Well, my job for the company SOAR is going pretty well. Ive been working here for almost two months and have yet to start my session. The first two weeks was training in NC; it blew. The same old shit you hear every time you work at a new campblah, blah, blah. About 1/5 of the stuff was new and it was all paperwork and participant specific info. And even that when they went over it was a joke.
Then I had two weeks of NOTHING to do. I sat in the office one day reading and doing some research on the net and then that day we all got a memo about how the office is for Course Directors only. Well, Im field staffso I felt it was pretty much directed toward meor at least caused by me.
So from then on I pretty much tried to stay out of sight. Fuck it! I try to stick around and make myself available for people so they can give me stuff to do. I hate busy work. Work that doesnt really need done but since they have nothing else for me to do they might as well ask me to do it type shit.
One day I drove to this town Ashville to pick up a van and then drove it back to base. I got back then immediately was sent back out to this town Waynesville, which is on the way back from Ashville to pick something else up. Then on that return I was again sent to Waynesville to get something else. Like all this shit could have been done in one trip but it took three to four trips to go to the same place that many times. If they would have just taken 5 minutes to think of all the things they needed me to do it would have been done in like 2 hours, instead it took like 8. Stupid bitches.
I also tried to stay out of sight sometimes cuz I felt bad for everyone that was actually already working. Id ask how their day went and it was full of sighs and groans and then they would ask what I did. Hmmm?...today I slept in till 10 oclock and then laid in bed, read my book, got up to eat lunch then sat around and read my book some more. Yeah so I felt kinda bad sometimes.
I actually made some work for myself to do. I reconstructed some steps outside this cabin I was staying in.shit it needed it and it was nice that when people asked if I was busy I could say yes. Not a person knew what I was doing, really.
This company sucks. What they are trying to do for kids and all is nice but they blow as a business. They take no care of their staff and such. How do they expect to get return staff from year to year when they dick people around all the time?
OK, ENOUGH BITCHING! I havent really even gotten started but you need not know my pain.
Well, these past two weeks as pretty much rocked. Ive spent them in California on staff training. We are pretty much scouting out where we are taking the kids and the activities we are doing with them. Working out logistical questions and such. So, Ive spent a couple days in Ventura learning to surf. Really fucked up my shoulder the second day, so that blows! And kickerits been like two weeks and still fucking hurts.fuck, fuck, fuck. Self medicate myself, HA!
Spent a day rock climbing, couple others dicking around. Then we spent five days on the Channel Islands scoping out the area. Sea kayaking, exploring sea caves, snorkeling, and hiking. Came back and spent a few days near Big Sur in Cambria. Went deep sea fishingnever done this before. Was pretty fun. Caught shit loads if fish. More hiking and scoped out some horseback riding and mountain biking sites.
The people Im working with really rock so this makes it soooo much more enjoyable. We have about five days off; two more days till before we actually start working with kids. And of course there is stuff we need to do on our days off to get ready for the kids. I hate it when they say you have days off but you still need to do stuff for work. Thats not a day off. Thats a free day of work. Bitches!
We spent the other day in Tijuana and bought a bunch of pills so weve spent the past few days really relaxing. Now its time to get our heads back in the game. PooP!
Pretty much my summer job is just about to startIts been spoiling me big time. This shit is my Internship, HA. God Im so far behind. This it the like the sixth weekabout half way through and I havent done JACK SHIT. Ok maybe jack but not Shit. This is gonna suck. Whats going to happen is Im going to spend one of my stretches of days off sitting at a table in a library writing all these papers. My advisor hasnt emailed me asking me were all this shit is but what the fuck does he care I guess.
So, Im doing well. For now. When the kids get here will be the true test.
Then I had two weeks of NOTHING to do. I sat in the office one day reading and doing some research on the net and then that day we all got a memo about how the office is for Course Directors only. Well, Im field staffso I felt it was pretty much directed toward meor at least caused by me.
So from then on I pretty much tried to stay out of sight. Fuck it! I try to stick around and make myself available for people so they can give me stuff to do. I hate busy work. Work that doesnt really need done but since they have nothing else for me to do they might as well ask me to do it type shit.
One day I drove to this town Ashville to pick up a van and then drove it back to base. I got back then immediately was sent back out to this town Waynesville, which is on the way back from Ashville to pick something else up. Then on that return I was again sent to Waynesville to get something else. Like all this shit could have been done in one trip but it took three to four trips to go to the same place that many times. If they would have just taken 5 minutes to think of all the things they needed me to do it would have been done in like 2 hours, instead it took like 8. Stupid bitches.
I also tried to stay out of sight sometimes cuz I felt bad for everyone that was actually already working. Id ask how their day went and it was full of sighs and groans and then they would ask what I did. Hmmm?...today I slept in till 10 oclock and then laid in bed, read my book, got up to eat lunch then sat around and read my book some more. Yeah so I felt kinda bad sometimes.
I actually made some work for myself to do. I reconstructed some steps outside this cabin I was staying in.shit it needed it and it was nice that when people asked if I was busy I could say yes. Not a person knew what I was doing, really.
This company sucks. What they are trying to do for kids and all is nice but they blow as a business. They take no care of their staff and such. How do they expect to get return staff from year to year when they dick people around all the time?
OK, ENOUGH BITCHING! I havent really even gotten started but you need not know my pain.
Well, these past two weeks as pretty much rocked. Ive spent them in California on staff training. We are pretty much scouting out where we are taking the kids and the activities we are doing with them. Working out logistical questions and such. So, Ive spent a couple days in Ventura learning to surf. Really fucked up my shoulder the second day, so that blows! And kickerits been like two weeks and still fucking hurts.fuck, fuck, fuck. Self medicate myself, HA!
Spent a day rock climbing, couple others dicking around. Then we spent five days on the Channel Islands scoping out the area. Sea kayaking, exploring sea caves, snorkeling, and hiking. Came back and spent a few days near Big Sur in Cambria. Went deep sea fishingnever done this before. Was pretty fun. Caught shit loads if fish. More hiking and scoped out some horseback riding and mountain biking sites.
The people Im working with really rock so this makes it soooo much more enjoyable. We have about five days off; two more days till before we actually start working with kids. And of course there is stuff we need to do on our days off to get ready for the kids. I hate it when they say you have days off but you still need to do stuff for work. Thats not a day off. Thats a free day of work. Bitches!
We spent the other day in Tijuana and bought a bunch of pills so weve spent the past few days really relaxing. Now its time to get our heads back in the game. PooP!
Pretty much my summer job is just about to startIts been spoiling me big time. This shit is my Internship, HA. God Im so far behind. This it the like the sixth weekabout half way through and I havent done JACK SHIT. Ok maybe jack but not Shit. This is gonna suck. Whats going to happen is Im going to spend one of my stretches of days off sitting at a table in a library writing all these papers. My advisor hasnt emailed me asking me were all this shit is but what the fuck does he care I guess.
So, Im doing well. For now. When the kids get here will be the true test.