Well, today started well. Set my alarm last night, but neglected to realize my phone was still on vibrate. My body’s hardwired to wake up at 6:45am now though, so it didn’t screw me over, just made me feel dumb. Then Brian got off work late on account of the kitchen being on fire (??? – will get full story later), so I didn’t get the car til quarter to eight. So I was late anyway. Nobody bugged me about it cause I’m –always- 5 or 10 minutes early. Seriously, I’m pretty sure this is the first time I’ve ever been late for work here. Then 10 minutes into my day I get a call from a lady who’s pissed off at us, convinced we’re a scam, and spent 10 minutes telling me about it. She also called me a liar. It was great. I feel bad for leaving the other staff here to deal with this shit, but I’m quite determined that I can no longer do this. Made it over the hump. Only today and tomorrow left, thank heavens. I’ve never been so close to just hanging up on a client before.
Things to do during my time off:
Yoga
Go for walks & draw if it’s nice out
Cook
Clean
Write thank-you letters
Go to the Glenbow Museum
Return library books
Read
Meditate
Play warcraft
Go see the Calgary Symphony
Go to Value Village (need more jeans/other casual pants)
Go to the Bay (time for new bras. Ugh. I hate bra-shopping)
Sleep
Eventually I’ll have to start applying for jobs again. But first I’m going to take some time off and feed my soul.
I must say this job has been an extremely valuable learning experience, unpleasant as it may have been. For example, don’t ever go into business for anything that depends on governments keeping their promises. We’re not even allowed to annouce to our clients that a particular government program has been put on hold indefinitely. We weren’t allowed to announce it in the first place, although we were asked to tell our clients about it verbally. And now that it’s effectively been cancelled we’re not allowed to send out a letter telling people they won’t be getting the money they were led to expect. So lucky us, we get everybody we’ve told about it for the past nine months calling us up wanting to know where their money is. Definitely time to get the hell out of dodge, cause I seriously think this company is going down. I don’t want to be here for the final painful days.
There’s no way they’re going to have a new receptionist in time for me to train her before I leave. They’ll be lucky if they can get somebody to start on Monday. I’m on the downhill stretch now though, and there ain’t no going back. The boss still won’t speak to me unless it’s absolutely necessary for work. I’ve never seen a grown man act quite so much like a 4-year-old before. Accept the fact that your company is fuckered if it continues as is, and then take steps to change. Or keep racing in the hamster wheel until you fall over and it crumbles around you. Which one would you pick?
