Showing posts with label Work is what I do. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Work is what I do. Show all posts
15 October 2008
My job is great
Sorry it's been a while. Life has been crazy. Speaking of crazy... I just had a guy come into the credit union named Red Crazyhorse. So I assume he's of native american decent. That reminds me that on Monday we were closed for Columbus day but we had an all-staff training day instead. I wondered if Stanford employees were off so I asked the first lady that came to my window if she was off yesterday (MONDAY). Just so happens I used the word Columbus day and she replied, I don't celebrate that I'm NATIVE AMERICAN. Who knew? I never made the connection that tribes wouldn't like Columbus. Needless to say, she didn't smoke the peace pipe in his honor that night.
23 August 2008
Love is tasty!
I've done some things in my life that have seemed to be full of love. Truth is my idea of love changed a lot in the last few days. I'm not going to go into details because they are a little too colorful for posting; like as bright as a rainbow. (Wink Wink Hay)
Then there was today, my last day to fulfill my dream of dogs in the workplace. Of course I didn't do it but as I put that think plastic bag on my hand thinking that somehow that makes picking up after a dog better we bonded and I wish I would have done it.
Even though I didn't eat breakfast because I am just glued to watching AVY in her early morning playtime, it was OK. I was waiting for my wonderful lunch from THE CHEESECAKE FACTORY. I had eaten there before but of course I wasn't about to pay $7 for a slice of cheesecake. However today the company paid for a whole pie which is the way to go since it fed 8 and only cost $25. I fell in love at the first bite and only ate one piece but am pretty sure I could have found a home for all of it.
I think what made lunch so great is that I went to pick it up. It all started on the train once again. I quickly found my train riding friend Anthony and sat by him. The girl sitting next to me kept looking over but we were sort of close so I really didn't want to look at her since it was a little too close for my comfort. Well when we got off the train Anthony is like that girl was checking you out. I'm glad to see that in my old age I still have what it takes. Hayley and Hirama would say it was because it was casual Friday so I had my jeans on, but today I didn't even tuck in my shirt or wear dress shoes, I was going very casual and this hottie responded, lucky for me, I take the train every day, could this be love? It sure started my day off making me feel like I still had the love and feeling.
So work was so slow today. It was so slow that when it was time to pick up the lunch Anthony took me with him. We took the keys to a co-worker's car and headed to the lot. As Anthony started the car I asked him if it ever made him nervous driving other people's cars. Especially since this car was new and this lady could be one that is capable of killing over a dent in her car. Right as I asked that he backed up into the curb. No it just hit the tires but it sure scared him pretty good. Let the fun begin.
We are driving around Palo Alto and we make it to The Heaven of all Cheesecakes. We go up and quickly get pointed to "THE TAKE OUT COUNTER." We told them who we were and what we wanted and they said it wasn't ready. Now this fired me up some since they had told us 20 minutes and it had been at least that long. We waited another 20 minutes for the food and of course CASUAL FRIDAY style was still singing love songs. The girl boxing up our cake was the victim of my interrogation. I said it looked good and asked her if she made it. She responded she did and I said, "Did you make this one special for me?" She smiled and I was just breaking the ice. Then the next girl comes out and I guess she was on another page because when I asked her if she was a master cake maker like her friend she responded, "Oh we don't make them here, they are made in a cheesecake factory in Los Angeles."
The girl left and must have knew that I caught on to her fake job. I was feeling pretty good that she wanted to impress me, too bad she wasn't the one for me, or any other man with a forklift to get her in and out of the car. Now this all could be wrong and I'm just being a weirdo, but if I am, I got a slice of heaven and a Tons of FUN burger for my troubles. It was a great day, too bad the dog missed out on it. At least BRANCH BABY was there to see my joy.
Then there was today, my last day to fulfill my dream of dogs in the workplace. Of course I didn't do it but as I put that think plastic bag on my hand thinking that somehow that makes picking up after a dog better we bonded and I wish I would have done it.
