Thursday, December 07, 2006

Top 10 (non-sexual) Small Pleasures

in no particular order

1. Vindication on the Bus or Walk option

The smug self-satisfaction of a gamble that's paid off. Legs stretched thanks to a brisk walk and no bus passed you by. I AM A WINNER! I AM A WINNER! Meanwhile the losers at the bus stop are still standing there and even when the bus comes it's going to be so cramped that they probably won't get on.

2. An Expense Form completed

Weeks of guilt as receipts swell your wallet to virtual implosion. You're heading towards your overdraft limit and there's all this virtual money just asking to be redeemed. Every day you're burning with the sense of injustice at the interest-free loan you're giving the company. So you knuckle down. Dust down the diary. Invent the specious reason for that unexplainable taxi receipt. Watch the numbers tot up. Sign off the claim with a flourish and skip gaily down to the accounts department. Closure... and the wonderful knowledge that cashback is on the way.

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