Watercooler Wednesday - Light Work

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WCW Conversation - "Light Work"

My iPhone has now become my primary computer. I am ashamed to admit that I caught myself wishing for a red light while driving my Jeep yesterday.

To my chagrin, this relatively new red light phenomenon has increased as my addiction to Twitter, texting, checking e-mail, surfing the web, oh yeah - and making phone calls all have become a regular occurrence.

During the next few minutes of my ride, I began to notice other drivers stopped at red lights. They were doing it too. Doing what I now call "light work".

Instead of the usual testosterone induced revving of my engine, I now find myself totally oblivious to the light until the sound of a horn jars me from my "light work". I wonder how long it will be until an entire line of cars miss the green light all together. Doing light work.

Let's suppose my wage adds up to roughly twenty dollars an hour, a three minute red light would be, let's see, that would be one dollar worth of work accomplished. Maybe we could get time clocks installed in our vehicles. Even better, our iPhones will soon be able to record "light work" and maybe we'll get time and a half pay. I could almost afford the half-gallon of gas I just used sitting at the light.

But priceless indeed is the look of abject terror on the face of the guy sitting in the turn lane on the opposite side of the light as I try to punch out my last three letters while careening head-on towards him, turning my wheel at the last possible second, all the while thinking I might just be able to catch the next light red for more light work.

How about YOU? What do you do for your "light work"? TELL US HERE. Come on, confess. You know it's good for you.