Take this job and.....

Well, as I stated in my previous post, I have put in my two week notice with my current job. It gets me thinking, what is the purpose of the two week notice? On one hand, I see the need to train your replacement, getting them as prepared as you can to take things over, but on the other hand, what is my motivation for doing anything during those last two weeks?

I feel like the guy in "Office Space". After he gets hypnotized by the doctor who drops dead, he is stuck in this job mode of not giving a shit about anything. I don't think I feel that extreme about things, but the two week notice has rendered me unable to deal with any of the usual bullshit that I was used to dealing with.

I'm sure you would love an example, so here goes......Just so happened yesterday that I was faced with such a moment, only hours after putting in my notice. First, just to give you a little background, I work in a conference center, where I was hired to be the IT guy, but since the director got fired and he was the only other employee, I am now the entire staff. Ok, moving on......this woman calls me to ask me if she has a meeting room scheduled on a particular date. Now first of all, we have our entire schedule available on the internet for anyone to access at any time. All it takes is a computer, internet connection, some common sense, and the courage and self-motivation to actually do something on your own.

So, apparently unable to either figure out the internet, or unwilling to actually exert any effort on her own, she leaves me multiple phone messages and hangups to find out if she booked her room or not. I finally call her back and let her know that no, she doesn't have anything booked, to which she responds, "I didn't book it before because I wasn't sure if I needed it." Thus confirming that she is at fault here. Her lack of planning apparently now constitues an emergency on my part.

So of course, because this date that she wants is only two weeks away, there is not much left in terms of room availability. And as my luck would have it, no room large enough to accomodate her group. I inform her of this at which point she actually has the nerve, the gall, and the audacity to ask if there isn't someone already booked that I could, "move around".

So, inexplicaby still holding onto some sense of professionalism, I tell her that I will check with some people and see what I can do. I email one of the meeting contacts to see if they would possibly move and leave it at that.

A couple of hours later, she comes into my office, asking if I have received a response yet. I tell her that I didn't have a phone number so I had to email the person. She then displays a gargantuan amount of nerve by asking me if I couldn't call directory assistance and find a number for this person, or could I possibly scour the internet to find it?

A request this absurd almost sent me into hysterical laughter, but I was too annoyed to do so. I said to her, "Let me get this straight, you want me to call this woman, who has booked her room long ago, and ask her if she wouldn't mind displacing her entire meeting, because YOU didn't have the intellegence and foresight to book this earlier than now?" She responded with a one word, "Yes."

At this point I had to laugh. Now clearly apparent to me, this was one of God's special children, that was mentally unable to know what one should and should not do. At this point she already knew that I was leaving my job and I told her that it was this type of SHIT that was causing me to leave this job. She said she understood and we pretty much left it at that.

The point of this story is that customer service is not my thing. I have no paitence when it comes to dealing with impossible people like this. At least where I'm going now, the machines won't talk back to me. If they do, I can just pull the power cord from the wall.

This is the end......Beautiful friend.....The end

Yea, its the end of my run here with this company and with this job.  I officially gave my two weeks notice today that I was leaving.  I surprised myself with how calm I remained when I told my boss.  I was actually able to refrain from my usual torrent of sarcasm and comments.

He took it well, at least it appeared that way.  Very professional.  I would have to think that deep down though, he has some sense of panic.  No one else knows anything about what I do here, so they have to get someone else hired pretty quick.

In other news, my sunburn has moved into a new phase.  Apparently, after the blisters went away, the dead skin that remained wanted to come off.  It started to peel, so I assisted it, and removed a large area of it.  It was kinda fun, in a morbid, grotesque, horror movie kinda way.

Anyway, the layer of skin right below that apparently was burned as well, because I was sent back to the pain of the initial burn and was in agony for the majority of the night.  Its amazing how one simple act of carelessness and stupidity can affect you.  Makes me think philosophically.

I got my big paycheck today.  Its the compensation for the torment that I went through after my idiot boss was fired here and I was left alone.  Of course I have no plans for the money really, but not to worry!  I have a wife, and of course she has already spent most of it!!  We have been married for over a year now, so I guess I should be getting used to that.

I'll sign off now........gotta go to lunch.....i plan to post another after lunch.

Indecision clouds my vision

Well, I have another interview today.  I won't bore you with the mundane details, but to summarize, I have two jobs in the works, and of course the job I currently have now, which I just got promoted into.  I'm trying to decide what I want to do.  Do I keep a job that I don't really like that much, that isn't doing exactly what I want to be doing for more money, or do I go back to doing my line of work, for less money and take a risk with a new job?

This is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the questions involving this situation.  I'm going with the flow though.  I haven't even actually gotten offers yet from either place, so I'll wait and see what happens.

I won't be at work at all today, gone to this day long interview/presentation/testing thing.  This company is very thorough with their process in order to make sure they get just the right person for the job.  I can appreciate that.  This is the first day I have off from work since my boss got fired.  I'll have to tell that story in its own posting, but its been pretty hectic since that happened, and even though this is business, I welcome a day away from the office.

In other news, my sunburn is getting quite a bit better.  No limb amputation should be required.  Yes, there is still some blister discharge!  I knew it was something you wanted to know about. 

Feels Like the First Time

This is my first blog entry. Try to contain your excitement. I'm awake a couple of hours before I have to be, due to my own sheer ignorance and stupidity. I went fishing this weeked out in the swamps, and decided to roll up my sleeves to get some sun on my creamy white arms. To my dismay, not only did I get burned, but I got baked. One arm is far worse than the other. It has manifested itself into a visage of hideous blisters, some of which I have punctured, causing a viscous yellow substance to emerge. Tasty! Its healing slowly, but if touched by anything other than a gentle breeze, it causes me to shriek in pain like a schoolgirl getting slapped across the face.

I have problems sleeping as it is, I'm a light sleeper. Coupled with this sunburn, I might as well just stay awake all night. Anyway, I have an interview in a few hours, I have a good feeling about it. Hopefully I get a job offer. For several weeks now, I have been fantasizing about telling my boss that I'm leaving. These fantasies have ranged from the polite to the graphic and disturbing. Since I have already expounded on my festering wounds, I will spare you the details. I don't want to alienate anyone yet.

So, I'll close my first blog now. This is pretty entertaining. I don't know if anyone actually reads this stuff, but its fun to write. I look forward to doing this regularly.