Videos

Yesterday I downloaded a few videos of my parents. It took over a year to be able to watch them. When I did , it seemed like my mother is still here. I have a memory lapse and the part where she died is missing. It feels like the video was just taken and that she went back to Florida for the winter. It feels so good to have my mind tricked for a short time. It is as if I was injected with a serum of joy and happiness.

Going Green

What is the matter with a green drink? When you see someone drinking a shake or a clear bottle with a colored drink, they all look good. Pink, white, light brown, orange and even blue look appealing to the palate. Why is green the villain? You would never go up to someone having a pink drink and say, "Ich". You would never make a rude comment and compare their drink to something disgusting. Where has the anti green drink movement come from? If we eat green salads and green vegetables and are commended for them, why are we ostracized for a green drink? I am a new member of the green drink brigade and proud of it.

Survey

If you want my opinion, you need to go about it in the right way. If a survey comes in the mail, give me a postage paid return envelope. I do not have to pay to give you my opinion. If you call me for my opinion, don't. I never answer questions from people I do not know. If I call your company and you ask me to take a short survey at the end of the call, my wait time had better be less than one minute. If I have to hold for 45 minutes to get my questions answered, do you think I want to continue to be on the call for even one more minute for your benefit? I am not sure whether my opinion really matters or counts. If it did, things would be different.

Common Sense

Yesterday I had to verify a common sense decision. There was no reason to do that. The original decision was cut and dry. If someone doesn't show up to work and has no idea how to do the job after 5 weeks, they get the boot. One of my administrators wanted to delve into the abyss of analyzing that decision. She is so afraid of being politically correct that she looks insane. She asked me to call our HR department who is paid to only consult and tell them what is going on and ask their advice. I called and told them what was happening and they said, "Kick her out". Even the employee must have known she was getting fired as her phone went to voicemail. She texted me last night but I did not respond. I only fire people in my office setting. That way I have witnesses.

Drama Free

I run a drama free office. If you bring drama in, I will show you the way out. Today I will fire the woman I hired a month ago. She was hired for 2 days a week. Am I wrong to be upset when she only shows up one day a week? I asked her to come in for more training since she has no idea how to do the job. Am I wrong to be upset that she has never come in additional hours, not to mention the hours she was hired for? I do not like people upsetting my wonderful office staff. Am I wrong to fire a woman who spent the evening being so nasty to my evening receptionist, that the receptionist texted me to ask if she could leave early? She was given a pleasant warning last week and nothing has changed. People are their own worst enemies.

One Ingredient

One ingredient does matter. Yesterday I wanted to make a new soup recipe. It was a Thai Curry Soup. I read a few recipes and wrote a shopping list. I went to the store and was able to get every ingredient except one. The store did not sell fish sauce. The soup only needed one teaspoon, so I decided to skip the fish sauce and make the soup without it. The soup tasted good but not the way it does in a restaurant. It was lacking something, the fish sauce. That one missing teaspoon made the difference. I will track it down this week and start all over again.

Personal Assistant

I spent the first three hours in work yesterday doing personal things for my boss. She needed medical records for herself and a membership updated. There was no reason why she could not do these two tasks herself. One of them I made easy by opening an online account for her. She lost the password so I had to redo it and that took time as there was a glitch in the laboratory system. My rule is that I am in her office until 2pm and as long as I get my salary, I will do what she asks. The only other rule I have for myself is that I do not have to finish all of my office work that day. If her decision is that personal things are more important than work things, she has to realize that work things will get pushed off until the next day.