I felt as though I were spinning my wheels at work today.<\/p>\n
Friday’s I work a late shift, not coming in until 1. Not thirty seconds after I stepped through the door I received a phone call–today’s conference call is at 3, and call the other stores in the district to pass along the message.<\/p>\n
So, thirty minutes spent calling the other seventeen stores in the district.<\/p>\n
The phone rings again. Oops, we’re moving the conference call to 4. Could I spread that message?<\/p>\n
I call two or three stores, then two kids come in with a problem–they bought a CD repair kit, and it didn’t work. They show me the discs they had tried to repair, and I frowned–the discs were destroyed<\/i>. Not even Montgomery Scott, miracle worker, could do anything for these two discs. But I’m the quixotic sort, so I spend fifteen minutes grinding away on their games. And bugger it all, I got one to work.<\/p>\n
Then my two o’clock interview showed up.<\/p>\n
So, I interviewed a very nice young woman. Somehow we got to talking about Stargate SG-1<\/i>, a television series I’ve never seen but she had strong opinions about. She doesn’t like them–SG-1<\/i> or Atlantis<\/i>–not enough like the movie, she said. It’s been said my interviews may be like a pleasant after-dinner conversation but they’re insightful. I don’t know about that. I certainly enjoyed the interview. I’ll follow-up with her later, I think.<\/p>\n
Interview done, I had fifteen more stores to call about moving the conference call.<\/p>\n
Then, called in a change order, sent assistant manager to lunch, then the conference call.<\/p>\n
I thought the conference call was fine, if long-winded. A colleague called me up afterward and said he wanted to slash his wrists to make the pain go away.<\/p>\n
Suddenly, we’re looking at five o’clock. And I felt as thought I’d gotten nothing important done. Spinning wheels.<\/p>\n
Just another day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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