I feel like I’ve been gypped. No, it doesn’t involve money,
or even property. No one stole anything tangible from me. What I’ve lost is
time. And I don’t mean because I’m getting old. Besides, I’m not really that
old yet, despite what my kids, and grandkids, may think.
The time I’m speaking of is relatively insignificant—at
least in the amount. But it’s the principle of the thing that matters. And this
past weekend I was robbed of an hour of my time. A full hour! I know, it
happens every year and normally, it wouldn’t be that upsetting to me.
(Although, I’m pretty sure I’ve complained about it before). But this year...
well, I picked the wrong time for a three-day weekend.
Due to the time change, instead of getting my full 84 hours
off, as I would for a typical three-day weekend, I will only be receiving 83.
Sad, I know. Woe is me.
I mentioned this to some of the guys at work last Friday,
and for some reason, got no sympathy. None. Perhaps it was my lack of
communication skills but I couldn’t make them see that my weekend would be
coming up short. They just didn’t get it. One of them even had the audacity to
suggest I be happy that I didn’t have to show up for work on Monday! Well okay,
I AM happy about that.
Still, there’s the matter of the missing hour. An hour of my
life that is just gone, and I didn’t even get to live it! Received nothing in exchange
for it either, it simply vanished. I think the only way to avoid feeling ripped
off, is to schedule another three-day weekend, approximately six months from
now. Yep, think I’ll do that as soon as I go back to work—on Tuesday! ~
Bruce
A. Borders is the author of more than a dozen books, including: Inside Room 913, Over My Dead Body, The Journey,
Miscarriage Of Justice, The Lana Denae Mysteries, and The Wynn Garrett Series. Available in ebook at www.amazon.com/Bruce-A.-Borders/e/B006SOLWQS
and
paperback on Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Books-a-Million. Bruce A. Borders
is a proud member of Rave Reviews Book Club.
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