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May 2, 2007
A few well-deserved days off
Every year or so, I get really sick of work. Maybe more often. I work with smart people who have no social skills. I go to work in the morning, attempt to greet my cubicle farm mates with a happy and friendly "good morning!" and some apples and pears, and I get maybe one, "Oh, hi, Beth" from my new boss - who is pregnant with her first baby, and rightly has her mind more on being a mom than anything else. But don't tell her that!
The system architect in our group and I never really hit it off well. When I came to this group at the end of February, I dug right in and started making corrections on our documentation as I went through the supposed step-by-step instructions for installing IBM WebSphere, etc.
Boy, did he get pissed. I was 'new' (though I've worked for the company for nearly 6 years) and I couldn't possibly understand the nuances of writing good documentation.
WTF? This guy has no knowledge of my background - so, anyway, I said, so sorry. And I quit trying to improve the documentation.
There are two more guys and one more girl in the group. The girl is very nice - I went to Dallas with her to shadow and learn.
The other two guys are your typical computer geniuses. Totally unsocial. Today, one of them, an extremely bright and talented young man, spent one hour with me to see how much I had learned about setting up handheld mobile computers for our clients.
Well, I had gone thru the documents until I couldn't stand it anymore, but I was not prepared to show him how to do the set up and stuff like he was a client.
The guy has never smiled once at me. He has never greeted me in the morning. He never says my name. And I guess he will be my substitute boss when my boss is on maternity leave.
He was not happy with me. I apologized, then I said, no, I'm not sorry, our boss told me yesterday afternoon that you would be doing this to me today, and I was miffed that she had never, ever mentioned it before then - and I had a client who had a troublesome install I was working with, so I didn't 'study'. His contempt was palpable. ArgghhhH!!
Anyway, I don't have to return to the cubicle farm from hell until next Tuesday. Very early tomorrow morning, John and I will be taking off to Washington DC for the 2nd Annual Milblogger Conference.
Not only that, but we will be meeting with our Congresswoman, Nancy Boyda, tomorrow afternoon for a full 30 minutes - I'm not sure why a Democrat would give a couple of conservatives that much time, but I think we will have a useful conversation. I just want to remind her that we Kansans did not vote for a Nancy Pelosi to represent us, and to please don't be turned to the dark side of ultra-liberalism.
And then, even better, I will get to see Hooah Wife, Right Girl, and more wondrous members of the Cotillion.
Yeha!
F*ck work.
Posted by Beth at May 2, 2007 7:28 PM
Comments
And you should float your resume', dear.
Posted by: John of Argghhh! at May 3, 2007 7:15 AM
Oh yeah.
You definitely need to find a new job. I don't care how lucrative a job is. If you are not happy, all the money in the world won't change that.
Have a great trip.
Posted by: Allan at May 3, 2007 10:09 AM
And your fellow Denizens of the Castle raise an eyebrow at your list of who you will be happy to see.
As I read your post I was planning to comment that a margarita tonight would be a good thing to distract you.
Humph!
Posted by: Maggie at May 4, 2007 7:31 AM
Maggie! I have met you! I have not met several of my friends in person who will be there. It goes without saying that I'm thrilled, thrilled to see you again, dear Maggie!!
Posted by: Beth at May 4, 2007 8:52 AM
Ugh. I feel your pain.
But I so enjoyed meeting you! :) You're just the way I imagined you, except better!
Posted by: Cassandra at May 7, 2007 1:15 PM