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Had a really frustrating day today. We have two things we're supposed to be doing right now. The first is researching our individual alcohols. So I researched and printed some stuff out and then... I don't know. There's only so much research you can do. I don't know what exactly we need this for and I hate researching just for research's sake. There has to a be a reason, a goal, something. The other girls just keep writing down information they find but I feel like it's such a waste of time. Anything specific we need to know we can find in seconds online, what's the point of writing it all down? And I don't want to be the first one to go and say I'm done because I'm sure they'll ask about something I don't have written down and then I'll look like I slacked off. But I just don't see the point in research without a specifc goal in mind. So I pretty much felt like a mindless retail zombie again all day. But worse cause I wasn't even accomplishing anything. I really hope they have us do something else tomorrow. If I have to "research" all day again I'm gonna explode.
The second thing we were supposed to do is find the R&D Managers of a whole list of chemical companies (probably about 300). We're supposed to write down their names, addresses and phone numbers. I don't mind doing basic data entry-ish stuff like this but almost nobody puts their R&D Manager's name online. And if they do it's just that, no phone, no address. So I spend 10-15 minutes searching their site and google for nothing, when if I just called the damn company I could be directed to their R&D Manager in seconds. It's so pointless. I don't know why they need a whole database of numbers. Maybe if they were really easy to find I'd do it, but they're not. So there's another mindless zombie activity.
The other thing that's bothering me is the technology. First of all, I don't have a computer in our room yet, so I have to sit at one in the lab with my damn goggles on. On a stool. For hours. Excel has completely stopped opening files on my computer, and I lost about a half hour's work when it initially crashed. The computers use IE6, which has many, many faults, but the most annoying one for me currently is that it does not use tabs, so figuring out which window is which and organizing your pages is a huge pain. Also, we can't bookmark anything because it all gets wiped when we log off. So if you want to keep anything you either have to write down the address or save the entire webpage. Another pain.
I felt really useless today. Like they were just trying to fill up our time with pointless things. None of which I could even finish, because there is no end. I don't feel like I got anywhere or progressed in any way. It really bothers me. And I hate sitting there clicking on websites for no reason, waiting for the clock to change. It's even worse than retail. I hope there's something else for us to do tomorrow.
No router yet. I'm so tired, I don't wanna do anything. But I need to shower, I feel gross. Our boss has chickens so we have fresh eggs! Those will be yummy. I already have a bunch of eggs so I am trying to think of something to use them all up. Possibly Creme Brulee. Too lazy tonight though. And I have people to call. None of which I really want to. I just want to lay on my bed and do nothing. But I'm not even sleepy, really. I don't even want to go post this cause I'll have to leave my room and I really don't want to talk to anyone. Gah. I hate today.
The second thing we were supposed to do is find the R&D Managers of a whole list of chemical companies (probably about 300). We're supposed to write down their names, addresses and phone numbers. I don't mind doing basic data entry-ish stuff like this but almost nobody puts their R&D Manager's name online. And if they do it's just that, no phone, no address. So I spend 10-15 minutes searching their site and google for nothing, when if I just called the damn company I could be directed to their R&D Manager in seconds. It's so pointless. I don't know why they need a whole database of numbers. Maybe if they were really easy to find I'd do it, but they're not. So there's another mindless zombie activity.
The other thing that's bothering me is the technology. First of all, I don't have a computer in our room yet, so I have to sit at one in the lab with my damn goggles on. On a stool. For hours. Excel has completely stopped opening files on my computer, and I lost about a half hour's work when it initially crashed. The computers use IE6, which has many, many faults, but the most annoying one for me currently is that it does not use tabs, so figuring out which window is which and organizing your pages is a huge pain. Also, we can't bookmark anything because it all gets wiped when we log off. So if you want to keep anything you either have to write down the address or save the entire webpage. Another pain.
I felt really useless today. Like they were just trying to fill up our time with pointless things. None of which I could even finish, because there is no end. I don't feel like I got anywhere or progressed in any way. It really bothers me. And I hate sitting there clicking on websites for no reason, waiting for the clock to change. It's even worse than retail. I hope there's something else for us to do tomorrow.
No router yet. I'm so tired, I don't wanna do anything. But I need to shower, I feel gross. Our boss has chickens so we have fresh eggs! Those will be yummy. I already have a bunch of eggs so I am trying to think of something to use them all up. Possibly Creme Brulee. Too lazy tonight though. And I have people to call. None of which I really want to. I just want to lay on my bed and do nothing. But I'm not even sleepy, really. I don't even want to go post this cause I'll have to leave my room and I really don't want to talk to anyone. Gah. I hate today.