Anything-can-happen Day

[rolanni]

Oh, let’s see. . .the day-job. The less said on that head, I think, the better. On to pleasanter things, like –

The arrival of a royalty check! Yes! Royalty check! Not, I’m sorry to say, for Duianfey, nor for Longeye, neither of which has earned out — but Fledgling has.

Honestly, that kid. . .

What else? Did the dishes, took out the trash, opened up George’s file, meaning to write “a page” — that’s about 250 words, for those who count.

Wound up with a little more than five pages, finishing up a scene and a chapter. Not too bad on the day.

Tomorrow, alas, it’s back to the day-job and the damned data entry. A colleague suggested that I take a picture of the fruits of my labors, to include in my self-evaluation at merit report time. I can take the picture, but I’m pretty sure that no one who is actually in a position to do something about merit raises is going to understand what the picture means in terms of pure, physical labor.

. . .I once — no, I’m wrong — I twice left jobs where the ex-boss had to hire two women to replace me.

You take your black humor where you find it.

Progress on The Book Presently Known as George:
3,528 words/100,000 OR 3.53% complete

Originally published at Sharon Lee, Writer. You can comment here or there.

Comments

[mizkit.livejournal.com]

Similarly, when my mom left her HR job they had to hire 3 people to replace her. What is it with people not doing their jobs?

[rolanni.livejournal.com]

What is it with people not doing their jobs?

I know, right?

My problem is, having been doing the secretarial gig off and on for 40ish years, is that I make it look easy (Kids! Don't try this at home!). I wish I had the knack of letting the work pile up, messily undone, around me, and always looking harried and rushed. Instead, I dig in and do it. Unfortunately, the response to this is not, "Hey, you're all caught up! That's great!", it's "Rolanni never has any work to do."

[mizkit.livejournal.com]

They ("They") say 20% of the people do 80% of the work, by which I more or less extrapolate that 20% of the people are competent and 80% aren't. Which would explain pretty clearly why it takes two and three average people to do the job of one competent one, wouldn't it?

[trolleypup.livejournal.com]

And some people just have better skills to start with, not to mention better general work habits.