Realistically, hoping for a Monday to be anything other than a damp squib on a cold and icy early February morning is being hopeful in the extreme, but i am ever the optimist, the 6.30 am start this morning doing nothing to inspire anything other than negative thoughts.
However, being the eternal businessman I took my well used sense of humour along with me and was soon having a "what are we doing here?" conversation with an owner driver of a 44 tonne truck who had parked in the yard over the weekend. He too has seen margins for earning a living diminish to the point of barely scraping a living, a sad indictment of that industry in the 21st century.
We spoke of his weekend, he won 2nd place in a kick boxing competition and was justly proud of his achievements despite his sore shins and bruised nose !
Waving him out of the yard i turned my attention to the icy cold looking buildings and snow covered ground and almost felt myself shiver with the cold. I went into the office and grabbed a coffee, enough to bring that smile back to my face as the lads started turning up for a days work in sub-zero conditions, have to admit i admire their aptitude and dedication in such conditions, as tyre fitting is a tough job that takes a special kind of mentality when faced with such searing cold weather, proving that once again however much the newspapers fill our heads with the sins of the youngsters these days they merely scrape the surface of the fantastic youngsters this country possesses.
So, Monday almost dealt with apart from a glass of orange juice and a couple of Jaffa cakes sat on a plate next to me as i write in a lovely warm home, it's not all bad when we think about it !.
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