As many of you know, I work for a government agency that shall remain nameless, but this week I'm in a class that everyone at my grade level (at this agency) is required to take. This is a class in learning how to develop processes. We're suppose to be networking with the 50 other students and learning about conflicts and validation and lots of other horse shit that I'd rather suffer physical pain than do.
It is unbelievable to me that tax dollars are going to teach these people how to do something they should already know. One of the exercises today involved the instructor (or facilitator) standing in the room and he represented a conflict with your boss. Then we were suppose to position ourselves in the room where we wanted to deal with this conflict. He asked the people standing nearby him why they were standing there. They wanted to deal with conflict head on and confront it. Some people stood far away because they didn't want to deal with conflict.
We had to interview the person next to us and introduce him or her to the class. The person beside me told me he was a cancer survivor. I felt like saying, "you survived cancer to have to sit through this?" You may think I'm over-reacting, but I truly hate doing this kind of crap, especially since it has absolutely nothing to do with my job. I don't develop processes. I just happen to be at the same grade level as these middle managers. If I did develop processes, I surely wouldn't follow this crazy-ass method to develop my process.
Things look like they are only going to get worse as the week goes on. Thankfully, it is only a 4 day class and I have Friday off. Only 3 more days. Only 3 more days. Only 3 more days.
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Monday, February 23
100 Facts About Me -- Week 8
This is yet another installment of the 100 Facts about me. Each week (until the list totals 100) I post 11 items, 10 of which are true and one that is not. Try and guess which fact is not true. Next Monday, I'll post 10 more facts and one non-fact next and disclose which one of the items from this week was false. This list is kind of dull, but how many exciting facts can one person have? I'm trying to save a few for the end.
The false item from last week was #7. My high school did not have a talent show, and I was never the ventriloquist dummy in any skit.
Here's the eighth list of 10 facts and one non-fact:
1. My best friend in school from the 7th through the 9th grade moved away and I have never seen him or had contact with him since.
2. I get 208 hours of vacation time each year -- about 5 weeks and 1 day -- and I get every other Friday off (because I work 9 hour days).
3. When I talk to someone I don't know on the phone, they often assume I'm a woman.
4. I have been complimented on my blue eyes.
5. I once stood in line to get the autograph of Grandpa Jones, star of TV's Hee Haw.
6. Our rowhouse in DC is more than 100 years old. It was built in 1905.
7. I can type more than 80 words a minute.
8. The first show I ever saw on Broadway was The Magic Show, which featured the magic of Doug Henning and was written by Stephen Schwartz, who later wrote Wicked.
9. The last show I saw on Broadway, as of this date, was a play called August: Osage County.
10. My minimum retirement age is 56, which means I can retire from my job and draw a pension starting August 3, 2017 -- less than 8 years and 6 months.
11. I have dated someone from Africa.
The false item from last week was #7. My high school did not have a talent show, and I was never the ventriloquist dummy in any skit.
Here's the eighth list of 10 facts and one non-fact:
1. My best friend in school from the 7th through the 9th grade moved away and I have never seen him or had contact with him since.
2. I get 208 hours of vacation time each year -- about 5 weeks and 1 day -- and I get every other Friday off (because I work 9 hour days).
3. When I talk to someone I don't know on the phone, they often assume I'm a woman.
4. I have been complimented on my blue eyes.
5. I once stood in line to get the autograph of Grandpa Jones, star of TV's Hee Haw.
6. Our rowhouse in DC is more than 100 years old. It was built in 1905.
7. I can type more than 80 words a minute.
8. The first show I ever saw on Broadway was The Magic Show, which featured the magic of Doug Henning and was written by Stephen Schwartz, who later wrote Wicked.
9. The last show I saw on Broadway, as of this date, was a play called August: Osage County.
10. My minimum retirement age is 56, which means I can retire from my job and draw a pension starting August 3, 2017 -- less than 8 years and 6 months.
11. I have dated someone from Africa.
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