It isn't something that needs to be done often.
Only once in a while.
(Is that why he loves it? Because it's infrequent, & the event becomes sort of a "treat"?)
He does not say that he loves to cut off locks, but you can tell he does. There's the "Oh-kay" (or, "Aahr--right") in agreement when you request: on the surface it sounds grudging, weary, reluctant. But that's Acting. The pleased enthusiasm which is the truth can be heard in the tone.
He's prompt; you won't wait long. Approaching the Location of the Problem Lock: the bolt-cutters, and the joyous maintenance man. (Oh, he wouldn't admit to being joyous--but he can barely contain it! You cannot miss it -- sort of an underlying hum of anticipation that you can't hear but you know it's there, like the motor idling in a fancy American car -- a Cadillac, say -- as it waits, Energy ready, to GO.)
Using the Effective Tool, the bolt-cutter, he "CLIP" solves the problem and walks with power, satisfaction, and dignity -- like Secretariat after winning a race -- back to his project site.
----------------------------------
What affords us satisfaction in our work? Where's the Joy?
(A topic for later.)
-30-
No comments:
Post a Comment