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Weekend stuff
Oct. 8th, 2023 04:48 pmYet another Sunday in which we head to the farmer's market -- this time to pick up all sorts of tasty fruits and maybe even a small pie for dessert, with a side trip to the Richmond Republic for a tasty brunch. I'm glad things are back to normal and I can get this day off. I'm also glad the heat wave we've had the last few days (upwards of mid-80s and very humid) has finally broken and we're back to our usual mid-60s coolness. A great couple of days for Fleet Week and the Blue Angels shows, but I'm glad we're back to normal. A and I don't do hot days all that well anymore.
The Day Job continues apace, and another decision I've made is not to get upset about certain things anymore, because some things either can't be helped (by me) or really don't amount enough to warrant being upset. I don't worry about the one remaining guy who continues to steal our booze every now and again, because he's pinching $6 wine coolers instead of $40 whiskeys. I'm frustrated by the thirty or forty high school teens that have been coming in at noon and again at 3:30 without fail, five days a week, but I'm no longer completely upset by it because I've confirmed that Manager 1 is more pissed off about it than I am. I'll get annoyed with things, sure, but I let it go soon afterwards.
If I've learned anything over the years at Day Jobs is that when I start finding certain things insufferable, it's partly due to my letting myself get that upset. I have a coworker who's been on everyone's shitlist the last couple of days, and though he'll irritate the hell out of me sometimes, it's better for me to cut off his nonsense early on and turn it around. I can hear this in a few other coworkers: sometimes they allow certain things to eat at them, and it's not healthy. These are all fixable things I'm talking about, by the way: reassignment, distraction by errands, sending them out to the floor to assist stockers, and so on. I'm too damn old to play this emotional game and I really don't want to play it anymore.
ANYWAY! The schedule for the next couple of days will be a bit odd, partly due to needing time to drive A to/from the airport for her work trip, but nothing I can't work around. As long as I use my off time writing like I need to!
The Day Job continues apace, and another decision I've made is not to get upset about certain things anymore, because some things either can't be helped (by me) or really don't amount enough to warrant being upset. I don't worry about the one remaining guy who continues to steal our booze every now and again, because he's pinching $6 wine coolers instead of $40 whiskeys. I'm frustrated by the thirty or forty high school teens that have been coming in at noon and again at 3:30 without fail, five days a week, but I'm no longer completely upset by it because I've confirmed that Manager 1 is more pissed off about it than I am. I'll get annoyed with things, sure, but I let it go soon afterwards.
If I've learned anything over the years at Day Jobs is that when I start finding certain things insufferable, it's partly due to my letting myself get that upset. I have a coworker who's been on everyone's shitlist the last couple of days, and though he'll irritate the hell out of me sometimes, it's better for me to cut off his nonsense early on and turn it around. I can hear this in a few other coworkers: sometimes they allow certain things to eat at them, and it's not healthy. These are all fixable things I'm talking about, by the way: reassignment, distraction by errands, sending them out to the floor to assist stockers, and so on. I'm too damn old to play this emotional game and I really don't want to play it anymore.
ANYWAY! The schedule for the next couple of days will be a bit odd, partly due to needing time to drive A to/from the airport for her work trip, but nothing I can't work around. As long as I use my off time writing like I need to!
