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2002-11-07 - 10:05 a.m.

Good Morning World�and a happy how do ya do�

I doing pretty durn good myself�thanks for askin�




So I am not sure whether to be happy or sad�I just confirmed a rumor that our Branch Manager is leaving. Part of me is thrilled that it is happening, cause really the boss lady can be kinda tough to work with, and she is half the cause of a whole lot of friction at my library. But on the other hand She does keep the staff in line here, She has increased the circulation of the branch, and has done wonders for the collection. Something I am not sure I could do. JANAF is kind of a dysfunctional little library. The staff is fractured and does not play well with others, especially the children�s specialist. I think she causes most of the problems that we have here to be honest. I mean talk about oil and water, the branch manager and the children�s specialist do not mix well at all. I get to listen day in and day out how so and so is a bitch or she is an ignorant fool or I can�t believe so and so could be that uncaring/uncompassionate, I don�t understand why she can�t do such and such�and on and on. It gets really old. But I have come to realize that this is the way of things in my �work world�. (flame suit on) I dunno, perhaps I am being a bit too stereotypical and unfair, but for the last 5 years or so I have worked in a female dominated world. And what I have found disturbs me. It seems that (in general) women (in the fields that I work in) can be some of the cattiest, back stabbing, talk behind your back, lie to your face while smiling, willing to work twice as hard against you as opposed to half as hard with you, unwilling to confront you people that I have ever had the pleasure of working with. And to top it all off, they all want to talk to me about it! Now what I want to know is, is it just because I am a guy, or is it my winning personality? Are they just talking, or do they expect me to do something about their problems, are they hoping that I will back them in their corner, are they hoping that I will go to bat for them and confront their protagonist? I just don�t get it. If I have a problem with a co-worker, I say something to them about it. I have done it to the boss lady, and several of my co-workers, and ya know�the problem either went away or it was resolved. Is there something magical about being a guy? Do I suddenly get mystical powers that allow me to solve petty disputes? Is my penis some magic wand (well ok it is, but in a different sort of way) that I can wave around and poof conflict is resolved? I don�t think so�I just meet the problem head on�get everything out on the table�and that is that. But these ladies I work with�OMG! They hold grudges, they go out of their way to rat fuck each other, and they will expend twice the energy to make the other persons life just a little bit harder. I dunno�I guess that guys do it to, but I am just not aware of it, seeing how I don�t work with any, and haven�t for a very long time now.

Makes me wonder what my co-workers would think if they knew that I didn�t really like a one of em? I wonder what they would say if they knew that I was polite and nice to them simply out of professional courtesy? I have no desire to play these games�I just want to go to work, do my job, and go home. I do not have the time or desire to participate in their soap operas. Come on folks�a little professional courtesy at least. I mean we are all adults here�right?

Well back to the story. So I ask the boss lady today if she is indeed leaving the branch and the reaction I got was�AMAZING! The look of surprise was priceless. Of course the first thing that she wanted to know was how I found out. So I told her, A: you have been spending an awful lot of time at the other branch for being just an interim manager, B: You have been slacking off here quite a bit, and you have not been stressing or riding the employees as much, and C: I read in the city job postings that the city is taking applications for a Librarian 2 position at Janaf. And I know what that means. Now here is where the amazing part comes in. She looks at me, gets this little half smile on her face and tells me this�

�Ya know, you are really too smart for your own good sometimes. I had thought I was going to keep this a secret for awhile longer, but I guess that I can�t now. So I have to tell ya I not going to miss this place at all. I�ll miss the computer lab and I will miss working with you�but that�s it. Ya know it really has been a pleasure working with you, watching you grow into your job, watching you blossom (yeah she said I �blossomed� ugh�) as a teacher. You have a real talent for it you know. You are patient, articulate, funny, and best of all, you have the ability to make every one of your students feel like you genuinely care about them. And that is so important when working with Seniors. You will hear this all over again on your review of course�as soon as I get around to finishing it.�

And then the children�s specialist walked in�and everyone got quiet, the temp dropped about 20 degrees, and that was that.

Not really sure what to make of it all�other than I seem to have made an impression on one of the hardest asses in the entire system. Well I guess that is a good thing though�but I still won�t be her friend and I still won�t back her in her little war against the childrens specialist.




In other news�

I get my knee brace today! Finally I can get out of the house again and go back to being more active. It is really funny how I have begun to miss my walks and workouts. But I can get all active again!!! Woo Hoo�no more slugging around the house finally.

I went and took a better look at the SHO yesterday. I took apart the dash, and I was thrilled to find out that it comes apart into 3 pieces. Piece one, the largest and the one I was afraid was tore up turned out to have just come out of it�s mounting points�so it is fixed. Piece 2, the smallest of the parts is in fact broken, but I think that I can fix it�or find a replacement for it. It is the same part on the regular Taurus as well as the SHO�as opposed to the other dash parts. As far as the seat goes�it is not as bad as I had initially thought either. There are no deep cuts in the leather�so a little TLC and plenty of leather conditioner should take care of it. The window is being replaced by my mechanic friend free of charge, and he is going to see about replacing the slow window motor as well. Which leaves me with just having to replace the stereo. No biggie really. I am sure that I can find something that I will like.

Well I guess I ought to stop here for today. My class is due to start any minute, so I had best get out there.




Today I learned that I need more time to write. It seems to be coming easier and easier as the days go by. Amazing really, considering that I used to hate doing it. Arrrgghhh, well I am out of time�gotta run.

What have you learned today?

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