conspiracy

the first shuttle bus to tanah merah mrt from my workplace departs 5:32 or thereabouts; the one after that a good 20-25 minutes later. Which means either

a) one leaves the office just as the minute hand whispers past the six, incurring baleful looks from colleagues and bosses alike, or
b) one resigns oneself to catching the second bus, whereupon one thinks: oh well, may as well look industrious in the mean time and earn brownie points with TPTB, particularly as the bus stop outside ALH provides no shade whatsoever, and is, in fact, at the perfect angle to receive the brunt of the sun's rays at that time of day.

which means that they get a good 15 minutes extra labour out of us every afternoon. for those of you keeping score, that works out to a whopping 3390 minutes, or 847.5 hours a year. devilish.