Blog Bites
I wrote these a long time ago (pre-editing, one of them said "two weeks into my new job...", which would make it many many months old now), but I thought I'd throw them up, why not.
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The best part of my job is the floor to ceiling 360 degree view of the city from the 20th floor, with the volcanoes peeking up in the distances and the cars creeping by underfoot. It makes working late worthwhile if only to see the sun set red behind the mountains, sending sharp shafts of light to pierce the smoggy dusk.
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On my second day in the office, I went to the store in the base of the building to buy a coke. The price, 12 pesos, was almost three times what a can of coke would cost in any other store but, alas, there are no other stores in the vicinity.
Ah good, thought I, I’ve been meaning to cut down on my intake of chemicals. 12 pesos cokes will help that endeavour.
Then I discovered the bottomless supply of free coke in the office fridge.
Damn it. And yay! And damn it.
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There is no business meeting that isn’t immeasurably improved by the sight of giraffes lumbering around in the zoo at the foot at the building. Sometimes there are ostriches and gazelle/deer-like whatnots too, but those lovely lanky giraffes win every time.
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The best part of my job is the floor to ceiling 360 degree view of the city from the 20th floor, with the volcanoes peeking up in the distances and the cars creeping by underfoot. It makes working late worthwhile if only to see the sun set red behind the mountains, sending sharp shafts of light to pierce the smoggy dusk.
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On my second day in the office, I went to the store in the base of the building to buy a coke. The price, 12 pesos, was almost three times what a can of coke would cost in any other store but, alas, there are no other stores in the vicinity.
Ah good, thought I, I’ve been meaning to cut down on my intake of chemicals. 12 pesos cokes will help that endeavour.
Then I discovered the bottomless supply of free coke in the office fridge.
Damn it. And yay! And damn it.
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There is no business meeting that isn’t immeasurably improved by the sight of giraffes lumbering around in the zoo at the foot at the building. Sometimes there are ostriches and gazelle/deer-like whatnots too, but those lovely lanky giraffes win every time.
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Comments
I read the want ads that say the age and gender "required" for the job. I watch all the mothers walking down our street to the school pulling or carrying their son's book bag. The girls get to carry their own.
Change takes a long time...stand up girls & women, and protest, please!