| Time Update |
[ | May 30th, 10
12:11 am
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Time update in 24 hours! <3
Also, things at work are looking up, so I should actually be able to get in on the game day. Hooray?
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[ | May 17th, 10
9:31 pm
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Wow so, I know I just joined and everything and I'm being really lame/slow. I got hit with a ton of mandatory overtime at work (which hopefully ends Thursday) and I won't be around much for a bit. I should have his first thread up this weekend. Still look forward to writing with you all soon!
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| Enter the Rat Race |
[ | May 9th, 10
11:32 pm
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As some of you know, I work for a bus company. It's the end of the school year, so we're naturally busier than heck trying to get all the kiddies home from school in a reasonable fashion. For some reason, for the last two weeks, the kiddies have been resisting this attempt: there have been at least two lost children a week. I mean, they've been riding the bus all year -- what the heck is their problem?
One more month, I thought, and it would be summer. I would be free to catch up on my work. How very wrong I was.
On Friday, I was notified that our Motorcoach Department is being completely and utterly vacated. The manager (who has been there six years and jealously guards her secrets) is leaving. Her assistant (who has been there four weeks and has already missed more work than I have in the two years I've been there) is being fired.
Guess who gets to help out during this transition period, because she clearly has nothing better to do?
That's right. Me.
The problem is this: I cannot get a single piece of work done during the day, because I am answering the phone every few minutes to deal with lost and absent children, quotes for busing needs, and to answer questions regarding our driving academy...because apparently I am the only one lowly enough to answer some of those questions and because apparently I am the only one able to answer others.
And now I am expected to do Motorcoach Department work on top of my already lagging School Bus Department work.
Oh, happy day.
The result of this structural change will be the following: rather than work from 6:30 AM-11:00 AM/12:00 PM-3:30 PM, I will be working 4:00 AM-11:00 AM/12:00 PM-5:00 PM -- and this is if I'm lucky. If I'm very unlucky, I will be working 4:00 AM-9:00 PM, which is what I did all last summer for similar reasons.
As you can imagine, I am getting no over-time. All I can hope is that my boss will see my dedication and give me another $5000 raise -- which is the only reason I'm still around after last summer's nonsense. I'm kind of a greedy whore. But a hard-working one.
The point of this long-winded and bitter rant about how much I hate my job is this: I am going to be extremely slow if not outright absent. E-Mail will be the utmost best way to reach me. I'll try to post where I can -- and, oh, I do want to post! But don't expect much until this gets resolved.
Time Updates, because they are posted on weekends, will go on as normal. Hoorays for that!
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| Time Update |
[ | May 8th, 10
7:12 pm
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Due to some real life drama (like the man in the apartment above mine beating the hell out of his girlfriend and then slitting his wrists and their five year old daughter coming to my apartment to ask me to call 911), I forgot to post the time update warning last night. Therefore, the time update will have to be tomorrow. Heather, I'll have to post tomorrow. I've strained the hell out of my back and find it painful to sit at a keyboard.
24 hours to the next time update!
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[ | May 3rd, 10
9:47 pm
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Hey guys. I'm Hali, and I bring you Marshall Sutherland. He's in Delta-1. He's a good kid with bad habits, and I don't really feel like summarizing any more at the moment so you can read up in his bio if you like. There's a contact post in his journal, or you can IM me any time at projectblackdawn on aim.
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[ | Apr 22nd, 10
9:46 pm
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I meant to post tonight... Instead of working late, I brought some work home with me to do...to find that my landlord is doing an inspection of the place tomorrow. So I'll be cleaning instead. Rawr.
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| Time Update! |
[ | Apr 16th, 10
11:11 pm
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Time update in 24 hours!
Also, yay, I have internet now. >.> Which is what I've been fighting with all week. Boo.
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| Apologies |
[ | Apr 10th, 10
5:02 pm
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So sorry for my sudden and unannounced silence. Last weekend was my daughter's 18th birthday and we had friends staying for the event and a few days asterwards. Then I came down with some sort of icky lurgy. I thought I'd be able to get online while people were here but it didn't happen for more than the odd five minutes or so here and there.
I still have the lurgy bit but it's easing off. So Ben will be posting within the next day or two.
Again, REALLY sorry.
*shamed*
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| Cleaning |
[ | Apr 5th, 10
12:09 pm
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I have my yearly inspection for Section 8 housing Thursday. Which means massive cleaning of my disaster of an apartment. I will be patchy for the next couple of days whilst I give my home a complete overhaul.
X-posted everywhere.
Love,
Dee
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| Time Update Warning |
[ | Apr 3rd, 10
12:12 am
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24 hour warning to the Time Update!
(It should have been tonight, I know, I know! I realized this about ten minutes ago. Between missing work and the holiday, I hardly know what day it is. *headdesk*)
PS - Just a reminder! Anybody throwing slumber parties or spending the night in a location anywhere but their assigned room, please let me know! Thank you much!
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