Word: tedium
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...platoon has served in Iraq for seven months and expects to stay for five more. In three weeks with the Tomb Raiders, over the course of 30 patrols with the unit and sister platoons, TIME journalists witnessed the tedium and the terror, the sacrifice and resolve that epitomize the lives of G.I.s across Iraq. Like thousands of Americans in this war, the Tomb Raiders have absorbed losses that have changed their lives forever. Theirs is the story of what the Army looks like today and what this war has become...
...Zimmer and the CEOs of a few other companies have not abandoned the idea that employees who take business (but not necessarily themselves) seriously stand to be happier and more productive. Fun doesn't save people from layoffs. But it does save them from tedium and stress and can spark creativity. The fun workplace is a concept established by CEOs like Southwest Airlines' Herb Kelleher, for whom audiovisual aids were a lighted cigarette and the clinking ice cubes in his drink. Of course, Kelleher wasn't above handling customer baggage either, and Southwest made tons of money...
...infamous series of ACT UP (AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power) kiss-ins at St. Patrick’s Cathedral. The BGLTSA’s kiss-in, by contrast, was an exercise in timidity, an attempt to normalize same-sex affection as a part of the tedium of everyday life—something to ingest along with your Chick-Fil-A. While we enjoy having our sexuality served alongside a sandwich as much as the next person, it seems clear to us that taking All My Children as one’s model of political efficacy is no way to start...
Inside, graduation speeches built on the dual themes of the stressful occupation and the honor and duty that accompany it. The MBTA’s police chaplain spoke about the obstacles that face police officers—longs hours, tedium, chaos, low pay and the constant worries that saddle loved ones...
Taking place in Rabagliati's native Quebec during the heyday of Queen and Supertramp, "Summer Job" begins with Paul, the author's alter-ego, having just quit school and suffering the tedium of working at a printing press. Artistically inclined, he had acquired a government grant to paint murals on the school walls, but a ruthless principal pulled him off the job due to low marks. Bored, directionless and angry, the last stroke comes when Paul's pet bird dies. Luckily an acquaintance calls to offer Paul a job as a counselor at a woodsy camp for underprivileged children...