Being trained

[darkemeralds]

I'm in one of those virtual courses where the training schedule is in the Eastern Time zone and the technology required to participate is greater than what I've got at home. This means I have to get to work at 6:15 a.m.

What's more, it's February. There is snowy-sleety-hail. With wind. For the past two mornings I've ridden to work at 5:30 in the morning while being needled in the face with small pieces of ice. Honestly, I'd drive my car, but the garage I use doesn't open early enough.

On the plus side, traffic is very light at that hour. And I get to go home at 2:30, in the daylight.

So I'm sitting here tethered to my computer and phone, having eaten my lunch at 9:30, with a weird, schedule-induced jet lag-minus-the-jet, watching the thrilling saga of Variances and Invoice Blocks unfold before me on the computer screen.

The trainer frequently uses the phrase "at this juncture" so at least I'm reminded of Benton Fraser.

Comments

[executrix]

How often do they inflict these courses on you, and how much more technology would you need do get bored senseless at home instead of at the office? If the answers are "frequently" and "not really that much" I think there's a business case for making them provide you with it (possibly by leasing rather than purchasing it), you're already saving them at least one person's salary by having the work dumped on top of your existing workload.

[tehomet]

This means I have to get to work at 6:15 a.m. What's more, it's February. There is snowy-sleety-hail. With wind.

That's rough.

The trainer frequently uses the phrase "at this juncture" so at least I'm reminded of Benton Fraser.

Hee!

[dine]

man, biking to work that early, with the kinda crappy weather we've been having would be miserable - I feel for you! \

any good possibilities for breakfast one of these weekends? it would be keen to see you!

[rainkatt]

Oh, god. Hell.

[kis]

Would that be a 'tender juncture'? ;)

[erda]

I'm a total wimp about riding my bike in cold and wind, so your fortitude impresses me. Anyway, that sucks mightily and I apologize for laughing.