I Learned Something
I learned something today. I really did. I learned that, while my Borne shoes are not as bad to stand in as I thought last week, I need better shoes for work. I learned some stuff in the computer systems. I learned that Internet Explorer for Windows Mobile doesn't do CSS as well as IE 6 (which is sad), and that I desperately need to throw together a style for when my site's viewed with a mobile device. I learned that bored employees have a tendency to act strangely (i.e.: they make stabbing motions with a stapler, they suddenly and spontaneously break out in song, they catch a big-ass grasshopper in a styrofoam cup and leave it on their boss's desk as a 'present,' they play with their phone's ringtones and have "ringtone wars"). I learned that I have it in me to stay at work for a good hour past when I was supposed to go home if there is something worthwhile happening; which brings us back to needing better shoes.
I have this feeling that I've been complaining about my new job as much as I complained about my old job. Actually, I know I have. But... really it's not the job. It's that I can't do the job yet. it's that I'm not being taught how to do the job, it's that all I get to do is stand around and do nothing... and that's never fun. I did, actually, get a lot more done today. Of course, by "done" what I mean is "I got to watch folks do more work." And my dislike of Larry the Cable Guy has increased about 3x. Which, ironically, is the same size as the shirt that I got today.
Speaking of the shirt I got today, it's white. Really white. I mean, blindingly white. But it's a short-sleeve polo with a company logo on it that I'm not ashamed to wear in public. Which rocks.
I'm thinking about trying to figure out something better to do with my time while at work. At this (ok, tangent. I was just typing "this" only, I didn't. I typed an anagram of "this" that just so happens to be a word I never put on this page with a * or two. Weird) point I think that I've learned about all I can without knowing any of the specific things about the phones, computer systems or processes that the company uses, and it's getting up to the point where it's a waste of my time and everyone else's that I'm standing around in my (while not the most comfortable for 8 hours straight) oh so stylish shoes.
Alright. That's all I want to say about work. By next week, I think that I'm going to be in a much better place with work, and I'm really excited about that. I want a chance to do my new job, and I want a chance to not feel like some stray dog that's just following someone around all day. I mean, if I'm going to be a stray, I want to follow them home, get a flea collar and some dinner.
-Jon