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What am i going to do?
Next week, my replacement for my job starts (cuz im going back to school so they need to find someone else who can work full-time).
She starts next Monday.
I dont leave this job until next Friday.
Thats five days i have to sit with this woman (who is much much MUCH older than me) and train her to do this job.
I learned this job within a day.
And the worst part is, i wont be able to go on the internet at all with her sitting next to me....i spend about 3/4 of my day on the internet.
Its gonna be a dark, dark week. :(
She starts next Monday.
I dont leave this job until next Friday.
Thats five days i have to sit with this woman (who is much much MUCH older than me) and train her to do this job.
I learned this job within a day.
And the worst part is, i wont be able to go on the internet at all with her sitting next to me....i spend about 3/4 of my day on the internet.
Its gonna be a dark, dark week. :(
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but seriously though, why does it take 5 days to train her if it only took you 1 to learn? Even if you're a super genius and shes slightly mentally challenged, does it really take 4 extra days to learn?
It will not take her 5 days to learn. I told my manager that and he agreed with me....but yet shes still coming in for the full week.
I want to bring it up again to him, but i dont really know how and i guess im just stuck with it. Theres gonna be a lot of sitting around. We're both gonna be really bored, i can already see it. I mean, we dont get a lot of phone calls here and there is like nothing to do....its a pretty slack job, i must say. Ugh.
Like seriously, my whole morning has been spent on the internet. And its not like im not doing any work, there just isnt any to do!!
Where do you work anyways
Yah, i should do that. Just go and run errands, lol.
Wait wait, what matter does this concern?
But yeah, get comfortable with her and if there's no awkwardness, I doubt she'd give much of a damn if you were doing whatever the hell you normally do. Besides, she's under your supervision, so she'll most likely be trying not to do something stupid, whereas she'll take what you're doing as routine. No biggie. But if she pipes up and asks why you're on the net so much, punch her in the head. That'll put her in her place.
She was a little stuck up. She came in today to meet with the property manager and her tone was kinda mean to me even tho i was pretty nice to her.
Thats fine, i can be bitchy too if she wants to play that game. :)
Im just gonna leave all the filing for her to do next week and then i can sit on the computer and surf the internet, hehe.
But seriously, maybe she just feels imtimidated because you are 30 years younger, and here she is, 50 years old & doing the same job a 20 year old is doing. Thats not your problem & does not give her a reason to act like a bitch, but perhaps you should try to be sensitive to that. Ask her if she has kids. Maybe she has kids around your age, so you can talk about that.
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So what would you suggest i do? Sit around a twiddle my thumbs all day?
ps LOL @ karma
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Im gonna let the filing pile up so that i have something to do next week when shes here. Maybe i'll re-label a bunch of files too. I do hope shes nice tho, which im sure she is. I know it can be nerve-wracking coming into a new work place.
I kinda wish there was more to do here. Like seriously, i usually have work to do in the morning, and this morning the only thing ive done is answer phones and send out a courier, lol. Damn me for being so productive and getting things done right away! lolol.
The week went by and she was actually super nice....yes yes i know, i shouldnt judge people before i talk to them and get to know them, blah blah blah.
But yah, it was actually really fun. She was A LOT older than me, but we just sat and talked the whole time pretty much about random things.
It was actually really fun and im kinda gonna miss her....weird eh?
Anyways, no more job for me! :D