It's been a while, passengers.
I am negotiating the space that separates disgruntled employee and professional who takes nothing personally.
The generosity of most everyone we work for takes the edge off boss-subject relations, but I am nervous about the coming year. If I am to be suspended for reading so be it. It would be a fine reason to be fired. I just don't understand why the boss cannot pretend not to notice.
Monday, December 24, 2007
Friday, December 14, 2007
suspension
It's been a while.
I've been a busy man. When I am not driving an elevator or writing the blog, I do lots of stuff, none of which I will tell you because they might offer clues to my real identity. That and they aren't that interesting and/or incriminating.
The holiday tipping season is in full swing and I will say yes, people are generous. Working for rich people can be kind of annoying much of the time, but this time of year it's all good.
I have a grievance. There is a new manager in the building and he is becoming annoying. He is a nice enough person and he's very good at his job. He made a lot of small changes that were begging to made under the previous manager, and the staff culture has changed for the better as a result.
But he's never worked in a building that had a service staff before- never before in his life has this man worked an 8 hour shift as either a doorman or an elevator operator. No doubt he has ideas about how it should be done, and no doubt the parties concerned with maintaining the tone of the building have given him all sorts of ideas, but the fact remains he has never done it himself.
This is a problem. He thinks he can tell me how to do my job, but he has never done my job.
He catches me reading all the time because he sneaks up on me. Through the back door. He threatened to suspend me yesterday!
I've been a busy man. When I am not driving an elevator or writing the blog, I do lots of stuff, none of which I will tell you because they might offer clues to my real identity. That and they aren't that interesting and/or incriminating.
The holiday tipping season is in full swing and I will say yes, people are generous. Working for rich people can be kind of annoying much of the time, but this time of year it's all good.
I have a grievance. There is a new manager in the building and he is becoming annoying. He is a nice enough person and he's very good at his job. He made a lot of small changes that were begging to made under the previous manager, and the staff culture has changed for the better as a result.
But he's never worked in a building that had a service staff before- never before in his life has this man worked an 8 hour shift as either a doorman or an elevator operator. No doubt he has ideas about how it should be done, and no doubt the parties concerned with maintaining the tone of the building have given him all sorts of ideas, but the fact remains he has never done it himself.
This is a problem. He thinks he can tell me how to do my job, but he has never done my job.
He catches me reading all the time because he sneaks up on me. Through the back door. He threatened to suspend me yesterday!
Wednesday, December 5, 2007
necessary maintenance
From time to time I think of quitting my job.
The pros are these: health insurance, a steady paycheck and easy. I know that's not a noun.
Did I mention my job was easy? My job is easy. A child of 8 years old could do my job. In fact, I think there was a time when kids did do my job. The lever goes right the elevator goes up the lever goes left the elevator goes down. People go out people come in.
Easy.
Cons: I don't like working evenings. I want to have a life. I don't like being a flunky. Obsequiousness isn't coming easily anymore. I am way too smart to be a menial, but I can't prove it and no one will give me a chance to do so.
At least the money's good.
Holiday Bonus Season!!!
The pros are these: health insurance, a steady paycheck and easy. I know that's not a noun.
Did I mention my job was easy? My job is easy. A child of 8 years old could do my job. In fact, I think there was a time when kids did do my job. The lever goes right the elevator goes up the lever goes left the elevator goes down. People go out people come in.
Easy.
Cons: I don't like working evenings. I want to have a life. I don't like being a flunky. Obsequiousness isn't coming easily anymore. I am way too smart to be a menial, but I can't prove it and no one will give me a chance to do so.
At least the money's good.
Holiday Bonus Season!!!
Sunday, December 2, 2007
a doorman watches a winter night fall
the wind makes a constant
whispered scream
in the gap between
the heavy doors i sit
behind
resisting the urge
to paint faces in the fog
of my own breath
on the panes
into which passersby
no longer search
for their own reflections.
i smile and wave.
whispered scream
in the gap between
the heavy doors i sit
behind
resisting the urge
to paint faces in the fog
of my own breath
on the panes
into which passersby
no longer search
for their own reflections.
i smile and wave.
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