Even though I didn't eat breakfast because I am just glued to watching AVY in her early morning playtime, it was OK. I was waiting for my wonderful lunch from THE CHEESECAKE FACTORY. I had eaten there before but of course I wasn't about to pay $7 for a slice of cheesecake. However today the company paid for a whole pie which is the way to go since it fed 8 and only cost $25. I fell in love at the first bite and only ate one piece but am pretty sure I could have found a home for all of it.
I think what made lunch so great is that I went to pick it up. It all started on the train once again. I quickly found my train riding friend Anthony and sat by him. The girl sitting next to me kept looking over but we were sort of close so I really didn't want to look at her since it was a little too close for my comfort. Well when we got off the train Anthony is like that girl was checking you out. I'm glad to see that in my old age I still have what it takes. Hayley and Hirama would say it was because it was casual Friday so I had my jeans on, but today I didn't even tuck in my shirt or wear dress shoes, I was going very casual and this hottie responded, lucky for me, I take the train every day, could this be love? It sure started my day off making me feel like I still had the love and feeling.
So work was so slow today. It was so slow that when it was time to pick up the lunch Anthony took me with him. We took the keys to a co-worker's car and headed to the lot. As Anthony started the car I asked him if it ever made him nervous driving other people's cars. Especially since this car was new and this lady could be one that is capable of killing over a dent in her car. Right as I asked that he backed up into the curb. No it just hit the tires but it sure scared him pretty good. Let the fun begin.
We are driving around Palo Alto and we make it to The Heaven of all Cheesecakes. We go up and quickly get pointed to "THE TAKE OUT COUNTER." We told them who we were and what we wanted and they said it wasn't ready. Now this fired me up some since they had told us 20 minutes and it had been at least that long. We waited another 20 minutes for the food and of course CASUAL FRIDAY style was still singing love songs. The girl boxing up our cake was the victim of my interrogation. I said it looked good and asked her if she made it. She responded she did and I said, "Did you make this one special for me?" She smiled and I was just breaking the ice. Then the next girl comes out and I guess she was on another page because when I asked her if she was a master cake maker like her friend she responded, "Oh we don't make them here, they are made in a cheesecake factory in Los Angeles."
The girl left and must have knew that I caught on to her fake job. I was feeling pretty good that she wanted to impress me, too bad she wasn't the one for me, or any other man with a forklift to get her in and out of the car. Now this all could be wrong and I'm just being a weirdo, but if I am, I got a slice of heaven and a Tons of FUN burger for my troubles. It was a great day, too bad the dog missed out on it. At least BRANCH BABY was there to see my joy.
19 August 2008
Monday lover's fun
Here's a quick break down on why I love Mondays... be prepared for reading sorry, I have to get caught up.
#1, Train is late, I have to avoid eye contact with other train riders for extended periods of time. If train is late, bus is gone, more time spend at bus stop trying not to look up. In the class system, we have trains at the bottom but they are still above buses. Trust me I've been on both.
#2, Late means getting to work late, not that it matters since I usually sit around from 9:30 to 10 with nothing to do other than check my stocks and see how they are doing, but today I had enough time to check them with much eagerness after the weekend only to find them "gone with the wind" of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae failures.
#3, After a very slow and boring 2 hours in banking, I'm helping a guy when the server behind me makes this funny noise. I look at him with the look of fear that only I can convey. I say to him it sounds like a bomb and he gives me the "give me my money and I'm out of here" look. But before he can leave...the office becomes dark. Let the back up battery pack's beeping begin. The power is out, the world is coming to an end. In a bank you can't work if there is no power so we kicked everyone out and sat. WE sat and sat and sat. Word on the street from the guy who would know comes and tells us that all of campus is out and it looks like the power won't be back on for a while. It's a big problem and later we learned that some of the city was out as well. Lucky for me, I went into the confines of the 10x10 conference room and shut the door to avoid the harsh beeping of every single computer in the office. Sure I had visitors, but after the first hour they died down a little. I ate Pringles, I guess that food storage idea of mine was great, but then they ran out.
