Putting In Work
Work was work today.
I want to say that I was productive today. Christina approved 12 of my reports today, which leaves me at a respectable point as far as my current, overall workload. I’m still plugging away and will continue to improve upon my productivity moving forward, as I’m looking towards getting another dozen or so reports approved by the end of next week. The key for me is to maintain the quality of the work that I’m used to cranking out and not have it dip and have it look like the drivel that most of the office produces. I think what helps me the most is that management has seen what I’m doing, they’ve acknowledged my efforts, and they have been appreciative of everything that I’m doing. They’re looking to see me continue doing what I’m doing and I’m looking to continue producing. I like being appreciated. That’s one of the things that has been lacking in the office of late. No one appreciates a damn thing. Management does and I’ll take it.
I spent much of the week conversing with various people around the office, which I’ve refrained from doing for much of the past month or so. I’ve been trying to keep to myself as it is. Without getting into too much detail, it turns out that the overall morale in the office is pretty low. If I’m guessing, morale will continue to deteriorate as the weeks and months progress. I wasn’t wrong, as far as thinking that I’m the only one in that office who feels down about the entire office being what it is and how things are going. It turns out that I’m not the only one who sees things the way that I do. I knew it wasn’t just me either. I just knew it. I know that I’m not always right, but it’s comforting and reassuring to know that I definitely wasn’t alone in feeling the way that I have been feeling. The office sucks and apparently I’m not the only one who sees it.
The air conditioner on my side of the office continues to work and it works well. I want to say that it remained mostly between 71 and 75 degrees for much of the afternoon, though mostly on the lower end of that range. I was cold, damn near freezing at times, but I kept that to myself. For as much as I complained for much of the past year that it was hot at my cubicle, I don’t think I need to complain now that it’s freezing. This might be a good problem to have, but I was never cold when I weighed over 300 pounds. Now that I’m considerably lighter and apparently looking smaller with every passing week (per third party perspective, because I don’t see it), I don’t have as much fat on me as I used to. Less natural padding on me means that I don’t handle the cold well anymore. I’m still adjusting, I guess.
Diana came by my cubicle earlier in the week and she left me another note on my monitor. It was after hours, well after I had already left for the day, so obviously I didn’t see her. In her handwritten note, she said “hello” and then tells me that she took something from my desk. She encouraged me to call her once I figured out what she had taken. I texted her on Tuesday morning and told her that I received her note, that I have no idea what she took, and asked her to give me the rest of the week to figure out what’s missing. Yesterday, she admitted through another text message that she didn’t think she could maintain the charade for the rest of the week and she ultimately confessed that she never took anything. She hoped that she would have momentarily made me go crazy trying to figure out what she had taken. I then told her that as messy as my desk and cubicle have been for much of the year, there was a good chance that I wouldn’t have ever figured it out. She would’ve won this round easily too. I’ve thought about visiting her office and taking something from her desk. There’s a chance that I do it too. I think that I’d pre-write the note as well. Oh, the games that we play.
The work week continues and I’ll be back at it again tomorrow morning at 4:45am. My productivity will also continue. It has to. Management is paying close attention to what I’m doing. I’d rather be praised than reprimanded, so I’m just going to do what I need to do to get it done.
As I do…