unspoken conversation, 7:15am
[The scene: bloke one is walking to work; bloke two is sitting in his 5 ton digger ready to start terracing a hill section. A complicated series of grins and a very kiwi sort of raised eyebrows combined with a slight uptilt of the head are exchanged. The interaction takes about two seconds, and is entirely wordless.]
-hey mate
-hey
[Bloke one’s eyes slip on to the digger before settling back on bloke two.]
-fuckin’ eh, that’s a cool piece of kit to play with there
-heh. i like it.
[Bloke two eye-checks bloke one’s shirt and tie.]
-you off to the office, eh?
-yeah. reckon you’ve got the better job today tho’
-yeah, reckon you might be right mate
-heh
[Bloke one walks out of scene.]
llew
14 October 2005, 09:24 #
Had a similar conversation with a guy a kilometre undergorund once. He was sitting on a big machine roughly resembling the mole from Thunderbirds, and expounding to me how much he would hate working in an office.
Although that day I did not envy him his job.
Amanda
14 October 2005, 11:29 #
classic.
Jessie
14 October 2005, 16:34 #
Nice snapshot.
Alan
14 October 2005, 16:52 #
It’s funny, because I don’t usually go for the really big boys toys, but for some reason just at that instant, I really envied his job. And he knew it.
Mr Reasonable
14 October 2005, 21:18 #
Mrs R’s brother digs holes for a living (in Nelson) and he has the most fun of anyone I know. He let me play a few years back and I have never been so terrified in my life and I balanced over a hole. He taped it and plays my grimace back to me every Christmas.
dodderyoldfart
15 October 2005, 11:14 #
It really is fun. Just like the sandpit. But you have to hold your mouth right.
Big bulldozers are the best! The ultimate power trip.
Brian
21 October 2005, 10:27 #
Now you know what happens to the kids that like playing with diggers in the sandpit when they grow up!