Strange days

 

What on earth is going on with the weather, when I got out to the limo yesterday morning it was thick with ice and the temperature was -3!!!  I think that I had a bit of frost bite by the time the windscreen was cleared.

Got to the office and by 9am, the sky was blue without a cloud.

In the office we have had everything set up with hand sanitiser, thermometers etc since last year, all desks are cleaned twice daily and the office is cleaned every day too ( by yours truly),first day back in for one of the homeworkers, he was stood at the back door as I pulled up, I asked him why he hadn't gone in, his reply  was that he wasn't touching the door so someone would have to open it for him.

He then refused to touch anything on his desk, saying it had to be cleaned and sanitised in front of him.

He wanted a new keyboard and mouse, he wanted  his telephone cleaned thoroughly.......

Cue a loss of temper from moi, a quick count to five and then me handing him all the sanitising equipment.

He did his own cleaning and then sat in the corner sulking.

He wants to 'work from home permanently', he doesn't 'like mixing with people', he isn't happy about 'being made to come back to the office'

 I know too well the stress of going to work through first lock down was very frightening, all unknown, he was lucky to be able to work from home and feel safe,  however he has had both of his injections and is in a better position than the rest of us.

It does seem to highlight that some homeworkers are struggling to go out into the big world.

However not him, he has not adhered to lockdown regulation ( by his own admission) and I am at a bit of a loss.

He has been referring to the powers that be in the company as 'his bullying employers'

oh and he brought a flask of coffee so that he didn't have to touch anything in the kitchen.

Ah well lets see what today holds.

I am working on Friday nights cocktail already, one  takes a bit of making and I have thrown in an alternative just in case , which I sort of made up and it has history behind it.

So that's all to look forward to on Friday.

word of the day 

Shruff

When open fires were in every home Shruff was an important domestic commodity, The word referred to refuse used for burning especially pieces of light wood and cinders used for fuel.

Happy Tuesday