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Situation: Bored – Boring Work; Day: 57

Bored – Boring Work

āĻŦāĻŋāϰāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻ•āϰ - āĻŦāĻŋāϰāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻ•āϰ āĻ•āĻžāϜ

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.

āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ­āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āύ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤāĻŋ āϝāĻž āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻ•āĻžāωāϕ⧇ āĻŦāϞāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āύ āϝ⧇ āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāϰāĻ•ā§āϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤ āϤāĻž āĻšāϞ āϝāĻ–āύ āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āϕ⧇āĻŦāϞ āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻœā§€āĻŦāύ⧇āϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϜāύ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ⧁āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāϞāϛ⧇āύ āϝāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāϰāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻ•āϰāĨ¤ āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖāĻ¸ā§āĻŦāϰ⧂āĻĒ, āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāϰāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻ•āϰ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇ āϤāĻŦ⧇ āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ⧁āϕ⧇ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āύ āϝ⧇ āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻ•āϤāϟāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāϰāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻ•āϰāĨ¤

“How is your work these days?”

“āϤ⧋āĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āϕ⧇āĻŽāύ āϚāϞāϛ⧇ āφāϜāĻ•āĻžāϞ?”

“Work is so boring that I’m going crazy.”

“āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻāϤ āĻŦāĻŋāϰāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻ•āϰ āϝ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāĻ—āϞ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤”

“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.”

“āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āύ⧇āχ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻŽā§āϝāĻžāύ⧇āϜāĻŽā§‡āĻ¨ā§āϟ āφāĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āφāϰāĻ“ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧇ āϖ⧁āĻŦ āĻŦā§āϝāĻ¸ā§āϤāĨ¤ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ­āĻžāĻ—ā§āϝ āĻ›āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāχ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āϟāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻŽā§‚āϞāϤ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻšā§‡āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ⧇ āĻŦāϏ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻ­āĻžāύ āĻ•āϰāĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤”

“That sounds so boring.”

“āĻāϟāĻž āϖ⧁āĻŦ āĻŦāĻŋāϰāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻ•āϰ āĻļā§‹āύāĻžāĻšā§āϛ⧇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.”

“āĻāϟāĻž āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻŦāϞ⧁āύāĨ¤ āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āϝāĻ–āύ āĻŦāĻŋāϰāĻ•ā§āϤ āĻšāύ āϤāĻ–āύ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āϖ⧁āĻŦ āϧ⧀āϰ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻŦāϰāĻ‚ āĻŦā§āϝāĻ¸ā§āϤ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻŦāĨ¤ āϤāĻžāĻšāϞ⧇ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϤāϤ āĻĻāĻŋāύ āĻĻā§āϰ⧁āϤ āϝāĻžāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤”

Similar type of boring work is when doing something that is routine. Some sentences expressing boring work are:

āĻāĻ•āχ āϧāϰāύ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāϰāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻ•āϰ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āϝāĻ–āύ āϰ⧁āϟāĻŋāύ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ. āĻŦāĻŋāϰāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻ•āϰ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻžāĻļ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻāĻŽāύ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝ āĻšāϞ:

“I’m doing the same thing over and over again.”

“āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāϰāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻāĻ•āχ āϜāĻŋāύāĻŋāϏ āĻ•āϰāĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤”

“My work is so repetitious that I am getting bored of it.”

“āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻāϤāχ āĻĒ⧁āύāϰāĻžāĻŦ⧃āĻ¤ā§āϤāĻŋāĻŽā§‚āϞāĻ• āϝ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāϤ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāϰāĻ•ā§āϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤”

“My work does not interest me.”

“āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āφāĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āφāĻ—ā§āϰāĻšā§€ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āύāĻžāĨ¤”

“I’m only working to pay the bills.”

“āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻļ⧁āϧ⧁ āĻŦāĻŋāϞ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻļā§‹āϧ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰāĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤”

“I wish I had your job.”

“āφāĻŽāĻŋ āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āϤ⧋āĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰāϤāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤”

Because some people are so busy, they envy people who have nothing to do at work.

āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āϞ⧋āĻ• āĻāϤ āĻŦā§āϝāĻ¸ā§āϤ, āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻāĻŽāύ āϞ⧋āĻ•āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻšāĻŋāĻ‚āϏāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻžāĻœā§‡āϰ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁āχ āύ⧇āχāĨ¤

“I’m so bored. I have nothing to do at work. I just surf the Internet all day long.”

“āφāĻŽāĻŋ āϖ⧁āĻŦ āĻŦāĻŋāϰāĻ•ā§āϤāĨ¤ āĻ•āĻžāĻœā§‡ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁āχ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āύ⧇āχāĨ¤ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āϏāĻžāϰāĻžāĻĻāĻŋāύ āĻļ⧁āϧ⧁ āχāĻ¨ā§āϟāĻžāϰāύ⧇āϟ āϏāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĢ āĻ•āϰāĻŋāĨ¤”

“Dang! I’m so busy at work, it’s driving me crazy. I really wish I had your job.”

“āĻĄā§āϝāĻžāĻ‚! āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ•āĻžāĻœā§‡ āϖ⧁āĻŦ āĻŦā§āϝāĻ¸ā§āϤ, āĻāϟāĻž āφāĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāĻ—āϞ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϤ⧁āϞāϛ⧇āĨ¤ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āϏāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻŋāχ āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āϤ⧋āĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰāϤāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤”