A Day in the Life / November 27

[morrobay1990]

Title: A Day in the Life / November 27
Author: morrobay1990
Warning:
Genre: canon/1990
Word count: 230
Disclaimer: They are AP's
♥ Jack









Tuesday morning found Ennis and the other hands in the tack room drinking coffee
and discussing the decision made by the higher ups to have a dude ranch roundup
next spring.

Everyone had questions, most were dead set against it, calling it a sell-out, waste of
time when they should be doing real work.

David got up to start another pot of coffee, dumping the soggy filter in the
trash and punching the brew button, said they should get a list of complaints
and take it to Tim.

Ennis had been listening until now, but he spoke up, said maybe a list of
questions instead of complaints…maybe they had everything worked out and just
hadn’t passed down all the details.

The men agreed, Ennis went to Tim’s office for pen and pad, poured a cup of
fresh coffee, sat at the table and started writing his own first question,
reading as he wrote:

What do we do with green riders for 9 days?

He looked up to see everyone nodding agreement, then questions came faster than
he could write:

Where would they stay, there was no bunkhouse.
How many ranch hands would be on the roundup?
What happens to the ranch work for that week?
Would new people be hired?

The list got longer, the dissention more vocal. It was decided that Ennis would
take their questions to Tim and come back with answers.

Comments

signs of a leader

[joetheone.livejournal.com]

I liked how Ennis came up with asking questions instead of just voicing complaints to the superiors. It is always best to question and even if you can think of your own answers and see if they fit the answers the supervisors would want to do or maybe ignite a new thought into their own solutions. Joe

Re: signs of a leader

[morrobay1990.livejournal.com]

Right, always better to go in with solutions, not problems...and Ennis has questions, but after he thinks on it for awhile, he is ranch-smart enough to figure out the answers, and what would work in a situation like this.

thanks!

[sid401k.livejournal.com]

Maybe Chief can help with the dudes, ya think?

I await future developments with interest.

[morrobay1990.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah, Chief has to go with them...

Glad to know you're along for the ride...

[eandj.livejournal.com]

I like the man Ennis has become a lot- and I think it's about time. He gets sociable, his Saturday 'dates' with his grandson are adorable, the dog is good for him, he interacts with his co-workers -all in all very good development I think.
Paula

[morrobay1990.livejournal.com]

I hope his life really did come to be something like this...as you say, sociable, spending time with his family, getting involved, a little...and with Jack still always there...

I know, I know: he's not real, he's not real, he's not real

:)

[eandj.livejournal.com]

WHAT??? what are you talking about- he's not real???
feels real enough to me, at least when you write about him
:)
Paula

[mazaher.livejournal.com]

If I were the stockboss, my first concern would be for the efficiency of the operation. At least two people must probably be set aside to keep an eye on the guests exclusively, and enough hands be otherwise provided for the roundup in addition to normal ranch operation. I think Ennis can work things out on these lines if allowed a saying. Very interesting development, thank you!

[morrobay1990.livejournal.com]

Thanks - I'm getting all kinds of ideas from comments here...yeah, Ennis knows the score...

[gwylliondream.livejournal.com]

Ugh! I broke LJ last night!!

This dude round up thing, has me worried. What if Tim cut back on the hired help?