I give 110%

We are implementing a new content management system for our site and are going to customize it to our needs. This is an excerpt from an email I just received about training on the product:
check out the description for the course and make a recommendation as to whether or not they believe the course would be beneficial. If so, then we’ll certainly fund the course. Just let me know what you think. There is one catch: When I checked out training options initially yesterday, there were two courses available - one if CA and one in Sophia-Antiplois, France. The CA course appears to have been removed and now all courses appear to be executed out of Europe. I don’t think we can fund European travel unless it’s done on a shoestring budget (and I’d bet the class would be of significantly less value if taught with a thick French accent). Let’s monitor to determine if there was a sitewide content update error on the site (which would be a bit humorous given their product focus, no?) - or if they no longer offer Americas-based training.

well, let me just tell you that I am 110% committed to my job and if that means I have to go for training in France, well so be it! Anything to ensure the success of this project which is so vital for our business lines. Excuse me, I must go shop for a beret.

Move On

well, we actually moved - the movers did the deed in the middle of the night, while there was no risk of picketing. Crafty. We have moved to a building that operates on a different phone system, so we had to get new phone numbers… but I’m loving this because most people don’t know our new numbers, so I’m not getting many calls. Do you know how much work you can get done without phone interuptions? wo-ho.

Move Cancelled

Holy Moly. My office move has been canceled because of the janitors strike we are having here in Boston. What does a janitors strike have to do with my move you may ask.. think union, my friends. The Teamsters won’t cross picket lines, even if it isn’t really their strike. So our movers have cancelled our move. They are afraid that we would get half way through the move and picket-ers would hold the trucks hostage. Yikes. The movers heard that the janitors are bringing in reinforcement picketers from NY and NJ to demonstrate (I guess) over the weekend. It’s a little chaotic here as we are all packed, our network is supossed to go down soon and no one knows when we will be able to move..

Movin’ on Up?

Tomorrow my dept. moving to a new office location. Wo-friggin-ho. I’ve been saying I want to escape from my beige cube.. well, I am! To a greenish cube.. but it is larger, with taller walls and I’m getting a 21 inch monitor. Just in time because currently, my office smells like a stink bomb went off in it. I’m trying really hard to breathe through my mouth. I mean it smells bad! On occasion, our bathroom can smell pretty nasty because there doesn’t seem to be ventilation of any kind, but right now the office smells like like they turned on the ventilation and are pumping the bathroom air out onto the floor. ack! I think OSHA needs to be alerted.