And I'm hitting by the boulders rolling down this hill...
Amazingly it isn't Bubba - I left his snoring backside at 0-dark-thirty this morning... I really do want to beat to death the person who calls 7:30 AM conference calls... "to assist those who must travel". Yeah? What about those of us who sleep? On the up side I was here early very busy - very on time for my 8:30 AM tag up another head pounding moment... and now here I sit wondering why I am bothering.
Work from home yesterday was as usual a great commute, got things done for work and not for work my puppy babies were happy... then came the all hands meeting....
All hands = everyone attends. I was on time, using the computer for the chat and the presentation slides, had the phone on mute (triple checked) and I did pay attention as this was the big boss of the program, I was interested in what he had to say... then came the kudos slide.
Let me give you a bit of back up to put my mood into proper prospective.... this project has 3 locations, 2 in Northern Va, and 1 in Huntsville AL. Now when something is due to us here in Location 1, the usual statement is I have Northern VA 1 and 2 and I'm waiting for Huntsville. Around here we've gotten to a short hand known as HST - Huntsville Standard time. We have fought, bribed, cajoled, begged, and threatened to get this team up to snuff, following the right way to do things and to get things done on time.... they are slowly coming around but we work very hard to keep this on the road, on target and on time.... WE - Northern VA location 1...
Yesterday on the kudos slide - NO ONE from Northern VA location 1 was mentioned. No one - and to add insult to injury the problem children of Alabama... were PRAISED for their great work on following the standards and processes....GGGGGGGGGAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!
WHO! pushed and pulled these people into doing this right? WHO! has suffered through the most useless reviews only to have your every issue, questions, prodded and shot through of holes... And WHO will get NOTHING but more difficulty from the teams now basking in the sugar coated glory of the kudos slide from the big boss of the project...
And WHO - has NO interest in working at all for this team of ungrateful PITAs....
That would be me... facing an audit ... and so not interested in busting my hump - again for a bunch of ....... and never mind because I've been busting my hump for 3 days getting ready for this audit and I will push and pull everyone to do a good job and be ready... and still get no - nothing from anyone for the effort.
Working for a living sucks. But it's late October and I don't do cold well... so here I am and so I can enjoy the luxuries of life like indoor plumbing, central heat, new anniversary ring... :-)
Plus 40 plus years of Italian-Catholic-Mom guilt will have me doing my job and doing it to the best of my ability... while whining to co-workers and suggesting a large drinking party post audit... Why can't I be like the guy who fancies himself a "manager" which to him means he can work a 6.75 hour day and have his employee stand before the poo spraying fan while he's behind the wind and ducking behind her when something threatens to spray his way...
On another topic... tried something new for dinner last night... a semi-hit I'll tweak it and see if we can't make that almost a casserole a little better. Tonight I'll come up with something, and probably be asleep before 9:30 PM. Hey its a life.
Finally a bit of fun - my Pittsburgh Penguins.. boy are those boys fun to watch; especially last night - lit it up! Fun fun fun. Keep it up boys Uncle Bob was happy it makes for peaceful homes...that and the belly full eyes heavy feeling too...
Aunt Ing likes quiet nights...
Oh and this final note: (sent via email...)
October 29th is the official Slap Your Irritating Co- workers Holiday: Do you have a co- worker who talks nonstop about nothing, working your last nerve with tedious and boring details that you don't care about? Do you have a co-worker who ALWAYS screws up stuff creating MORE work for you? Do you have a co-worker who kisses so much booty; you can look in their mouth and see what your boss had for lunch? Do you have a co-worker who is SOOO obnoxious, when he/she enters a room, everyone else clears it? Well, on behalf of Ike Turner, I am so very very glad to officially announce SLAP YOUR IRRITATING CO-WORKER DAY! Here are the rules you must follow:
* You can only slap one person per hour - no more.
* You can slap the same person again if they irritate you again in the same day.
* You are allowed to hold someone down as other co- workers take their turns slapping the irritant.
* No weapons are allowed...other than going upside somebody's head with a stapler or a hole-puncher.
* If questioned by a supervisor [or police, if the supervisor is the irritant], you are allowed to LIE, LIE, LIE!
Now, study the rules, break out your list of folks that you want to slap the living day lights out of and get to slapping on October 29th..... and have a great slapping day!
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