To quote Big Daddy Kane: “A Job Ain’t Nothing But Work”

It wasn’t a BAD day… all things considered… but it was “a day.” The network was down; the mail volumes were a *tad* higher than we expected; one of my managers was unavailable to answer questions I had; we had to keep people on overtime; the plants (mail facilities) were calling and asking “Why aren’t we getting results back on this mail” and “Where are the people?” *sigh* But it all worked out in the end.

Anyway, left there and went to Denny’s for a bite to eat with Jess (my gf) and a couple of friends, since they said that the bowling alley was dead tonight. I was actually looking forward to going bowling after work, but we did have a QUALITY mullet sighting at breakfast, so it was all good. Unfortunately, none of us had a camera. *shakes fist*

And while I’m thinking about it: Have you ever noticed peoples’ reactions to having to work overtime? It’s odd, when you think about it. You tell them that they are going to have to work x-number of extra hours and the collective groans and moans go out. Then comes the “Well, I can’t do anything about it, so I might as well suck it up and deal with it.” Then when it’s all said and done, they say “Okay, that wasn’t so bad.” And we won’t even go into the reactions when their paychecks come in and they want to see how much extra they made because of the O.T. I’ve been on both sides of this particular fence – having to call people for overtime and having to work overtime when I am not supervising – so I guess that I had a slightly different perspective about the whole thing.

That’s my 2¢ worth for now.

More later.