Most days I feel like this. Work isn't something I necessarily enjoy, but I've become accustomed to it. It's not usually full time so I can help out with the family. I'm also aware how much the steady check helps out, even if it isn't an enormous income.
Years past, I was the one working full time and bringing home the family bacon, so to speak. Now the tables have turned. My wife stepped up in a great company and surpasses what I was able to earn in my past career choices. Not to mention, I had a odd ability to ruin the career opportunities I had. Seems I'm just not the corporate boy.
Most days nowadays, I look forward to coming home to the family and finding something to write about. Then there are days that go down like today did, that make me wish I was at home writing on HIVE.
On The Job Going Nowhere Today
Most of today's frustrations stem from my own emotional exhaustion. Losing our pet over the the weekend led to a mental hangover that carried into today.
Especially on days like today, I try to keep in mind that having work at all it a blessing. Plenty of people are struggling out there. At some point, though, it's not about the money. I don't make a lot, but I like to at least feel like I accomplish something when I am at work.
At the end of last week, for whatever reason, my boss couldn't get clear communication about today's job. So I drove the hour down to the border early this morning for nothing. There was no concrete pour. It's happening tomorrow. The foundations I pre- inspected today for Thursdays' work could have easily been looked at tomorrow while I'm there.
An Hour Back To The Lab Where More BS Was Waiting
Another reason for my frustration is that it's been hot lately. We had 80 or so concrete cylinders built up that needed to be stripped and placed in our tank to cure.
I was hoping to get into the lab early, before the sun brought the temperature up, and get those cylinders stripped. But those hours were lost since I had to drive to the border for naught.
So as I got to work with the heat coming on, my boss called and needed me to handle IT difficulties with our WD Mycloud file storage system. He created a ticket, and wanted me to call support.
The reasons being:
He lives two and half hours away from his lab. Sometimes I wonder how brilliant engineers really are?
Someone needed to sit and wait on hold to talk to support. Might as well be me with the source device at hand.
I Got The Cylinders Done, Blisters On My Hands, & Zero Progress With WD-MyCloud
On the phone finally with support, they start asking questions about my bosses' device. I explained that he uses cellphone and laptop, both from mobile locations.
Logging into the computer at the lab worked just fine. Mobile access was down. It took forever to get them to understand this. They wanted to try to fix the mobile app. I finally had to ask the IT guy if they had an App for the Laptop!!!???
Nope. I didn't think so. So how could my boss access their service from his laptop? Finally some headway! Except now the guy needed to know about my bosses' laptop. What is he using?. Mac or windows and which browser? Shit! How the hell am I supposed to know?
That was the point that I ended the call. Boss man must have sensed that my bullshit limit was running low today, cause he told me to just get out of there. The wheel spinning at work can continue later on this week.
And I guarantee you that when it does, I'll be wishing I was at home writing about something better on HIVE.
Thanks for reading and as always...
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