My Desk Smells Like Garlic....
Been on a temp assignment at a law firm working my little butt off. But here it is Friday the day before Memorial Day weekend and work has come to a standstill, and at 4:30 pm, the office has all but been deserted. That's good for me as I hope to be able to blog here while I tick off the time til I get off work. Today, they had free food at lunch to 'welcome' the summer. (Some summer... it's still sort of raining!) But, WHOOPIE! Free food! They had 2 huge platters of 2 different types of pasta and 2 types of salads, french bread, and assorted cookies. Had I known this was going to happen, I wouldn't have run out earlier this morning and bought my lunch! But since I did, I decided to go load up a plate (or two!) and save it for dinner tonight at home! Goodie, goodie, I won't have to cook dinner tonight now!
Ok, I now have to confess here....... about a half hour ago, I walked by the kitchen area and saw the huge pasta bowl still sitting there ... Now, I know there is almost no one left here, it's now 5:00 pm on a Friday and given that, the janitors will just throw out the open bowl of food at the end of the day. Well, I hate to waste food, so I searched around and found a huge plastic bag, swiftly swung by the kitchen and faster than the speed of light, slung the whole bowl of pasta right into the plastic bag! I then furtively headed back to my desk, where I stowed it in my carry-home bag!! God knows if someone will smell the garlic and spaghetti sauce emanating from under my desk!!!
As a matter of fact, I've had a free lunch all week. Yesterday I got to go on a market research study during my lunch hour. I'm signed up with about 3 market research firms who call me now and again for paid studies. This one was for an hour and half of my time and paid $175 (!!) for my opinions on what kind of computer printer I would buy. This study just happened to take place 1 block from my office, so it was extremely convenient, and they even served us lunch! So I made $175 and got a free lunch. Some days you are the windshield, and some days you are the bug..
Ok, I now have to confess here....... about a half hour ago, I walked by the kitchen area and saw the huge pasta bowl still sitting there ... Now, I know there is almost no one left here, it's now 5:00 pm on a Friday and given that, the janitors will just throw out the open bowl of food at the end of the day. Well, I hate to waste food, so I searched around and found a huge plastic bag, swiftly swung by the kitchen and faster than the speed of light, slung the whole bowl of pasta right into the plastic bag! I then furtively headed back to my desk, where I stowed it in my carry-home bag!! God knows if someone will smell the garlic and spaghetti sauce emanating from under my desk!!!
As a matter of fact, I've had a free lunch all week. Yesterday I got to go on a market research study during my lunch hour. I'm signed up with about 3 market research firms who call me now and again for paid studies. This one was for an hour and half of my time and paid $175 (!!) for my opinions on what kind of computer printer I would buy. This study just happened to take place 1 block from my office, so it was extremely convenient, and they even served us lunch! So I made $175 and got a free lunch. Some days you are the windshield, and some days you are the bug..
posted by LADYGOLD at 4:25 PM
