ever have one of those days...

patchy

where you get into work after a really good ride in, sit down at your desk and are immediately ambushed by a torrent of emails and phone calls from idiots, all about irrelevancies that you don't care about and aren't all that important, but that you have to sort out anyway?

Then, you settle down to your coffee and discover that your colleagues haven't finished stuff off properly before going away, and you need to go over their work with a fine toothcomb to ensure it's right?

Then, the office politics kick in, and you find yourself having to negotiate a bloody minefield to just do your job – and you can't even put headphones in because of some ridiculous dictate from HR?

ever have one of those days when you look out of the window and think 'boy, i wish I could just walk out of here and go and ride my bike all day'?

Yep, that's just about where i am right now. I'm sure it wasn't supposed to work out like this.

(no offence meant to anyone who's been made redundant in the last few months. I know i should feel lucky to still have a job, but sometimes it's hard work...)

Cafewanda

Your 4h paragraph resonates with me. Wish I had the nerve to pull a sickie just to go ride 8)

Agent57

I rode to work on Monday morning as I always do. The rain was lashing down, so I was soaked by the time I got here. As I was carrying my bike up the stairs, I passed an open door on the first floor and could hear someone's voice saying "is that a person from IT I hear?"

I ignored it, and carried on with my bike up the stairs. Then, seconds later, as I stood in the office dripping from head to toe, someone from the first floor appeared and started telling me about some problem or other.

"FECK OFF!" I thought, "I'm soaking wet, want to get changed, out of breath, and I don't even start work for another 15 minutes if you want me to get anal about it!"

Of course, I just sighed inwardly and muttered some platitude about looking into it as soon as I was dried off, but really, give a guy a chance to "get in"!

Aidy

I have that more days than not lately.

A large part of me keeping on coming into the office is for the bike ride in and out each day.

biondino

It's a fine-tooth comb (unless you comb your teeth, obviously, in which case carry on)

patchy

update: things have gotten so bad, i'm doing mailing returns for the last three months. talk about diversionary tactics...

gabriel959

Just a much needed positive message – remember to take the long route when cycling back home tonight! At least the weather is OK outside

patchy

hee hee - damn right!