Isn’t it funny when people make a request for when you have “a moment”?
What is a moment usually (*aside from a strange looking word – look at it!)? It’s a time frame of some sort of romantic connection (“They’re having a moment”) or a time you sort of catch your breath (“Give me a moment”). Whatever it is, it’s quick and semi-special. Don’t lie! Moments totally seem precious.
And I KNOW that the phrase is really just a polite way of saying that something isn’t overly important and shouldn’t take too much time to do. But that’s funny, too – because everywhere else, moments are things we lust for, capture, and re-tell. Moments are for us and not other people. They’re fleeting and we try to clutch at and collect them.
So bro, when I finally have a moment [Kodak or otherwise]: the last thing I want to devote it to is your stupid task. In my moments I want to love and laugh and relax and think.
One moment coming right up! Give me one.
But why not just ask them for the favour and remove imagined time?
LOL @ “So bro, when I finally have a moment [Kodak or otherwise]: the last thing I want to devote it to is your stupid task.”
Usually when I have an unimportant task or question to ask of someone, I politely ask if they have a “second” instead.
Moments like you put it are a little special and hence should not be appropriated for use in everyday work tasks.