Situation: Bored – Boring Work; Day: 57
Bored – Boring Work
āĻŦāĻŋāϰāĻā§āϤāĻŋāĻāϰ - āĻŦāĻŋāϰāĻā§āϤāĻŋāĻāϰ āĻāĻžāĻ
A different situation you can tell someone you are bored is when you are simply talking with a friend concerning a part of your life that is boring. For example, if you have a boring job, you can explain to your friend how boring it is.
āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻŋāύā§āύ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāϏā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤāĻŋ āϝāĻž āĻāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻāĻā§ āĻŦāϞāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āύ āϝ⧠āĻāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāϰāĻā§āϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧā§āĻā§āύāĨ¤ āϤāĻž āĻšāϞ āϝāĻāύ āĻāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻā§āĻŦāϞ āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻā§āĻŦāύā§āϰ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ āĻāĻļ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāϰā§āĻā§ āĻāĻāĻāύ āĻŦāύā§āϧā§āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ āĻāĻĨāĻž āĻŦāϞāĻā§āύ āϝāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāϰāĻā§āϤāĻŋāĻāϰāĨ¤ āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖāϏā§āĻŦāϰā§āĻĒ, āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāϰāĻā§āϤāĻŋāĻāϰ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻĨāĻžāĻā§ āϤāĻŦā§ āĻāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻŦāύā§āϧā§āĻā§ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āύ āϝ⧠āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāϤāĻāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāϰāĻā§āϤāĻŋāĻāϰāĨ¤
“How is your work these days?”
“āϤā§āĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻā§āĻŽāύ āĻāϞāĻā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻžāϞ?”
“Work is so boring that I’m going crazy.”
“āĻāĻžāĻ āĻāϤ āĻŦāĻŋāϰāĻā§āϤāĻŋāĻāϰ āϝ⧠āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāĻāϞ āĻšāϝāĻŧā§ āϝāĻžāĻā§āĻāĻŋāĨ¤”
“I ran out of things to do and management is too busy to give me more work. I tried to find things to do with no luck. I’m basically sitting in my chair pretending to work.”
“āĻāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻāϰāĻžāϰ āύā§āĻ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻŽā§āϝāĻžāύā§āĻāĻŽā§āύā§āĻ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻā§ āĻāϰāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧠āĻā§āĻŦ āĻŦā§āϝāϏā§āϤāĨ¤ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻā§āϝ āĻāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻāϰāĻžāϰ āĻā§āώā§āĻāĻž āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāĨ¤ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻŽā§āϞāϤ āĻāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻā§āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ⧠āĻŦāϏ⧠āĻāĻžāĻ āĻāϰāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāύ āĻāϰāĻāĻŋāĨ¤”
“That sounds so boring.”
“āĻāĻāĻž āĻā§āĻŦ āĻŦāĻŋāϰāĻā§āϤāĻŋāĻāϰ āĻļā§āύāĻžāĻā§āĻā§āĨ¤”
“Tell me about it. Time goes so slow when you’re bored. I’d rather be busy. Then at least the day would go by faster.”
“āĻāĻāĻž āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāϰā§āĻā§ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻā§ āĻŦāϞā§āύāĨ¤ āĻāĻĒāύāĻŋ āϝāĻāύ āĻŦāĻŋāϰāĻā§āϤ āĻšāύ āϤāĻāύ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻā§āĻŦ āϧā§āϰ āĻšāϝāĻŧā§ āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻŦāϰāĻ āĻŦā§āϝāϏā§āϤ āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻŦāĨ¤ āϤāĻžāĻšāϞ⧠āĻ āύā§āϤāϤ āĻĻāĻŋāύ āĻĻā§āϰā§āϤ āϝāĻžāĻŦā§āĨ¤”
Similar type of boring work is when doing something that is routine. Some sentences expressing boring work are:
āĻāĻāĻ āϧāϰāύā§āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāϰāĻā§āϤāĻŋāĻāϰ āĻāĻžāĻ āϝāĻāύ āϰā§āĻāĻŋāύ āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻāϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ. āĻŦāĻŋāϰāĻā§āϤāĻŋāĻāϰ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻĒā§āϰāĻāĻžāĻļ āĻāϰ⧠āĻāĻŽāύ āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝ āĻšāϞ:
“I’m doing the same thing over and over again.”
“āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāϰāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻāĻāĻ āĻāĻŋāύāĻŋāϏ āĻāϰāĻāĻŋāĨ¤”
“My work is so repetitious that I am getting bored of it.”
“āĻāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻāϤāĻ āĻĒā§āύāϰāĻžāĻŦā§āϤā§āϤāĻŋāĻŽā§āϞāĻ āϝ⧠āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāϤ⧠āĻŦāĻŋāϰāĻā§āϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧā§ āϝāĻžāĻā§āĻāĻŋāĨ¤”
“My work does not interest me.”
“āĻāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻā§ āĻāĻā§āϰāĻšā§ āĻāϰ⧠āύāĻžāĨ¤”
“I’m only working to pay the bills.”
“āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻļā§āϧ⧠āĻŦāĻŋāϞ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻļā§āϧā§āϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻāϰāĻāĻŋāĨ¤”
“I wish I had your job.”
“āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āϤā§āĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻāϰāϤāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤”
Because some people are so busy, they envy people who have nothing to do at work.
āĻāĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āϞā§āĻ āĻāϤ āĻŦā§āϝāϏā§āϤ, āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻāĻŽāύ āϞā§āĻāĻĻā§āϰ āĻšāĻŋāĻāϏāĻž āĻāϰ⧠āϝāĻžāĻĻā§āϰ āĻāĻžāĻā§āϰ āĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻ āύā§āĻāĨ¤
“I’m so bored. I have nothing to do at work. I just surf the Internet all day long.”
“āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻā§āĻŦ āĻŦāĻŋāϰāĻā§āϤāĨ¤ āĻāĻžāĻā§ āĻāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻ āĻāϰāĻžāϰ āύā§āĻāĨ¤ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āϏāĻžāϰāĻžāĻĻāĻŋāύ āĻļā§āϧ⧠āĻāύā§āĻāĻžāϰāύā§āĻ āϏāĻžāϰā§āĻĢ āĻāϰāĻŋāĨ¤”
“Dang! I’m so busy at work, it’s driving me crazy. I really wish I had your job.”
“āĻĄā§āϝāĻžāĻ! āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻā§ āĻā§āĻŦ āĻŦā§āϝāϏā§āϤ, āĻāĻāĻž āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻāϞ āĻāϰ⧠āϤā§āϞāĻā§āĨ¤ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āϏāϤā§āϝāĻŋāĻ āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āϤā§āĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻāϰāϤāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤”