took the slow train in to work today. it was as if the driver wanted to enjoy the sunshine on his face awhile longer. myself i prefer the drivers like i had friday, who push the metal behemoths so fast they begin to rock on the tracks. it used to be that i liked the slow pace of the streetcar, but now i don't have the patience. it didn't help that i was running late. only by 10 minutes but he was making it worse. i had intended to walk to work once may came around, because it wouldn't make sense to buy a metropass for the 15 days i had left to work. like that is going to happen. if i can't seem to claw a paltry 30 minutes into my pocket for transportation, how would i possibly swing an hour? for a protracted fast-paced walk? i need to arrive in a generally timely manner because i am training a new girl to take my place.
i don't mind passing along information to those who come after me, but some people require more attention than others. this is one of those people. even though i have created a comprehensive "manual" containing most everything anyone could possibly need in the way of information and labeled everything explicitly so it is easy to find, she asks me questions that i have just answered. now i know there is no thing as a stupid question, but i don't like singing the same song over and over, in a work context, that is. at the end of the day i am bored with the sound of my own voice, so i don't like to have to say things that really don't bear repeating. it might be interesting to note that when i transfered to the accounting department, i was shown my desk and that was it. i barely had a grasp of the software. however....that was then and this is now. as acting hr person i am the one who enrols new employee into the extended health benefits program. i was a bit chagrined to find that she has just come on board and is making a chunk more than me. if she were blowing out of the blocks and seemed to know more than me aside from procedure, no problem, but she isn't diving in as one would expect and it frustrates me somewhat. afterall, to get what i make took serious scratching and clawing. however, the world is like that, i know.