But hey, that's ok.
I DID, however, remember that I smashed my finger in a stupid lid on Monday which has made holding my bow rather painful. And drumming is out of the question. It just hurts. I was a dumb ass and did it to myself so I don't have anyone to blame for it. Oh, well.
I have been having odd dreams lately. I keep dreaming about the cemetery. The one I always see in my dreams - it's the same place I just see different parts of it. One day I'll have to sit down and make a map of it and try to draw it out. It's very cool - very old with lots of interesting tombstones and hidden paths. You'd think it'd be a nightmare dreaming about a cemetery but it's not. I rather like the place. It's really interesting. Not scary at all. I guess it COULD be and SHOULD be but it's not.
Today I went next door to talk to my old office mate about a project. The one Russian dude was there and I actually needed to talk to him, too. Bear in mind that this guy has the most AWESOME Russian accent EVAH! One day I'm going to ask him to say "must get moose and squirrell" because I know I would fall over laughing - it would sound just like the TV show! LOL!
Well, the Russian dude said about two sentences to me and I immediately pick up his accent and answer him in it. He looks at me like WTF? And I start giggling. "Oh, sorry. I didn't even realize I was doing that," I say. Then he starts laughing. I'm not making FUN of him. I'm imitating him because I LIKE it. I LIKE the way his accent sounds. It's great! Just like I used to mimic Jeremy's French accent (and still do). Hey, I'm easily amused. What can I say?
Speaking of accents - in one of my seminars yesterday there was this dude that friggin' had the Orlando hair going on - all dark and sort of long and messy - roahr! And he was British. Oh, God! He probably has no idea how close he came to being molested from behind in class! LOL! Fortunately for him, he was sitting next to the Moose - my old team leader. So I couldn't get too out of hand. Dammit!
I just let him slip right on by without so much as a raised eyebrow. Ah, well. Easy come, easy go, right?
Today I had a nice chat with a co-worker regarding my situation. He gave me some good advice - basically he said that I should go to HR and play dumb. Ask what the policies are (because I really don't know) and then ask them what I should do if I think they haven't been followed. So we're not accusing anyone of anything - we're trying to find out what's going on.
And I'm still looking for other positions, believe me. You know it really amazes me how friggin' stupid, lazy and ignorant some people can be and still get promoted. I think Seinfield did an episode about that once. It was so damned funny because it's TRUE. Those who can't do anything else are promoted. I would be willing to bet a paycheck that my so-called-manager couldn't do my job if her life depended on it. She doesn't have a fucking clue so she doesn't care how overwhelmed we are.
One of the guys who just joined our group was in the lab with me the other day and he's like "you guys work your ASSES off - I had no idea."
I just snorted. "You have no idea. Think of what it was like for just the THREE of us before YOU came. It was WORSE. And no one cares."
"That's just ridiculous," he said.
"You're preaching to the choir, dude," I answered. Really. No one cares. As long as we keep cranking out the work no one is going to give a damn. All these stupid paperwork hoops they have us jump thru are more of a hinderance than a help.
Sure, everyone is being asked to do more and more with less but when our counterparts in Japan have 15 people doing less work than US (and we only have 4 people) something is SERIOUSLY WRONG. WE make all of the money. I'm completely serious. If I told you how much money we make per year you wouldn't believe it. And yet they treat us like shit. Seems to be the theme of a lot of companies - the more valuable you are to them, the worse they treat you. WTF is up with THAT?
Do they think that by keeping you in a cage you'll start to believe all of their BS? There's no logical reason for it and yet that's the way it seems to work. Not only HERE but in most of the places I've worked. It's amazed me how the managers treat the people who are the most valuable (who do all of the work) while the candy-ass whiners and do nothings are fawned over.
Huh - probably because the candy-ass whiners are related to someone. *eye roll* How could I forget that?
The Rogue Goddess saw shadows dancing at 2:18 PM
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