fool's errand?

 at work i started off with a weird i.m. it mentioned fire drills and i was lost as to how that pertained to me. then finally this man asked me to go to another floor and try to re-boot a computer so it could be used remotely. at least i said i wasn't on the same floor as the others on this team. i found out the floor was largely deserted, saw just one employee in a cube and there was someone handling the recycle bins. i was given limited information, was told it was near a whiteboard on wheels. i found a computer where it said 'press escape' but after i returned to the shop i found out that wasn't it. i made two more visits, after being given the two serial numbers to look for. i found just one of the two and was unable to re-boot it. i only had the time to work on it during the first two hours of the day, as i had my own normal duties to handle. it seemed like a fool's errand, but later in the day i was given points that i can put towards an amazon gift card. this was the first time in over a year where someone had sent me points. so, i guess i won't complain about trying to do something that wasn't my job. i know this can happen a lot when i am onsite all the time, unlike most of my colleagues who can work from home on many days. there was a quick dial-in meeting just before i went to lunch, mention of a function moving to our team and it means having to hire someone for it. i had done part of this function, handling the refund checks, during the pandemic. i was the one that overnighted these once a week to an office on the other side of the metro area. i liked how i got out of the office at a decent time. it still helps to do as many overnights as possible before i have to run the machine late in the day. i had to call an audible on what fish fry i attended. i tried going to the one at the Ukraine center, had done it as a take-out order before. i saw a line wrapping around the block, i parked. then i asked someone near the front of the line how long they'd been waiting, was told forty-five minutes. i said that don't work for me, i wanted to eat right away. i went to an Arby's and found a fish sandwich there. the fish was big, plenty of it sticking out from the bun. i made it back to the Hy-Vee in Eagan for groceries after skipping a week. during my walks i found 1 dollar 41 cents.