Not the drama
Mar. 17th, 2006 03:57 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sailorzeoIn all "teh drama" about not being able to reach Ellen this week, I keep forgetting that some other things have happened this week.
My cat finally attempted to catch the ceiling fan. The way our entertainment center is arranged, the ends of the ceiling fan sweep over it. Usually, there's just enough clearance for a cat to walk under it, or we just don't have it running. Well, the other morning, it was running, and Dante must have stood just a little taller than usual, because the tip of the blade just clipped his ear. Startled the living daylights out of him. He figured out what did it pretty quick, then sat there for a moment, watching it spin, then we see the paw dart up as he tried to catch the blades. Of course, he stopped being cute as soon as Matt went for the camera. :-P Cat is unharmed, by the way. No damage to ear or paw from the encounters with the fan.
Alan, the production supervisor at work, has moved to the Apex store, where he'll be the PDS supervisor. This means that at our store now, there are Ben, Rob, Keith, Tim, and me. When I started, there were four more associates. Cameron, Art, Christine and Jason have all left. At least Christine and Art put in notices. Cameron and Jason just stopped showing up.
But anyway, this could mean that Alan's position, a full-time position, might be opening up. I've only been at OMax for about five months, but I have four years of copy center experience, including pretty much being a lead at Staples for three of those four years (most of the work, none of the pay or the title). So, I am sort of qualified for the position. I'm just not sure I'm ready, mentally for it. If they post it, I'll apply, but I'm fully not expecting to get it. Rob has seniority at OMax. Not sure if they take that into account or not.
The other reason I'm not expecting to get it, is my brain is wired more for operations than for sales. That's one of the things that killed me the last time I interviewed for the lead position at Staples. Kris wanted sales-related answers. Push sales, push sales, push sales. My answers were all operations-related. Train employees! Make sure the associates KNOW THEIR JOBS. That's one of my pet peeves. Management is all about sales, most of the time, but if they employees don't know HOW to sell or WHAT we sell, then how can they be expected to sell, sell, sell?
I'm all about training the right people for the right jobs, teamwork, and customer service. Someone with a diva attitude would not last in my department, if I ran a department. I've had to work with a lot of divas, and none of them care to learn what they're supposed to do. They're all about getting someone else to do their work for them. Flirt, flutter the eyelashes, "Oh poor me, I'm afraid of the cutter, would someone cut these for me?" Smack. No divas. Do your job, or we'll put you on register. By the door. With the cold breezes everytime someone comes in. Heh heh heh, the POWER!!
Or not.
And I found cute flannel material with wolves on it at WalMart for $2 a yard, so I'm going to make pajama pants for Matt, to go with his wolfie shirt, and his wolfie blanket, and the two wolfie pillows his mom made him.... Prewashing fabric now; if I can find the pattern, he'll have new pajama pants when he gets home from work in the morning. :)
My cat finally attempted to catch the ceiling fan. The way our entertainment center is arranged, the ends of the ceiling fan sweep over it. Usually, there's just enough clearance for a cat to walk under it, or we just don't have it running. Well, the other morning, it was running, and Dante must have stood just a little taller than usual, because the tip of the blade just clipped his ear. Startled the living daylights out of him. He figured out what did it pretty quick, then sat there for a moment, watching it spin, then we see the paw dart up as he tried to catch the blades. Of course, he stopped being cute as soon as Matt went for the camera. :-P Cat is unharmed, by the way. No damage to ear or paw from the encounters with the fan.
Alan, the production supervisor at work, has moved to the Apex store, where he'll be the PDS supervisor. This means that at our store now, there are Ben, Rob, Keith, Tim, and me. When I started, there were four more associates. Cameron, Art, Christine and Jason have all left. At least Christine and Art put in notices. Cameron and Jason just stopped showing up.
But anyway, this could mean that Alan's position, a full-time position, might be opening up. I've only been at OMax for about five months, but I have four years of copy center experience, including pretty much being a lead at Staples for three of those four years (most of the work, none of the pay or the title). So, I am sort of qualified for the position. I'm just not sure I'm ready, mentally for it. If they post it, I'll apply, but I'm fully not expecting to get it. Rob has seniority at OMax. Not sure if they take that into account or not.
The other reason I'm not expecting to get it, is my brain is wired more for operations than for sales. That's one of the things that killed me the last time I interviewed for the lead position at Staples. Kris wanted sales-related answers. Push sales, push sales, push sales. My answers were all operations-related. Train employees! Make sure the associates KNOW THEIR JOBS. That's one of my pet peeves. Management is all about sales, most of the time, but if they employees don't know HOW to sell or WHAT we sell, then how can they be expected to sell, sell, sell?
I'm all about training the right people for the right jobs, teamwork, and customer service. Someone with a diva attitude would not last in my department, if I ran a department. I've had to work with a lot of divas, and none of them care to learn what they're supposed to do. They're all about getting someone else to do their work for them. Flirt, flutter the eyelashes, "Oh poor me, I'm afraid of the cutter, would someone cut these for me?" Smack. No divas. Do your job, or we'll put you on register. By the door. With the cold breezes everytime someone comes in. Heh heh heh, the POWER!!
Or not.
And I found cute flannel material with wolves on it at WalMart for $2 a yard, so I'm going to make pajama pants for Matt, to go with his wolfie shirt, and his wolfie blanket, and the two wolfie pillows his mom made him.... Prewashing fabric now; if I can find the pattern, he'll have new pajama pants when he gets home from work in the morning. :)
