Work
I really don't get it sometimes. Why do i stay in what is mostly a thankless job that (at times) drives me mental? Do i stay because i am comfortable? Do i stay because i don't have the confidence to go somewhere else, the fear that if i leave i'll despise where i go? Primus knows that i never seem to feel validated here.
Nope, i'm just the young woman sitting at the front desk. I answer the phone, i put calls through, i smile when you walk in and there is a bubble that separates me from the rest of the office. See... i'm not counted. The desk is my domain... i'm a puppet and my strings can only reach so far... but the ones that hold my strings change from day to day.
Oh sure, sometimes i get thanked for what i do, but mostly i'm just THERE, you know?
Why am i sounding so bitter today? What has made today any different from any other day here? Well... one of my co-workers is leaving today. It's his last day and we've worked together for about two years now. Understandably everyone is taking him out to lunch to say goodbye. Fair right? Of course it is, he's been great to work with and we'll miss him.
So what's the problem? The problem is... that while i'm sitting here writing this... i am the only person in the office. So, you ask, it's not like that hasn't happened before. That's true... but i'm the only one here... because everyone else is out taking him to lunch.
Ok... i get that there has to be someone to man the front desk and phone, fair enough. But what i would really like to know is why i am not being given the opportunity to say goodbye to a workmate and workFRIEND wheras the person who is replacing him and has known him for less than 2 months IS!
Where the SLAG is the fairness in that? So it's likely that they'll be gone for quite some time and i probably won't get lunch until like 2 o'clock AGAIN since they won't be in a hurry to get back since the boss is WITH them.
Whatever, what do i expect, shouldn't i be used to this? It's not the first time... guess all i can hope is that i'll stop caring.
Joy.
Nope, i'm just the young woman sitting at the front desk. I answer the phone, i put calls through, i smile when you walk in and there is a bubble that separates me from the rest of the office. See... i'm not counted. The desk is my domain... i'm a puppet and my strings can only reach so far... but the ones that hold my strings change from day to day.
Oh sure, sometimes i get thanked for what i do, but mostly i'm just THERE, you know?
Why am i sounding so bitter today? What has made today any different from any other day here? Well... one of my co-workers is leaving today. It's his last day and we've worked together for about two years now. Understandably everyone is taking him out to lunch to say goodbye. Fair right? Of course it is, he's been great to work with and we'll miss him.
So what's the problem? The problem is... that while i'm sitting here writing this... i am the only person in the office. So, you ask, it's not like that hasn't happened before. That's true... but i'm the only one here... because everyone else is out taking him to lunch.
Ok... i get that there has to be someone to man the front desk and phone, fair enough. But what i would really like to know is why i am not being given the opportunity to say goodbye to a workmate and workFRIEND wheras the person who is replacing him and has known him for less than 2 months IS!
Where the SLAG is the fairness in that? So it's likely that they'll be gone for quite some time and i probably won't get lunch until like 2 o'clock AGAIN since they won't be in a hurry to get back since the boss is WITH them.
Whatever, what do i expect, shouldn't i be used to this? It's not the first time... guess all i can hope is that i'll stop caring.
Joy.