Ughh! Key Drills!

So last night at work my manager comes up to me and shows me that I had 2 errors on my review and therefore I need to do key drills for half an hour. 2 errors out of over 200 documents, they were finger errors which meant that my finger hit the wrong key such as a 7 instead of a 4. We were originally told that those types of errors were nothing to worry about and now I get 2 and was put on drills. Drills are like a typing test that you took back in the old typing class in school. Yeah, boring!!! The girl next to me said we should protest and go to the union office but I said if they want to waste 1/2 an hour of pay for punishment instead of having us work to get the workload in that was their fault. So I plugged through it and was able to keep my eyes open the rest of the night. The worst part was that the other girls next to me asked if they had errors and she said no, so they gave each other high-5's as I am sitting there doing the stupid drill, that really pissed me off!!!! If this keeps up I just may end up slapping them.

Now if I can just keep my fingers where they belong.....

I'm just too darn old!

Last night at work we had a "pajama" party. It was thought up by two 20 something girls that each weigh no more than 130 lbs and say that they are fat after having 1 child. Are you kidding me? I wanted to slap them both and tell them to shut up! I am bigger than the 2 put together and they have the nerve to say they are fat, give me a break! So last night I wear a T-shirt and sweats for my PJs and felt like a dork all night long. Now when I worked from home that was my attire most days of the week, but since going back into the out-of-house work force I feel that it is important to dress up somewhat, still casual, but definitely not sweats. The whole night I felt like something was wrong and then I would look down and think oh yeah, I should not be wearing these to work. Well I survived and did not even once raise my hand to slap them when they said "do these make me look fat to you?" Give me a break, I would love to be that little again but it is just too much work and so I am content for now to be this size and maybe lose a few pounds to help improve my overall health.....then again I do like my Coke and chocolate, and it would be too much of a sacrifice to give those up, hehehehe

Too Much Information??

So this past week at work I kept hearing different people say that they heard different things about being able to apply for other jobs within the company. I decided that the best approach would be to ask my manager and get the straight answer. But low and behold she was sick for most of the week. Last night she finally was at work and so I asked what the policy was. I told her that I had heard that we could apply for jobs now even though our 90 days were not up yet, in fact next week it will be 60 days. She said that we do have to wait 90 days but if a job comes up between now and then that we can apply as long as the job opening closes after our 90 days. So now I am just waiting to see if there is anything available in a permanent position.

I asked my manager last week if we would qualify for 6 months of work so that I could get health insurance for my family. She said that last year's group were furloughed in June and did not return until the end of February. GREAT! Now I am wondering what to do if that happens to us. I will definitely be keeping my eyes open for new PERMANENT positions in the company. I do not think that I can handle the furlough business for too long.

I have been enjoying my new position. The only problem is that there is one new girl there that LOVES TO TALK!!!! One night I noticed that she talked the entire night to anyone that would listen to her and then some. I just want to get my work done and go home to bed, I do not want it to be a chat session. I have learned to just plug in the iPod and type away. Last night I messed up my iPod before going to work and so was unable to listen to it and had to listen to all the chatting going on around me. Thankfully though some people were gone and others had decided to listen to their books or music and I was able to concentrate on my work, but sometimes I sure hear things that I wonder if I really should be hearing it. I think I am getting OLD!!!! Now if I can just find a way to get my sleep caught up.......