Free Nonsense

Ticket for recycling the action of punching the time card

By Patrícia Gonçalves *

I have been in INESC TEC for a year and a half. At first, I was amazed at the institute’s operation! From sending tickets, WHICH ACTUALLY WORK, to not punching the time card. Everything seemed perfect!

I “bothered” several times Mr. Manuel to fix things and everything was done very quickly! My warmest congratulations to those who came up with the ticket's idea and to everyone who are a part of it. 

In my opinion, not punching the time card was the ex-libris of INESC TEC! “Finnally, I come across an institution that understands that there is no need in having a fixed time schedule to researchers”, that is what I thought and I boast about that to all my friends because I was so proud of belonging to such institution! Sadly, it was just a flash in the pan… A couple of months ago I was forced to punch my time card… I must admit that I was very disappointed… :( Anyway, we should leave that to another time…

The only aspect I did not appreciate when I arrived at INESC TEC was the lack of sorting waste bins! I was one (of many) that opened tickets to try to raise the recycling issue and to put pressure so that the waste bins were placed throughout the building. Sorry but I just don’t get people who don’t recycle… It’s a simple way to counterbalance the pollution we do to our Planet! Don’t fool yourself by considering “Planet” as that conventional blue and white sphere which is isolated in space – NO! If you get the magnifying glass and look to that sphere, you will see that OUR PLANET is a complex system of which WE BELONG! If you don’t want to be good to the PLANET, at least be good to yourself and to those who are close to you. 

*take a deep breath*

Now that I’ve scolded you, I have to apologise and show you that I am not a bad person. Instead of preaching at you about the environment, I rather do this with humour. I hung on the kitchen wall of the second floor this picture so everyone who recycles remember:

I believe that humor helps. This short article was not enough to achieve a properly dispose of trash, but it helped. Maybe I need a different text… I am opened to suggestions. Thank you.

* Collaborator at the Artificial Intelligence and Decision Support Laboratory (LIAAD)