Alyssa's ramblings...

Job probs and goop scoops.

I’m having problems with my job. Well, maybe it’s with my attitude. Either way. :o)

I’m sick of passing on messages for my co-workers to call people, only to have the person call back the next day, and the next day, and the next day, saying they haven’t been contacted yet. They get quite annoyed, and rightly so. There’s a certain person who called requesting some information. It was a pretty easy question, so I answered it, but he wasn’t satisfied. So I did what any normal person would do – tell him I’d get someone else to call him back. If I couldn’t explain it the way he wanted to hear it, maybe someone else could. So I passed the message on. Then yesterday, he called back twice, saying he hadn’t heard from anyone. Then today he called back again, saying he hadn’t heard from anyone. I’ve been passing on messages each time he calls, but to no avail. Hmmmpf.

My work publishes a bi-monthly magazine. Now, there’s a certain company (we’ll call them ‘Company A’) that sponsors our events and advertises in our magazine quite regularly, and their director is also a major part of another company that we’re close with. ‘Company A’ produces a product for our industry, and they have most of the market for the product. Enter ‘Company B’, which is new to the market. They obviously have a lot of money in their budget for advertising, and decided that they wanted five full-page ads in our magazine. When we received the draft from the publishers, my boss decided to allow them only one page (which I guess is reasonable, because otherwise the magazine would be filled with their advertising).

But now that we’ve sent out some of the magazines, the director of ‘Company A’, along with some of their supporters, are angry. Our magazine is basically an industry magazine, and we’re not supposed to show bias. We’ve let ‘Company A’ advertise multiple times without complaint, but as soon as we let their competition advertise, we’re doing something wrong? There is nothing wrong with letting people have the advertising they pay for. What is ‘Company A’ so scared of? Come on, you can’t stop someone from advertising their product! And since when does ‘Company A’ have any say about what goes in our magazine?

But do you want to know the worst thing? We’re giving in. We’re reprinting more than half of the magazines, and sending them out again, without the “offending” advertisement. I’m amazed. I’m shocked.

OK, now that’s out of my system… we had the Substation Challenge last night! Our group came… 2nd last! Yay! :o) So that makes our achievements – Last, 2nd last, and 2nd last. Woohoo! Well, at least we had fun. For our skit, we made a “pizza”. It had Tim Tams, strawberry topping, mayonnaise, seasoning, baked beans, spaghetti, and lots of other strange things. Afterwards, Dolly took a Tim Tam, scooped up as much goop as she could, and took a bite. It mustn’t have been that bad, because then she took another scoop and bite. But she rushed to the kitchen with her mouth bulging, so maybe it was that bad.

My Favourite Part Of ‘ELF’

Walter: "So, go on."
Buddy: "Go on with what?"
Walter: "Are... Are you gonna sing a song or something or can I just go back to work?"
Buddy: "A song? Uh, yeah. Anything for you, dad. Um, I'm... I'm here with my dad. And we never met. And he wants me to sing him a song. And, um, I was adopted. But you didn't know I was born. So I'm here now. I found you, daddy. And guess what? I love you. I love you. I love you!"
Walter: "Wow, that was weird."

posted by Alyssa @ 1:33 PM