Slow work days and fast losses
Jun. 28th, 2006 12:20 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
yrmencynWork today? Ve-e-e-e-e-ery slo-o-o-o-o-o-o-ow. On the plus side, none of the charts were running around like madmen with evil evil pernicious brains, so that was nice. We even successfully matched a lot of random crap that was, well, being randomly crappy. And homeless. Unconscionably.
In other news, I have set a new record. I bought my car on Saturday, here it is Tuesday, T+3 days. What did I do this afternoon? Lost the key fob*. Couldn't find it for love or money. I was fairly sure I'd set it on the table, but it sure wasn't there. So I used the valet key to drive over to Erin's and figured it would show up soon enough with some judicious morning looking. When I got home, what was on the table but the key fob! All is well, though; I'm not crazy. I asked Erin-the-roommate about it, and she said she had found it in the backyard while letting Sammy out to do her business**. Must have fallen out while I was watering the plants; the pockets in my scrubs aren't big fans of keeping items contained. Oh well, no harm done, lesson learned, must ensure that important items are safely placed inside on the dresser before doing, well, anything.
* A slightly confusing usage. While many cars with keyless entry have the key proper and a separate fob with lock/unlock/iced-cappuccino buttons, the Jetta (and many [all? most?] other VW models) has what they call a 'switchblade key'; the key folds down into the rectangular fob, and the push of a mechanical (as opposed to electronic) button releases it to pop out, like a switchblade.
** I've always loved this euphemistic idiom.
In other news, I have set a new record. I bought my car on Saturday, here it is Tuesday, T+3 days. What did I do this afternoon? Lost the key fob*. Couldn't find it for love or money. I was fairly sure I'd set it on the table, but it sure wasn't there. So I used the valet key to drive over to Erin's and figured it would show up soon enough with some judicious morning looking. When I got home, what was on the table but the key fob! All is well, though; I'm not crazy. I asked Erin-the-roommate about it, and she said she had found it in the backyard while letting Sammy out to do her business**. Must have fallen out while I was watering the plants; the pockets in my scrubs aren't big fans of keeping items contained. Oh well, no harm done, lesson learned, must ensure that important items are safely placed inside on the dresser before doing, well, anything.
* A slightly confusing usage. While many cars with keyless entry have the key proper and a separate fob with lock/unlock/iced-cappuccino buttons, the Jetta (and many [all? most?] other VW models) has what they call a 'switchblade key'; the key folds down into the rectangular fob, and the push of a mechanical (as opposed to electronic) button releases it to pop out, like a switchblade.
** I've always loved this euphemistic idiom.
