3 posts tagged “work”

I found these flowers on my chair when I got back from lunch the other day - a gift from my boss to say thanks for the work I had done on a particular project.  Aren't they lovely? 

Flowers

Has anything unlucky happened to you today?

I hope not.  I finally handed in a big project at work that I have been working on for months.  My boss has taken it home to look at over the weekend and, if okay, will take the next steps to progressing the recommendations on Monday.  I am so hoping she doesn't have any problems as I am very much over this project.  It is the reason I have been working such long hours lately and have woken up with a headache this morning (Saturday the 14th).

Anyone else remember Marvin the Paranoid Android from the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy series?  If not, here is a typical quote:

“My capacity for happiness,’ he added, ‘you could fit into a matchbox without taking out the matches first.”

Life, the Universe and Everything (Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy)

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I have been reminded of Marvin by this miserable old git, N, I have had the displeasure of working beside for the past six weeks or so.  Not only do I have to sit near this guy and listen to him moaning and bitching all day but he is responsible for one part of the project I am managing.  You can imagine how well he responds to any "constructive feedback" I have to give him on his work (which I am going to have to sign off on eventually).  I have had such a gutful of this guy.  Not only is he a misery-guts but he is also nasty and verbally aggressive at times (which Marvin was not).  He gets away with all this because "it's just the way N is".  Wish we could just take his batteries out and let him run down.  I'm sick of him spreading his negativity like its a contagious disease. 

Robot