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Situation: Bored – Boring Work; Day: 57

Bored – Boring Work

āĻŦāĻŋāĻ°āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ•āĻ° - āĻŦāĻŋāĻ°āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ•āĻ° āĻ•āĻžāĻœ

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•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ­āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¨ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻ¤āĻŋ āĻ¯āĻž āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ•āĻžāĻ‰āĻ•ā§‡ āĻŦāĻ˛āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§‡āĻ¨ āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ°āĻ•ā§āĻ¤ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡āĻ›ā§‡āĻ¨āĨ¤ āĻ¤āĻž āĻšāĻ˛ āĻ¯āĻ–āĻ¨ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ•ā§‡āĻŦāĻ˛ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻœā§€āĻŦāĻ¨ā§‡āĻ° āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ•ā§‡ āĻāĻ•āĻœāĻ¨ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§‡ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāĻ˛āĻ›ā§‡āĻ¨ āĻ¯āĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻ°āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ•āĻ°āĨ¤ āĻ‰āĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖāĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻ°ā§‚āĻĒ, āĻ¯āĻĻāĻŋ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ°āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ•āĻ° āĻ•āĻžāĻœ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ¤āĻŦā§‡ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ā§āĻ•ā§‡ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ–ā§āĻ¯āĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§‡āĻ¨ āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻāĻŸāĻŋ āĻ•āĻ¤āĻŸāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻ°āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ•āĻ°āĨ¤

“How is your work these days?”

“āĻ¤ā§‹āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻžāĻœ āĻ•ā§‡āĻŽāĻ¨ āĻšāĻ˛āĻ›ā§‡ āĻ†āĻœāĻ•āĻžāĻ˛?”

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

“āĻ•āĻžāĻœ āĻāĻ¤ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ°āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ•āĻ° āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāĻ—āĻ˛ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡ āĻ¯āĻžāĻšā§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.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻ•āĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ‡ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻŽā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¨ā§‡āĻœāĻŽā§‡āĻ¨ā§āĻŸ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ†āĻ°āĻ“ āĻ•āĻžāĻœ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ–ā§āĻŦ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĨ¤ āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ­āĻžāĻ—ā§āĻ¯ āĻ›āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ‡ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻ•āĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āĻŸāĻž āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤ āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻŽā§‚āĻ˛āĻ¤ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻšā§‡āĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ°ā§‡ āĻŦāĻ¸ā§‡ āĻ•āĻžāĻœ āĻ•āĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻ­āĻžāĻ¨ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤”

“That sounds so boring.”

“āĻāĻŸāĻž āĻ–ā§āĻŦ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ°āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ•āĻ° āĻļā§‹āĻ¨āĻžāĻšā§āĻ›ā§‡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āĻŸāĻž āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ•ā§‡ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻŦāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¯āĻ–āĻ¨ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ°āĻ•ā§āĻ¤ āĻšāĻ¨ āĻ¤āĻ–āĻ¨ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ–ā§āĻŦ āĻ§ā§€āĻ° āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡ āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĨ¤ āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻŦāĻ°āĻ‚ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻŦāĨ¤ āĻ¤āĻžāĻšāĻ˛ā§‡ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻ¤ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¨ āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤ āĻ¯āĻžāĻŦā§‡āĨ¤”

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

āĻāĻ•āĻ‡ āĻ§āĻ°āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ° āĻŦāĻŋāĻ°āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ•āĻ° āĻ•āĻžāĻœ āĻ¯āĻ–āĻ¨ āĻ°ā§āĻŸāĻŋāĻ¨ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻ•āĻ°āĻž āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧ. āĻŦāĻŋāĻ°āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ•āĻ° āĻ•āĻžāĻœ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ•āĻžāĻļ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡ āĻāĻŽāĻ¨ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āĻ¯ āĻšāĻ˛:

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

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻ°āĻŦāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ•āĻ‡ āĻœāĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¸ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤”

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

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻžāĻœ āĻāĻ¤āĻ‡ āĻĒā§āĻ¨āĻ°āĻžāĻŦā§ƒāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻŽā§‚āĻ˛āĻ• āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ°āĻ•ā§āĻ¤ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡ āĻ¯āĻžāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤”

“My work does not interest me.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻžāĻœ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ†āĻ—ā§āĻ°āĻšā§€ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡ āĻ¨āĻžāĨ¤”

“I’m only working to pay the bills.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻļā§āĻ§ā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ˛ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻļā§‹āĻ§ā§‡āĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ•āĻžāĻœ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤”

“I wish I had your job.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¯āĻĻāĻŋ āĻ¤ā§‹āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻžāĻœ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤āĻžāĻŽāĨ¤”

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

āĻ•āĻžāĻ°āĻŖ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻ˛ā§‹āĻ• āĻāĻ¤ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤, āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻāĻŽāĻ¨ āĻ˛ā§‹āĻ•āĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻšāĻŋāĻ‚āĻ¸āĻž āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡ āĻ¯āĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ•āĻžāĻœā§‡āĻ° āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§āĻ‡ āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ‡āĨ¤

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

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ–ā§āĻŦ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ°āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĨ¤ āĻ•āĻžāĻœā§‡ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§āĻ‡ āĻ•āĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ‡āĨ¤ āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¸āĻžāĻ°āĻžāĻĻāĻŋāĻ¨ āĻļā§āĻ§ā§ āĻ‡āĻ¨ā§āĻŸāĻžāĻ°āĻ¨ā§‡āĻŸ āĻ¸āĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĢ āĻ•āĻ°āĻŋāĨ¤”

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

“āĻĄā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ‚! āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ•āĻžāĻœā§‡ āĻ–ā§āĻŦ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤, āĻāĻŸāĻž āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ—āĻ˛ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡ āĻ¤ā§āĻ˛āĻ›ā§‡āĨ¤ āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¸āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻŋāĻ‡ āĻ¯āĻĻāĻŋ āĻ¤ā§‹āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻžāĻœ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤āĻžāĻŽāĨ¤”