I need a vacation.
Yep, that's right, a vacation... You heard me... And when I get back, I want a vacation from my vacation...
It would appear that I'm not doing well on the whole "updating" link on this journal website... I'll uhm... Try to work on that... I really have no excuse, except for the fact that I was planning on writing in it at work, and well, lately, I've been having to actually do work... It seems like our entire front line staff has decided to quit over the summer one at a time, and we can't replace them fast enough... I would like to title my work situation "The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly."
The good news is that a few people that have irritated me will be gone, and my friend will be leaving as well... Is a good thing because the work environment was starting to cause a tug of war between us as far as department responsibilities and who could and couldn't do what... Was starting to cause a stress on the friendship that I didn't want... The bad news is is that we are going to be in a permenant state of training until fall... And the one person that I would love to not work with anymore is still here, and it will soon be just the two of us... Sure, I can do the work for the entire department while she gets up and wanders around all day...
I have put in for several new jobs, so hopefully something will open up soon... I had the pleasure of taking a call today that was transferred to my private line that turned to be a customer... Seems I mailed him some course descriptions a few weeks ago, and not only was he offended that I did not remember (Hi son, the univ you just called has 60k students total, I'm sorry I don't remember you out of a sea of thousands)... And he didn't get them... And the wording, I quote was "Yeah I never got those course descriptions you were supposed to mail me, and so I don't think you did it. I'll bet you don't even remember me."
A rant. Ehem. Why is it that the above person and others feel that they will get better customer service, or even any service, if they make it their mission in life to be rude as hell to the unlucky person that has to deal with them... YES! Be rude to me! Treat me like crap! It will inspire me to do superior work!
Yeah. Right. Your little piece of paper with your address and course info just accidently fell in the trashcan, buddy. Whoops.
If it weren't for the customers I've had that honestly appreciate me, I think I'd sniffle and go crawl in a hole... Since I've been making the effort to be overly nice and conversational, though, I've been getting a lot of compliments and people asking for me by name...
The painting is going along much better now... I learned a new shading technique last weekend, and I'm actually rather proud of myself once I stepped back and saw the results... The sky actually looks like a properly blended sky, and the water (I should probably explain that it's a coastal theme) looks good enough to touch.. Last night the shading of and creation of the dunes were put in, and Charlie was kind enough to patiently (and repetitively) start teaching me the concept of light sources and how they affect the object the light falls on... The sun was finally finished after about three fiendishly (and nervously) smoked cigs...
And I have 3 more paintings on tap.. I can't wait to get started on a loose interpretation of a piece that Genet http://www.livejournal.com/users/Genet/ is being kind enough to let me borrow...
It would appear that I'm not doing well on the whole "updating" link on this journal website... I'll uhm... Try to work on that... I really have no excuse, except for the fact that I was planning on writing in it at work, and well, lately, I've been having to actually do work... It seems like our entire front line staff has decided to quit over the summer one at a time, and we can't replace them fast enough... I would like to title my work situation "The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly."
The good news is that a few people that have irritated me will be gone, and my friend will be leaving as well... Is a good thing because the work environment was starting to cause a tug of war between us as far as department responsibilities and who could and couldn't do what... Was starting to cause a stress on the friendship that I didn't want... The bad news is is that we are going to be in a permenant state of training until fall... And the one person that I would love to not work with anymore is still here, and it will soon be just the two of us... Sure, I can do the work for the entire department while she gets up and wanders around all day...
I have put in for several new jobs, so hopefully something will open up soon... I had the pleasure of taking a call today that was transferred to my private line that turned to be a customer... Seems I mailed him some course descriptions a few weeks ago, and not only was he offended that I did not remember (Hi son, the univ you just called has 60k students total, I'm sorry I don't remember you out of a sea of thousands)... And he didn't get them... And the wording, I quote was "Yeah I never got those course descriptions you were supposed to mail me, and so I don't think you did it. I'll bet you don't even remember me."
A rant. Ehem. Why is it that the above person and others feel that they will get better customer service, or even any service, if they make it their mission in life to be rude as hell to the unlucky person that has to deal with them... YES! Be rude to me! Treat me like crap! It will inspire me to do superior work!
Yeah. Right. Your little piece of paper with your address and course info just accidently fell in the trashcan, buddy. Whoops.
If it weren't for the customers I've had that honestly appreciate me, I think I'd sniffle and go crawl in a hole... Since I've been making the effort to be overly nice and conversational, though, I've been getting a lot of compliments and people asking for me by name...
The painting is going along much better now... I learned a new shading technique last weekend, and I'm actually rather proud of myself once I stepped back and saw the results... The sky actually looks like a properly blended sky, and the water (I should probably explain that it's a coastal theme) looks good enough to touch.. Last night the shading of and creation of the dunes were put in, and Charlie was kind enough to patiently (and repetitively) start teaching me the concept of light sources and how they affect the object the light falls on... The sun was finally finished after about three fiendishly (and nervously) smoked cigs...
And I have 3 more paintings on tap.. I can't wait to get started on a loose interpretation of a piece that Genet http://www.livejournal.com/users/Genet/ is being kind enough to let me borrow...