Of no interest is of Greater Interest
Through a series of Seinfeld-ish events, I worked an evening shift tonight. It's a different animal on many levels. The most obvious sight is far few team members working and a vast majority of customers more than willing to monopolize their time. At one point there was one who admitted to endeavoring to work for the same company I do. I wasn't helping her, but I MUST have reacted in some way she caught. After all, we have plenty of part-timers who want nothing more than to be doing something else. Not to mention old-timers like me who are practically begging for something to replace this job. I guess it's a matter of perspective. If I'm unemployed or underemployed the grass is always greener. That being said, avoid FedEx Office as a career goal unless you're willing to change states or become a zombified district manager.
Work bullshit aside... And I hate talking about work, to be perfectly honest. The vast majority of it isn't remotely meaningful. At least I don't see it that way. I see it as a normal day as a human being. The vast majority of your interactions are amicable but forgettable. The negative interactions aren't worth repeating for fear of being negative. The positives are likely overshadowed by the vast majority and the negative. And there's your balance. Add this up over a number of years and you find surprisingly little to talk about when it comes to work. That's me today.
So here comes the hard and most interesting part... How to talk about ANYTHING but work! You look to little things, perhaps, like television and current events. I try not to get too political, for sure. I'm caught up on The Walking Dead finally, but we won't have that until the Fall. So what should we discuss?
That's the magic... Lack of anything relevant to discuss is the most useful discussion. For example, what bread at Subway is the best bread?
If you could have only one alcoholic beverage for the rest of your life, what would it be?
And other such noble pursuits.
Work bullshit aside... And I hate talking about work, to be perfectly honest. The vast majority of it isn't remotely meaningful. At least I don't see it that way. I see it as a normal day as a human being. The vast majority of your interactions are amicable but forgettable. The negative interactions aren't worth repeating for fear of being negative. The positives are likely overshadowed by the vast majority and the negative. And there's your balance. Add this up over a number of years and you find surprisingly little to talk about when it comes to work. That's me today.
So here comes the hard and most interesting part... How to talk about ANYTHING but work! You look to little things, perhaps, like television and current events. I try not to get too political, for sure. I'm caught up on The Walking Dead finally, but we won't have that until the Fall. So what should we discuss?
That's the magic... Lack of anything relevant to discuss is the most useful discussion. For example, what bread at Subway is the best bread?
If you could have only one alcoholic beverage for the rest of your life, what would it be?
And other such noble pursuits.