Moonlit Jazz

TUESDAY NIGHT MUSINGS…

Well, it’s actually almost Wednesday morning. 😉

Selling a house is a pain the ass. I know I’m not directly dealing with the whole mess of it, but it’s still something that affects me. I don’t enjoy this feeling of helplessness and limbo. It totally sucks!

The geniuses at work (the GAWs? LOL!) continue to make life harder on the working folks in gray and blue. I don’t think I’ve ever worked at a place that has demonstrated such utter incompetence in managing staff and improving morale. Morale, what’s that? Here, let’s pound at it until it’s all gone, poof! Like a lovely cloud drifting away in the sky. And managing staff? The immediate sups have their hands tied and the next ones up think they know everything even though they’re never there checking things out. Who cares if we’re short staffed and tired and worn out and disgusted as long as our shoes shine. Polish that brass, buddy. Don’t think about taking any sick leave even though you accrue half a day every pay period because you’re going to get written up for it and you won’t get to move to a better place in this department. Shot, you should just be happy you have a job!

I am happy to have a job. I absolutely understand that our economy isn’t doing well. I am absolutely thankful that I have a job that I don’t take home (though one might argue that just talking about it right now is “taking it home”). But sometimes being shown a little appreciation goes a long way. It’s much nicer than sitting with my fellows folks in blue and hearing about how we’re doing this wrong and doing that wrong and how we’re to blame for all the bad things in the office, etc. Why not just say we all suck? Why not just turn us out onto the streets if we’re so terrible? No, can’t do that. Then where would “the department” be? Shafted.

I’m not saying that my job requires special skills and technical expertise, though I will say not everyone is cut out for it. And I’m not saying that the rest of the positions in the office aren’t hard as well. What I am saying is that we’re all (mostly) doing our best. If we falter and actually take our breaks, it’s because we’re getting worn out and tired. If we complain and grouse, it’s because we actually care about our working environment and want it to be better for ourselves and our co-workers.

Sometimes it’s hard to care when you know no one else really does…