please don't bark
february 24, 2006
man, what a friday. i'm glad it's drawing to a close. it was pure torture today at work. i was anticipating a nice calm friday to wrap up the work week and then head out around 4pm for an early dinner or something. after writing that entry last night, i really did not need a drama filled friday.
but you know that something is up when things are a-buzzin at 9am with a flurry of frantic folks running around.
no, make that....running around pointing fingers at people and finding someone to blame.
like most of the smarter people out there in the working world, i keep to myself and don't really ask for gold stars to be glued to my cubicle or anything. i like to keep a low profile and not really draw attention to oneself. but the job i do is pretty critical and there's only one of me to do it. so there's pressure to not only know the job and the system but to also be the person who has to answer the whys and hows behind problems, issues and unfortunately, errors.
but nothing pisses me off more than people who bark up the wrong tree and barks loud enough to alert the entire fucking neighborhood without doing their research, finding out the background on things and dragging someone else's name through the mud.
thank god though that i can explain things well in front of a group of people with high ranking titles without losing my cool. i always think that if you do your job well and you know what you're doing, you can stand firm with a solid knowledge of knowing that what you say should not be contested.
so there i was today sitting in a group of all managers and upper mgmt having to JUSTIFY how something happened because someone pointed their finger at me. just because i handle a certain component of the company's daily operations, it doesn't MAKE ME the fuckin culprit. i have no problem explaining how something could have happened but it doesn't mean i caused it. and in this scenario, i didn't. i even helped resolve it.
but that's what you get when you have some people in positions that they shouldn't be in and who lack the intellect to make good decisions before opening their big fat mouth.
anyway...
because of all the stress of today, i'm now salivating over some new marc jacobs bag to get my mind off of the misery i was put through.
yes, shopping therapy really does work.
and please...let me win the lotto this weekend.
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i'm looking forward to this weekend of pre-birthday activities. gonna see old friends and meet new ones. nothing makes me happier. :)
also, thanks in advance to all you nice folks who have been peeking at my amazon wishlist and sending me presents. i'm not planning on opening them till my birthday so if you don't get a thank you note from me, it's because i haven't opened them yet. saving them up for the big day. :)
currently listening to: ernesto vs bastian, dark side of the moon
