Last Tuesday Todd and Russell drove into Brisbane to look at some surveying gear from another project. It is pretty crazy because all these projects are under the same company but each operates as their own little business. This means that at the end of the job, the job tries to sell off all their gear instead of transferring it to a project that is lacking. In any case, they were headed to Brisbane to look at some of this gear and I went to work by myself. HOLY MOLEY I have not been that busy since a Tuesday at uni (when I had classes all day and RA meeting till 11pm, ah those were the days...). Back on topic, wow busy. I sit next to Todd in the office and he usually passes tasks, plans, surveys onto me because he gets interrupted all the time by someone wanting something. Todd's surveying mantra (it seems) is "don't give the engineers what they want but what they need." Basically someone always wants something but the wanter could often figure it out for themselves through a ruler or these amazing tools called eyes. The real ones, no synonyms here.
Consequently, being myself and Todd all wrapped into one was exhausting! I was trying to get as much work done as possible but also constantly got interrupted by this or that. Even though I sit next to him and always see the interruptions, this was a whole different ball game and I think I am perfectly happy most days to just sit on deck.
