AUGH!

I overheard my supervisor dissing me because I neglected to bring an OPTIONAL gift to a party. Optional being the key word in that sentence. I have spent almost $300 on personal items for work parties this month, and I didn't particularly want to keep spending. That, and quit talking shit about the people working for you. Damn. Reminds me of myself when I first started coaching rugby. I didn't know what I was doing, and made myself look like a jackass.

Multi-Generational Workplace

If you are working in an environment of nearly all women, ages 21 - 60, then you fully appreciate the delicate sensibilities that must be associated. Be gracious, smile, and be silent.

Great Work Prank - Backfired, of course

I would like to go on record as saying that I totally pulled a fun fast one on my boss. She is constantly concerned about the texture of our cookies, and so I sent her a fake letter and fake invoice from a real recruiter, saying that he'd broken his tooth on a cookie. She not only called him, but it was in an envelope on its way to Legal Council! Shew, thankfully I stopped that from happening. She never laughed; only told me that it would go in my permanent file and I would hear about it on my review.

Sigh.

1. It helps to choose a subject who has a chance at showing a sense of humor.
2. My intention was to create a team environment that rallied around something harmless and fun.
3. My professioinalism is in question.
4. I have been downgraded in her mind.
5. Bummer.
6. I am pleased with the joke and willing to take the heat.

Eeyore is not good for the workplace

I am having an Eeyore moment. Actually, it's an extended yet disjointed moment that has stretched itself comfortably across my desk. I feel like I often make silly mistakes. I often find myself "in trouble" for careless errors. I am buried in a database that seems to be neverending, though apparently it ends next Tuesday. What's on tap after that? I am not sure, but I can guarantee that it will not be fulfilling my eager soul. You see, when you err repeatedly, then you are no longer looked at as an A player, as someone who can get the job done, as one of the best and brightest. Instead, you get assigned the database and shoved in a corner.

Guess what?! It's a long term relationship, this job and I. I need to change my attitude! After all, that database is important to our office, and its integrity is paramount. "Each day, a new beginning" is indeed very true. I can start today to begin again as an amazing professional who accomplishes great things because of the attention I give to each detail. Period and amen.

Eeyore, be damned! Get out there and change your experience. Smile! I need to portray a positive, capable demeanor.

Okay, goodbye. I need to go out there and make life happen.