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02 May 2006

I realize that I always seem to be complaining... [More:]but I really miss you guys.

I'm breaking some imaginary law right now. I was put on probation last week. My crime?

Well, it wasn't that juicy. I was put on a "performance improvement plan" at work. You know, the job that makes me miserable? Yes, a 45 day PIP.

In the event that my performance does not improve I will be summarily dismissed.

I spent last Wednesday discussing this with my therapist (knowing the talk was to come on Thursday). Survival v. Pride.

If I don't have the job, I need the unemployment. A job, is better than no job. I think. But either way -- if I leave I either need to have another job or I need to get fired.

I've never been fired from a "real" job.

Now, my email is apparently monitored. Or so the really "know it all" colleague informed me. I wouldn't necessarily believe her (half of the stuff that comes out of her mouth is made up) my Mozilla Firefox suddenly stopped working.

So, I can't surf at work. When I do -- I have to use crappy IE.

I'm sure I haven't been missed. Hell, I don't even get shout-outs anymore...its okay. I'm not that hurt (well, maybe a little...).

But I miss you guys and this place. I get home and all I want to do is smoke cigarettes and hang out with Herb Tarlick and have a few minutes of bliss.

That's all.

Back to the seventh layer of hell.
I'm in the same boat. But I have 2 weeks. and I'm already getting laid off. Life is a fucking cabaret.
posted by jonmc 02 May | 14:22
Well shit, I miss the hell outta you, Lola_G, but I never mention it here out of pride and fear of the black hole of sadness your absence leaves.

But when jonmc and I are in our cups in Queens, we always lament the fact that you're not there.

Chin up on the big brother tip. They monitor my every keystroke here, but that doesn't keep me from posting strange statements like "I had anal sex last night with four junkie alligators (ribbed for your pleasure!)while I stole millions of dollars from the US Government!"
posted by Hugh Janus 02 May | 14:41
You guys rock my world.
posted by Lola_G 02 May | 14:58
Hugh, is it true you're part of a new band called Cocaine Jihad and His Ceramic Handguns?
posted by PinkStainlessTail 02 May | 15:08
Lola, you've got at least one shoutout coming from me whenever mudpup posts her pictures.

Sorry to hear your work situation's sucking. Sooner or later one of us will have to win the lottery and support us all in style. It's bound to happen, I tell you.
posted by agropyron 02 May | 15:12
Lola! Your dimples are legendary, I say... Legendary! : )

Come drink with us!
posted by Pips 02 May | 15:24
Man, if House wasn't a two-parter tonight, I'd be drinking with you.
posted by TrishaLynn 02 May | 15:26
If it makes you feel better, Lola_G, I am about to put one of my team members on a similar program (we call it a "Diminished Performance Program") and the other side of the coin really sucks too. When you add to that the all-but-imminent sacking of another member of the team, I am a bit over being back in management. What really pisses me off is that, in both cases, the problems have been ignoed by previous team leaders and I am left holding the bag because our manager says somnething must be done NOW. In one case, the person has been working in the same job for 10 years and nobody ever told here she was doing a crappy job because it was easier just to let her go and clean up after her.

Sorry, this was supposed to be about you, wasn't it?
posted by dg 02 May | 16:57
I missed you! Of course, I've been absent for a while too, so I missed everybody, but I did miss you! I wish I had some words of wisdom for you re: the job situation but I'm so bad at the advice stuff. All I can say is that I know how soul-crushing it can be to drag your ass to ajob you loathe everyday and I hope that this situation will somehow result in you moving on to something more fulfilling.
posted by LeeJay 02 May | 18:49
(((Lola_G)))
I hope it works out in whatever way is best for you, Lola. Hang in there.
posted by deborah 02 May | 22:24
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