Here is why I am so pissed off this particular Monday -
Shitty weekend - boyfriend’s father is in critical condition, so he’s on his way to Belfast at the moment. The stupid part is that he’s been deteriorating for a while but the doctors kept brushing it off until it got so bad that he was barely breathing. Two days after they admitted him they had to move him to ICU and the doctor told his mom to notify all immediate family members.
At work - today is a national Korean holiday but they made us come into work today. It’s the first day of Spring Term for our academies (I work at HQ, admin stuff) so they want us here “just in case.”
The weather - it’s freezing again and raining.
Whiners - some idiots made some bullshit complaints about a workshop I ran last week. I gave them plenty of time for questions afterwards but they decided to complain that they had to “figure things out” themselves because the workshop wasn’t extensive enough. That’s what Q&A time is for, assholes. Not a one of you asked a single question. WTF?
Work in general - I’ve come to the realization that I hate management/admin work. I love teaching and developing materials but I can’t stand dealing with stupid corporate red tape and teachers/staff that complain about shit they should be able to deal with themselves. Working in an office has made me fat and cranky. I hate corporate culture and I want out ASAP.
I’m thinking of drafting a letter of resignation and quitting my office job at the end of the term. I’ll still teach at our main branch but no more corporate bullshit for me.
The funny thing about my position is that no one has lasted more than a year. It’s a hard position to fill because the program includes literature/debate/composition taught at the higher levels and there’s a lot of R&D involved. Also it’s more working hours for less pay (compared to teaching). Most people take the position because of their love of the program but end up leaving and going back to teaching as soon as is decent. Looks like that’s where I’m headed as well.
{{{{{{Haze}}}}}}
I expect my Monday will be slightly better, but only because I’m not in any kind of administrative position. I’m just a bottom runger with a set list of tasks to complete.
I just decided to have a late night snack of my favorite smoked mozzarella cheese. Well, I grabbed the block of cheese. I grabbed the knife. I started walking. Next thing I knew…
I stabbed myself in the right breast.
They always said that you should travel with the knife pointing down. I guess I’ll know better next time.
What have you done that you knew better than to do in the first place?
Scones, that sounds like something I would do. I’m very careless in the kitchen and have been known to reach for hot pan handles with bare hands. :smack:
My laptop is supposed to be on its way back, which means I plan on calling the UPS depot (which is 45’ away on foot, so I really, really, really wish they’d let me come pick up the package myself) to see if I can get them to stick a sticker on top of their standard sticker with the real address. That didn’t make sense, did it? Well, UK postcodes are supposed to represent one “tenement”, but my postcode includes all of the uni’s dorms; sadly, UPS’s labels believe we all live in the same dorm. And the classes I have this week are all unmissable, so I also want to try and get them to put my hours on the same sticker, or promise on their mother’s grave that if I’m not here they will deliver to the building’s office… or let me come pick it up, dagnabit!
Is this what being a hamster feels like?
{{{{{Haze}}}}} On the job part, I’d file this year under “learning experience”: you now know some more tasks that you can do and like, some more that you can do but dislike, and you have a better grasp of what is it the manager-type person is juggling.
And I totally understand you about administration.
Oh, but there’s just one thing I have to react to:
I’m sorry, but we do not believe you. You must submit photographic evidence in order for us to be able to determine whether you are lying or just mistaken
The boobies – they iz traps I telz ya! :eek:
**Nava **-- but… What you’re asking for would make sense. Can’t have that in a corporate environment, no can we…? :rolleyes:
School is still out today (for Purim), which means I barely managed to roll my ass out of bed at 8:15 this morning… :o
Oooh, hey, I just realized that it’s hamentasen time again! Dang, I wish I was somewhere that they made decent poppyseed ones!! Nom nom nom.
I’m up already and will probably feel crappy later this afternoon for this. But I’m gonna try to get to work early as now it wouldn’t make any sense to try to get back to sleep.
Ouch, Sticky! careful where you’re pointing that knife!
(((((Haze))))), you’re really having a rough time, aren’t you?
Nava, your request would make perfect sense to anyone other than a delivery person. Of course, they are a completely different species who think that it’s perfectly reasonable to expect you to stay in your dorm for the entire day without moving, just on the off chance they might show up to deliver something.
My Monday is turning out ok so far. I got to work on time, the sun is shining, I am only in the office for three days this week before I go swanning off to visit my friends in Hungary…but they will be a busy few days. Well, the days themselves won’t be too bad but the evenings will be very busy as I have a lot to get done in a short space of time.
I’d better get on then…a cuppa should start me off properly!
