Today, I guarded the office while the whole team went out for lunch. I saw the boss set the alarm as he left. Good thing I didn't go exploring while they were out I would have set that thing off and then the police come out.
That could have started a whole new meme on 'cat burglar'.
Lunch was apparently some kind of investigative mission. Before they went out there had been discussion about a party and invitations, but the office, normally a quiet place, generally was some kind of mad-house.
Everyone was talking at once. There were 7 people and about 8 topics under simultaneous discussion.
F was trying to do something that required the printer to work, and it wouldn't (it took 4 hours for a print command to produce an effect - a snail could span the distance between computer and office printer faster than that. Scanned documents coming back the other way take even longer.) There was lots of going back and forth and checking other computers and printer connections and doing the turn it off turn it on again thing, eventually F was tossing her specs aside and swearing under her breath
From my igloo on F's desk I watched the whole circus through half-closed eyes. It was like the music on the merry go round was getting faster and faster. Why do you humans do this stuff?
F promised me some chicken from lunch. She shouldn't make promises she can't keep. Lunch had no chicken - just seafood - which both she and I dislike A LOT.
I did however get chicken when we got home this evening. F made a cake. Tomorrow we have to work out how to safely transport it to work.
F says it looks burnt but the colour is mainly due to dark brown sugar. I believe her but 1000s wouldn't.
The cake looks yummy, but Gail says thank you Tigger for reminding her why she is glad she is retired!
ReplyDeleteRetirement will, i suspect just mean a change of work. F wants to return to environmental conservation (along with more time for cycling and trekking around in remote mountain places - if you can call NZ remote).
DeleteOh my goodness they did have a busy day. Glad you were safely in your igloo. The cake looks wonderful, will you try some Mr T?
ReplyDeleteThe cake shouldn't look that brown - I will report on the human reaction to it later.
DeleteHari OM
ReplyDeleteYeah, caramalisation tends to the dark side, Tigger... a bit like peripherals that lag in the communications with computers. It's a kinda passive aggressive thing they have going on, isn't it? "You think you are in control of me? Think again!" Of course, they are wrong. We have total control of machines. Yes. We do... hugs and whiskeries, YAM-aunty xxx
She did use dark brown sugar. Might have been a mistake. We are not sure who is controlling these machines - because they work remotely on their London office, people in London can change stuff without warning and be blissfully unaware of the side-effect havoc they are wreaking in the precariously balanced IT systems of their offices in the rest of the world. As is often the case for IT whizz kids, it works for them so when it doesn't work for us, they think it's simply idiot operators and don't really listen to the problem being described to them. This aspect of modern office work has made the job uninteresting says F. There is too much supporting the tech and not enough of the tech being a reliable tool for the job. Tail wagging dog comes to mind. Fz and Pz Mr T
DeleteSounds like a typical day surrounded by Greeks. Don’t know why but we are a loud people
ReplyDeleteThe cake looks very yummy
The office accoustix don't help, but you do have a point about volume control.
DeleteHello Tigger, Tink here.. I don’t know why but I can only comment as anonymous? Anyway, you are a good citizen for guarding the office by yourself. I am going out for a crayfish lunch today - yummy - but I won’t invite you or even send a photo - if I see a chicken I’ll photograph that instead!
ReplyDeleteMr B would LOVE the crayfish.
DeleteI am not a seafood fan either. What did F find to eat?
ReplyDeleteZip. Fortunately she had taken the extremely unusual step of eating breakfast having forgotten there was to be a lunch, so she was full anyway. She just pushed the lunch food around her plate a bit.
Deletethe cake looks wonderful. and you look even better than the cake in your igloo. glad you did not bring the police running while they were out... when I read of others adventures in the workplace, I do a happy dance inside my head that I am retired. of course if I could time machine myself back to 40 I would be happy to work again... printers are my nemisis, I have never had a printer I did not hate. and setting up new ones always make my mouth potty
ReplyDeletecake made with ground almonds.
ReplyDeleteDo you like Tiger Feet by Mud Tigger?
ReplyDeleteMy humans love it - they bop around the apartment to music like that. F scoops me up and makes me bop too. Not my best or most suave look.
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