I love my job.

*sigh*

Operations went smoothly, otherwise….. “ehhh.” All of the supervisors now have 2-way radios to keep in contact with each other. In theory: Good idea. In practice: Pain in the ass. While the radio concept is a decent one, there are a few things that make it… um… ineffective. The main reasons: We have phones ALL OVER THE BUILDING that have intercoms AND we have a P.A. system. Granted, there are a few areas where there are no speakers, but between the P.A. and the intercoms, you’re pretty much guaranteed of being able to find someone. Now, they’ve gone and spent a few pennies – QUITE A FEW PENNIES, in fact – on something that I, among others, see as a completely redundant system. Probably the most irritating thing is the fact that we have to wear earpieces with the radios. Again, this is a good idea/bad idea thing. It’s good because it leaves our hands somewhat free to do something else – not completely free, however, because we have to press “talk” buttons to transmit. (SIDEBAR: In retrospect, the fact that they are not voice-activated is good since I had a few things to say about “Why in the Nine Hells do we need THESE?!??!?”) It’s a bad idea because we have the in-the-ear earbuds. These are the same kind of speakers that Walkman®-style personal stereos use. To be succinct: THEY HURT. I don’t know whose ears they were designed for, but I don’t think that they were human ears… unless that person was Ross Perot. All of us on the workroom floor spent the day adjusting them to try and find something that approximated ‘comfortable.’ *grr* Hopefully, this fad will pass and the powers-that-be will see how unnecessary they are… or will at least let us opt to use/not use the earbuds.

Anyway…. it’s late, I’m hungry, and Jess made some comments about trying to head to the gym @ 6am, after she gets home from work. (Have I mentioned ‘No rest for the wicked’ recently?) I guess that means that this is it for now.

Peace.