June 6th, 2008

I had the following argument yesterday with Lynn (Magda) the supervisor:

L: Once you’ve done 12 platform exchange orders you should know what you’re doing.
TMP: Generally yes, but I think it depends on the regularity.
L: No it doesn’t. ONCE. YOU’VE. DONE. T-W-E-L-V-E- ORDERS. YOU. KNOW. HOW. TO. DO. THEM.
TMP: No really, I think it depends on the regularity of them. If you do only 1 a month, then I think it’s less effective than if you do 1 a day for 2 weeks. Repetition, you know.
L: No. doesn’t make a difference at all.
TMP: Ok then, think of it this way. When you’re training for a dance (Lynn is a ballroom dancer. The very thought of her in sequins scares the living shit out of me) you don’t practice the dance once a week for 5 weeks, you practice once a day for a week, right?
L: I’m training for 8 dances. EIGHT! And I have to wear different costumes. You don’t have to wear different costumes. It’s easy for you. Think of it, having to change costume between orders. See? Not so easy is it? 12 orders.