Some Principles of Phenomenological Hermeneutics
2. Our existence as beings includes: our situation; our tools-to-hand with and through which we manipulate and articulate the world; and our fore-understandings of the world. (Copyright 1996 John Lye)
My situation:
i'm not dying but i am taking care of some things as if i was. Like you do sometimes.
My tools-at-hand:
Blood test, bank, Public Trust to sign my Will and organise some life insurance.
The woman at the blood clinic said my name and then "There you go." When she had finished. i said "Those are cool." Meaning the tubes, that fit into the needle, that collect the blood. The woman at the bank said "We will be sad to loose you as a client." i think she was speaking on behalf of the bank as a whole not the people that work there. The man next to me says he is "always open" when the teller asks him if he would like some information on the bank's latest accounts. i said "i've been with you since i was five". The next man next to me says "There isn't enough money going into it." When the teller asks if there are anything he would like to change about the account he has. In the end i open a no-fees online account. Debbie at the Public Trust said that the fact i am not married but have had a civil union does make a difference and she had to print out the Will again. She said it was no big deal. i said we might be able to get life insurance somewhere else and she said there is no fee for unpdating your Will.
My fore-understanding of the world:
The blood clinic place is full of sick people whose doctors have no idea what is wrong with them. i know what's wrong with me but i don't have a doctor. In banks now they sell you stuff. They have large white boards out the back, sometimes you can see them, with headings written on them, next to the headings are numbers, quite big numbers. i think i would quite like to work in the Public Trust. There is a lot of sitting at desks and typing - i think they get to fill out a lot of forms and put papers in folders and envelopes and files. i think they get to do a lot of filing and be tidy a lot.
My situation:
i'm not dying but i am taking care of some things as if i was. Like you do sometimes.
My tools-at-hand:
Blood test, bank, Public Trust to sign my Will and organise some life insurance.
The woman at the blood clinic said my name and then "There you go." When she had finished. i said "Those are cool." Meaning the tubes, that fit into the needle, that collect the blood. The woman at the bank said "We will be sad to loose you as a client." i think she was speaking on behalf of the bank as a whole not the people that work there. The man next to me says he is "always open" when the teller asks him if he would like some information on the bank's latest accounts. i said "i've been with you since i was five". The next man next to me says "There isn't enough money going into it." When the teller asks if there are anything he would like to change about the account he has. In the end i open a no-fees online account. Debbie at the Public Trust said that the fact i am not married but have had a civil union does make a difference and she had to print out the Will again. She said it was no big deal. i said we might be able to get life insurance somewhere else and she said there is no fee for unpdating your Will.
My fore-understanding of the world:
The blood clinic place is full of sick people whose doctors have no idea what is wrong with them. i know what's wrong with me but i don't have a doctor. In banks now they sell you stuff. They have large white boards out the back, sometimes you can see them, with headings written on them, next to the headings are numbers, quite big numbers. i think i would quite like to work in the Public Trust. There is a lot of sitting at desks and typing - i think they get to fill out a lot of forms and put papers in folders and envelopes and files. i think they get to do a lot of filing and be tidy a lot.
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