Gary Sauer-Thompson argued that every photograph should tell a story. The photograph below doesn't so much tell a story as be a bored participant in one.

Like many people today I habitually work weekends - spending at the least a saturday morning catching up on work without the constant interruptions of email, phones, workmates etc. I enjoy it. And it has the added bonus of me being more productive for being able to focus on the tasks infront of me without concern for juggling five things at once.

Last week was July 4th; a large, raucous and sacrosanct American holiday. I worked on July 4th and as I was leaving at about 4pm I locked myself out of the office. I ended up phone a workmate who came in and unlocked the office door for me.

Not only did I feel stupid, to cap it off, he sat down and proceeded to work for a few hours. Such is the American working life. I felt bad for dragging him in, and then his taking advantage of being in the office to get some work done before heading off to celebrate July 4th fireworks.

The image was of the tiles on the second floor atrium in the office complex. I was bored while I was waiting and took some abstract happy snaps. The story isn't obvious in the photograph though.
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