Having wrapped up my first year at my new employment, it has led me to be nostalgic about my old job lately. I went back to my old files and writings. I used to gripe so much about it, its a wonder I lasted 8 years there!
For instance, this was another bane of my existence there:
I'm pretty damn sure that admin meetings could be the worst thing about any job EVER! They are entirely unproductive and the notes I end up taking look like this:
That little stick figure guy is me being shot out of a cannon into a wall, conveniently labeled "wall" in case I didn't know when I was drawing the picture.
The words "Common Sense" refer to what everyone in the meeting, except me, is lacking. In fact, I wish I had a towel to wipe the common sense leaking out of their ears.
Today's agenda involved instant messaging and if it were SEC compliant to have it on desktops. Initially I found this to be important until it dragged on for 45 minutes of heavy debate. I zoned out after 5 minutes and constructed the masterpiece above. All anyone needed to hear, or say, was a simple "yes" or "no" or "Let's defer this topic until I confer with our attorney or comparable business."
Well, then why didn't you speak up and say this you ask?
Because there's a certain element of the office that loves the stench of the bullshit that they spew out of their mouths so any contrary idea quickly gets dumped on...loudly. It usually starts with, "AAAAACTUALLY..." and ends with "PLLLPHHHHT HEEE HAWWWW" or something to that effect.
That actually isn't one of the worst topics of discussion in one of these meetings. The worst transgression came with the heated topic of what kind of drinks should be in the fridge. That argument lasted a full 20 minutes, I shit you not! I felt like I was on a prom committee or something stupid like that. Anyway, once again, I'm angry.
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