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[openscarf]

The woman I'm working with, assisting, is calm, but has a layer of stress just under her skin. She's rarely present because she's always thinking of what's next or what she didn't do. She'll say something while staring at her monitor and if I ask her something, she's all ready gone and will say so. I've kind of stopped asking.

I'm not thrilled that she's had me pack up 6 boxes of old paperwork. I think she likes that.

She casually tossed a folder on my desk after taking the contents out of it that I had a question about. I was shocked and amused. The minute she left I wrote it in my little notebook.

She's not very good at training, her 'deskside' manner is pretty bad. I've trained a lot of people in many different jobs, and this I know. She's a decent person, I think she's been overworked. I can't tell if she brings it upon herself or if her job is really that hectic. I'm getting plenty of hours this week.

I don't want to get used to the feeling of being exhausted at the end of the day because the job is so dull. But I am exhausted when I get home. I know that when you're doing something you really like, when you're done, the feeling is different. Not drained, as if the blood has been being sucked out of you by leeches all day. Kind of invigorated, like after a good work out. 

Oh well. I like very much that I'm a temp. And the office is nice.the bathroom is lovely. The coffee is delicious. The controller is cute.  And I get to walk by the bay each day. A little yoga in the morning, and again in the evening. Soon I'll be writing my novel. That SO makes me laugh.

Another night of pure procrastination. Chatting with my cousin on FB and surfing the net. I think I wrote 6 words on my article and pushed things around.

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[dadadadio.livejournal.com]

I think she's been overworked. I can't tell if she brings it upon herself or if her job is really that hectic. I'm getting plenty of hours this week.

I'm guilty of making my job more hectic than it needs to be by biting off more than I can chew. This was especially true on night shift when I was alone. Day shift is cake.

It's good that you have positive things to focus on, but seriously, how good can a bathroom be? What makes a toilet lovely?

[openscarf.livejournal.com]

This woman is rigid, she wants me to do things exactly as she did, they match invoices, purchase orders and receipts manually, tons of paper coming through. She's not a supervisor so she has no experience with that, but she can't let go of little clerical details which makes me really confused with her never-ending cycle of paper pushing.

She doesn't give clear direction but can give clear corrections. I'm kinda going crazy. I feel like I'm being a baby, today was a little hard keeping my inner joy lit up.

Ahh, the bathrooms. Some woman like privacy. The last place I worked had ten stalls and five sinks, just all open, it was also ugly. The worst kind.

This bathroom is aesthetically pleasing, lovely fixtures, tiles, 2 bathrooms with full doors with the sink in between with nice soap and lotion. I love it.

[dadadadio.livejournal.com]

If she becomes annoyed by you not getting something just the way she likes it you have a good zinger. "If you gave directions as clear as your corrections there would be no need to correct."

Ouch.

[openscarf.livejournal.com]

That would be awesome, I WISH I could say that but it's just not appropriate and she would deny it. She's all in her head and her importance. I just can't get like that again.

I kind of model myself on my ex-team at my last place of work when they messed up and stayed kind of blank and said ok. I'm working hard there and the biggest challenge is not getting depressed or frustrated. It's harder than I thought, jumping back in. She's a buzz kill, she doesn't respond to jokes, smiles, anecdotes. Poor thing.

Today, I did say a few things like, well you said you wanted this now (although incomplete), she just brushed past it. I'm going to modify her methods. The files I'm working from, hers, have errors in them, but she doesn't see them, LOL.

I realized today she doesn't say please or thank you. That is just so wrong. I didn't feel too good today, like I was coming down with something, so may be that was part of it.

Argg, Sf won, were you watching? Damn. We're Philly people.

[yummydeb.livejournal.com]

I'm glad that there's a nice office, a lovely bathroom, delicious coffee, a cute controller, and a walk by the bay each day. But the co-worker/trainer... not so much. :-( I'm glad it's temp work!

[openscarf.livejournal.com]

yeah me too, she's driving me batty.