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2003-01-06 - 3:56 p.m. Cause I�m a damn sight more useful Ages and ages since I�ve updated. I was going to tell you about the socks on my bedroom floor. And how you prove there�s flour in brownies. And about the holidays � which were quite a roller coaster. Next year, I�m organizing a Christmas pageant. If I�m going to spend my holiday dealing with childish people, drama and jackasses, might as well add the positive stuff like music, cute angels with tinsel halos, a manager and a star. I was even going to post the results of the first online quiz I�ve taken in months. [I�m �Destruction� the renegade Endless. Raise your hand if you�re shocked.] But. I have good news. Excellent news. News that makes me glad I came to work despite the icky snowy drive, despite the fact it�s a Monday, despite throwing up this morning (an amusing story about how I discovered my body doesn�t like generic multivitamins � talk about expensive tastes�) I got a promotion. And they forgot to tell me. Today, I�m meeting with my acting associate division chief when he refers to my promotion as something already done. And I stare at him. He stares at me. I stare at him. Um, didn�t John tell you? He thought my acting branch chief told me: Meanwhile, my acting branch chief thought my acting division chief told me. They�re not even sure when it�s effective, so I will, as I have always done, go ask our comptroller, Marg, who will know. Ah, Marg. See, we�ve reorganized several times. The first time it�s scary to have the environment change around you. You were warm, happy, cocooned. You knew everyone. The first time, about twenty of my colleagues wore black to work for a week. They, eventually, got over that, which is just as well since they didn�t have AoD�s panache. Now that we are battle scared veterans facing reorg #3 in five years, all we care about is that Marg will be the comptroller no matter what we call the division. Anyway, back to all about me. This is the big promotion, the one I am, judging by the past organizational behavior, not supposed to get for another five years minimum, ten years on average. [�They like me. They really like me!�] And I�m entitled to a bigger office. Not that I�ll get one, cause we don�t have the space, but it�s nice to be entitled. And a raise was a non-sucky Monday surprise. Woot! That was strangely, atypically easy. Let me tell you how I typically have gotten promotions. Last promotion went like this:
I no longer work with useless boss. The promotion before that was even better: It was before reorg#1 and I wanted them to put me up for a simple time-in-grade promotion before we reorganized and raises stopped for a year while the new management discussed philosophy. See why I love Marg? Hope you find your Marg. � � � |