Unsolicited Sympathy This Way

So yeah, I'm at work. It's Sunday. I was at work yesterday, it was Saturday. I'll be the only person on the whole project working in the 3 days between Boxing Day and New Years Day.

Am I being punished? No, lots of people had to organise a lot of things so I could have the opportunity to work.

Do I have work to do? No, not really. I have stuff I can do but it's hardly urgent.

Did I desperately want to work? Um, no.

Will I get paid overtime? No, but I will get paid for days worked, which is better than not being paid for days unworked.

So, um? Yes, exactly right. I'm here purely for political reasons, just so my department (IT) can say they are putting in an extra special effort and to prove once and for all that we are better than that other department (HR) in all things including arts and crafts and playing the guitar.

So, it's not so bad, Mich and Cara aren't arriving for a couple of days, so I didn't really have much else to do, and I am getting paid for five days which isn't going to hurt, but I nearly had to reject the whole thing for the pure retardation of it all.

'Haaaaaaarucken HR, hahaha!'