It's A Faff
Dec. 12th, 2025 11:59 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
poliphilo The recycling centre is just across the road. It takes me about a minute to walk to the gate where they admit pedestrians.
Only I'm not walking there as often as I did because they've instituted a booking system- and you can't just turn up. Instead you have to go online, sign up for a time slot and it's a faff.
Is "faff" recognised as a noun by tthe gatekeepers of the language?
Yes it is. I just looked it up.
Why did they bring in the new system? Presumably to stop the queue of cars that used to build up along St Philip's Drive at peak hours.
Was that something that was worth doing? The official mind which abhors untidiness obviously thought so....
Only I'm not walking there as often as I did because they've instituted a booking system- and you can't just turn up. Instead you have to go online, sign up for a time slot and it's a faff.
Is "faff" recognised as a noun by tthe gatekeepers of the language?
Yes it is. I just looked it up.
Why did they bring in the new system? Presumably to stop the queue of cars that used to build up along St Philip's Drive at peak hours.
Was that something that was worth doing? The official mind which abhors untidiness obviously thought so....
