I could go into a lengthy rant about this week. But why bother when there's a cartoon that'll say it all for you



I increasingly wonder about the value of most of the things that people are tested on. A few years ago, a lot of it could be said to have value but now we're in the digital age where almost any piece of information can be brought up in a matter of seconds, it seems that a lot of what is getting taught in schools is only useful for pub quizzes (case in point, my mind just blanked on the plural of quiz, a ten second google query and I have the answer).

I would suggest that for subjects like law, history and most of the other essay writing subjects; a better method of examination would be using computers connected to the internet ,  giving candidates access to all the resources they would in a real life scenario. Results would be less dependant on memory and more on capability to find, analyse and interpret information, which I think is more akin to reality.

As for my plans for this evening. Well:

I've been working in a restaurant now for the past few months. For the most part, it's pretty rubbish. Hours are long and anti-social, pay is minimal, and worse, I have to deal with people (children included) occasionally. The people there make up for it quite a lot, but I'm still going to be glad to be leaving at the end of the week. But my shift on Monday was more than enough to at least make me reluctant to be leaving.

For some reason, there was an inordinate number of people there for birthdays. One table had brought in a big wonderful looking chocolate cake. No more than 15 minutes later, three quarters of it was brought back into the kitchen untouched. The family didn't even want to take it with them. Naturally, the kitchen staff weren't going to complain. It turns out that there are few things nicer than having a big cake to take little bits out of as you work.

Then, as the last few customers are leaving and everything is being shut down, it transpired that there is close to an entire boxful of chicken just waiting to be eaten that would have to be wasted if nobody would eat it. Chicken is what our restaurant is best known for so nobody was going to pass up that opportunity either.

So now, I'm quite full but a little bit thirsty. After I finish, I go to join everyone else in the bar area where I'm told that on certain Mondays the bar staff go do 'line cleaning' in the evenings. What this means, I'm not sure of. The effect on me was that there was an awful lot of beer that the bar was giving away to staff members for free. Believe it or not, I didn't complain.

Oh and when I stumbled home much later, I found a pizza that I had forgotten about, bringing the number of unexpected foodstuffs/drink of the day to 4. Not that I could count to 4 by that point, but it's nice to reflect upon.

What this has taught me:
-Western society wastes way too much
-Crappy jobs can sometimes have very good perks
-Finding something you'd forgotten about is a great feeling. Works best with money but to a lesser extent with food too.
-Some days will just be lucky. Don't question it. Just accept it.

It may seem pretty stupid but the sheer run of good fortune of the day probably makes this one of my best days in recent memory. Anyone else have any good luck or decent times lately?