Dec 15, 2008

The mile deep chasm between "want" and "need"

Coffee didn't get made today until noon. NOON!! WTF!? By lunch time no one wants coffee! Well, someone else will have to buy the next canister, it is no longer my problem. So that's some consolation. Even though a cup of coffee would have made a world of difference in pepping up my tired old carcass this morning...

I have decided that no matter what happens - no matter who gets the raise that I didn't get for doing only part of the job that used to be mine...no matter who gets the brand new furniture and computer that not only did I not get, I had the sense to not even ask for because how does that look in the midst of a freaking budget crisis when people are losing their jobs...no matter that they're so eager to push me out the door into a smaller office surrounded by slightly batty ladies in the throes of mid-life so that they can give this space to a local politician who works here (and he already has a perfectly functional office in the next building over) because he lobbys for us - I'm going to grin and bear it. I'll do the best I can to manipulate this into a workable opportunity, and I'll try to ignore the little stings and slights that are so easy to personalize.

Haha - the coworker from down the hall who always asks about my blog just came in and was talking to me. I mentioned my move upstairs, which apparently a bunch of people don't know about (not like they should, but...), so I had to explain that whole thing. It makes less sense when I try to explain it to people than it apparently does to my boss. I still haven't seen my full job description, either.

New motto: Smile. Maybe not like you mean it. But like you want to mean it, anyway.

In other news - 10 days until Christmas!!!

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

aw. he needs to stop asking.
that place is a black fucking hole where nothing good can come from it administration-wise.

B said...

I'm just pissy because someone (not naming names, but it rhymes with :Stoli:) somehow talked the boss into getting them a new desk, new chair, AND a new computer. I've gotten hand me downs every single step of the way in the almost five years I've worked here, and accepted that I should be satisfied with what I had. Because I'm frugal and too honest for my own damn good. And stupid, too, apparently, for not exploiting a situation to my advantage.

Anonymous said...

you're not stupid. you're a good person.
in my religion, your soul won't burn in hell for being a two-faced, greedy lying donkey's butt.

so you got that goin for ya. ;)

B said...

...which is nice. ;)

Anonymous said...

HAHA!!! you got it.