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Sunday, June 8. 2008
It Finally Happened
It’s finally over. The end has come and now it’s time to move on to the next phase, Yes, I’m talking about real change. About making a difference, about doing things differently, about looking at things differently for a better future, a more positive tomorrow.Yes, I’m talking about … me. The company that employs me, specifically my immediate supervisors, have chosen me as the Employee of the Month. “WHAT!?!” you cry in shock? Yep. I am the Employee of the Month. That’s right. It’s the first time in my 35+ years of employment I’ve ever held that title. Apparently being a wise-ass has finally paid off!
Course, it wasn’t made known to me until Friday, six days after the month started and what’s worse, June is a month with only 30 days instead of 31 (so I’m glad it wasn’t February) which means I’m less of an Employee of the Month as the person they’ll choose for July, but I’ll get over that slight.
Truthfully, I haven’t been anyone’s favorite anything in a long time so it nearly moved me to tears when they told me. Don’t tell them that though, it could hurt my wise-ass image if they find out I’m really honored and gratified to have my accomplishments recognized so publicly.
In fact, my buddy Willie (he’s one of the low-level supervisors) keeps referring to me as a hard worker, so much so I’m beginning to believe it myself. Daily I try to refute that, pretending to be asleep at my desk when he’s around, laughing maniacally at any suggestion that I’m a hard worker and otherwise making the eyes of management pop open in shock.
There’s a dress code (of course) and one day as I was walking in wearing my bicycle riding attire the Branch Manager saw my clothing and his jaw dropped. I casually told him my immediate supervisor at the time said it was okay. I’ve often wondered if she (the immediate supervisor) had to march off to the principle’s office for a stern talking-to. That would have been fun to watch!
Thanks supervisors! I like you too!So, finally, while waiting for the #20 bus, I screwed up the courage to ask the lovely woman Shaun, who works at the IGO coffee cart in front of the NBC affiliate studios on 3rd and Broadway, if I could take a photo of her and the IGO coffee cart. I spend a lot of time at this intersection, have enjoyed a donut or two (or three) and coffee and what the heck, and why not give her a plug!
Now, in a previous post, I referred to her coffee as over-priced. Maybe that was too hasty. Isn’t all coffee over-priced? Consider the price of Starbucks, and the IGO coffee cart is actually pretty good. Not to mention, IGO has all natural, organic coffee. I’ll recommend it to anyone and everyone who frequents downtown San Diego.
The only thing the Starbucks has over the IGO coffee cart is a restroom (two actually), which I had to use on Saturday. And well, Starbucks also sells some really nice coffee pots.
Which is troublesome since today, for the first time, I rode the Trusty Trek to the San Diego State University trolley station to take the trolley to the Fashion Valley trolley station where I could pick up the #20B bus for my ride to Mira Mesa. It is quicker actually, than taking the bus but I like hanging out on 3rd and Broadway waiting for the #20 bus. I’ll still do it on the weekdays so I can stop by Shaun and the IGO coffee cart, have a donut and coffee and otherwise ogle the passersby of the female gender.And what is everyone talking about these days on the trolleys and buses? Our first candidate from a major party who isn’t a white male. Barack Obama is the nominee for the Democratic Party and my guess is, he will win the election — unless Senator Hillary Clinton’s ominous cautionary remarks about being already vetted by the press bears fruit.
As you may recall, several times during her run against Senator Obama she made that remark, in reference to the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy digging up dirt during the general election to sink Obama’s campaign, or at least mire him in rebuttals to outrageous claims.I’ve often wondered what Senator Clinton knows that the rest of us don’t. If you’ve read the book or seen the movie, Primary Colors, part of the story line is the Clanton campaign finds out some nasty dirt on their main primary opponent but decide not to expose the man. He drops out.
The book (and movie) were written by Anonymous (journalist Joe Klein) and based on the first Bill Clinton campaign. So, it begs the question: what did the current Clinton dirt busters dig up on Senator Obama, if anything? We’ll find out soon enough. The anti Obama crowd is now making a BIG deal out of the Illinois senator’s middle name: Hussein, claiming Obama is the choice of terrorists. So, you know it will get dirtier and nastier as the months roll into November.
That’s it for the news, except for 38-1 long shot Da’ Tara winning the Belmont Stakes. Damn! Why didn’t I place a bet? And then there’s the guy in New York who went skydiving without a parachute. He’s dead. If I’ve said it once I’ve said it a million times: whenever you jump out of plane in flight, always do it with a parachute.•••• •••• •••• •••• •••• •••• •••• •••• •••• •••• ••••
An Update: As I found out later, the Employee of the Month was for May ... 31 days. Well, I’m just a whiner at heart.
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