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A picture before work… Spent some time at home reading and putting up with my niece…
Tag: Machine
Day #157 11/13/11: The last stand…
Nothing too eventful to the day except the fact that I finished up two of the books that I had which had to do with Math and resumes. I took this picture to remind myself that on Sundays families usually go off and go to church. I am not usually of this train of thought to go and I believe in a higher power but I don’t think you should pump money into religion as it should welcome all. At the end of the night it was pretty calm at the big red machine as I had a good chat with my buddy from the Marines and we started planning something within the next week for a pal that is leaving the Machine soon.
Day #31 7/9/11: Are you mad?…
This was taken the hour of the beginning of the day and the day got off to a pretty good start as I worked out after work at the gym I go to and it was a very satisfying workout in terms of cardio and working out the muscles as well. I slept around 3 o clock that night and I didn’t wake up till around 12 the next day as I had little time to do much at home except walk the dog and watch Smackdown. Going to work was a different story as I found out I was working by myself that night as the other person had called in sick. I was upset by the fact that no one has even cared to do something about me working the night by myself and it was all incompetence based on the managers that work there. They felt that there were other important tasks to focus on but I just said oh well and people could tell on my face that I was upset about having to work by myself and a newbie went up to ask me if I was mad and I explained my situation which she understood but I don’t think she understood the ramifications behind working alone as she has a big team to work with and I had no one. The night went by slowly as I worked hard to get everything but in the end it wasn’t enough as expected. However, I went home knowing that I had at least contributed something to that Machine. I also had lunch with a good friend of mine who has expressed his frustration with the machine as well and I agreed with what he said as we both let out some pent up anger that had happened recently but he did about 80 percent of the talking as there has been a lot of shady happenings at the big red machine lately (people getting fired, writeups, relationships, drama etc.) But, I took in good stride as I don’t want to end up like a few that have ended up there for 5+ years and my goal is to leave by the end of the year.
Day #12 6/20/11: For that lovely parking lot…
I have a lot of memories in this parking lot as this day was filled with having to deal with editing my paper about global warming, which at the end of all of it was actually pretty decent. I also had to go and call my friends at my medical provider to ask some questions regarding my coverage and that issue was actually handled quite well. This picture was filled with a good amount of work as my old friend Silva and myself chatted up about some recent drama that has surfaced at the big red machine and the performance of a co-worker. My supervisor had told me the day before “Do you want to pick up his slack or do you want him to be as good as you?” This is what kind of bothered me because you can’t really make anyone look good because if they aren’t willing to go along with the program then why even bother. It seems that this co-worker of mine is better when there is someone superior watching him. This has seemed to be the case as I’ve heard that he does much better when there is someone watching him. He also seems to ask too many questions in terms of what needs to get done in our line of work. My saying is that if you care and actually are knowledgeable at the job you should know what needs to get done. I expressed my concern to Silva and he agreed that I shouldn’t worry about his work ethic because people like that have to learn to hustle in order to actually perform the way people want him to. I agreed and then I saw that what worked the night might work that night and wow it did work but either way I have to keep working with this person in order to get him caught up with the program. Otherwise, a pretty quiet day at the Big Red Machine
Just Another Day... 