Adrenaline caged

by minimum wage

Published on May 24, 2004 By Sally jacobs In Misc

It's happy Mondaysssss, hmm!!!! I can admit the last few days I have being a misery. I don't exactly know why, but I have had a face like a slapped arse, not pretty! I think it's a mixture of lack of sleep and a few cauliwobbles (grrr!), which leads to a cocktail of grumpiness for Sally, yay! I think I'm actually starting to get over it. I'm getting a bit more sleep (11 hours the other night, amazing!) which helps, my cauliwobbles aren't disappearing yet, but I'm sure they'll pass.

I went into my uncles work today, he has a gym and I need to get my ass into shape, before it makes a bid for world domination. So went to the gym, did my thing, and then as usual my uncle got me to do some work, which got me thinking......

When I was at college, I had a part time job in a shop and after that I've worked on and off for my uncle in the offices of his factory. If I'm honest these jobs have never meant much to me, because for me they were never a career path, just something to earn extra money and occupy time, but for some of the people I've worked with it was a career choice, it was the rest of their life. Now if that was me, I wouldn't enjoy that, to wake up every morning, knowing I'm going to a job an untrained monkey could do, it would frustrate the hell out of me. When I worked at the shop I was so bored. I didn't need to use my brain, I didn't need to think, I was just a robot, trained to do mindless tasks. My uncle employs all different kinds of people, most of them have dribbling issues, but that's another story. In the offices there's quite a few women who have young children, who can work flexable part time hours to suit them. Which suits both them and my uncle. Then there's some older ladies, who think they are employed to whinge about everything. They make me giggle, they corner my uncle and just bully him, and you can see him squirming looking for an escape route. Then there's the students, who I like best, they have the same work ethics as me, NONE! Hehe! Then theres the dreaded 'managers', they irriate me the most. Why is it a little bit of power and people all of a sudden turn all crazy? What's in a title? It just goes straight to their heads. I've seen it happen, time and time again. The boss will make someone a 'manager', give them some pathetic responsibility pay, that doesn't really matter, it's all about the name! Someone should let them know they're selling their soul. They are doing the crappy jobs the real boss doesn't want to do. They are the fall guy, so when things go tits up, and they inevitably will, the boss has someone to blame. The only high point for them I guess is they get to dicate a bit of power over the more lowly worker and they seem to enjoy this element of the job far to much! There's a bloke at my uncles place who has this 'manager' title and a huge chip on his shoulder to go with it. He really infuriates me, I hear him talk to the students like they're dirt, because he can, and they don't care enough to argue back. I've noticed this with a lot of 'managers', they seem to be angry. I'm not sure about what, but they all have a point to prove. That they all are better than the job they're doing? They have more ambition than they do ability? I don't know.....

I worked for a lady called Alma, well she was the manager of the shop I worked at during college. I fondly nicknamed her 'little hitler'. She was tiny, but she had a fiesty temper, she was like one of them little dogs that just yaps and yaps, they look harmless enough, but you don't want to get to close, just incase they bite your ankles! Her yapping was a great comedy show though. She'd get all red and mad till she looked close to exploding! Her anger was mainly aimed at customers though, which made it even more hilarious. She had at least one customer complaint against her a week. She was under the impression they didn't appreciate all the work she did, and because of that they didn't deserve to shop at her shop. Ironic, I know, but you try explaining the concept to an aggressive granny with steam coming out of her ears. Everything was life and death to her. I kind of had the more laid back approach, realising the world wouldn't come to an end if something was out of place. She was my favourite manager though. She was close to retiring, and she was over emotional about everything, but you always knew where you stood with her, I respect that. Plus she was pure comedy value!

How did I get on this? Ahh yes watching my uncles people working. They all looked so bored and miserable, and totally uninterested in what they were doing, that it just reminded me of what I thought when I was at college, I couldn't do that for the rest of my life, my brain would just rot even more!

This weekend was okish, Saturday was fabulous, due to Man Utds great win, don't worry I won't go on about that anymore! Was Dominics Communion on sunday. Hmm...was alright I suppose. I wasn't really in the mood for it. I was still in my grumpy state. We had a barbie afterwards, and it was nice and sunny, but a few things annoyed me, didn't help that I was a grump already, If I'm honest I just wanted to get home to kermit, won't whinge though (think I just did!), I'm over it, in general a good weekend

. Kermit just amazes me more and more everyday, and my feelings for him just grow and grow everyday, I'm super lucky to know him. He's just such a sweetheart. I've being a miserable moo, and he's just lovely to me. Seems his aim everyday is just to make me smile, and he achieves it. Even if I feel awful he still makes me laugh. He makes me feel safe and cared about, he's truely lovely, you're the shit sweety

. Thanks for putting up with me! I'm done, another lovely waffle for you folks! Have a good day, Bye bye all xxxxx

Comments

gothic impulse

on May 24, 2004

Great Read ...good to hear from you again Sally

You always bring a smile to my face

Jess

Sally jacobs

on May 24, 2004

Awww thanks Jess, I'm still laughing about your Apple blog, i've decided I like the name strawberry, hehe!

hmmmmmmmm

on May 24, 2004

I think me a sally should go on a date... Don't worry, i'll knock kermit out... Im ard!

Sally jacobs

on May 24, 2004

....a date whys that? Aren't Wills gay? Hehe!

hmmmmmmmmmmmm

on May 25, 2004

fuker

Sally jacobs

on May 25, 2004

Variation on M's, nice! Hehe, you make me smile so much, you one word wonder!

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