Holiday Busy Work

I know by now you all probably think the only thing I know how to do is complain about my job. But considering I'm here 40+ hours a week and it is the bane of my existence, it preoccupies my thought process frequently and also makes for many interesting stories since this place is for the most part utterly ridiculous.

So anyways, I thought I would blog this afternoon about the ridiculous of holiday busy work. In case you don't know because your boss is not like this and you actually get to leave early when your work is done, holiday busy work is the random charts, lists, menial tasks that our boss comes up with miraculously the day before a holiday. It's the work he decides MUST be done IMMEDIATELY because apparently his head will explode if he doesn't know what cases are set through December 2005. Come on! In reality, we all know what it really means - he is bitter about the fact that we will have four days off with no work being done and none of the rest of us will even think twice about the work that is sitting here waiting to be done.

Those of us that are here today (Sara is in Atlanta already and another guy left at 11:30 to make his plane to Cali & one of the secretaries has been out all week) were e-mailing back and forth and none of us really has much going on that is important except for the RANDOM charts & lists that our boss has come up with. I know they will shut down the office a little early at least (the rumor is 3 pm) but I'm sure as usual we will have the 30+ minute rule apply to our section so if I'm lucky, I might get out an hour early and leave by 4. Hey, I guess an extra hour of packing/cooking time is better than nothing!

Needless to say, I almost want to laugh at the ridiculousness of our holiday busy work. If it weren't for the fact that I have a million and one things to do back at home, I wouldn't mind the work here because it would give me something to do to pass the time. But in reality, I would just love the opportunity to go home early and get some really IMPORTANT stuff done. Hey I could even go WITH Austin to pick up the keys to our new apartment - guess we'll just have to see! Happy Thanksgiving everyone! :)