Mediocre Friday

Apparently, Good Friday is a popular day to take off from work..something I will keep in mind for 2010. I'll go ahead and call 2009 a trial and error, but in my defense, I did have several things working against me in this unfortunate case of 'showing up at work when everyone else takes the day off.'

1. NEW EMPLOYEE. That's right. 2 weeks are being completed as of today. I'm still struggling with names, eye contact, and handshakes, so naturally I have not made it to the point that anyone is willing to give me any insider information. You know, the essentials in any workplace like who is the moody menapausal you should avoid (my guess is there are several), who actually has a personality and/or social life, is it ok to facebook during work hours (I'll find out soon enough), and which half-hearted holidays to take off. (ie. Good Friday, Bad Friday, Really Nice Day Friday, etc.)

2. CONTRACT WORKER. OOH, this one hurts because although I have a badge, laptop, and excessive amount of responsibilities, I am still just a contract worker. It is made evident to the hundreds of people roaming the hallways (clearly, all looking at me) by giving me a nice yellow border around my badge mugshot so everyone knows that they will not be seeing me in the workout area, underground parking lot, or company clinic. This automatically puts a permanent barrier between me and the 'real' employees who have the luxery of paid time off. If I wanted to take the day off, I would need to call for back-up and forfeit a day's wages, something that is not an option for a girl who is paying off a trip to Cancun, student loans that will last until I retire, oh, and that trip to LA I took in 2007 and never paid for.

3. TOO YOUNG. If I had a dollar for everytime someone said 'you're so young! you're just a baby!' I would have approx. $6. One from that older man I went to HH with last summer, and the other 5 in the past 2 weeks of working with empty nesters complaining about carpal tunnel syndrome and not knowing how to work a mouse. I don't know that either of those are of signs of being old, but it seems like a commonality for the people that I work with so just go with it. Anyway, when you're significantly younger than everyone else, they assume you don't have a family, any responsibilities outside of work, vacations, etc. Because you're so young, you're just a baby!

There you have it. Three strikes, they're out, and here I sit.

Holidays I would take off if I had PTO: every Thursday so I could go to Shout House with no inihibitions.