I said Esses, not…. oh forget it.

I happened to be browsing the corporate website at work, looking for the futile hope of a better job, when I saw an article entitled “5S to tidy the mess”.

Well the 5S sounded like some kind of chemical spill to me.  Also, rhyming.  So double amused, I clicked on the link.  Instantly I was slapped across the face with the wet fish of disappointment.

There was no disaster.  No chemical spill, or spill of any kind. Instead, there was a picture of a very clean warehouse.  The 5S that was referred to was the name of a workplace organization method that used a list of five Japanese words: seiri, seiton, seiso, seiketsu, and shitsuke. In English, the words are sorting, set in order, systematic cleaning, standardizing, and sustaining.

Once my eyes glazed over, I began to think about World of Warcraft.  Technically I began thinking about stabbing someone in the neck, but I could only do that legally in World of Warcraft.  Once my eyes began to refocus, I looked at the picture of that clean warehouse and wished my character’s bank could be that clean and tidy.

That brought me right around.  If I could use Howling Blast IRL, how many walls would it destroy?  Also, how could I use the 5S system in World of Warcraft?

The answers were six, and just like this.

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