Work

It's been a long time since I have written. I need a vent for work. A lot happened today. That is an understatement. Someone I look up to told me today they have cancer and it's not looking good. As much as this person is ridiculed for their attendance, it all made sense. They didn't just come out and say it either. They led me to it with a game of words. What made me stop in my tracks as we were walking through the corporate office building was the realization of how it all made sense and the next thing that made my heart sink was all the shit talking that had been done about this person. Yet, here he stood, not making any excuses. He never told us why he had such a problem getting out of bed some days. We just assumed he was lazy. How wrong we were. I look up to this man because he speaks with passion, he is not afraid to say what's right, he rose from a janitor to where he is now, he has the respect and trust of the little guys out in the trenches and most of all, he just wants to help people. In the morning, when I wake up, my goal is to be out the door by 5:30. When I'm out the door by 5:30, I sit down at my desk at 5:55 every morning. It is like clockwork. The cafeteria upstairs opens at 6. So, I wait a few minutes to make sure my computer is logged in and that my co-worker has everything covered. I then go upstairs and grab toast and an orange juice. I do this every morning. I take it back to my desk and grub for a minute or two. This morning, my boss motions for me to follow him to an area where no one will hear us. He proceeds to tell me that 'grabbing my little toast every morning is un-professional.' I wont go into detail, but I got his message. He could have just worded it a lot better. He has a long history of saying things the wrong way. I had a hard time biting my tongue considering how many times I bailed him out and made him look good and saved the day for him. I also wanted to ask him why he lets my co-worker take take two lunches everyday. I did not want to start a war with my co-worker though. Later my co-worker came to me and told me that our boss started to ask him about me and my co-worker went off on him telling him that if he had to take a shit, he is going to take a shit. It should not be a big deal as my boss was making it. See, my co-worker can retire at any moment, so he can say these things and get away with it. Yesterday I managed to persuade FBM management they could not live with out our SOLAR program in only 5 minutes. I impressed myself to be honest. haha. Anyway, due to these recent events, I have decided it is now time to leave the tool department. I don't need to be yelled at for petty shit when I am able to do much greater things.