Tag: work

Exhausted!

Wow, this week at work was exhausting.  Was this a week of a full moon or something?  It just seemed that everything was out of whack.  Some customer issues came to a head that I didn’t expect while others just plain screwed up my day.  I have a list of items that I would like to start working on but have yet to begin due to all the fire fighting I’ve been doing.  Seriously, this last week was just crazy.

Fact: 3 out of 5 days this week I worked until 7pm.

Thank god it’s the weekend!!

On another note, I’m still using Windows Live Writer to write these blogs.  I can honestly say I actually enjoy using it.  The only feature that needs to be updated is the tagging of posts, especially for LiveJournal.  When I tag a post, I don’t want a listing of all posts in LJ that have the same tag… I only want mine!  FIX IT MSFT!!!

Late!

Notice-giving

OK, today I had to give notice at my current job that I was going to be leaving on 11/10. Let me just say that, unless you hate your job, this is never an easy thing to do. The worst part about today was the wait. I had to wait to give notice until I got confirmation from Swift that they were still going to hire me. That confirmation didn’t come until 3 PM. I had to pretend that everything was cool from 8 – 3… yeah, that wasn’t easy.

Anyway, it’s all done now. 2 weeks, then I start a new job. Tomorrow I get to go and piss in a cup! Woo hoo!!

Old Job, New Job!

Hey everyone! Guess who has a new job?! That would be me. Actually, I’m going to stop referring to it as a “job” because it’s going to be my career!

Monday is notice day at my old job… that should be interesting.

How I Busy Myself

Ok, below is a thumbnail (click for full res pic) that will lead to a larger picture of what I work on at work when I’m trying ot keep myself busy. I have to do the company Intranet. This is a mock up of what the final product will look like coming the first of the year. I have to create some more branding but this is the IT page. I work on this page because it’s the department I know the most about. Anyway, comments/suggestions on what else I can add to this page to make it more user friendly? What about things that you would possibly use as an end user?

Work Shitty-ness!!

Ok, here’s the work SHIT story…

Friday, October 6th 2006…

My boss calls me into his office around 9.10am. I am told that the CIO of the company is not happy with the amount of time I’m spending on the Internet and IMing. It doesn’t look like I’m busy. He doesn’t want to have to go to bat for me if someone higher up the chain questions why they are paying someone not to do anything. Ok, I understand that. It makes sense to me. What doesn’t make sense to me is his accusation that all I ever do is use the Internet and IM people. Not true! The CIO has been in my region of the office maybe 5 times in the last month. Well, I guess if those 5 times I have been on the Internet that constitutes all I do at work.

Ok, it’s no secret that I’m bored out of my mind at work. They know it because I’ve told them. They know I don’t have anything to do. Back to the meeting…

So, I ask my boss, “What do you want me to do?” “How about you find something to do to keep you busy.” WHAT?!? You’re my boss! You’re supposed to delegate to me! If I could come up with something to do, I would. Obviously there’s nothing to do, that’s why I am easily distracted by the INTERNET! JESUS.

Anyway, I told him that I would be more concientious of when I use the internet, etc. I told him that there was no way I could completely stop using the Internet and requesting that of me was unfair considering everyone else in the office gets to use it. I think he understands where I’m coming from. But! At the very end of the meeting he goes… “Oh, by the way. Remember that training we were going to send you to so you could take over some of the SAP overflow?” “Yeah?” “Well, it’s not in the budget this year so it’s not going to happen.” WHAT!??!!? Wait! You’re telling me it was in the budget back in July of this year but come October, the money magically disappeared?????? GREAT! One of the few things that would have probably kept me from being on the Internet ALL THE TIME is now not an option. WTF. I’m getting these stupid mixed signals from the management at work.

Anyway, in my passive agressive wisdom, I decided to help the office temp out with all her duties today. Yup, I turned into a $20+ an hour temp! WOO! Fuckers. Now I’m just waiting for the meeting where they ask me “why are you doing that work?” That day will be a bad, bad day.

So, anyway, I’m not bitching because I was told not to use the Internet. I think you guys can see that. NEEDLESS to say, I’m starting up the job search again. This is just fucked up shit and I need to get out of there if they are going to continue to be retarded like this.

I need some advice though. I’m the only one in the IT dept who’s computer screen can be viewed just by walking by my cube. Should I change the orientation of my monitor so that you can’t view the screen by just walking by? I realize that if I do this right away, there will be no question as to why I’m doing it. So, how long should I wait to do it, if I should even do it at all?

My Shitty Week

Let me start by stating that this week was full of potential. Every night this week I had something planned except for Monday night. Below is the week how it should have been.

  • Monday – Laundry (yeah, lame)
  • Tuesday – Jonny Lang Concert
  • Wednesday – Movie Sneak Preview
  • Thursday – Coyotes Game
  • Friday – Movie (The Departed)

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Here’s how the week actually happened…

  • Monday – Laundry (so far, so good)
  • Tuesday – Receipt mistaken for extra ticket to Jonny Lang concert so I didn’t actually even have a ticket to the event. No concert for me.
  • Wednesday – Due to complications with time management (not mine) this event was not able to be attended.
  • Thursday – So fed up with how the week was going and since the tickets were free, decided to go home and veg in front of the TV instead.
  • Friday – Movie (The Departed) but had a shitty day at work which I cannot explain in this public forum. See friend post about it (if you’re my friend here).

