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A construction site in deep Betoota Ponds is today once again graced with the pinging noises of a first-year apprentice’s iPhone addiction.
With only one portaloo between thirty blokes on site, ground zero for the new Ponds Shopping Arcade is not the best place to work if you want hide away.
However, with a lull in work as the boss arrives back from run to the shops, 2nd-year-apprentice Jordin has vanished from plain sight.
While the others in his company long for a day where the 19-year-old is able to harness his unbridled ADHD into actually doing some work, his penchant for strategic fantasy games on the iPhone is now common knowledge.
With the boss looking for willing and able bodies to help unload the truck, Jordin is nowhere to be seen – but the swishing sword noises currently echoing through the worksite give a clear indication of where he might be.
The portaloo, which is mostly serves as a panic room for any labourers suffering a post-cigarette exodus of iced coffee and last night’s chicken pad thai, is currently engaged.
It’s currently a hide-away for Jordin while he chases the endorphin hits that come from being the chief of a make-believe village at war with some other 19-year-old in Korea.
After the boss makes it clear that Jordin is currently needed elsewhere through a series of passive aggressive comments that are definitely loud enough to penetrate the 30 degree plastic cabin he’s hiding in – the creepy noises from his iPhone eventually die down.
However, the hope that Jordin will get the picture and get off his arse are soon dashed as the portaloo begins emitting the dulcet vocals of American porn star Mia Khalifa.
“Oi. Jordin!!!” shouts the boss.
“Get your fucken hand off it and get out here”
