12:11 a.m. - 2008-06-13
In which I have much corporate shenanigans and crepes
This week has been a flurry of activity. There have been meetings aplenty at work and some extracurricular fun.
The Evil Empire has been jumping. I have seen half of the owners and other corporate officers come through my office this week. I can�t imagine why they find us so fascinating, but apparently we are going to be the target for the entire summer. I figured they�d just get bored with us and move onto other pods to harass, but not yet.
On Monday, they made the brave decision to take our involvement out of one of the smaller buildings. In the long run, I am not sure how much that t is really going to affect us, but it�s a nice thought. The building is really just a little too far outside of our normal geographic range. Anyway, it is about 50 less units for me to have to worry about, but it did mean a visit from one of the owners to come collect all the files.
Then on Wednesday, I got my mini-spanking from the HR department because my payroll skills were lacking. Honestly, I have just never done it before. I pled ignorance, and let them teach me. I have a feeling that it will go better from here on out. The coolest part of my �spanking� was that afterward, they invited me out to lunch with them. It was not fancy, but it was a lunch outside the office with two members of corporate. It felt like I had been accepted into some sort of new social circle, and I did my best to be polite and witty. It went well, I think. So well, in fact, that Special K, my receptionist was so green with envy when I got back that she got her angry face on and was practically spitting fire at anyone who came near her. I could not help but be a little self-satisfied.
Then today we had another round of torture the leasing agents with the Blond God. I swear, if they just leave them alone, it will all just get done. Hamster keeps coming in on his days off for this thing. The Short Stop was so pissy afterward that he went out on a showing which he could not close and called me to say he was just going home for the night. The only happy member of the team was my new agent�hmmm�I shall call him�Dark Horse. He has been in a funk because they took him off 2850, but today got his wish to go back there. Really, if it had not been for some well placed whispering from Tootsie and myself, he would never had gotten back there. The bad news is that they are bringing Lurch up to LC. That guy rubs everyone the wrong way. We are just waiting for him to fail, so we can fire him. Is that wrong?
Later, Barbie and I went outside for our afternoon break, and someone drive by in a black Lincoln Navigator and waved at us. I never saw who they were, but Barbie freaked out. She was convinced it was Papa Bear and Mama Bear, the owners of The Evil Empire. I was so freaked after that that I went around calling everyone to let them know that they were touring. I sent an e-mail to my boss telling him what had happened, and hoping that he didn�t get a call from them telling him to yell at me. The funny thing is that I later found out that Papa bear had been at the corporate office all day, and that none of them own a black Navigator anymore. Phew. That was a lot of not needed stress.
For the fun news, I went out for crepes with the Weenie and the Fourth on Tuesday night. We just needed a night out for girl talk and to talk about the SATC movie. Unfortunately, by the time we actually got around to talking about the movie, we realized that we did not have much to talk about. I was disappointed because I was hoping to get some good ideas to write about here. I really enjoyed the movie when I saw it but after thinking about it, I am more annoyed by the actions of the characters and gross commercialism than I am inspired to write about the gender issues. It was great seeing the girls and chatting with them, but the only truly amusing thing about the dinner was our waiter. He was obviously a frustrated actor who kept teasing the Weenie for being such a French wannabe. He was flirting with one of us, but I could not tell you which one. I love that girl, so I hope she enjoyed it.
Wednesday, I met up with the belly-dancing girls for dinner before glass. It�s been a long time since all four of us were together. Life has been sucking our wills to be at class every week. The Fourth even snuck back home after dinner instead of going to class. We all decided that we do have to get together more often, though. So a trip for the good chicken has been planned for Monday night...mmmm�good chicken.
That�s pretty much the scoop on the day to day. My friendship with my online boy toy continues. He officially broke up with S this week. Well, she dumped him, but he said he was about to do it anyway. She is still doing her finals in high school, and he needs to find someone who doesn�t have a bedtime. I continue to listen and just have fun. Though, I may have created a little problem. I jokingly offered him a job with my company. He�s from California, so I never thought he would even think about it. Well, he is all excited now. I told him that he should come or a visit first. Then we can discuss his moving options. We will see if anything comes of it. I figure he will lose interest soon enough and learn to play with kids his own age.
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