Born on a mixed subsistence farm in rural Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia, Canada. Moved to Ontario in 1967 to attend University at what was then Waterloo Lutheran University and moved to Oakville, Ontario in 1971. Without intending to live up to the name became a letter carrier the following January and have worked for Canada Post ever since. I retired in August of 2008.

Thursday, August 02, 2007

The Worker's Lament

It’s too damn hot!  So goes the weather.  Let’s consider religion and politics taboo. 

 

Today our office was blessed with a brand new stacker with all the latest high tech gizmos.  The warning alarm is ear-splitting but otherwise it runs silky smooth.  Too bad about the fact that we have no way to charge it though! 

 

Took my car for its yearly servicing today.  In five lifetimes I’d never pretend to understand car dealerships.  One of the selling points of newer cars is the onboard computer which monitors the need for service and new high-quality engine oils that negate the need for frequent oil changes.  Why then, do I get service reminders every 2 or 3 months?  They can’t have it both ways.  Someone is lying here.  I have no interest in bolstering the dealership’s bottom line with needless service and the concomitant inconvenience and expense. 

 

The brown paper came down off the windows of the new Mediterranean Cuisine Restaurant across the road from me.  Laurice or something I believe.  On can only hope their chef is superior in quality to their interior decorator.  The décor is redolent of 60ies burger joint—the Fonze would have felt right at home. 

 

 

 

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