Just Shut Up And Hang On
WOW. What a couple of months.
The hurricane knocked the hell out of my building. I got a small hole in the roof and a buncha downed plaster.
The water was out for several days and there was no power for a week.
I said to heck with it and went to Austin for a week or so. Which was good. And I thank Demon again for letting me stay.
I started looking for a new place to live. This place is coming apart and I WILL be gone at the end of the month. Even if I live in a hotel. The neighborhood has changed and its ot getting any better. several places I looked were good at first but showed problems later. Like 'the Oaks'. The told me there was a place I wanted available. That was Thursday. When I got there Friday they had rented it. The also rented out the townhouses and the two bedrooms that I aked about. That seemed screwy to me so when they gave me an excuse not to take my app I ran with it. The second place said they had an opening. when I called back to see it, a different person told me there was a mistake and they were full. So, scratch them. I called a few places and never heard back so they are off the books. so, Im still looking.
Work has been crappy. We have had several disagreements because there are two things at work I will get in your face about. First. Never ever ever, change my time sheet without telling me why first. When I dont get the same hours I turned in, you are subject to get stabbed with a broken broom. Second. Dont presume to know the facts. If I work a service ticket and you think it was wrong find out what was going on. DO NOT come to me with half a note and no idea whats going on. Again, this can cause you bodily harm, when I find you reprimanded me for doing the right thing. Those are the major ones. There have been minor ones that happen. Like, if Im on the phone with a client, dont rush over and tell me, there is an area outage I need to fix immediatly. Im in the middle of a service call, you do the area repair.
Between that and my flipped 10 hour schedule I am usally trying to get food or trying to get sleep. It seems I never get either on a regualr and timely basis now. But the good side is they (management), told people to stop calling me at night and on my days off. They refused to pay the OT for someone waking me up. So I refused to answer the phone after work hours.
Last week unfortunately I had a fracture and freak night. I felt it comming so I excused myself and went outside to burn it off and relax. Unfortunately some friends became concerned. so they came out of the bar and insisted I talk about it. Which I didnt want to do. BUT... they eventually got what was going on out of me. "Im a 40 year old guy that cant seem to find a one nighter let alone a full time relationship. Its nobodies fault and its just the way it is. but somedays, it just aint so easy to let it go ". It was all very unmanly and I hope it never happens again.
Luckily, I have been offered a new job. It pays more and its as linux admin. Its pretty complicated so far and alot of it is making me feel stupid since some of it is new stuff. Hoping this good luck continues. Things didnt go as well as I hoped with the new job today. =( (I cant gain server access to finish a ticket)
While I was working Sunday, George made me an offer I could not refuse. He raised my salary. Quite abit actually.
So much so that I had to leave Internet America.
It was kinda sad really. a few people were genuinely sad to see me go. Bill the network manager even went to the and asked him to counter-offer. Billy said 'NO' ofcourse. He decided he could get two more for the price of me. Problem a lot of people pointed out is, for someone that knows the bit that I know, my pay sucked. No one who really has the knowledge is going to want to want to be there. and they wont stay either. Jeff's a nice guy but he doesnt know how to interview. So he gets the wrong people. Thats why last year the first three people they hired quit within hours. The job requires too much and too many hours alone, being the only answer.
George gave me a contract of sorts and a solemn promise to pay me regular. Bill also stated that if anything goes wrong, I am welcome back at IA. Heres hoping nothing happens.
Still waiting for that first paycheck. :/
and thats the month of september and October.
Like I said... Im just gonna shutup, and hang on.
