my day

06:30 a.m. - up
08:15 a.m. - ultrasound at Sunnybrook
09:05 a.m. - another tech comes into room for advice, leaving door open
09:06 a.m. - people in hall walk by and see me in my underwear / hospital gown
09:07 a.m. - get up from gurney and close door, loudly
09:15 a.m. - wipe up lube, dress, head to lab for bloodwork
09:30 a.m. - leave hospital, drive south on Bayview
09:40 a.m. - massive traffic jam, due to closure of Bayview extension
09:55 a.m. - after doubling back up to Eglinton Ave. East, drive to DVP
10:05 a.m. - cut off by burgundy Jeep Liberty refusing to let me merge onto DVP
10:06 a.m. - watch Jeep Liberty make illegal lane change, southbound at Don Mills
10:07 a.m. - watch Jeep Liberty change lanes again while cutting off bus
10:08 a.m. - get caught behind a light blue Jaguar driving way underneath limit
10:09 a.m. - pass Jaguar, notice driver is reading newspaper
10:20 a.m. - arrive at work to "start" my day!
09:20 p.m. - find out I didn't get awesome government job I applied for in January

Comments

Dead Robot said…
Awesome government jobs usually come with non-awesome union rules and dues as well as union leeches and parasites. Sorry to hear.

Take heart in knowing that the Liberty has probably more infractions and accidents than you'll ever know. Karma exsists and it's probably coming back to them in a shitty home life.

The Jag is just a fucking asshole.
March 05, 2008 6:34 am
ah said…
Oh it definitely wasn't a union job. But it definitely was an asshole driving both the Jag and the Jeep and a really amazing guy driving a Saab beside and behind them.
March 05, 2008 10:21 am
SharkBoy said…
Well... the City seems to be hiring again, if you apply now, you might get a job before September...
http://www.toronto.ca/employment/index.htm
March 05, 2008 6:35 pm
Snooze said…
Sometimes I'm glad I take the TTC. As for the government job, I didn't get mine and then out of the blue they called me five months later, so you never know!
March 05, 2008 10:54 pm
Jason said…
The TTC must have a sick sense of humour. "The Better Way" ??? It's an overcrowded, cluster*&%#@ off stress.
March 07, 2008 3:34 pm
Phronk said…
Jobs are for losers anyway. Go back to school and be poor for 10 more years. It's awesome.
March 10, 2008 9:08 pm
Anonymous said…
Since when do the words "awesome" and "government" go together?
March 11, 2008 8:31 am
Jason said…
Guess which movie I am?
a)

or

b)
March 11, 2008 1:05 pm
Anonymous said…
I'm sorry, MR.
March 12, 2008 12:17 am
Butchie said…
Ultrasound? Are you pregnant?
March 15, 2008 5:42 pm
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