management

So all my working life I have wanted to be on the 'management team.' Most of you know I am not that power hungry but to be honest I just wanted to have an in to hear gossip first hand. Well, now that I am 'management' or at least our version of it I am desperate to get out.

Last week we had a meeting and I decided I would track the comments being made....here are the results:
*Comments irrelevant to me outweight the relevant ones by a ration of 3 to 1.
*There were 7 comments made that were just plain stupid; 12 that were pointless.
*6 comments were made just to 'prove' tot he others the person was 'smart' and all 6 failed at achieving the goal.
*4 questions were asked that sent us into tangents we could not recover from.
*The phrase 'strategic plan' was used 8 times. And no, we are not in the midst of working on a strategic plan.

Needless to say I only paid attention at the meeting so I could report those numbers back to you.

do you think there will be a point...

When my current co-workers will stop acting like the woman who had the job before me was perfect?

friends, she is lounging at home watching tv...

So this 1/2 ton woman killed her nephew. It is a horrible story, and Nancy Grace is mad (I know, shocking.) One version is that she fell on the child. The best part is that they claim that they can't take the lady to jail because she is so fat.

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/crime/2008/03/27/ng.killer.too.obese.for.jail.cnn

"If I can pay for the war in Iraq, I can pay for this lady to go to jail"

PS. Does anyone think nancy gracy has a little angry tyrant she should take on a walk?

i want to be one of those people...

who can get away with refusing to do things at work that they don't want to. I don't mean major parts of my job descriptions (well, I don't really want to do most of those either) but the little things. I am sitting in my office listening to someone talk about how a co-worker does not want to do something.

Two of my co-workers are discussing how 'well, that's just her, what can you do" Uh, a lot. You can make her do it. Or you can fire her. That was easy. If only I got to be in charge.

Happy Easter!

my therapist says...

I need to sit down and list what I am looking for in a job before I even look for a new job (not that I am looking...) After much deliberation these are the final criteria I have come up with...

1. Job must start no earlier than 9 am and end no later than 5 pm. And frankly I need these to be guidelines not set in stone.
2. 2 hour lunches must be encouraged, not frowned upon
3. free massages (the FFL was not all bad!)
4. TV with cable in my office (no premium channels necessary)
5. Watching March Madness is encouraged. Bracket tournament for cash mandatory.
6. Flexible schedule during the World Cup. If I am up early watching the games, I need a nap in the afternoon.
7. NO WEEKENDS AND NO HOLIDAYS
8. At least one day off a month allotment for hangovers.
9. Wine and cheese at staff meetings.
10. Work week will be Monday to Friday.

Am I asking for too much?

how i feel at work...

facebook

So Sunday night I decided to join facebook. And yes, I know I am always a couple of years behind the curve. I have to say it has been a huge ego boost. Who knew I had so many 'friends'? People see really excited to see me there and that my friends is the excitement.

Yesterday it hit me that since I can't go on it at work and can only check it on my phone I am not going to be able to do as much with it as I would want to. So the despair hit. I now have yet another vehicle in which to ignore my friends.

taking to the bed

Natalie always tells some story about a great aunt or other distant relative who one day just took to the bed and stopped leaving the house. It has sort of become a joke in our friend group, often when I don't want to go out on a Friday night I claim I am taking to the bed.


I am now seriously considering taking to the bed. After this weekend, it seems so much safer than being around you guys.

being in college is hard...

According to a new study, "College kids are so frazzled they can't sleep or eat. Or study. Good grief, they're even anxious about spring break."

Remember when we felt that way as undergrads?

I think I found my new career...I want to go on a speaking tour of colleges on the premise that I will help them cope with the stress of college life. What I will really do is tell them to stop being stupid, get drunk and have fun because approximately 15 minutes after the celebratory graduation lunch with their parents, they will finally know what real stress is like. Mine came in the form of $100 bucks in cash from my dad, a pat on the back and no future.

for my next job...

Someone please remind me to make sure I get Good Friday off from whatever job I get next. Having to work this Friday just ain't christian.

how come i can't make that kind of money?

wine for lunch?

The best exchange ever from the Gilmore Girls...

Richard: Only prostitutes drink two glasses of wine at lunch.
Emily: Well then, get me a feather boa and fly me to Reno because I am open for business.

I have never wanted to be a prostitute more...

riddle me this

Why is it that the worst you look and feel the more people you will run into at the grocery store? Have I asked this before? I just want to know why I don't learn this lesson and just get properly dressed to go buy my cocoa puffs.

how sad is this?

I'm home sick and was I was so excited because I thought I could watch Kate and Allie episodes...and they are not on :(

I want to cry now.

how technology has changed my life...

I didn't have a cell phone in college and a dial up internet connection so when I got really drunk the next morning I usually only had to apologize to the people I was with and very rarely to someone I had drunk emailed. Then came the cell phone and I had to start apologizing for drunk dials. Now, I have text messages to apologize for.

Technology is supposed to make our lives easier and it usually does, except when I get drunk and then have to apologize for my call, texts, emails, and not to mention the way I behaved in front of people. And let me tell you folks, with the new phone I had a lot of apologizing to do.

check out the sides...

new autobiography title and hang over entries. Yes, it was a banner friday.

happy st patty's day! The second option

my dignity, lost and found

Last week I was going to let you guys know I thought my dignity had been found. Then I went out Friday night and lost it again. Then I decided that I wasn't going to let that second shot of Jagermeister define me and that I was in fact going to announce my dignity restored. And then I found myself at 9 am this morning, eating a chicken biscuit, at the laundromat, in flip flops, in dirty jeans, an oversized fleece jacket and no bra on. Yup, lost it again.

happy st patty's day!