Volunteering

This volunteering business got me thinking of when I was in the middle of my (paying) career. We had a meeting and the manager was talking about a project in Germany. "I need a volunteer, Annika?". "Yes", I said, responding to my name. "Ok", he said, "it's settled then. You're leaving Monday".

Ah ok. Turned out to be the most boring project I have ever done. They wanted to ensure quality in some documents, one of these business plan dittos that nobody ever reads and will rest safely on somebodys shelf for eternity. And ze Germans are very careful, very precise and went through every line of text with a loupe.

I had big problems hiding my frequent yawns, and my feeble attempts to speed up the process didn't go down well.

I cannot remember anything else from these maybe three days I spent there, but a safe assumption is I went out for a few drinks in the evening.