The Joys of Temping....!
Achh! This seems like such a long day! Going from not working to working til 6 pm is reallllly hard for me! Especially when there is little to do here. Most of the time, I am just sitting and staring pretending to do something as I try and stay off the computer since the boss doesn't want excessive use of the Internet. But then he doesn't know the difference between the Internet and email or even when you are doing a legitimate Word document! If I had a lot of typing to do, I would be happier, as it would keep me from getting bored.
There's a ton of filing, however whenever I attempt to do it and catch up, the supervisor says "you really can't do it right now as our files are so jam packed". It's a wonder I haven't broken a nail yet! Plus, it's really a challenge to figure out first of all WHERE papers should be filed, as the client name is not always obvious on the paperwork! Then there are some clients who have more than one file and by go by a different name! (Where are my Osmosis skills when I need them!) So there is no way to figure it out logically except by being here for some time and getting to know it. Then when I do figure out which client to file the papers under, I go to the filing cabinet(s) and find that a) it's so jam-packed that I cannot even dip my little pinky in the drawer to pull the folder out (!) - or b) the folder is missing!! So it's useless. I have managed to file quite a bit even so, and the supervisor thinks I'm doing a great job, but to me it is sooooooo tedious and frustrating when I can never find or put all the filing away properly. So guess then where it goes ....... YEP! Back on my desk!! Round and round we go!
Today, I had so little to do, that I ended up making up my grocery list on a notepad. Oh gee. I'd love to have more meaty typing projects as that's what I like, but the work dribbles in from one of 3 attorneys, and even then ... it DRIBBLES! Work is so slow that would you believe that I actually elongated a job of punching holes in some documents just to have something to look busy with! And then I dropped the hole punch and so now there are holes all under my desk!! Is this what I have worked so hard for in the corporate world for over 30 years??!! Gads. Watched Susanne Somers on Larry King Live last night going on about natural hormones for those after 50 and now wondering if maybe what I need is hormones!! Can you just imagine with what verve and enthusiasm I would be able to punch those little darn holes if I got a windfall of energy back from going on hormones!!! WHEEEEEE!!
I job share this job with a gal who only comes in on Friday. Therefore, I cannot make the desk mine. I have to leave things arranged the way SHE likes them, even though she is here only one day! So the phone is on the wrong side for me and the computer tray keeps sliding everytime I hit a key! Oh well. Onward and upward just to bring home the bacon...
Just another exciting day in the life of Karen in the Corporate World.....!
There's a ton of filing, however whenever I attempt to do it and catch up, the supervisor says "you really can't do it right now as our files are so jam packed". It's a wonder I haven't broken a nail yet! Plus, it's really a challenge to figure out first of all WHERE papers should be filed, as the client name is not always obvious on the paperwork! Then there are some clients who have more than one file and by go by a different name! (Where are my Osmosis skills when I need them!) So there is no way to figure it out logically except by being here for some time and getting to know it. Then when I do figure out which client to file the papers under, I go to the filing cabinet(s) and find that a) it's so jam-packed that I cannot even dip my little pinky in the drawer to pull the folder out (!) - or b) the folder is missing!! So it's useless. I have managed to file quite a bit even so, and the supervisor thinks I'm doing a great job, but to me it is sooooooo tedious and frustrating when I can never find or put all the filing away properly. So guess then where it goes ....... YEP! Back on my desk!! Round and round we go!
Today, I had so little to do, that I ended up making up my grocery list on a notepad. Oh gee. I'd love to have more meaty typing projects as that's what I like, but the work dribbles in from one of 3 attorneys, and even then ... it DRIBBLES! Work is so slow that would you believe that I actually elongated a job of punching holes in some documents just to have something to look busy with! And then I dropped the hole punch and so now there are holes all under my desk!! Is this what I have worked so hard for in the corporate world for over 30 years??!! Gads. Watched Susanne Somers on Larry King Live last night going on about natural hormones for those after 50 and now wondering if maybe what I need is hormones!! Can you just imagine with what verve and enthusiasm I would be able to punch those little darn holes if I got a windfall of energy back from going on hormones!!! WHEEEEEE!!
I job share this job with a gal who only comes in on Friday. Therefore, I cannot make the desk mine. I have to leave things arranged the way SHE likes them, even though she is here only one day! So the phone is on the wrong side for me and the computer tray keeps sliding everytime I hit a key! Oh well. Onward and upward just to bring home the bacon...
Just another exciting day in the life of Karen in the Corporate World.....!
posted by LADYGOLD at 11:40 PM