#4, So if being stuck in the office without power isn't bad enough, the Branch Baby (a 5 month old baby boy who comes to work with his mom because we fully support babies and may I add dogs in the workplace, I know can we get any crazier?) Now mingling with my beeps are peeps. We carried on with Branch Baby for another hour or so listening to everyone ooh and ahh at him as he gave no love or affection back. Just when I had once again secluded myself into the office to nap, the computer nerds who are actually really cool came and turned off the beeping at least. A little while later the power was back on and we had to wait another 20 minutes or so to be back in business. But that's still just the start of the day.
#5, The work day was painfully slow. Even though I had time to relax it just made it drag on. I got a few angry folks from the orient and they always know how to fire me up with their questions. Later on in the day my supervisor was sitting behind me on the floor cooing with the baby. That was too much. Lucky for me, I had time to ponder life as the power was out and I came up with this great idea, see #6 for more information.
#6, Babies in the workplace is a HR policy but at the same time they adopted dogs in the workplace. Incredibly ridiculous I know but the light came on in my head as I made the connection that I am dogsitting. I have a dog to bring to the workplace. I was all excited about it until the man on the train said I'd have to say it was a service animal and I really don't want fur in my golden year Pontiac. I was going to bring it one day but I just realized it is too much work to make a point.
#7, Finally the day is over, I get to the train station and I meet a crazy man who is complaining that the train is late and in Seattle you can see where every type of public transportation is at any given moment. He continued to walk by me and try to strike up conservation but the train station is not where I want to make friends.
#8, The train is coming, I want to get in the first car so I start walking towards where I think the door will stop and open. The two co-workers/friends that I'm waiting with start to make fun of me because I am considered by others to be a master train hippie. They ask me where I'm going and I say to the front. It went something like this after that.
Brandon, "You going to ride in the Engine"?
Austin, "Nope, just getting in position".
Anthony, "I'm sure you can sit on the conductor's lap and help him drive it".
Austin, "No I don't want to control it".
Random guy standing by, "That's what she said".
Austin, "What did that guy say? What did you say"?
Random guy smiling and showing off his black tooth, "That's what she said".
Brandon, "What'd that guy say"?
Austin, "That's what she said and that's my line"!
Here are the three train amigos:
#9, Getting on the train, I like to sit on the second story, but I knew there weren't three seats together for us to sit in so I take a seat and tell my amigos that always complain about sitting up top they'll have to fend for themselves. I take a seat and Brandon sees one behind me. He runs for it. Anthony is stopped by the first seat that was open the whole time and he turns around to sit down and a man hustles his way into the seat in the process hitting his head hard on the lights that are a little low. So Anthony had to go sit by himself and I just died replaying the clip of the guy nailing his forehead just to get the seat before Anthony did. It's a vicious cycle!
#10, I get home, walk the dog, clean up his 2 foot long sausage link poo and eat a great dinner provided by Mrs. Atwood. I fall asleep about 8:30 and slept amazingly well after a hard day of work.
#1, Train is late, I have to avoid eye contact with other train riders for extended periods of time. If train is late, bus is gone, more time spend at bus stop trying not to look up. In the class system, we have trains at the bottom but they are still above buses. Trust me I've been on both.
#2, Late means getting to work late, not that it matters since I usually sit around from 9:30 to 10 with nothing to do other than check my stocks and see how they are doing, but today I had enough time to check them with much eagerness after the weekend only to find them "gone with the wind" of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae failures.
#3, After a very slow and boring 2 hours in banking, I'm helping a guy when the server behind me makes this funny noise. I look at him with the look of fear that only I can convey. I say to him it sounds like a bomb and he gives me the "give me my money and I'm out of here" look. But before he can leave...the office becomes dark. Let the back up battery pack's beeping begin. The power is out, the world is coming to an end. In a bank you can't work if there is no power so we kicked everyone out and sat. WE sat and sat and sat. Word on the street from the guy who would know comes and tells us that all of campus is out and it looks like the power won't be back on for a while. It's a big problem and later we learned that some of the city was out as well. Lucky for me, I went into the confines of the 10x10 conference room and shut the door to avoid the harsh beeping of every single computer in the office. Sure I had visitors, but after the first hour they died down a little. I ate Pringles, I guess that food storage idea of mine was great, but then they ran out.
