Cathi’s tips
Cathi’s tips
Anyone who has been reading this blog for a while will know that I am anything but a fan of Facebook. Mostly I just endure it. The majority of status updates irritate or bore me. And then, then there are the humorous statuses that smash into my day just when they are needed most. Like those from Cathi, who was an exchange student to Belgium with me back in the late 1980s. We weren’t close back then, and we still aren’t, but her updates regularly have me laughing out loud, often inappropriately, in my funeral-home-like open plan office. (Yes I, like the majority of other users, have occasionally checked in on Facebook during work…)
It would be a travesty not to share some of them with a wider audience, which is why I’m bringing you Cathi’s Tips today. In her words, “I figure if my contribution to society is that I can help people avoid mistakes I have made, because they’ve learned something from my public humiliation, then that’s a sacrifice I’m willing to make.”
Tip # 1: After unlocking office door with set of keys hanging on lanyard worn around your neck, be sure to remove key from door before walking away from door. This will greatly reduce chances of injury and/or embarrassment. You’re welcome.
Tip # 2: When trying to inconspicuously reply to a text during a work meeting, it is best not to hit the ‘text by voice’ button instead of the ‘reply’ button (inconveniently located right on top of each other)…because not only does it become instantly obvious that you are texting, but now the whole room gets to hear your text read aloud by the computer animated voice on your phone. And that bitch does not know how to whisper!
Tip # 3: You will all be happy to know that I do not have one mosquito bite on either eyeball. That old bug spray in the eyes trick really does work!
Tip # 4: If by the age of 42 you are not a runner, stay ‘not a runner’. Sincerely, Your Torn Hamstring.
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I have been blogging here since around April 2011 - my little place on the blogosphere to express myself creatively. As a teenager I used to write a diary - in fact, as a 17-year-old living in Belgium, I wrote religiously every day. Fortunately the Internet didn't exist back then because my ramblings as a teenager were ever-so-slightly dark, cynical and depressing. You won't find much of that here. Also, mostly, I try not to get too deep or philosophical in this forum - I'd like my photography to uplift and inspire, and, where I can, I try to bring a bit of humour into my writing too. I've been fortunate enough to travel extensively and have made many friends across the globe. This is my spot to keep in touch with them.
Good for a laugh and laughter is good!
That just brightened up my day!
My time to become a runner fast running out. And how is that hamstring of yours? I just put this here because you like comments on your blog.
You are very strange…