Good morning to you all. Thankfully, we’re more or less over our jet lag and so back on to a somewhat regular routine. We’ve had a great week – the weather has been excellent most of the time – warm and sunny with clear skies until Friday when it was overcast with some drizzle while the temperature dropped about 20 degrees. It was clear again on Saturday but still significantly cooler than it had been all week. Looks like this could be the end of the summer! Continue reading “8 September 2013”
8 September 2013 – Amusements
The manager of the bakery had just finished training 15-year-old Bitzi, his new hire. He had bent the rules a little by hiring her at her age, but he thought she was a good worker. “Okay, here’s your first task,” the manager said. “See those boxes over there? That’s our shipment of pies. Put half of them in the freezer and half of them in the oven.”
“Yes, sir,” Bitzi said enthusiastically. She went over to the boxes and started opening them.
“All done,” she said to the manager 30 minutes later. The manager thought she took a little long to do that one task.
“Half of the pies are in the oven?” he asked.
“Yes,” Bitzi answered. “I’ll show you.” She walked over to the oven and opened the door. Inside were several rows of pies that had all been cut in half. Continue reading “8 September 2013 – Amusements”