Since I'm still here...
Still here at work- 8:47pm on Friday night, might as well stay a little longer and get paid to update my lj.. Carpet and flooring are petroleum based products, so prices have been steadily rising since the hurricanes. That means someone (me) has to keep the pricebook and product tags updated. Tara, lovely woman that she is, created a mail merege system from excell to word to a template for quicker printing than hand typing everything. Theorectically this should work well- except that no one here is a computer whiz, and those of us that are competent mostly just know the basics, which apparently doesn't include mail merge.
So I'm still here- after a couple phone calls, and finally enough work done to call it a night- though I should probably come in a do some more of my regular work over the weekend.
Everything is not terrible on the work front though- Debbie (our cool, likable co-owner) is finally getting the chance to create a customer service/sales support/greeter/reception position for our showroom; and she has offered it to me. This is good, because things are quickly going downhill with myself and Tom (our old, crotchety, likable-only-if-you-not-working-with-him, other owner). I'm currently in Accounts Receivable, which means collections and answering to Tom regarding his money - amid tons of other misc. tasks. And well I not much naturally inclined to brow beat people for money. Then when I'm no up to snuff, then Tom yells- and I don't mean a professional disciplinary discussion, I mean yells. Yells, and asks you questions you don't really have answers for, making you feel like an imbicile. Funny, I don't work well in that sort of situation. I quickly get overwhelmed, and am really not all that inclined to do any sort of favors afterwards. So hopefully I'll be up with customers, and answering directly to Debbie within the next month or so. She's aiming at 30 days, but who knows...
Other things, other things... Well I'm kinda bummed with myself- I have wanted to use lj to record my life and thoughts in more depth, mostly I've just used it to voyer my friends lives. Part definatly comes from not have internet at home yet, unless I'm here all by myself (like now) it get's kinda hard to find the time and the clear mindedness to report on anything.
But I've made steps in the right direction- my computer is up and running. It probably needs some sort of computer check-up, but it's holding it's own. I'm getting the finances together-
my mom was right- it's simply too easy to spend and no think about it on a debit card. I'm taking some steps to go back to a cash and check system only- and relearn "the value of a dollar" more. I'm definatly thinking that once the bills are undercontrol and I can take something new on that internet is what's needed.
I'm doing the X-mas shopping early this year- I've already started. Finally decided that since I find the holiday's so stressful I should just remove the thing that bothers me the most. And thats having to go out into the consumer whirlpool that is Christmas Shopping. So I'm just gonna take care of most of it this weekend, and then just save a few things that I want to get sale prices on. Those I can tackle with one quick day that weekend after Thanksgiving. Maybe this way I can actually take a little peace and enjoy the season.
Which I had more to report... dashing romances, fanciful trips around the world... but unfortunatly I've spent to much time doing nothing to fit those in. Perhaps in the next update.
So I'm still here- after a couple phone calls, and finally enough work done to call it a night- though I should probably come in a do some more of my regular work over the weekend.
Everything is not terrible on the work front though- Debbie (our cool, likable co-owner) is finally getting the chance to create a customer service/sales support/greeter/reception position for our showroom; and she has offered it to me. This is good, because things are quickly going downhill with myself and Tom (our old, crotchety, likable-only-if-you-not-working-with-him, other owner). I'm currently in Accounts Receivable, which means collections and answering to Tom regarding his money - amid tons of other misc. tasks. And well I not much naturally inclined to brow beat people for money. Then when I'm no up to snuff, then Tom yells- and I don't mean a professional disciplinary discussion, I mean yells. Yells, and asks you questions you don't really have answers for, making you feel like an imbicile. Funny, I don't work well in that sort of situation. I quickly get overwhelmed, and am really not all that inclined to do any sort of favors afterwards. So hopefully I'll be up with customers, and answering directly to Debbie within the next month or so. She's aiming at 30 days, but who knows...
Other things, other things... Well I'm kinda bummed with myself- I have wanted to use lj to record my life and thoughts in more depth, mostly I've just used it to voyer my friends lives. Part definatly comes from not have internet at home yet, unless I'm here all by myself (like now) it get's kinda hard to find the time and the clear mindedness to report on anything.
But I've made steps in the right direction- my computer is up and running. It probably needs some sort of computer check-up, but it's holding it's own. I'm getting the finances together-
my mom was right- it's simply too easy to spend and no think about it on a debit card. I'm taking some steps to go back to a cash and check system only- and relearn "the value of a dollar" more. I'm definatly thinking that once the bills are undercontrol and I can take something new on that internet is what's needed.
I'm doing the X-mas shopping early this year- I've already started. Finally decided that since I find the holiday's so stressful I should just remove the thing that bothers me the most. And thats having to go out into the consumer whirlpool that is Christmas Shopping. So I'm just gonna take care of most of it this weekend, and then just save a few things that I want to get sale prices on. Those I can tackle with one quick day that weekend after Thanksgiving. Maybe this way I can actually take a little peace and enjoy the season.
Which I had more to report... dashing romances, fanciful trips around the world... but unfortunatly I've spent to much time doing nothing to fit those in. Perhaps in the next update.