#4, So if being stuck in the office without power isn't bad enough, the Branch Baby (a 5 month old baby boy who comes to work with his mom because we fully support babies and may I add dogs in the workplace, I know can we get any crazier?) Now mingling with my beeps are peeps. We carried on with Branch Baby for another hour or so listening to everyone ooh and ahh at him as he gave no love or affection back. Just when I had once again secluded myself into the office to nap, the computer nerds who are actually really cool came and turned off the beeping at least. A little while later the power was back on and we had to wait another 20 minutes or so to be back in business. But that's still just the start of the day.
#5, The work day was painfully slow. Even though I had time to relax it just made it drag on. I got a few angry folks from the orient and they always know how to fire me up with their questions. Later on in the day my supervisor was sitting behind me on the floor cooing with the baby. That was too much. Lucky for me, I had time to ponder life as the power was out and I came up with this great idea, see #6 for more information.
#6, Babies in the workplace is a HR policy but at the same time they adopted dogs in the workplace. Incredibly ridiculous I know but the light came on in my head as I made the connection that I am dogsitting. I have a dog to bring to the workplace. I was all excited about it until the man on the train said I'd have to say it was a service animal and I really don't want fur in my golden year Pontiac. I was going to bring it one day but I just realized it is too much work to make a point.
#7, Finally the day is over, I get to the train station and I meet a crazy man who is complaining that the train is late and in Seattle you can see where every type of public transportation is at any given moment. He continued to walk by me and try to strike up conservation but the train station is not where I want to make friends.
#8, The train is coming, I want to get in the first car so I start walking towards where I think the door will stop and open. The two co-workers/friends that I'm waiting with start to make fun of me because I am considered by others to be a master train hippie. They ask me where I'm going and I say to the front. It went something like this after that.
Brandon, "You going to ride in the Engine"?
Austin, "Nope, just getting in position".
Anthony, "I'm sure you can sit on the conductor's lap and help him drive it".
Austin, "No I don't want to control it".
Random guy standing by, "That's what she said".
Austin, "What did that guy say? What did you say"?
Random guy smiling and showing off his black tooth, "That's what she said".
Brandon, "What'd that guy say"?
Austin, "That's what she said and that's my line"!
Here are the three train amigos:
#9, Getting on the train, I like to sit on the second story, but I knew there weren't three seats together for us to sit in so I take a seat and tell my amigos that always complain about sitting up top they'll have to fend for themselves. I take a seat and Brandon sees one behind me. He runs for it. Anthony is stopped by the first seat that was open the whole time and he turns around to sit down and a man hustles his way into the seat in the process hitting his head hard on the lights that are a little low. So Anthony had to go sit by himself and I just died replaying the clip of the guy nailing his forehead just to get the seat before Anthony did. It's a vicious cycle!
#10, I get home, walk the dog, clean up his 2 foot long sausage link poo and eat a great dinner provided by Mrs. Atwood. I fall asleep about 8:30 and slept amazingly well after a hard day of work.
28 July 2008
Squirrel meat
Have you ever seen a flying squirrel? Me neither but today I was riding with my friend when some random song was playing and I was listening to him tell me how hungry he was because he didn't eat lunch. We were just enjoying the life of being done with work for the day. I had already told him I would have shared my foot long of goodness with him but he said his double gulp would do the trick. So when I tried to repeat the fact that he shouldn't be
hungry because he had his double gullluuup a squirrel ran out in front of his car and it scared, shocked and looked at me with that look of the squirrel on OVER THE HEDGE. He screamed as well and then we just sat there and laughed at the time we almost lost our lives to the little ranger. On the way back we looked for the little guy but to no avail. He might not have died on the road but he must have certainly ran off and died in the weeds because we were scared to death. This will most definitely be the image any time I close my eyes for the next few days or weeks!
hungry because he had his double gullluuup a squirrel ran out in front of his car and it scared, shocked and looked at me with that look of the squirrel on OVER THE HEDGE. He screamed as well and then we just sat there and laughed at the time we almost lost our lives to the little ranger. On the way back we looked for the little guy but to no avail. He might not have died on the road but he must have certainly ran off and died in the weeds because we were scared to death. This will most definitely be the image any time I close my eyes for the next few days or weeks!
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