Thursday : 29 December 05
The worst thing about the end of a vacation is the first morning of having to get up for work. This morning was no exception. My alarm went off at 6:25. My first thoughts were: “What’s that?! Oh… it’s the alarm. How do I turn it off…?” I managed to turn it off and drag myself from bed. I completed the morning hygeine rituals and, a short while later, was on the way to work.

On the whole, the first day back wasn’t bad. I did, however, have to deal with one person who tried my patience. Twice. As I said when writing about the situation with our phone system: I’m not a big fan of having to repeat myself. Today’s person just couldn’t seem to get the hint that when I told him something, I wasn’t going to change my mind just because he thought I should.

As recounted to :

(12:21:30) : How goes?
(12:22:12) : goes alright. you?
(12:22:38) : Pretty well… assuming that one of the monkeys doesn’t make me punch him in the face.
(12:22:45) : Repeatedly.
(12:22:48) : ohhh?
(12:22:54) : Yeah.
(12:22:59) : sup?
(12:23:02) : Had a UPS problem…
(12:23:11) : I gave him a new one and told him to bring me the old one…
(12:23:24) : He wanted to know what I was going to do with/about the old one….
(12:23:33) : I told him that it would be taken care of.
(12:23:35) : He wanted to know what I was going to do with/about the old one….
(12:23:36) : I told him that it would be taken care of.
(12:23:40) : …and walked off.
(12:23:53) : He exchanges them and brings me the old one…
(12:23:55) : THEN…
(12:24:17) : “Well, if you’re out of the office and I need something, I’ll just go and get it and leave you a note.”
(12:24:19) : >.< (12:24:35) : Me: “No, go through [his team lead].”
(12:24:58) : Him: “[He] said not to do anything until you got back.”
(12:25:07) : well..there you go, dumbass
(12:25:24) : Me: “Go through [the team lead]. We have already established what is to be done if I’m out of the office.”
(12:25:30) : Him: Pouty-walking off.
(12:27:01) : that’s so…
(12:27:04) : beat him for me

A wonderful solution was offered by :

(12:01:56) ***Shadorunr thinks “Too many monkeys…..”
(12:02:04) : Monkeys make everything better!
(12:02:16) : In some cases.
(12:13:27) : ..although there IS one monkey here who has gotten on my nerves twice today already.
(12:13:40) : shoot him into space.
(12:13:47) : Don’t tempt me…

And this just after I get back from vacation. Fortunately, the rest of the workday was nowhere near as trying.

After work, I hung out with . The intention was to watch Crash; instead, we wound up watching episodes of The Gilmore Girls. I will have to catch Crash another time.

Stray Toasters

Namaste.