With an alarm set I didn’t sleep as well as I might. I
was up, scoffing toast and watching an episode of “Derek” by five
o’clock, before having a little root around the internet. It was fairly quiet
at half past five this morning, but there was a little argument. Someone had
made the (patently obvious) statement that out of any twenty people, no
matter how they are judged nine will be above average. Not only did most people
disagree, most people were very happy to proudly show off their ignorance.
I Munzed. I set the dishwasher going (I forgot that
last night), got dressed and set off to work.
As I drove to work I listened to the radio as I
do. There are calls for the government to apologize for the forced adoptions that happened after the war
when babies were taken away from their mothers simply because the mothers
weren't married. Whilst what happened was obviously wrong, as I've said before
how can anyone apologize for things that happened before they were born? Are
those who were responsible going to be held to account posthumously? Surely it
would be better to look at current forced adoptions and stop the totally
unnecessary ones before any apologies are needed and sack the people involved.
Not that I'm in any way bitter.
And as the doctors prepare to go on strike asking for
a twenty-six per cent pay rise their own union's staff are on strike themselves
having been offered a below inflation rise of less than three per cent.
I suppose (if nothing else) it made a change
from listening to the antics of the demonstrably senile President Trump.
I stopped off at Tesco to get myself a sandwich. The
shelf fillers weren't swearing at each other. Instead some were leaning against
the fridges talking about Lanzarote. Others were talking about how useless they
were at using any form of technology; like so many people they took pride in
being unable to do the simplest things. The staff supposedly overseeing the
self-service checkouts weren't idly chattering though; they were just glowering
at the public as though daring them to ask for help.
I did my bit… I came home through drizzle. Not bad
enough that we couldn’t do “FEED THE FISH” but bad enough to put me off
taking the dogs to the woods.
It’s supposed to be chirping up by the morning.
Today has been dull…
And after yesterday's debacle I've made a list of what
I've used my phone for today.
- Alarm clock
- Checking transactions on bank account
- Making payments.
- Playing Munzee
- Playing Wordle
- Playing Panda Saga
- Whatsapping friends & family
- Checking emails
- Getting logon code for works email
- Checking Facebook
- Counting the calories in dinner
- Reading books (on the Kindle app)
- Checking the weather forecast
- Checking the traffic on the way home
- Logging a geocaching trackable
I knew I used the phone a lot but didn’t realise just
how much… I’d be rather stuck without it. And today I didn’t use the calculator
or camera or do any shopping with it or park my car…
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