What a way to start eh? ^^^
Anyway, i've been meaning to do this for a while, since the start of the summer minimum. But it being me*, i've been putting it off til two friends started theirs, thus creating competition, my natural enemy.
(* me = Jonathan, child of the 1990's(January to be precise), Product design 3rd year in UL(University of Limerick(Limerick in the southwest of Ireland(if your reading this you already know that(i wonder how many brackets within brackets i can use(don't worry i'll stop here(you hope))))))
Right so you have a bit on my background. mainly this will be a blog on my day, hopefully with a hilarious take on something intellectual, but i wouldn't hold my breath.
To the title, i work only five minutes from my house, at the moment two jobs, both in Shannon International Airport. The first job is in the book-shop, which will remain unnamed for google-able reasons. i've been working there since september 09, only on weekends due to my college commitments. its an ok job, standard thing really, only difference is we have a shop both airside and landside of the security checkpoint. which means all our stock has to go through security...annoying.
Now my second job, is 20 hours a week, working in the Airport Search Unit in the aforemetioned security checkpoint. ask me what i do, i'll tell you very briefly that i'm the heartless wanker that gets paid to take your cans of deodorant and knitting needles of off you. the upside for me is i'm a well-paid heartless wanker.
Now after that brief history of employment, the blog title gets explained. You may or may not be aware of the liquid ban. basically to go through airport security, any liquids need to be 100ml or less (3.5 fluid ounces) and displayed to the security staff in a clear zip-lock bag not exceeding 1Litre capacity. now one of the sub-roles in security is loading (there are about 5, they'll be explained over time i'm sure) and this involves standing out the front of the machines telling people to take their liquids out and put their laptops in a separate tray, to empty their pockets but keep on their shoes etc... this is ok...but at times you get stuck out there for what seems like days so you streamline your sentences, humans are a fickle thing, and working in security you learn quickly that fickle is a really polite word for dense, stupid, and fuck-tardedly ignorant. thus you end up saying the same thing to every person who comes through individually. hence the streamlined sentences. such as "liquids, gels and pastes need to be out in a clear plastic bag and under 100ml, Laptops in a separate tray please"
i'm only seasonal staff and have only been back 2 months-ish, by august it'll be so streamlined it will be a series of grunts and nothing more.
so thats the origins of the title explained, and where i'll conclude my first post,
to finish i'm gonna put down some ground rules/info to motivate/keep myself in check. i'll have these in my info too.
1-post once a week minimum (standard self promise)
2-keep each blog confined to two topics max (i'll try not to ramble)
3-keep it varied, the same topic on repeat is shit
4-post some other type of thing (e.g. pics, vid's, sketches, or something)(will be ignored very fast)
5-recommend shit once in a while
info
1-i will swear, no apologies for this, its how i am. but i will not fucking swear unnecessarily (haha old joke)
2-feel free to comment me, i may or may not reply
3-once a week i will post a list of random thoughts i've written down. these won't have fitted in a blog so i don't wanna waste em. enjoy or hate i don't give a shit
expect these to change
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