Tuesday, June 07, 2005

Reprimanded

It's taking a really long time for the pills to kick in. I wonder if I even took them. I'll take some more, just in case.

I got semi-reprimanded by Boss today. That stressed me out. I almost never get reprimanded anywhere, for anything. Fired, maybe, but not reprimanded. I must be spoiled, but I'm not used to having to apologize on the job.

Early in the day, New Girl #1 was at my cube, asking me a question she already knew the answer to. She's a nice girl, but it's becoming obvious that she's spending too much time at my cube. So I'm taken aside and told to direct her questions elsewhere. Ok, that's good, because it distracts the hell out of me anyway.

Later, a realtor asks me if I'm the one who designed this (horribly confusing and disorganized) mortgage program. ( I'm a temp who makes under $20 an hour- yeah I create corporate campaigns , sure... the UFO's tell me how)

"Yes ma'am I am. I did such a good job that they demoted me to my current job, which is calling realtors to verify information on illegible faxes."

"Let me speak to your supervisor."

They talk. I'm not supposed to deviate from the script. I'm sorry, even though I do it all the time and I'm not the slightest bit sorry.
This new rule sucks, because I get pretty damn good results if I can get a chuckle out of the person I'm dealing with. Everyone is stressed-a little humour helps everyone,except the humorless.

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