Rants

It's the first day of the month. As much as I want to start and end it with a positive note, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to do so. Everything seems to be moving in slow motion today particularly this afternoon. I can't wait for this day to end...well, for work to end that is. I am bored out of my mind already. There's not much to do right now in the office. I thank God for the Internet. My watch says it's exactly 4pm right now. That leaves me an hour and a half to go before I'd get to leave this place. I swear I could literally hear the hands in my watch ticking away...every second. That goes to show that I'm really really bored. So bored that I'm writing this blog here in the office with the hopes of taking at least some of the boredom away. Don't get me wrong, I don't hate work. It's being idle that I don't like. It's okay if I'm at home doing nothing, because that's what you're supposed to do. Be lazy. Relax. Watch TV. But it's a different story when you're at the workplace. You should have at least some tasks to do, enough to keep you sane throughout the day. I don't want to rant about work anymore. It is not my intention to sound as if I have the worst job in the world. I actually do enjoy work if there is work to do, that is. Maybe today's just one of those long and lazy days for me where everything seems to be endlessly dragging on to who knows where. Or maybe it's the effects of skipping lunch. I wasted 67 pesos just for an adobo meal which I thought was chicken, but turned out to be chicken intestines. I thought the first bite tasted funny already. I decided to try another part and it still tasted the same. That's when Jona said it was not chicken meat but chicken intestines. There goes my lunch...and there goes my 67 pesos too...

If only I knew the surprise (which was not so pleasant) that I got this morning was going to be some kind of premonition or something, I would have worked half-day instead. This morning, I got a memo from my immediate supervisor who was told by her boss (one of the two bosses) to make the memo instructing us to adhere by the new strict rules that they've decided to implement in our division. I guess it's effective only in our division since we were the only ones who got the memo which is very unfair. We did nothing to deserve the memo. The memo instructed us to maintain office work ethics at all times which obviously they feel we have not been following. Totally untrue. First, it stated that once we have punched in the bundy clock, we were supposed to be in our work stations right away or we will still be considered late. I must say that the work station is at the ground floor, while the time in/time out is way up at the 20th floor. I don't think there should be any explanations as to why we can't be in our workplace on time. It's self-explanatory. Okay, so say I timed in at 830am. How am I supposed to run down and be at my desk at 830 sharp with all the elevators full during this time? I know I could go to work earlier than 830 but then what would be the use of the 10 minutes allowance time that the company have implemented in the first place? Then there's the no eating of snacks at workstations...only in the pantry. My question is, is there even a pantry in the office? It's so small I can't consider it a pantry. A hallway, yes maybe. But pantry, heck no. There are no chairs...even stools at least. So how are we supposed to eat our snacks in the pantry? I know I should not be bothered by this since I don't eat snacks. But it's just so unreasonable to hear. Then there's also the use of YM, Chikka, and Internet during office hours. This I honestly admit I am guilty of. But then I wouldn't use it if I had work to finish. I'm already old and responsible enough to know when to work and when to play. I only use the Internet when I'm not doing anything. Just like now. And last but not the least, the memo stated that horseplaying was strictly prohibited in the company premises. Horseplaying? I don't think it's the right word to use. We're not even joking or laughing half of the time. I can't understand where they got this idea from. I'm not actually as affected as I may sound. I'm actually pretty amused--but not in an amused funny way...Because it's unfair. My officemates are actually more irritated than I am. I don't know if being new has its advantages since I don't really know the bosses well enough to make a mean judgment of them. I'm not even in my third month yet, it doesn't affect me much especially knowing that I'm not violating any of the rules. Besides I don't really hate the new boss as some of my officemates do. She's actually a kind lady. Maybe the location where our division is situated has its disadvantages. We're directly below the workstation of the boss. So when she comes out to her "veranda" (a term one of my officemate termed...which I found very funny.), the first thing she sees is us. She can probably hear us too. But then I don't see any wrong thing that we have been doing.

I sound like an old rant. I guess today's one of those days where you can't help it. You just have to let everything out in your system...It's a therapeutic way of deleting the day's events and emptying the recycling bin afterwards just to make sure it can't be restored to memory anymore.