Impressions
June 9th, 2006 / 1 comment »So it’s obvious my journal is not the daily juice it used to be, but I do miss writing. I have a whole backlog of half-posts that I haven’t put just b/c they don’t seem interesting and I don’t always have time to sit and post up a storm… still, so much time is flying by and I don’t want to everything to blur together. I might start putting them up. Entries might be shorter. Be warned.
I think I made an important impression on my new General Manager @ work today. He’s been here about 2 weeks and kept a relatively low profile, watching and observing (some might say scheming a future downsize), but a quirky email response I sent back to a guest inquiry made him take notice of my “creative way of approaching the job”. I know cuz he mentioned it to someone. Then somebody else sent a seperate email to him (cc’d me) PRASING my ass for how helpful I was to them and I’m pretty sure he’s starting to recongize my powers. Impressions are powerful cuz some ppl stick to the way the first percieve you and don’t ever look at you differently. I haven’t really known what to think of this new GM so far, he’s one of those shifty ppl who use the “bcc” field on emails and refer to his spouse as a “significan’t other”. My gaurd around him is not going down for awhile, time will tell and we’ll see how this goes.
Meanwhile, I got an O (for Outstanding) on my 1yr review recently and in the land of W that’s like getting a perfect 10. Apparently my boss has never given a perfect review before. I know it’s silly but shit man, it got me a seriousass raise. Although lazy colleagues test my patience, things seem to be hitting a smooth stride in the workplace. My 2 week vacation time (10 work days) kicks in at the end of the month and I’m thinking about using 5 days one week at a time — working just 4 days a week (with 3 days off) for 5 weeks — and at the end of the 5 weeks, use my remaining 5 days together and take a week vacation someplace. My job’s about to get busy as fuck with summer tourism coming and I just might be able to stay sane if I can get a 3day weekend for a good chunk of the summer. Just an idea, we’ll see what they go for. I’m NOT above using my “perfect review” and Rookie of the Year award as leverage.
It was sunny and warm for a few hours this afternoon. I got a venti Passion Lemonade @ Starbucks and walked around Union Square NOT wearing a jacket or carrying an umbrella for the first time in a week. An ex-roommate of mine was in town and met up with me for a little bit, was really good to hug her. I came home and it rained hard. Nice day.
