Office Space

I found delightful counterpoint in the fact that I watched Office Space before I went back to work after a 10 day vacation. Here I was, watching a movie that comes across saying, "Work sucks, either find something you love or you too will be a rat in a wheel. Running the race and getting nowhere. Braving the maze to the smell of cheese, but no actual cheese, they are testing some freeze dried pasteurised dairy product!" Office Space is one of my favourite bad movies, this means I don't comfortably enjoy it. The language is bad and I do not agree with the attitudes and behaviours portrayed, but I watched it anyway and I enjoy it.

Facing its, "I am a slacker and this is almost cool" swagger, I went to work. I admit I missed being at work. I enjoy what I do, that is it. My employer, my hours...no, not so much, but I will take what I can get. I hate sitting at home going, "What should I be doing now?" so I would rather be at work. Yet, when I get to work, I can relate to Peter Gibbons, it is usually the same old humdrum and I cannot wait to go home and sleep (to get away from life - mild insomniac, so it is a bit of a challenge!) At least at work I know what I am supposed to be doing at any point. I am not concerned about expedient time usage. How much I do and don't do is dependent on my work load, when I have no work what so ever, yes I sigh, but I have stuff to read and/or write. Stock options for productivity would be great, but it's healthcare. There is no such thing, I have no control over the number of drunken moped accidents happening on a particular night.

Peter, Milton, Micheal and Samir are not exactly motivational when it comes to going to work. They make me want to call in to stay at home and watch kung-fu. "I owe, I owe, so off to work I go."