Last week I got to start a Modified Work Schedule. It's not the modified work schedule that I wanted, though.
To refresh, for those who don't want to click, I wanted to come in at 7AM and leave at 3:30PM. Because (and this is all me guessing) the PJ doesn't trust, it was decided that I couldn't come in that early. I do, however, get to come in earlier, at 7:30AM and then I leave at 4PM.
Why is 7:30AM okay, but not 7AM?
Because SUSM is supposed to be here at 7:30AM nine days out of ten and then she can make sure that I'm showing up on time!
Of course, SUSM rarely gets here, in my experience, before 7:40AM, so what would she, and the PJ, know if I showed up a little late each morning?
No one has come out and told me it's a trust issue, but I know it is. I hope it's not personal, and don't think it is, because I'm just a clerk and clerks don't deserve the same level of trust that court reporters and secretaries do.
Ah, well, at least I get to leave early. And it's really great leaving early. I don't have to worry about as many dumb-asses racing through yellow (and red) lights. No comics have sold out at the shop on Wednesdays. And other good things that I have yet to discover.
One thing, though, is that I find myself really wishing I lived somewhere with a yard of some sort. I like to imagine that I'd use that extra hour to do something "extra," like root around in a garden, or something.
In a very different vein, I'm trying to come up with an analogy for my thoughts on the new Star Trek movie. So far, I've only come up with New Coke vs. Coca-Cola, but it's imperfect because New Coke was a failure and this "reboot" of Star Trek is, and will continue to be for at least two more movies, a success.
Can anyone think of an analogy where the new product is liked by more people than the original? (And don't give me other TV shows or movies or comics or other entertainment stuff. I'm looking for something really different.)
5 comments:
How I would love to finish at 4:00. Hell, even 4:30 would be good.
How about Coca-Cola vs. Coke Classic?
That's when they made the new Coke the "regular" Coke and they brought back the original Coke as Coke Classic because everyone complained about the new Coke.
The only one I can come up with is that Paul McCartney and Wings was way better than The Beatles, but a billion people would disagree with me. But not my husband.
Jazz -- It is good, let me tell you.
SuziFitz -- Coca-Cola and Coke Classic are the same thing. The exact same thing!
Geewits -- I'm with the billion. Also, Wings, with or without Pul McCartney, was no where near as successful, money wise or fan wise, as the Beatles.
WINGS WAS BETTER THAN WHAT?!
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