Its all change yet again for young Nancy. I wonder if my job now bears any relation to the original job description I was given when I went permy here? I doubt it very much as back then one of my key responsibilities was the database and look how often I check that nowadays (500 unread emails and counting…) and the other was filing.
Pulled into another meeting by Gunner who was being very evasive about what it was for and why they needed me. This would normally mean that he has a) inadvertently volunteered me for something or b) needs some back up on something. In this case it was answer ‘a’ although I’m not sure about it being an accident this time round… Seems that I am to be the chief helper and teacher of requisitions across this and the Dublin office in order to try and reduce the number of queries and shouting we get from the numpties who can’t do / won’t do. It’s a temporary thing, spanning 3 to 4 months or so they think but I guess that depends if the numpties want to play ball.
So I get to deal with all the old farts who didn’t want the Crapbags training because they fear change and would rather spend an hour standing there bitching and moaning about the system rather than ten minutes actually doing the requisition and therefore ending all their reason to moan. Gunner has angled it as me being a Florence Nightingale of the department and that people will be ‘pleased’ to see me, well that remains to be seen.
I also have a shadow following me about in the form of a 24 year old temp who seems to mainly have journalism and TV experience. Should be interesting. I’ve checked and she’s not Australian and isn’t obsessed with snow or ball gowns so that’s a start. The idea being this shadow will eventually take on this Florence role full time and let me get back to my old job.
Nothing has been mentioned about what will happen to my current workload seeing as this is going to take up roughly 50% of my time, I’m sure they’ll expect me just to carry on regardless but they might be slightly disappointed on that front. Ah well at least it will be some slightly different shat to deal with and it’ll mix things up a bit for me. Might even get to see more of this office and meet some shiny new people. Or crumbly old people who are new to me. Probably more of the latter.
I think this pushes me up to Super User status. I hope I get a cape and a utility belt. The belt could come in handy when I’m having to sedate the old men who are bursting a vein through their right temple ranting about crapbags. Perhaps a fazer gun or some mace? I could give them the option…
Requisition or mace? It’s your choice Granddad.
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