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I’ve Done it Again!
Posted on November 22, 2005 by Brian under Life.
I finally decided that I needed to have a grown up site. That’s right a GROWN UP SITE!
I was thinking to myself the other day, man. I need to have a place that I can send potential customers to or current employers or even future employers to that I wont be embarrassed to show them. So I spent several days constructing something that was still me, yet professional and good looking. This was the outcome. It is still under construction (I know I never finished the last one, but this one is different. It should be complete by the end of this month.) so check back every few days, their should be something new. This site will feature an RSS feed from my wife’s Web site. An RSS feed from my netflix account (So you can see what movies I’m watching) and a review section (to review any restaurants, or films or anything in particular that tickles my fancy to review).
I really like this new site and to top it all off I will be adding a comments section to the blog page as well. This way my friends (All 2 of you) can comment on whatever you wish.
So stay tuned and I hope that you visit more often.
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I’m So Depressed
Posted on November 17, 2005 by Brian under Life.
Man do I hate this Job. I have been here since April and it just gets worse. At first, I was just thankful that I had a job. Now I am wishing I would have taken a few more days to look into something better. But, like our house I jumped into something that I thought I was going to be able to grow, expand and flourish in. Instead, I ran into deceit, betrayal and politics (I hate Politics). I thought to myself “OK, I’ll come in here and play the game for a bit then jump on the first supervisor position that becomes available and get back into the swing of business. However, I learned very quickly that in this place (like so many others) its not a game of what you know, but who you know. Case in point. A supervisor position became available in the Account Services area where I currently work. I decided that this was the chance for me to make my move. I had made my intentions very clear when I hired in and they were very accepting and even encouraged it. When I confronted my boss. I advised her that I was wanting to apply for the position (regardless of weather I got it or not I still wanted to apply). I was told then, “Were sorry but you have to be employed for 1 full year before that can happen”. I was depressed but thought to myself. Fine! I’ll work threw it. Then 2 weeks later they announced that they had hired a new supervisor for the position. After they announced the sup I realized that this prick had been one of my training classes recently. He had only been on the floor 2 months. His actual class that he hired in on did not hit the floor till August. I was pissed. I decided to confront my boss and ask her what the hell was up. She informed me that he got permission from the director of our department and Shannon our manager. I ask “Why wasn’t I told that I could do that” she had no response for her actions. I was so pissed that I almost walked out. Since then I have watched this ass kisser that has not one clue as to how to perform his job struggle threw his daily tasks, talk on the phone and surf the internet for things that are fancy to cook (I think he might be trying to impress some woman…Ha! Good luck.). Since then the word on the floor is that he was hired in to be the next supervisor. However we all know that this is a lie or they would not have held the interview process and he would not have needed to get permission from the director and manager (I checked). So evidently word of my unhappiness and several others that were wanting to try for the same position and got told the same lie has gotten around and they felt a need to cover up the truth. But those of us that keep our head above the scum and Tierney of political bull shit already know and we are not happy. Me, I’m currently looking for a new job, something with worth and meaning. Something that will challenge what little intellect I have. The only thing that keeps me from walking out of this place is the love of my wife. By leaving I would leave her as the only bread winner in the house. That stress added to the already mounting stress of her school and the ever increasing stress of her job would probably drive her right over the edge. I cant allow that and would have no-one but myself to blame if that occurred. I had a wonderful interview with a local software company that had a lot of promise. I am very hopeful that I will hear from them next week and will be offered the position. This job has everything that I am looking for. Room to grow, no politicking. No bull shit and an ever expanding and ever changing environment. I have 2 friends that currently work their and they have never been happier. If I could see into the future and insure that I had the job I would leave this one and take a small vacation. But unfortunately we all know that fortune telling is a hoax and the only people on the planet to be able to see the future are women! (don’t hurt me!). Well I think that I have cried on my electronic shoulder for long enough. Now its time to walk around this dreaded call center brooding in my self pity. Till next time.
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Thursday’s the Day
Posted on November 8, 2005 by Brian under Babies.
We will receive our gliders on Thursday. We are so excited! We received all of our cage toys yesterday and then proceeded to put them in the (what we thought would be) proper orientation for them to play. Stay tuned because you know that my wife will defiantly be taking pictures.
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My Next Big Spend
Posted on November 4, 2005 by Brian under Wishlist.
I have decided that if I’m ever going to be taken seriously as a graphics artist I need to have serious graphic art tools. I have pretty much everything, however I need one final component. The Cintiq 21UÂ digital Wacom tablet. This thing is awesome, you can actually draw directly on the tablet itself. The tablet is used by professional artist all over the world from Disney to Marvel. I believe that if I had this tool, I would finally be able to fulfill my dream of becoming a graphics artist. What I will do to see if anyone is willing to help me is, get my wife to add a button to both hers and my web site that will allow you to donate to my cause. Anyone that has seen my art knows that this will only improve my abilities and allow me to do more outstanding works for you to enjoy. Keep an eye out for the button and please, please help me out.
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Telephone Training Blows
Posted on November 2, 2005 by Brian under Life.
Here I am in this phone training class at work. It truly blows! It is so boring and so very simple. I can not believe that it takes two weeks to go threw this class. I guess I shouldn’t complain, I’m not on the phone all day listening to customers bitch about not being able to pay the cable bill and crying because we are going to shut off their cable and they will miss their favorite soaps (oh yes, it happens! Full grown women crying like a baby thinking it will make a difference, I’m not that nice.) Right now we are doing order entry, learning how to set up the services, add install charges and port numbers. Its not that difficult its just that theirs a lot to remember. I have been making several notes since I learned yesterday that their are certain things that we can do that will actually get us fired. One of which was, if we quote another carriers prices (like, SBC Long Distance, or Vonage or something like that) we are actually breaking the law. That is grounds for immediate termination, since Cox gets fined for the offence as well. That explains a lot since we have been loosing people right and left lately. But I made a note of it so It shouldn’t be a problem. Well its almost time for lunch and this is when I will call my wife and tell her that I blogged on her site (she’ll be so excited since I don’t blog that much at all). If things change and something gets to be more exciting than this, I’ll be sure to let you all know. Till then, Later!
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