Obligatory Bump
For the scads of fans who wait patiently for the newest updates in the happenings of me, I suppose it's time for an update. At the moment, I've far too lax a disposition to try any sort of coherent categorizing, so I'll blurt it all out in bullet form:
- Surprisingly (both to myself as well as several coworkers of all levels of position), I was beaten out for the management position I applied for. The winning candidate is a 21-year-old kid who keeps his hair in disheveled spikes and dresses like a rockstar. He knows less than 1/3 as much about the items we sell, and has been observed to answer questions people ask him to get them to stop, including at least two occasions where this led directly to unhappy people feeling I was trying to cheat them. Naturally, I'm still rather bitter about this, especially after being told off the record by multiple members of upper management that I was the favourite for the position. I was promised a sit-down with the big boss as to how I could have improved the interview responses that lead to my failure to progress for the first time.
- While on the subject of work, I find myself ridiculously overwhelmed. When I first transferred in, we had 5 people in the department, 4 of which were working 48+ hour weeks, and one of which was 40. After a lateral management move took our manager, and chest health problems knocked the old guy in the department out for 4-6 weeks, we currently have a total of 3 people. To further increase the level of glee, the entire company did away with the 48+ hour weeks, in favor of the 40 hour variety. Our department has 120 hours a week to do far more than what we used to have 232+ hours to accomplish, as the season just recently hit the beginning of its busy season.
- I was scheduled for basically a 2nd shift at work, one day recently, and during my pre-work consciousness, decided I was tired of my hair being its usual mid-brunette hue. I am now in possession of blonde cranial follicles. [No, I'm not having more fun, but it was almost amusing after the first person commented on it, last week...]
- I still remain hopeful in my attempts to hang out alone with my boss, outside of work. From what I can tell so far, it's rather hard for her to go out in public and have fun, due to her high position within the company. I'd originally all but given up on her, but she had seemed genuinely interested in getting a chance to explain things to me. I've only been able to see her outside of work once, so far, for perhaps two hours at a bar, with one of her best friends and another coworker (On a side note: I had three shots of Johnny Walker and two pints of lager, all paid for by the two girls.. Without asking to be spotted, to boot. I could get used to not paying for over-priced drinks...) At the moment, I'm just playing the patience game.
- I met a female aquaintance via the interweb, whom I'd considered a friend with benefits or something to that nature, up until receiving a text message from her, asking me if I wanted to be friends. Evidently some people's 'friend' requirements are far more extensive than others. There is some attraction, here, though I've found that I've changed. I'm no longer as open as I once was, and have been told that normally I say 10 words to her during any given day. I suppose, subconsciously, I could be making the most of this setup while waiting patiently on something a little more substantial. Hopefully I don't try to woo this one like I usually seem to find myself doing.
- I've been faithfully taking my glaucoma medicine in abundance, recently. I mainly blame my roomate, who seems to bring an ounce at a time from each visit back to NJ. It seems to start every evening I'm at home, followed by some sort of video gaming, anime, or movie perusing. I suppose it would be a worse thing if I actually had money to spend on something that didn't reside in my pantry or refrigerator.
- Surprisingly (both to myself as well as several coworkers of all levels of position), I was beaten out for the management position I applied for. The winning candidate is a 21-year-old kid who keeps his hair in disheveled spikes and dresses like a rockstar. He knows less than 1/3 as much about the items we sell, and has been observed to answer questions people ask him to get them to stop, including at least two occasions where this led directly to unhappy people feeling I was trying to cheat them. Naturally, I'm still rather bitter about this, especially after being told off the record by multiple members of upper management that I was the favourite for the position. I was promised a sit-down with the big boss as to how I could have improved the interview responses that lead to my failure to progress for the first time.
- While on the subject of work, I find myself ridiculously overwhelmed. When I first transferred in, we had 5 people in the department, 4 of which were working 48+ hour weeks, and one of which was 40. After a lateral management move took our manager, and chest health problems knocked the old guy in the department out for 4-6 weeks, we currently have a total of 3 people. To further increase the level of glee, the entire company did away with the 48+ hour weeks, in favor of the 40 hour variety. Our department has 120 hours a week to do far more than what we used to have 232+ hours to accomplish, as the season just recently hit the beginning of its busy season.
- I was scheduled for basically a 2nd shift at work, one day recently, and during my pre-work consciousness, decided I was tired of my hair being its usual mid-brunette hue. I am now in possession of blonde cranial follicles. [No, I'm not having more fun, but it was almost amusing after the first person commented on it, last week...]
- I still remain hopeful in my attempts to hang out alone with my boss, outside of work. From what I can tell so far, it's rather hard for her to go out in public and have fun, due to her high position within the company. I'd originally all but given up on her, but she had seemed genuinely interested in getting a chance to explain things to me. I've only been able to see her outside of work once, so far, for perhaps two hours at a bar, with one of her best friends and another coworker (On a side note: I had three shots of Johnny Walker and two pints of lager, all paid for by the two girls.. Without asking to be spotted, to boot. I could get used to not paying for over-priced drinks...) At the moment, I'm just playing the patience game.
- I met a female aquaintance via the interweb, whom I'd considered a friend with benefits or something to that nature, up until receiving a text message from her, asking me if I wanted to be friends. Evidently some people's 'friend' requirements are far more extensive than others. There is some attraction, here, though I've found that I've changed. I'm no longer as open as I once was, and have been told that normally I say 10 words to her during any given day. I suppose, subconsciously, I could be making the most of this setup while waiting patiently on something a little more substantial. Hopefully I don't try to woo this one like I usually seem to find myself doing.
- I've been faithfully taking my glaucoma medicine in abundance, recently. I mainly blame my roomate, who seems to bring an ounce at a time from each visit back to NJ. It seems to start every evening I'm at home, followed by some sort of video gaming, anime, or movie perusing. I suppose it would be a worse thing if I actually had money to spend on something that didn't reside in my pantry or refrigerator.