How Do You Do It?
Rather than stay away from home I'm commuting an hour either way to where I'm working this week.
I'm used to a casual 15 minutes stroll to work.
How do people do this everyday?
I'm used to a casual 15 minutes stroll to work.
How do people do this everyday?
fired down the range by DC at 6:47 pm
14 Comments:
Commuting is hell. But it is a breeze compared with what you do. I think.
Take public transit, get a seat, and read a book or knit. Except you soldiers are out of luck. Especially when I was expecting, I would just waddle my fecund self to whereever you have a comfy seat, stand near you, and wait for said seat to magically become available. Yup. Suckers for a pregnant lady every time. I love a man in a uniform.
Eh, I did that for 3 months, it started badly but then I got used to it and it was my chill down time. Not my preferred method of work, though.
Coolbuddha - I'm not so sure!
Foilwoman/Kath - unfortunately I'm driving which means I can't read a book and switch off. Well I could but I'd probably get arrested or crash or something.
I don't know, but if I could choose one superpower, it would be the power to teleport.
Soldier: Books on tape, language tapes, expand your knowledge of classical music or opera, aim for potential roadkill -- there's gotta be something that'll float your boat, honey.
I think i know someone who will be very happy about that.
i thought u army lads ere meant to be tough? ;) an hour? thats practically next bloody door!!
I used to commute weekly about 550 miles each way from Folkestone to Frankfurt - driving. Seven months of that and lving in a hotel during the week saw me want to attempt suicide by jumping out of a first storey window. I also used to do a bi-monthly commute from Folkestone to Muenchen for ten months (700+ miles each way)
One of my jobs was a mobile engineer, so drivng was my job. The up side is that if nothing went wrong, then I stayed at home all day!
Currently, although I live a 15-20 min walk away from work, my job is to look after the leisure centers and civic halls in the county, so frequently I've got to take the car the five minute drive in to work becuase I'll need to go somewhere during the day.
Crazy, eh!
Never had to commute. Might be starting soon. You've cheered me right up about that!!
I would imagine that commuting in a tank is great fun?
Annie - mine would be to pick the winning lottery numbers.
Foilwoman - ta for the ideas.
Eggbanjo - no sports afternoons where I am at the minute but we still get poets days on a Friday.
Cookie - I know pathetic isn't it?
Donna - when we were in Germany some of the scousers would go home every weekend - never saw the attraction myself.
SL - glad to oblige!
NF - Baywatch?!
Mr Angry - we'll get to that shortly.
Laura - I wonder if the army would let me work from home.
winning at the moment, get my hours in by close of play on a Thursday and am off Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Been nice doing that for the past three months. However, that's all due to change on Monday, when it's a long way down to the end of the M4 and hello London.
Books on tape do rock though.
With Prodigy for the drive home ;-p
Laura & Soldier: Maybe it's one of those ideas that really won't sell well: National defense through telecommunication . . . Maybe for the big idea men. I'm sure the war in Iraq would be going much better for all if Rummy were telecommuting from an undisclosed (and incommunicado) location. But the guys who actually defend the barricades if you get invaded? I want them there, all muscley with their big manly guns.
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