Situation: Bored – Boring Work; Day: 57
Bored – Boring Work
āĻŦāĻŋāĻ°āĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻāĻ° - āĻŦāĻŋāĻ°āĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻāĻ° 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 āĻāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¨ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻ¤āĻŋ āĻ¯āĻž āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻāĻā§ āĻŦāĻ˛āĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ¨ āĻ¯ā§ āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ°āĻā§āĻ¤ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻā§āĻ¨āĨ¤ āĻ¤āĻž āĻšāĻ˛ āĻ¯āĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻā§āĻŦāĻ˛ āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻā§āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ āĻāĻļ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻ¨ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§ āĻāĻĨāĻž āĻŦāĻ˛āĻā§āĻ¨ āĻ¯āĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻ°āĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻāĻ°āĨ¤ āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖāĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻĒ, āĻ¯āĻĻāĻŋ āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ°āĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻ āĻĨāĻžāĻā§ āĻ¤āĻŦā§ āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ā§āĻā§ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻā§āĻ¯āĻž āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ¨ āĻ¯ā§ āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻ¤āĻāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻ°āĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻāĻ°āĨ¤
“How is your work these days?”
“āĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻ āĻā§āĻŽāĻ¨ āĻāĻ˛āĻā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻžāĻ˛?”
“Work is so boring that I’m going crazy.”
“āĻāĻžāĻ āĻāĻ¤ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ°āĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻāĻ° āĻ¯ā§ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāĻāĻ˛ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻ¯āĻžāĻā§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.”
“āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻāĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻ¨ā§āĻ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻŽā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻāĻŽā§āĻ¨ā§āĻ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻā§ āĻāĻ°āĻ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¤ā§ āĻā§āĻŦ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĨ¤ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻāĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻā§āĻˇā§āĻāĻž āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĨ¤ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻŽā§āĻ˛āĻ¤ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻā§āĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ°ā§ āĻŦāĻ¸ā§ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻāĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻāĻŋāĨ¤”
“That sounds so boring.”
“āĻāĻāĻž āĻā§āĻŦ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ°āĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻāĻ° āĻļā§āĻ¨āĻžāĻā§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 āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻā§ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻā§ āĻŦāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤ āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¯āĻāĻ¨ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ°āĻā§āĻ¤ āĻšāĻ¨ āĻ¤āĻāĻ¨ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻā§āĻŦ āĻ§ā§āĻ° āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĨ¤ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻŦāĻ°āĻ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻŦāĨ¤ 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:
āĻāĻāĻ āĻ§āĻ°āĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻŦāĻŋāĻ°āĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻ āĻ¯āĻāĻ¨ āĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ¨ āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻāĻ°āĻž āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧ. āĻŦāĻŋāĻ°āĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻāĻžāĻļ āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻāĻŽāĻ¨ āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āĻ¯ āĻšāĻ˛:
“I’m doing the same thing over and over again.”
“āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻ°āĻŦāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻāĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¸ āĻāĻ°āĻāĻŋāĨ¤”
“My work is so repetitious that I am getting bored of it.”
“āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻ āĻāĻ¤āĻ āĻĒā§āĻ¨āĻ°āĻžāĻŦā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻŽā§āĻ˛āĻ āĻ¯ā§ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻ¤ā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ°āĻā§āĻ¤ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻ¯āĻžāĻā§āĻāĻŋāĨ¤”
“My work does not interest me.”
“āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻā§ āĻāĻā§āĻ°āĻšā§ āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻ¨āĻžāĨ¤”
“I’m only working to pay the bills.”
“āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻļā§āĻ§ā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ˛ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻļā§āĻ§ā§āĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻāĻ°āĻāĻŋāĨ¤”
“I wish I had your job.”
“āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¯āĻĻāĻŋ āĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤āĻžāĻŽāĨ¤”
Because some people are so busy, they envy people who have nothing to do at work.
āĻāĻžāĻ°āĻŖ āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻ˛ā§āĻ āĻāĻ¤ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤, āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻāĻŽāĻ¨ āĻ˛ā§āĻāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻšāĻŋāĻāĻ¸āĻž āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻ¯āĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻāĨ¤
“I’m so bored. I have nothing to do at work. I just surf the Internet all day long.”
“āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻā§āĻŦ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ°āĻā§āĻ¤āĨ¤ āĻāĻžāĻā§ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻ āĻāĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻ¨ā§āĻāĨ¤ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¸āĻžāĻ°āĻžāĻĻāĻŋāĻ¨ āĻļā§āĻ§ā§ āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻāĻžāĻ°āĻ¨ā§āĻ āĻ¸āĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĢ āĻāĻ°āĻŋāĨ¤”
“Dang! I’m so busy at work, it’s driving me crazy. I really wish I had your job.”
“āĻĄā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ! āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻā§ āĻā§āĻŦ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤, āĻāĻāĻž āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻāĻ˛ āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻ¤ā§āĻ˛āĻā§āĨ¤ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¸āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻŋāĻ āĻ¯āĻĻāĻŋ āĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤āĻžāĻŽāĨ¤”