So, overall, it was a disastrous week. This weekend should be awesome though. Oktoberfest on Saturday and NFL Football game on Sunday.

On the Job

So I’m here at work waiting for this program to install on a new server test box that I’ve been given. Its sort of cool that I’ve been able to get what I want for a change at the job. Anyway, it’s stuck on task 8 of 10, at least I think it is. The disk sems to be having some activity but who knows.

Anyway, since I can’t use the internet to post to my journal at the moment, I’m doing it from my sidekick.

– Sent From My SideKick 3 –

Work Fun!

So, I’m sitting here at work and I just overheard this conversation and I had to blog. As you probably know, I work for a company that makes tennis balls. Because of this, most of us have canisters of tennis balls on our desks. Ok, on to the conversation.

Credit Department Rep: “Here’s that credit application you requested yesterday.”

Customer Service Rep: “Great, just place it on top of my balls and I’ll look at it later.”

Laughter ensues since we all have dirty minds and take everything to the gutter.

– Sent From My SideKick 3 –

The Current Week & The Past Week

Ok, so here’s an update on what’s been going on the past 2 weeks…

Last week at work was the most hectic, crazy, out of control, annoying weeks I’ve ever had at this new job! It drove me crazy. I’m not 100% sure why but I think it had to do with the fact that I had great weekend plans to go to the Grand Canyon and just do the touristy thing up in NorAz (Northern Arizona). Anyway, the shitty week at work was topped off with a uber shitty Friday evening… details follow.

Friday (Cinco de Mayo) was to be a night of fun and friends. I was attending a Kathy Griffin comedy event that evening with some friends… dinner was to be done before the event. Dinner, with friends… I’m greeted by one friend who is very cold and standoffish towards me. I find this to be strange because I don’t have any idea why this person is acting like this towards me. I greet everyone… that greeting is not acknowledged by this one person, that’s when I know the evening is going to be strange. Dinner begins, the normal friend chat happens… except when it comes to this one friend talking/interacting with me. There is a conscious effort on his part to not speak to me, give me eye contact, engage me in any way. Totally freaking strange and uncomfortable. I figure it may just be me, i’ve had a crappy week at work and maybe my brain just is making me imagine things. Dinner ends and we go to the event. In the parking lot of the venue, one of our mutual friends comes up to me, before this other person arrives, and says “What the hell is going on?? Something strange was going on between you two, I could feel it!” That’s when I know it’s not my imagination and that it’s real. The rest of the evening goes by in much the same way, no communication, acknowledgement, etc. Very crappy and petty, in my opinion. Anyway, the evening ends, I go away for the weekend… and then begins a new week of crap…

This week… I have dubbed it the “week of crap” because it is. The week starts on a high note, I went and got myself a cat, and she’s sooo cute (no name yet though). From there on, it goes down hill. I learn from a mutual friend that an invite went out for a basketball game, I was conveniently left off that list. An invite went out for a weekend event, I was also conveniently left off that list. I sent emails to this friend, just normal friend type emails which have been ignored. I catch a summer cold, feel like crap for 2 days. Week continues to be crappy… get a call from my dad telling me that my Grandfather in Flagstaff has literally days left because of kidney failure. Wednesday (midweek) is when I find out about the basketball invite that I was left out of the loop on and that’s all I can really handle. I send an email to said friend asking what is wrong, what have I done, etc. Thursday… I get a response to that email (surprisingly) late in the afternoon. I shouldn’t be so happy considering what is said in the response email, but how could I have known what was going to be in it. The Jist of the email is as follows…

yes, you have pissed me off, multiple times. no, you’re not imagining it, i’m giving you attitude. I don’t feel it’s worth my time or effort to explain what’s wrong because you already know what’s wrong and any time we’ve discussed what’s wrong it’s not stopped from more of what is wrong to happen. I don’t want to discuss it, i’ve become disillusioned in trying to find a solution. Don’t let my crappy attitude towards you effect any of our mutual friends.

I wrote that whole “wrong” thing because I DON’T KNOW WHAT’S WRONG. I wouldn’t’ have asked if I knew! GDit! I also took the “i don’t want to discuss” and the “i don’t feel it’s worth my effort” to mean that the friendship we had is not important enough to him to try and save, which hurts. The last line of the email really put the icing on the cake. Basically, he’s saying that he’s warning me that there will always be the shitty attitude that I experienced on Friday and I’m forewarned. If I cancel on events or back out, i’m not punishing him, i’m punishing our other friends, he is in no way at fault for anything. WTF!?!?

I sent a short email back, saying that I honestly don’t know what is wrong and that’s why I’m asking followed by a statement saying that we’ve been good friends for a long time and i don’t want it to end because of something that can be easily fixed. I’m currently waiting for a response.

In Summary, this week I’ve gotten a new cat, gotten sick, learned my grandpa has days left, and had a very good friend tell me they no longer want to be my friend for reasons unknown to me. I’ve been through the emotional ringer and i’m spent.

So, anyway, that’s what’s been going on in my life, it’s pretty crappy as of late. This weekend had promise but now it looks pretty bleak.