More About My Bosses

My bosses can be really childish and sort of naïve sometimes. That's actually what keeps me here. If they weren't like that, I'm sure I'd still be trapped in Big Bank Land with bosses who are "professional" (a.k.a. "political"), drumming my fingers through conference calls and gritting my teeth through "team-building" luncheons and dreading the rush-hour drive home. I adore my bosses. Everyone has their little traits that make them interesting. Childish and naïve, in this case, are a couple of the least bothersome traits any of my bosses have had.

Initiative

Recently, I was out to eat with my bosses and Mr. Co-Worker and a friend of ours and her bosses. We happened to be at a fast food place because Boss 1 really likes that stuff. The people behind the counter were taking forever getting the people in front of us taken care of. We were there 20 minutes, and we didn't move up in line at all. The one order that did get completed in that time was wrong. After about ten minutes, I was done waiting. It wasn't like that was the only place to eat. But I didn't say anything because I am always the one who has to say something. No one else ever says, "This sucks! Let's get out of here!" I didn't expect that any of the bosses would speak up. That's not what they do. I thought, though, that co-worker or our friend might take the initiative and suggest we go somewhere else. I can't believe they would have been fine waiting two hours for a cheeseburger (which is what would have happened if we'd stayed there)! Did they really think everyone else wanted to be there so bad that we'd be upset if they suggested we go somewhere else? Come on! But I gave them a chance. In fact, I gave them 10 more minutes before I said, "Let's go somewhere else." And here's the thing: I could see on their faces that they were relieved that I suggested it! So why didn't they say something?! Why does it always have to be my idea? Jeez, people!

Yay! A Visit! (hopefully)

PSP said they might be able to come up for a visit later in the summer. Yay! She can meet my bosses and see my office, and I can meet her new men and see how much Kiddoo has grown up.

Until Pete turned five, Kiddoo was the coolest 5-year-old ever. Except he's not five anymore...

Now I have to have Moomie show me how to make lemon meringue pie (thank you spellcheck!). Moomie is one of our temps. She's great! I hope she remembers how to make lemon meringue pie...

Like Cutting Teeth!

Boss 2 kept me and Mr. Co-Worker working late the other night. She's all bothered by this big project she's been working on and feels better if we're bothered by it too. She'd be quiet in her office for half-an-hour or so, then she'd call for one or both of us to come help her. She eventually gave it up for the night, but she's not finished. We're all just waiting for The Big Breakthrough that we know is coming some day soon.

Boss 2 sounds like a pain to work for, doesn't she? She's really not. She's just one of those people who sometimes needs a lot of attention and care. She's actually very outgoing and funny and sweet when she's not worried about something. Yesterday afternoon we took a walk together, and we passed a fountain outside the library downtown. She apparently loves fountains because she stopped and spent a long time just watching it. Then a little farther along, we saw a helicopter, and she made a point of showing it to me. I like how aware she is of the interesting things. Sometimes I forget to look around but she reminds me when we're together.

My bosses are the reason I took this job.

Why My New Job Is Better than My Other Jobs

1. I don't have to stand in the stairwell during fire drills because I can't go down 13 flights of stairs because...
2. I don't have fire drills. Also...
3. I don't have to worry if the firemen are going to be able to get up to the 13th floor and rescue me if there is a fire because my new office doesn't have a 13th floor.
4. I don't have to deal with complaining clients about things I can't control (except for the one lady who keeps calling and insisting my phone number is her phone number and then arguing when I remind her that it can't be both hers and mine).
5. There is a birdfeeder out back with real birds!
6. Annual reviews around here usually involve some kind of dessert and balloons.
7. My bosses are really sweet and great at what they do.

One thing that's not better about it is that I hardly ever go out to lunch anymore.

Bad Mood

This morning, Boss 2 is in a bad mood! All she has done is scream at everyone. Then I stepped on her finger (don't ask), and that just made her scream more, even after I apologized. She's better now, just staring out the window. I'm thinking about suggesting a siesta.

The Best Job EVER

Almost a year ago, I left my job with the biggest bank in the world, a move which apparently went unnoticed in Big Bank Land. But it was the most rewarding thing I ever did. Now I have the best job ever (as I said in the title). I had to take a BIG paycut, but I have two bosses, one part-time/full-time co-worker, and a handfull of temps who help out whenever we need them.

My bosses are a lot younger than I am, but they're great to work for most of the time. I have a ton of autonomy, and since, as with most jobs, I know more than they do, they usually do things my way. They don't always agree with me. Sometimes they throw sort of childish tantrums, but they know I'm right and eventually give in.

My co-worker, like I said, is part-time and full-time. What I mean by that is that he's only actually at work part of the time because he has another job too, but when he's not here, he's still working for us, you know? He's great! I even took him with me on vacation recently. It was really a working vacation, and he took over some of the stinky tasks so I could actually enjoy some time to myself. The nice thing about where we went was that there were a bunch of people there who were really interested in my job and also wanted to help out so he got a break too.