even though they practically begged me to stay on), and apparently I am not self sufficient enought to find work to do. This last is caused by the woman that I am working with/for.

Two weeks ago, she hands me some manilla file seperators and tells me to label them. She provides me with no means of labelling them, so I go with wat has been done in the past and write the names on the seperators with a sharpie. My printing is perfect for this task (I had a shop teacher in junior high who taught us drafting printing). She comes back in yesterday and claims that not only had she not provided me with the manilla but she hates manilla. Apparently I am supposed to be a telepath to hold this job. She also provided me with sticky letters and numbers to put names and numbers on the seperators, but there is no room to put the names and numbers. So I go forth and find some cranberry seperators and leave off on labling them.

So this morning she comes in and announces that she was up all night worried that I had started labling them. ... Now here's the kicker. She's made it abundantly clear that my decisions are wrong, but she's upset because I'm not showing any initiative and doing work on my own!

She should be glad that I don't have psychic powers. Otherwise I would have gone all Scanners on her!

Okay, so that's a rant and not ramblings. Here are the promised ramblings. I had the pleasure of watching The Worst Jobs in History on the History Network last night. It was hosted by Tony Robinson, and after last night, I will never complain about the nature of my jobs again (just the idiots I work with). It was actually well done, with Robinson actually doing the jobs to get a feel for them. Admitedly, he had someone else play Charcoal Manufacturer, he didn't actually get cut by the Barber-Surgeon (though he did get "cured" by the Wise Woman), and he wore a modern safety harness when he when egg hunting down a cliff.

Makes me appreciative of the things I don't have to do.

Comments

[baanrys.livejournal.com]

I used to go scavenging for wild eggs on the islands around my village when I was a kid. It was great fun. The birds were none to pleased, but there really is nothing like fresh eggs.

[tiker-tape.livejournal.com]

Yes, but I draw the line at going down a cliff with only a rope in one hand and a bucket in the other while birds are divebombing me.

I think I'll continue to get my eggs at the farm :)

[kali-kali.livejournal.com]

Oooh ooh, on the History Network show, did they mention which job Canadians considered to be the worst? Or whether they'd be Groom of the Stool and wipe King Henry the Eighth's behind?

Because I did that survey! :D

[tiker-tape.livejournal.com]

They haven't gotten to the Tudor period yet. I think that's on Wednesday.

And it seems to be a British show, so I doubt if they care what Canadian's think is the worst job. Though I was thinking of you and that survey you did while it was on.

Personally, I now think that the worst job in history is Host of The Worst Jobs in History. The man had to walk in week old urine while he was being a Fuller, and this was after he had harvested the leeches and had the Treadmill nearly fall apart while he was in it.

[kali-kali.livejournal.com]

I found the article with the poll results here (http://www.canoe.ca/NewsStand/OttawaSun/News/2005/05/26/pf-1056478.html). Apparently 17% of Canadians would be the "Groom of the Stool".

[aimisdirty.livejournal.com]

Ha! I actually stumbled across that one last night. They are airing the 'Tudor Era' show tonight if I saw correctly (with Groom of the Stool).

The jobs made my mind twitch to the post you made about that survey, kali_kali. Amusing.

But really, Tony Robinson rocks. He looked quite similar to Baldrick when in the outfit for the 'Fuller' portion of the show.