After many months of going out of my way to fit into this company's mold, I finally decided to take an Office Space approach and stop caring. I still did my work, and I did it well. I can't not do a good job because I never do anything half way! I simply came to the conclusion that I will never truly fit-in, so I may as well embrace being that ( Read more... )

My dad told me my car was leaking coolant last week. He replaced a few cheap manufacturers' clamps and told me to keep an eye on the liquid levels. My husband checked my little Hyundai last night because it steamed a little when I came home from work. He said it was just fine. The man was wrong, very wrong.

First, my heat wouldn't work, and here in ( Read more... )

How is it I can go from feeling like I can conquer the world to feeling conquered so quickly? The beginning of yesterday felt fresh and full of possibilities. I had free time, so I tried to begin my query letter for my book. By the end of the day, I felt defeated and too tired to try any harder. After researching queries and drudging through mounds ( Read more... )

After all the drama and conflict over my paid time off, Dr. Jekyll finally gave me the go-ahead to use my remaining time (40 hours vacation and 35.5 hours sick), on September 28th. Let me just say that using 75 hours of time in 12 weeks is hard enough, especially if you consider at least a week of that time is paid holidays. I do not do shifty ( Read more... )

Here is what happens when all the executives go on a cruise with the franchise presidents, leaving all their worries and authority behind ( Read more... )

So, my original plan for this blog was to end the Pam Moment of the Day when I began writing my novel. Well, too many shenanigans and too much drama ensued, and I’ve met a new low in the workplace that just has to be documented. But for that to happen, I have to catch up to the present. Therefore, I will time warp back to October. We’re going back ( Read more... )

After you become a vampire, your vision and memories change. Your newly heightened senses make you see life in a new way. Images are more vivid. Sounds ring clearer, and your upgraded mind has the capacity to hold your new memories in precise detail. The downside of vampire vision? Your past memories are dimmer, weakened by your old, human brain, ( Read more... )

I'm not particularly close to most of my coworkers, though a couple are pretty friendly with me, but the maintenance, delivery and security staff love me. I have pleasant conversations with them daily, and there is one security guard who is especially interesting. His name is Victorious, and he is from Ghana. The man has three of four jobs, and he ( Read more... )

Generally, I handle myself differently at the office than I do in the presence of friends. I am chipper and witty at work, but I definitely take myself down a few notches. Around pretty much everybody else, I explode, throwing my personality everywhere, wild and fun like character confetti. Why do I conceal the Prentass (as Morgan would so ( Read more... )

Sometimes I feel like a ghost while at work, but it's really varying versions of selective sight and hearing. People often come and go from the office, and even if I wave, they don't see me. Then, there are times when people talk to me, but for some reason, they don't hear me. An example is a conversation with the HR manager. She was "cleaning the ( Read more... )