Free Food!

What is it about the cretins that work in an office that line up at the trough every time there is free food. My friend told me it is as if people are homeless whenever someone brings in a box of donuts or some candy. Everywhere I look I see nothing but overweight people who will line up to get a Wal-mart Cake. I mean are you really getting excited over Papa John's pizza? You have a job, its like $9 a pizza, if you want it go buy it.

I mean at least then you wont have to sit in front of your co workers at your desk and eat it. You can actual enjoy it. I personally try and save my indulgences for a better time then sitting in front of a spreadsheet. Then again I actual care about my health and my physical appearance.

This also shows the hypocrisy of a corporation. I see banners and get emails about weight watchers, health screenings etc....then we have cake three times in a week. Literally we had it three times last week. Bake sale coming up its for "Charity". Well it better go to a good heart disease charity, case we have a lot of people here who need it.

Lastly, how pitiful is it that this is how companies reward you. This is the best the can do. This is how they think of you, throw food at you to make you happy. I have seen announcements that people are getting laid off over bagels in the morning. Well I don't have a job, but I can live off my own fat for at least a year...so it all works out. If your like me and your stuck in an office (for now) don't take their "reward" save it for a time when you can enjoy it.,..whenever your away from the office.

$3 Dilemma

For some reason this particular story always bothered me. It pretty much sums up how useless an office can really be. About 10 months ago the powers that be decided after two years that I no longer can be trusted to write items off. Who cares that I have millions of dollars worth of checks go through my hands I all of a sudden needed system approval from my superior (who signed off on all write offs anyway) to do write offs.

FINE....of course in true fashion it took about 5 hours of classes for both of us and about 6 months to do.

So in order to get this corrected I did a test write off for $3.00. Well while we waited for the useless system people to clear it up it went into the red...8 days old. I explained the situation it didn't matter. God himself could have needed that write off to sit out there, it didn't matter.
So what was the responds? I get a call and I kid you not THREE people were on the line trying to figure out how to remedy this situation. What kind of useless place has four separate people (including me) waste their time on $3.00? Better yet what kind of mindset do you need to enforce this idiotic rule?

That kind of person typifies the robot minds that work for my particular company.
Anyone who is that void of common sense and an understanding of productiveness is a failure.

Oh yeah my solution: Erase it, and do the exact same write off again. Problem Solved!

Day of Our Lives

Happy Friday! UG Happy Monday, Hump day.......why do people feel the constant need to remind me what day it is? I mean why when I ask "how are you? (like I care) I hear its Monday. I know the friggin day of the week, I didn't ask that. I have a calender and yesterday was Sunday so I can piece it togther.

Clearly everyone is living for the weekend and thats it. How dumb and shortsighted that is. I mean really people start look forward to two days off 4 days in advance. The majority of their lives are spent in a useless trap. Then they are surprised how quickly a month goes by. Well when you spend it in a dazz living for two days thats what happens. They have no plan to get out......I am in the mists of creating one. I will not die in an endless sea of spreadsheets and meetings and HAPPY FRIDAYS!

Until you (if anyone is reading this) will get to hear all about my wonderful experiences.

The Long Walk

I have to say the absolute worst part of the day is not the ride to work. It's not entering the office, or listening to the useless chatter of my co-workers. It's not the hours in a spreadsheet that will go unused, or the time I spend surfing the net for something...anything that's stimulating. No its the long walk down the stairs after I leave.

Its during this walk that I realize I did absolutely nothing productive. Nothing to be proud of. Nothing to earn my paycheck. Its terrible. Some people look busy, and I bet they actually belive they are . Maybe 5% are. I am a realist. I know that 95% of what I do isn't useful. I know my department isn't useful. I also know its a matter of time before the whole lot of use are gone. There was a time when part my day was useful. I actual solved problems and added value. Now mind you the company was still a soul sucking hellhole, but at least I wasn't void of feeling.

The worst part is I am someone who always prided myself on working hard toward a goal. I do have personal goals that I do work hard toward. Its just professionally I could care less.

Until next time.