Brain Mush…updates on my life
Life is busy, for all of us, so I wonder how any of you can continue to balance everything and still manage to write your posts!!! I suck at it, I just suck at it.
This post is going to be full of updates in a random manner. No rhyme, no reason.
* Work is going well. The days fly by and when normally in life it would be Tuesday, adding in work has made the weeks fly and it is somehow always Friday by the time I blink my eyes. This is both a good thing and a bad thing. Good because this means that the work week goes fast and bad because this means that time is just flying and before you know it, it will be winter!
* Work is going so well that I am moving to a new department tomorrow. Originally when I first applied for the job, I applied for a position with the catering department. I would be filling catering orders and delivering the goods to the meeting rooms. They needed cashiers in the cafeteria really bad and asked if I would be willing to start out there and then later on move to the catering department. I wasn’t about to say no and jeopardize the chance at getting the job! So, up until now, I have been cashiering, making sure that coffee is made (this might not sound like much but when you think about making sure there is coffee always made and ready for over 1700 people, it is a big job!!), working in the deli making sandwiches and wraps for the lunch rush and other various jobs.
Less than two weeks ago, a new girl started. She was told the same thing I was, start out cashiering and then move to catering. No biggie. The need would arise for more catering staff as the clientele grew. However, last week, they told her that she would be moving to the catering department after only being there for one week! The reason to choose her over me you ask? Well, she has a masters in criminal justice and an MBA so she is a bit bored being “only a cashier” so they don’t want her to quit because she might be upset with the job and not being in catering. Ahem. That sounded really unfair to me. Not just because I had been there weeks before her but because I was told a few days before that that I would be going to catering and now, I’m not?!?! I let it go that day, didn’t speak up. Just felt pissed and didn’t want to make waves at work while I was mad.
The next day, I told the operations manager that I wanted to talk to him when we both had time. I felt like he was a good person to talk to because he was the only one who asked me what I wanted when he heard other people talking about putting me in the deli and in catering or keeping me in the cashier position. The catering director caught wind of the potential conversation that I was going to have with him and came to me first. She asked if I was upset about something. I told her that I wasn’t upset but frustrated with being told one thing only to be told something else a few days later. I felt frustrated that they were so worried about losing this new girl that they didn’t even consider how upset I might be that they totally passed me up. I was just frustrated and told her that if they wanted to keep me at cashier, just to tell me and I wouldn’t be upset. I just wanted to know what their plans were for me and if they didn’t include a move to catering, I’d be fine with it and stop wondering when I would transfer. That’s all I said.
They turned around and told the new girl that she was not going to catering and I was. They totally took the transfer away from her!! A wrong move and just tactless if you ask me. She was very mad and upset. I don’t blame her. I felt bad, it was not my intention to have them take anything away from her but to keep me in mind and let me know what the hell their plans were for me!
I don’t know if she will continue to work there, she was that upset. She and I did talk about it and she isn’t mad at me, she understands why I said something and actually felt bad when they told her that they were moving her up, she knew I had applied for it too and that I had been there longer. I think they just didn’t know what to do in that situation and really, they didn’t communicate very well.
This is whyI will never be in a management position, I don’t want that much responsibility and have to deal with this stuff!!
Anyway, I will be training for the catering department tomorrow morning! I am excited. The only downside, not seeing the few people that I have become friends with..employees and clients alike. There are a few clients who I talk to regularly and I will miss the short conversations that we’ve had. Hopefully I will still see them in passing from time to time. I will also be travelling between the Westinghouse locations in this area for different catering orders. There are three in this local area, all within a few miles of the main headquarters where I work now. This will be nice to get outside during the day from time to time!
* On to something else!! Jada got her braces off today!! She is really happy and her teeth look great! We have to go back in a few hours to pick up her retainers. Since she is done, I have scheduled Chuckie’s appointments to start his treatment! He goes in two weeks for his first two appointments. This means more money to the fabulous orthodontist and less money in our pockets! Woo, having kids is expensive and good thing I am working!!
* Football is in full swing and I couldn’t be happier. Aside from getting annoyed with practices everyday, I love football. I love watching Chuckie out there on the field. He is very athletic, he gets it from his dad and it so very much reminds me of watching Chuck. The memories are sweet and so will be the new memories of my son. Not too strangely enough, he is going to be a running back, the same position that my husband played. They are fast, very fast!! Chuckie had the fastest time in the 30 yard dash, my husband had the fastest time in the 40 yard dash. Chuckie and Chuck both love/loved to tackle people. I have to admit that when I found out I was having a boy (with Chuckie) I was hoping he would play football! We are hoping that since he is the starting running back for his team, that he will get a good run and touchdown early in the season so his confidence soars! This season is going to be fun!!
**On a side note, my husband was very good at playing football….his rival in high school was LaVar Arrington of the Redskins and Giants. Yes, that LaVar Arrington. They were the two biggest running backs in this area. Chuck actually beat him out for the western PA Offensive Player of the Year!! Chuck was the “player of the week” for WTAE’s athletic program and Andrew Stockey still remembers him and we talk about it every so often…we were on the news! Sorry, that’s just me bragging about my honey and also kicking his ass for not pursuing it further. He was still being contacted by the Canadian Football League a few years ago to come play! Coulda, shoulda, woulda, right?!
*The kids got their teacher assignments in the mail today! Chuckie has a teacher that I had in second grade! I’m sure that she is thrilled. She was trying to get Jada in her class last year but I am happy that she didn’t have her. She needed the teacher she had more. I don’t know the teacher that Jada has…and no one else is offering up information through the many parent emails circulating right now to see who has whom! It’s pretty funny, emails are going around like wildfire right now!
Oh well, I think that is is for now! So much, right?! I had a lot to say apparently! Sorry about that. I will try to post more often instead of once a week or less!
