So what time do you think this is, young man?_Procrastination!_Time Calculations_Post-lunch Ritual
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So what time do you think this is, young man?
“So what time do you think this is young man?” “I strongly believe that it is one o’clock, old man. That’s what the clock on the wall tells me, although it doesn’t speak out loud. And I have found it to be pretty reliable in the past, so I will trust it now.” “So you come home late, and your mouth is filled with sarcasm, eh boy.” “No, I left a lot of my sarcasm at the party, old man. I didn’t know that I would be needing so much when I got home. Otherwise I would have kept quiet when I was there.” “I think that you have an inexhaustible supply, young man, an inexhaustible supply.” “So, I wond...
Procrastination!
Hey, now you may be reading this short story thinking it’s something exhilarating, important! Or at least interesting. But... Nah! This book is about my sad last day of winter break. So, I would ask you to reconsider wasting your time reading this...Still there? Ok, But I'm warning you- you better go off and watch Mickey Mouse or something.So, this story starts with Isabell, (me) waking up on December 31st. Ever since December 23rd, my swww.onedoor.ccchool has been on winter break, and I treated it as a great treasure. I was so productive during the time! But enough of me explaining myself and let’s hit the...
Time Calculations
“ Are you coming tonight?” She screamed into the phone. She probably thought that Mr. Ken wasn’t hearing her above the noise of the vehicles for she noticed from background noises that he was in the bus. “ I don’t know as of now, I still have a lot to cover today, I will give you an answer in three hours time.”Mr. Ken Obiakor had been on the road since 6:00am. He knew from experience that Nigerian time is different from the rest of the world. When you’re hosting or being hosted in any occasion, just know that any hour you put on the card means plus one hour. It has became a tradition here now...
Post-lunch Ritual
Wake up, eat, sleep, and repeat.Pick up the phone, greet customer, listen to complaint after complaint after complaint, fix problem, end call, and repeat. Do it over and over again, five days a week. Get paid a disappointing salary that is barely enough to buy gas for your cheap car, and keep butter and bread in the creaky fridge. Repeat until you retire at 65, or until you drop dead onto the cold, hard Earth. No time for a minute to breathe in oxygen peacefully, enjoy socialization with close friends and family --- not customers. Hungry for some gourmet shrimp and red wine, kisses by the salt...