Walking Thoughts

 Today I travelled between Grantham and Wakefield. It was on a fast train that took only 48 minutes. Unfortunately the train arrived half an hour late. I had reserved a seat on the train, mostly just to be sure of having a seat, but the train is pretty empty especially given that it was running late and late. Trains often have tried extra passengers that have arrived early for the next one I may as well get themselves, the weather going a bit sooner.. Only one seat at the table of four was reserved, and it was the seat I had reserved. Only one seat was occupied. It was the seat that I had reserved. As all three of the seats were completely free, available and not reserved I simply used one of the other three, not at all sure why the guy sat in  sole reserved seat, preferred that one over all overs, lol. And of course it didn’t matter, I had only wanted to make sure I had a seat and I had three. Across the border into Yorkshire, and at Doncaster, there was an announcement. As t...

 When I started work, 27 years ago, I had a boss who I looked up to and respected. He was the managing director of the company I worked for. I was a new graduate and naturally, very hard-working and very keen. The job was in a laboratory, carrying out quality control chemical analyses. One day, my MD called me to his office. He had a piece of work he wanted me to undertake. I Listened carefully as he described the work that was needed. At the end of which he asked me, when is the soonest you could have that work completed, and the results delivered to him. I thought carefully about what the work would require, what tasks would need to be undertaken in the lab, how long they would each take, and I considered that if I worked extra hours, turned up early, finished late, work over my lunch hour, and worked very hard then I would be able to deliver these results to him by Wednesday. today was Friday. The MD stated in no uncertain terms that he wanted it by Monday. Well I was flabbergas...