Fish pedicures - and transcriptionists (not all, but some)

Have you all heard of those "fish pedicures" where you put your feet in a container of water filled with tiny fish, and they swarm around your feet and eat all the calluses off? The fish pedicures are being banned in many places because the owners mistreat the fish. They do not feed them, so when two feet come splashing down, the fish are so desperate for something to eat that they start nibbling furiously at the calluses.

It's almost funny when I think of the fish, and I think of my own behavior when I see a list of jobs appear in my queue. Let the feeding frenzy begin!

I have two tingling thumbs right now-- just finished an extremely rare 3-hour mid-day stretch of work and was racing through reports at top speed! Unfortunately, had to take a break to eat something around 1 PM, wolfed down a sandwich while standing at the sink. When I returned, wow, the last 10 jobs had vamoosed. Wish I didn't have to choose between food or transcription, but I was about to faint! (Note to self: Keep crackers at desk.)