Tag: Work

Afternoon dog walk

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On a damp hillside

I sit while the dog works hard

top dog, under dog.

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by Scooj

Interesting fact… the terms top dog and under dog are derived from (woodland) saw pits where the worker at the top end of a double ended saw was called the top dog and the worker in the saw pit underneath with all the sawdust dropping down was called an under dog.

I resent

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Chained to the laptop

zooming in and out of calls

warm sun shines outside

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by Scooj

Confirmation

 

Temporary post

quarterly reviewed last year

at last permanent

 

by Scooj

Bad timing

 

End-of-tunnel light

quashed by arrival of rain

allotment must wait

 

by Scooj

 

  • I’ve been looking forward to finishing work all day today to be able to pop up to the allotment before cooking an evening meal. A badly timed shower has goofed up all my timings and my excitement. Tomorrow it will have to be.

Lock down days

 

Time to change my hat

headset for mortar board

office to classroom

 

by Scooj

An epiphany

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Realisation

that the people I work with,

my colleagues, are friends.

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by Scooj

Balance

 

Opposing forces

wrestle with tricky issues

seeking good outcomes

 

by Scooj

 

  • A difficult meeting at work today, where the desires for profile opportunities and reputation enhancement could risk fabulous public outcomes. I have a philosophy and it is this.

Never seek to be seen to be doing the right thing. Do the right thing and you will be seen.

Kingfisher

First published in May 2015, I felt this haiku deserved a repost. I had kingfishers on my mind.

 

Slow lowland rivers,

pulling nets for a living,

those halcyon days.

 

by Scooj

Routine

 

The end of a week

dominated by routine

I want to break free.

 

by Scooj

Nose to the grindstone

 

It’s almost as if

there wasn’t a Christmas break

nose to the grindstone.

 

by Scooj