2006-12-08
Stressed? Moi????? WTF?????
Lets see�
- still not smoking. It�s been 3 weeks now, starting into the 4th week. I get mixed responses when I mention that I�ve quit� either acceptance of the fact (way to go T!), or encouragement (hope you make it, T!). My question� at what point will everyone accept the fact that I�ve quit and no longer consider me in the process of quitting?
- I can�t remember when I�ve really NEEDED days off for mental health reasons� but these next 3 days are definitely in that category. I�m on-site at a small-ish family-owned plant. Usually, these are my favorites� lots of personality, the owners are successful and have overcome great odds to make it, everyone pitches in and just gets things done. This place is owned by a guy who, by his account, showed up in England so many years ago with 3 pounds in his pocket. Maybe� maybe not. Now he owns a manufacturing plant... how cool! Except that he�s quick to point that out� and to make sure you know that YOU haven�t done the same, and therefore are inferior. For the 5 weeks I�ve been here so far, I�ve put up with daily insults and patronizing conversations. Well� yesterday I reached my limit. In the middle of one of his little tirades, I asked to close his office door� then proceeded to tell him that for the next few moments I wasn�t speaking as a representative of my company but myself as an individual. I then� told him he was an asshole, that I didn�t appreciate working with assholes, etc, etc. I came close to being escorted off the premises... and if I had been a real asshole myself, I would have allowed that (I sure don�t need this crap!). But he was looking for a way out of the corner he had painted himself into, I provided an exit strategy� and the next thing I knew he�s wanting to shake my hand. OK� Then he decides he wants to HUG me. WTF??? Anyway� to make a really long story just a bit longer� I need these few days away. When I return on Monday, I�ve only got 5 more days of his and his family's bullshit. (does anyone have a sharpened pencil I can stick in my eye on Monday afternoon so I can feel better? Thanks�)
- I �still�don�t have pics of my grandson!!! Grrrrrr
I�ve got more to say� and with 3 wonderful days off� I might even get around to saying it! :)
t85225 at 5:41 a.m.
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