Despite the fact that I can't spend all day randomly checking my usual rotation of web pages, I'm really enjoying the new job... it's fucking awesome... also, they ended up paying me $50 for the 2 hours of interview I did in the shop 2 weeks ago... fuck, that's $25 an hour....
So far, every day I've had at least 2 coffee's bought for me, the lunches have been enjoyable, the work is fun and I don't even mind working overtime (which I've done every day so far). My drive is so much shorter and it gives me much more time to make dinner and hang out with Pam...

Good times for Guns...

yep... today is the day me and Pam celebrate 6 months of enjoying eachother (emotionally and especially physically.... giggity).

I'm taking her out for dinner tonight and I bought her a nice present which I'll mention later just incase she checks my live journal.

Man I love her so much... her and I are such a perfect match. Our 'extravagant' personalities mesh so well together it's unbelievable. I always thought I would have to act different around a girlfriend, but with Pam I truly can be myself without having to worry... It's very nice [said like Borat].
And Pam has such an interesting and entertaining personality. She's so full of energy and is always up for some shenanegans. 6 months seems like a long time now, but I hope it's only a small portion of the time I will spend with Pam in the long run...

truly enjoying this girl...

Rawk,
T

2.5 more days left of hell... have monday off.... start new job on Tuesday....

Fuck it feels so nice to quit a job. And man is it ever nice to know that I won't have to keep coming to Brantford anymore.



Saw Little Miss Sunshine last night at Galaxy with Pam, B-Rad and his date Ashley (who's boyfriend was very mad that she was hanging out with Brad)... The movie was so depressing that it actually made you feel pretty good. I was wondering if Steve Carrel would be able to act or not and indeed he did a great acting job. My biggest concern was that I would keep thinking of his characters from the Daily Show or 40 Year Old Virgin, but he blew that misconception away right at the beginning of the movie with his performance... good stuff. The end of the movie was truly corny and too cute for my liking, but the the rest of the movie was great...

I'd recomend the movie if you were thinking about seeing it.... but it ain't no Borat...

Training people is tough when you know for a fact that they can not handle the job you're training them for. You can tell as you're talking to them that they're just smiling and nodding so they don't look 'dumb' (they're not dumb, just embarrassed to look confused). I'm training a person right now to take over my job and I feel so bad for her cause she just doesn't have the skills or knowledge to do the job. I had to create my job, all my spreadsheets, the CAD drawings, the p.o. takeoffs (receipts), all the custom drawings, the complaint forms, the inventory management program, the workorders and the relationship with the customer. It took me months to do all that and because of that I have a very intimate understanding of how it all works and why it has to run the way I set it up. I have to train this person in 1 week and I honestly don't think it's going to work.
On to that, my job is going to actually be split between two people and I don't think that's going to work either. A person has to understand the project as a whole... you can't split it. You have to take everything into consideration when running the project. This is a failure waiting to happen.

Even as I train I find myself ommitting certain key pieces of info just because I know she won't understand until she can comprehend the simple/initial parts of the project. Special cases will pop up when I'm gone and she'll have to figure them out by herself and I guarantee she won't be able to do it right away.


Oh well... I'll have a sweet, stress free job again.


Disclaimers Note: the fact that the trainee is female has nothing to do with her understanding of the project. I am not being sexist. A male would have the same amount of trouble.

This is just a journal entry to remind myself of the job I used to work.

8:30 - Arrive at work after just listening to this mornings "What's Wrong with You" or "What Happened".
8:31 - Go get coffee
8:35 - Sit at desk and drink crappy coffee along with Oatmeal Raisin Nut Muffin from Timmys
- Read headlines from commondreams.org
8:40 - Check out todays sunshine girl
8:45 - Check Fervid Whisper Message board
8:50 - Check out New Projects added to woodweb. Post some comments about peoples woodworking.
8:55 - Check for new posts on torontogolfnuts.ca
9:00 - Check for posts from friends on my live journal account
9:05 - Write an entry in my live journal account.
9:10 - Get ready for a hard day at work.

And that's an average morning for me. I guess i'm running about 18 minutes behind today. I was 10 minutes late and had a longer than average talk with a manager in the coffee room today about apprenticeships.

Yep.

So Friday night I had an odd dream. I dreamt the vp of production, Larry Valeriote, tracked me down at home to try to convince me to stay at Storeimage. Well, that pretty much happened this morning. Before I could even turn on my computer he had come up to my desk... I think he was lurking in the shadows. "Tom, can I have a chat with you in my office?"... yep, here it comes.

So I go to his office and he starts the schmoozing. He starts talking and asking me questions. But he keeps trying to lead the train of thought towards money. Every question had something to do with money and then he eventually says "So is it more money you want?". I'm like, "yeah, but no, but yeah, but no".... Money is a small part. So I'm trying to explain to him all the other shit that is pissing me off. I spend half an hour pouring my guts out to him about all this shit... and what does he say after that? "So, it sounds like there is two problems... 1 we have production issues and 2, you want more money"..

Wow, did I ever want to shit down his throat at that point.

So I basically had enough of that. I ended the conversation by saying "Yeah, you go see what kind of money you can free up for me and i'll talk to you later this afternoon" and then I left back to my desk.

Fucking people... and I know I will have to go through this like 3 more times before I leave.


In response to shab's previous question... the new place is just on the edge of Cambridge, off the 401. Takes me 18 minutes to get there.... Rock!!

It's hard to describe the feeling you get when you're about to quit. I just printed off my letter of resignation and when I picked it up it felt like a knife. You feel a little rotten knowing that you're going to tell the company you work for that they are now shit out of luck. It's not too bad when you're at an unimportant job, but when you know that a large majority of a company depends on you to be there you feel like shit when you jump ship.
I signed the letter of resignation and it might as well have been in blood. 4:30 will be the time I deliver it to HR. Luckily I won't be giving this directly to my boss as he is on vacation. Dealing with human resources will be a lot easier. My boss is going to have quite a surprise when he comes back on tuesday.

Anyway, that's the rant for now... this shall be fun.

Sweet... I just got the job offer to work at Novuz. They're actually offering to pay me more than what i asked for too (by $.50). Plus, I get another $.50 raise after my 3 months probation. I like it.

I had my second interview on wednesday and I actually went into the shop and built a cabinet to show off my skills. The best thing is, they are going to pay me for the interview time that I was in the shop.

I'm excited. It's a small custom shop. The owners aren't rich (yet), but they are very fair and kind. If we make this shop take off in success I have no doubt in my mind that they will make sure the workers are rewarded for the success. Current employee listing: 2 owners who work in the shop, my good friend Ian, a co-op student named Gart and 1 secretary. I will be added to the roster as well as a another guy that is going to fly in from Germany... German woodworkers are crazy!!!! ... Sweet.

8:45... 15 minutes into work... a shit storm is already brewing. Fuck.

Oh well, second interview tonight at Novuz. Should be neat... at this interview I actually do a bit of work in the shop so they can see if I'm good or not.

rock

Last night at about 2am I woke up to an unexpected surprise. Quite an uplifting experience it was. Surrounded by the love and warmth of the one I hold so dear to me, I was reminded of one of the many things that are good in my life right now. Though I was tired and drousy I was still able to embrace and become one with the energy in the room.
Yes kids, Pam woke me up with a BJ and then we fucked like crazy... She's so great. Just thought it'd would be good to book mark the day.

T