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Dot in the Sky ([personal profile] dotinthesky) wrote2003-11-20 10:12 am

No Violent Consolations

Do you ever get the feeling time is conspiring against you? Do you know how long your commute to work takes? You leave the house everyday at the same time, you sit in the same train, you sometimes see the same people. You arrive at work, the clock in the cafeteria is close to 9:30. You order your coffee (actually, you don't -- they automatically give it to you because they know you are regular) and take the elevator to your floor. You walk through the empty hallways lit by neon lights, open your office door, turn on the computer: the monitor's clock says 9:35.

It's the same day again.

But then sometimes, like today, you feel like a rock in bed. You can't get up. The alarm goes off. You decide to sleep in. And when you leave the house, you have plans of going by the pharmacy to buy some deodorant and shower gel. You know you are going to be late but you don't care: because you are leaving the job soon.

You feel peaceful with your decision to be late, safe in the knowledge you won't get in trouble (really, these people don't care). It's a good 15minute chunk taken out of your deathly boring day.

But when you arrive at the cafeteria, the clock says 9:30! And as you walk to your office room, shell-shocked, you realize that you are afraid of the monitor's clock. All your fears come true:

Time is against you, again.

[identity profile] commonpeople.livejournal.com 2003-11-20 08:25 am (UTC)(link)
i don't like it when boredom and time get together to kick my ass.

[identity profile] dilvalicious.livejournal.com 2003-11-20 09:28 am (UTC)(link)
that is where weed comes in!

[identity profile] commonpeople.livejournal.com 2003-11-21 01:45 am (UTC)(link)
there's no weed in England!

[identity profile] dilvalicious.livejournal.com 2003-11-21 05:39 am (UTC)(link)
oh noooo? then where the hell do all the musicians and everyone else get it from?

[identity profile] commonpeople.livejournal.com 2003-11-21 06:11 am (UTC)(link)
i think there's some hash if you are really desperate, and heroine/crack/cocaine of course. But mostly, people here relly heavely on alcohol.

[identity profile] dilvalicious.livejournal.com 2003-11-21 06:31 am (UTC)(link)
well, duh! of course...all of england is usually on the piss!

I was so shocked when I went to england and found out pubs closed so early...no wonder people there start drinking in the afternoon...not to mention how the beer is weaker alcohol percentage there than here

[identity profile] commonpeople.livejournal.com 2003-11-21 06:33 am (UTC)(link)
it's so wrong... people drink fast because they have a short time, so they don't get to enjoy the drink. Then everyone spills out to the streets at 11, pissed, and fights usually occur.

[identity profile] dilvalicious.livejournal.com 2003-11-21 06:53 am (UTC)(link)
yeah...I can imagine