Greetings and welcome to today's random thought.
Well first a follow up. I was pleasantly surprised today when my Secret Santa struck again. This means that the pencil with the gingerbread man eraser was NOT my 3rd gift after all! I received a small gift bag containing 2 different kinds of gourmet coffee and some hot chocolate mix. This has restored my faith in the season again. I am not saying that this feeling will last, I am just saying that I am OK for now.
I actually got to work early this morning. I arrived at around 7:20 with high hopes of leaving at a decent hour. I also arrived HOME at 7:20 (PM). So much for that. Today was just insane. There was no end to the phone calls, meetings, instant messages and emails. All wanting a piece of my time or wanting me to offer a piece of one of my team member's time. Everything was an escalate / expedite (which means that nothing was). I did what I could but given the level of workload and stress lately, I fear I will need to put some of my team on suicide watch (myself included). At times today, death seemed like it might be a welcome relief.
Tomorrow AM I get to go to the United States Post Office and apply for a passport since I plan on going on a cruise ealry next year with the wife to celebrate our 10 year wedding anniversary. I am preparing myself for the worst. I already know that I will have to pay the insane fee for the expedite service. The "normal" service is like 6 weeks. I have no idea how much faster the expedite service is or how much time the extra $100 will save me in the process. It seems like a scam to me.
Maybe I need to adopt this method in my day job. Make the "normal" process so drawn out that everyone wants the expedite service. And then charge $100 for it as well. Hmmmm.
Thanks for reading my Random Thoughts.
Jon
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