Current Mood=Blah
So Ive been working a lot recently. My crew foreman quit right before I was about to fire him yesterday. I was already having a bad morning when he called to complain about a bunch of nonsense and I basically explained the situation to him and he didnt want to hear any of it. He told me I was wrong and I got really angry and shouted back dont tell me Im wrong. Look we'll talk later, just get your stuff done.
So I guess he sulked around for a good 15 - 20 minutes and called me back. I was at the paint store this time, and he basically said he was quitting for no good reason except he was being a baby and couldnt man up. I said Im not going to try and convince you to stay (which is what he wanted to hear). After I got off the phone, I walked back up to the counter and got my paint. The first comment out of the sales rep.'s mouth was, "babysitting today?" I chuckled a bit and I said, yeah like everyday.
I hate being 25 and babysitting someone who is 32 and should technically be more mature then me. Nothing worse then being 32, not married, and living with your parents cause you cant make it in the "real world". God help me never to be like that.
So, ok. Im dont venting. So I get to tell all my customers that I dont know when I can get to painting their houses and time is running out for good weather to get things done. *sigh* I just want to run away to the mountains and live like all the other mountain bums do. I truly feel stuck between 2 worlds. One where I have all this responsbility I do now, and one where I can live a carefree lifestyle and have very little responsibility.
In any case, I gotta get to work now. Ill probably put in close to a 12 hour day like I did yesterday. Im not eating right, sleeping right, or even in my right mind it seems sometimes. I live in such a stupor. The days fly right by, and I hate it. I dont wanna just survive, I wanna thrive. Ah, it all cant last forever. ;-)
So I guess he sulked around for a good 15 - 20 minutes and called me back. I was at the paint store this time, and he basically said he was quitting for no good reason except he was being a baby and couldnt man up. I said Im not going to try and convince you to stay (which is what he wanted to hear). After I got off the phone, I walked back up to the counter and got my paint. The first comment out of the sales rep.'s mouth was, "babysitting today?" I chuckled a bit and I said, yeah like everyday.
I hate being 25 and babysitting someone who is 32 and should technically be more mature then me. Nothing worse then being 32, not married, and living with your parents cause you cant make it in the "real world". God help me never to be like that.
So, ok. Im dont venting. So I get to tell all my customers that I dont know when I can get to painting their houses and time is running out for good weather to get things done. *sigh* I just want to run away to the mountains and live like all the other mountain bums do. I truly feel stuck between 2 worlds. One where I have all this responsbility I do now, and one where I can live a carefree lifestyle and have very little responsibility.
In any case, I gotta get to work now. Ill probably put in close to a 12 hour day like I did yesterday. Im not eating right, sleeping right, or even in my right mind it seems sometimes. I live in such a stupor. The days fly right by, and I hate it. I dont wanna just survive, I wanna thrive. Ah, it all cant last forever. ;-)
posted by Jeremy at 6:50 AM
3 Comments:
You gotta love those immature morons. I can't stand working with people like that guy, much less supervising them. Not to mention, I assume that he's one of those that you inherited w/ the job. Hopefully, you'll find a replacement for him that's a better pick than the guy that hired him.
it hurts to say that i hired him. I was in a desperate place and he had potential from the start, but you really got pay attention to peoples actions instead of their words. This is my lesson for the ENTIRE month. ;-)
Sorry to hear about the hard times dude. Just keeping trouping along lil' gipper, and the fish will come to you. Things will get better!
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