My last blog included (among other things) a little story about how I was stood up earlier in the week. I didn’t hear anything from him. I called while I was waiting and then sent a text after I quit waiting. I even sent an “olive branch” sort of email to him the next day. I explained that I’m probably too forgiving and that Laramie is a very small community so it would probably be best if we talked it out before he moved here so we didn’t have to have some awkward situation at Walmart or something. Nothing in reply… Until 1:36 last night. Yes, he chose the wee morning hours of a weekday to finally send a couple of texts to me. They explained that he dropped his phone and somehow managed to drive over it with his car and then he couldn’t remember the name of the restaurant so he just left town. Wow… even if that is true, that’s hardly an excuse to stand someone up. Even if he forgot the name of the restaurant, he knew it was down town and down town is only a few blocks. I even gave him the address – the corner of Ivenson and 2nd. Simple. Even if he only remembered one of those streets he could have found the place if he tried. That’s the point: “if he tried.” He didn’t. And even if he couldn’t remember anything about the name or location of the restaurant, he could have sent an email! RUDE!
I got a pleasant surprise at work yesterday. Not the surprise I was hoping for but something nice just the same. I learned some time ago that good news gets put in my mail slot at work and bad news gets mailed home. So, when I saw a sealed letter in one of the “good” envelopes in my mail slot I figured it was probably something at the very least “not bad.” Turns out my one year probationary period ended this week. The letter was really very nice and included glowing quotations from my supervisor about how awesome I am! As a token of their appreciation, they also gave me a lil raise. I hesitate to even call it a little raise, it’s simply “lil.” The phrase “it’s the thought that counts” applies here I think. But it was still nice and even a small raise is still a raise!
Then today… I ran into the IT guy and he off handedly asked if I had figured out how I was going to set up the new lab. To which I said: “eh?” It seems someone somewhere in the building decided the office I’m currently working in should be moved to the next room over and my supervisor (who doesn’t exist) will take over the office I’m currently working in. This was news to me. I’ve found that the people most directly affected by something at work are often the last to find out. I immediately started sleuthing and discovered this was true. After a couple of meetings I was able to talk them out of painting the walls in the new lab gray, talked them into repainting the horrible gray room, and scored permission to pick out pretty much anything I wanted to put on the walls of both rooms! Pretty exciting. I’ve been working in a gray windowless dungeon of a room for almost three years now. The prospect of walls that are not gray and art on the walls is really appealing! Plus this means we will actually have our own little department, complete with a conference table and a real desk for everyone that works there!
I’m going dancing this weekend with some friends. I’m excited to get my groove on!
2 comments:
I take it the people you work for are not aware that scan labs are painted grey to reduce the amount of glare and to enhance color trueness.
They are aware of that. But our equipment is all color calibrated and we do no color correction. Odd that you would bring that up though!
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