I thought I was a slacker...

I will be honest I do not work very hard at work! There I said it, out loud for everyone to hear. BUT...this is not my fault. (well somewhat but hear me out) I work at a corporate company and the job I have makes me work with different departments one different projects. So in a nut shell anytime I work on something I get to a certain point then it is stalled because someone else on the "team" needs to do something. This of course takes forever because everyone has different "priorities" (I love how corporate jargon tries to make people sound intelligent) and sometimes I work with idiots who take forever.
When I first started working I was a young buck (well almost two years younger) and I thought oh I will work hard, be dilligent, make my way up! Hmmm, learned real quick that at this job moving too fast pisses people off. So my resolution is to be faster than most but not too fast to tick anyone else off. Seems to be working just fine and hey working with this mentality I only work about and hour a day! Isn't corporate life grand :-)

New company name = nothing for me

Sometimes I laugh at how a professional work place can make me feel like I am in middle school or high school again. First we have jean fridays, hehe! Can you believe that! We have the ability to wear jeans on fridays...THANK you oh wonderful corporate company gods for reminding me that the rest of the week sucks having to wear uptight and boring clothes (well not always boring but not the same as a cute short skirt and flip flops). Yesterday we had to go to this showing of the new company name and shit. Falshback to highschool when my boss comes in and says "It's mandatory to go to this event...UNDERSTAND!" ahhhh ok will i be sent to the principles office if I don't. So we get hearded like cattle on these buses to the event and wait for fucking ever (not that I do much productive work during the day anyways, but...) and then watch how they have this new plan and name. Corporate identity, globalization, bigger market, blah blah blah. The only highlight of this stupid shit was the question and answer portion began. A woman (whom I will give a hearty handshake to if i come in contact with her) stood up and asked " So after all is said and done and all these GREAT changes are made...what do we get out of it?" TOUCHE and right on sista!
On a different note things with S and I are going great...inlcuding this amazing peach crisp he made for me last night and an amazing sex session.

Mondays start the work week right?

So I know I haven’t given you too much background on what I do for a living since I was so wrapped up in the S bullshit but basically I sold my soul to the devil for paid vacations, insurance and a steady paycheck. I think when I finished graduate school I was going to have a plethora of jobs waiting for me…..well sure as shit I did not. I must have put out a million resumes and although I did have about 6-7 interviews I never got it. I would make it to the top 5 or top two but never the actual job. I finally got talking to a friend and his sisters worked at the company I am at now. I got an interview and got the job. Which should be great right? BUT the job I got is not at all what I went to school for, granted its in the same field, kind of…but not at all what I want to do.
At this point I had to take it because the week before I almost stabbed a customer while I was bartending (NOTE: Bartenders do not enjoy drunken people because we are not drunk). I almost had a breakdown because all I kept thinking was “WHAT the fuck I did not go through 6 years of school for this bullshit!” Luckily S was really great and gave me the pep talks that calmed me but basically I took a job I was not really trained for.
It is so funny to work in a corporate company since I finally realize that most people are not working very hard. Granted there are the ‘go getters” but when you compare how much other work or lack of work they are doing the go getters are not doing much. I am one of those non-workers. I got sucked into the relaxed state of the corporate world (I know I know you think that doesn’t exist) but think of Office space. It appears that since there are so many people that are doing the bare minimum it is enough to keep the company afloat.
Mondays for example I come in for the morning business meeting and then get my coffee. Chit chat with other workers about there weekend, then I am off to email people (you would think coworkers, ohhhh but that is not the case) and waste more time. Then around 10 I got for my cigarette break and then maybe I will do something. I can honestly say I maybe do about 2 hours of work a day (unless it is a crazy pressing project). So although I am not excited about my job or even the work I do how can I walk away from such a tit job right now. I think I need to get some motivation that I used to have…..or is the corporate doomed to suck that out of me too?