March 4, 2010
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And one moar thing..
I totally forgot to point out the obvious (that my xanga colours and stuff are changed).. I figured since i’d be blogging more often, i might as well do everyone a favour and make it easier to read.. xD
Random picture! Um.. If anyone can guess what I’m making, they get a free.. something.. I dunno. xD It’s pretty hard to guess what that is though.. Cuz It could be so many things. o_o I just thought it’d look cool to take a picture while the mixer was going, get that motion shot effect. =P I don’t have a fancy camera or anything. And I’m probbaly gonna be too lazy to crop the pictures or anything, most of the time… SO don’t expect any spectacular professional-photographer quality pictures. ;D
I was thinking at work today.. I’m totally my own person and don’t answer to anyone. Even at work. Maybe especially at work lol. I’ve been given so much freedom to do what I want, when i want, that I don’t feel the need to bother answering to anyone else, even though i suppose i’m “technically” supposed to. xD I think that the main reason this came about.. Or maybe there’s a few. First off, I was made “head baker” when the old baker passed away. That in itself pretty much made me feel free to do a lot of things. Not to mention the food and beverage manager and sous chef at the time (he’s now the chef) had told me I could pretty much show up and leave whenever I wanted, as long as all my work was done, they didn’t care. Probably not the best thing to tell someone like me. Because I take FULL advantage of it. xDThen yeah after that I got my own assistants.. Which made me feel very much in charge of my own domain.. Then they left when the race season ended and I got sad.. Then the chef hurt his back really bad and has been gone from work for like three months or so… Leaving my “friend” Jared in charge, promoting him to sous chef.. Although he’s not qualified to be a sous chef, so he’s basically just acting sous.. I don’t really care, I made it clear that he’s not my boss to the chef before he left.. haha xD I will not answer to Jared, he is not my boss, he isn’t qualified to be.. Hell, I’d barely listen to the chef when he was there, what’s the chances I’d listen to my “friend”, who did worse than me in college, and hasn’t really earned my respect? ;P
AAAaannnnyway.. So yeah, i pretty much never call in when I’m coming in late (not that I ever did) and also never call in when I decide I don’t feel like showing up at all.. (which I can do btw.. xD) Which I would do if the chef was there.. Maybe.. But since he isn’t in every day either.. meh i probably still would text him just to say “hey im not goin to work today” and that’s that. But I don’t now. I just don’t show up if i don’t feel like it. It’s a pretty sweet deal… Although, it’s pretty easy to do right now since there’s not a hell of a lot for me to actually DO except on wednesday/thursday…
Anyway I digress. My point was thus: I’m wondering if i need someone to put me back in my “place” or not? Have I grown too big for my britches? gotten too proud? Hell I dunno. I still listen to the food and bev manager. I consider him my boss. Mostly cuz he is. He’s the chef’s boss. And even if I don’t directly listen to the chef or “sous chef” when i don’t feel like it.. Cuz I still consider my work to be kinda separate from the actual kitchen work.. Plus the chef doesn’t really know a lick about baking.. Then again, neither does the F&B manager.. But meh, I need a boss somewhere along the line. o_o
Thing is, if someone tried to “put me in my place” or whatever, i’d probably just get pissed off and rebel even more.. xD That’s the kinda person I am.. Oppression or authority or whatever, they don’t work on me. Because I’m FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE.
And I’m awesome.
Oh.
And I know it.
Comments (4)
I think you do need putting into some kind of place Kat, thing is I’m a Senior Designer where I work, so if we get any freelancers in I’m basically in charge of them.
But I have two bosses above me who own and run the business.
They let me have my design freedom and trust me with design judgements but if something does need changing I’m politely asked to do so and I do, I prefer the crit so I don’t make bad judgements in the future.
Plus what would happen if you lost your job and you had to look for a new one, what kind of references would you get from this job??
“Oh she turns up late and leaves early, not very polite but gets the work done”
Seems to me your stuck in a rut, and taking it far too easy.
Wouldn’t you like to have your own business someday? be your own boss from the top and make some proper money.
Anyways I’m rambling on now so yeah…
Hope all is well anyways. X
What the hell were we talking about again? Oh, right, the thing about douche bag writers is that I prefer not giving them money more than anything else. So basically, if they’re still alive, I buy their books used =P
As for the perception of reality, I’m pretty sure night-brain is just there to help day-brain learn how to model things, so sometimes figuring out how to do it incorrectly can be a good way to avoid mistakes. It probably does affect how you view reality, but the theory is too new for any concrete answers at the moment.
I’m going to guess you’re making a cake of some kind. Or if that’s not vague enough, I’ll guess a ‘baked good’.
@ricdon -
Lol nah i’d get awesome references from this job.. I highly doubt they’d mention the hours i keep, because I technically don’t have a set schedule. The only thing I do that I’ve been talked to about is when I randomly don’t show up. But that’s not often. As for the showing up late, leaving early, they don’t give a crap as long as my work is done, and done well. Which it always is. ;P
I’m well liked, and nobody believes that i’m even capable of having an attitude or whatever, it’s come up before, and the people laughed it off.. It was pretty nice, actually. I’m not rude or commanding, I just like to do things my way, and nobody seems to have a problem with it.
This kinda business isn’t like the business you work for. My position isn’t like yours, either.. So you can’t really compare them.
And to be honest… I’ve considered a few times starting my own business.. And the answer is no. I don’t want to work for myself and have my own employees. I don’t have lofty goals or aim high. I am quite content in mediocrity, because it’s easy and gives me the free time that I want. Because that’s all i really want out of life. Is to enjoy my time. And regardless of what my job is, it’s a job, and not my life, nor do I want it to be.
My ideal job is the one that I go to, work, and go home, get lots of days off, so I can do what I want. I *could* work a lot more, or find a different job with better pay.. But I’m perfectly content making just enough to get by, so that I have the extra time to spend relaxing lol.
@JGonspy -
Lol it’s not a cake.. It’s a sort of “baked good” I suppose, though, since it’s not sweet, it’s not what you’d expect. Since I don’t think anyone reads all these replies, I think that it’s safe to tell you what it actually is – yorkshire pudding XD
I can understand what you mean about giving money to douchebags, buying used, or even downloading is sufficient in those cases I guess, anything so that they dont make royalties or whatever.
It’s an interesting theory, at least. I mentioned my most recent dream in my post from today… XD I dunno what reality that is, but i definitely want it.. ;{