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November 23, 2005
A troubling dilemma
At this very moment -- as I’m typing right now -- two men with leaf blowers are clearing the leaves from our driveway. I did not hire these men. I suspect that they were hired by the owner of the house next to ours (he rents it out and hires people to take care of the lawn). They’ve obviously made a mistake. I think I’ll go out right now and correct them.
Of course, first I need to finish this blog entry. That will, naturally, take some time. First, I have to write it, which is what I’m doing right now. Then I need to read back over it, making sure I haven’t accidentally left out a word or made some other careless error. Perhaps I’ll even rewrite a sentence or two. Then, finally, I have to run a spell-check.
But wait! I’m not finished yet. I then have to post the entry. The software I use is relatively simple but, still, the entry doesn’t post itself! No. It requires effort on my part. And that effort takes time. All told, we’re probably talking about 15 or 20 minutes. Maybe even a half-hour. By then, the men with leaf blowers will probably be finished clearing the leaves from our driveway …
It’s too bad because it’s just extra work for them. But I don’t see how it can be avoided. I really don’t. I really, really don’t.
Posted by teb at November 23, 2005 09:55 AM