Tuesday, May 25, 2010

You can't have a celebration without ice cream

Today was a day to celebrate. After all the tension at work yesterday, which got even thicker today, I've been rewarded for the hard work I've been doing. I've taken on more responsibilities at work (may be permanent may be temporary but either way I'm celebrating it). These extra responsibilities mean 10 extra hours a week which bumps me up to full-time. So not only will I be working more which means more money, but I am now eligible for medical coverage which means one less bill to pay. Such a  relief! Like I said it may be temporary, only because I've taken the responsibilities of someone else's job and I'm just not getting my hopes up that that will be permanent. If it becomes permanent I'll talk more about it.
The great thing about this comes when the co-worker I talked about yesterday continue to demean and disrespect me. Today she asked me out of the blue as she comes into my office to cut paper "Is this your first job out of college Allison?" I say "yes why?" and in her oh-so transparent and immature way she says "Just curious". My fellow office-mates were astonished and shocked that someone says something like that. And it's not just me it's to a lot of the others. The blatant disrespect and condescension that comes from her mouth will be shut off when my boss breaks to her that I have been entrusted with even more responsibility because I deserve it and have earned it. That's why I'm celebrating tonight. Because I've earned more responsibility and respect than she'll ever get in this office.
I decided I wanted to celebrate with some ice cream. So that's just what me and Brand did :)


I think Brand purposely did those crazy eyes haha.
So I'm excited to take on a new challenge and see how I can deal with doing two jobs. I think it'll be fun and stressful of course but fun too.
Wish me luck!

4 comments:

  1. Cute picture, you guys deserve the "extra responsibilities" haha. Oh and the ice cream too. Also way to deal with a difficult situation, that's completely unprofessional what she said.

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  2. thanks Rheanne :) Luckily her unprofessionalness(?) has gotten almost laughable that I don't let it even affect me anymore. Sometimes being the bigger person is annoying but I think it definitely pays off in the end...so I'll keep trying to do that.

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  3. despite the fact that this is your first job out of college, it sounds like you handled the situation with far more professionalism than your co-worker. years of experience don't matter when an employee has aptitude, good character, and a good attitude...like you!

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  4. thanks Erica! I'm trying to be professional..sometimes it's hard but it definitely is worth it!

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