Been a while since I've written. Not as long as I thought, perhaps, but...

We've got folks at work bitching about other folks at work. No big surprise, I guess, and I can see their points. Surprised I haven't shown up in their blogs yet. Such is life.

I know I went back to tech support because - well, it's a job, and something I know, and (somewhat) pays better than Wallyworld (who never seems to be hiring anyway.) And yes, I prefer this to that. I just wish I could do something creative - besides find tactful ways to tell customers "You know what? You're a f'ing idiot."

So what would my ideal job be? I don't know. Something where I didn't have to answer a damn phone and listen to people neep away - "I know you can't support me, but I think you suck because you won't help me, what do you mean you don't know my printer you've never heard from before, make it work, waah."

I want to be a researcher. Not a medical researcher - bodily fluids are ick.

Oh, gawd, the older She Who Should Not Be In Tech Support just got a call. Clueless...

What's annoying is that I drive an hour to get here. Weather's totally different from Salem to Portland half the time. Yeah, I've been late - usually not by much - but that *that* would cost me (answerer of Mac questions, temporary mentor when folks have to step away even though I'm not getting paid for it, etc.) my job. We're not talking "Skips friday, comes in an hour late on a regular basis." We're talking "Getting up at 3 AM to try to make it and if *anything* happens to slow me down, I'm screwed." Supervisor's suggestion... "Leave earlier."

OK, fuck it, I'll just stay awake from midnight Monday to 3 PM or so Friday, when I get home from work... given that half the day I do email (ooh, 20 messages today!) I could go and friggin' telecommute in the AM... but nooooo...

Speaking of not getting paid, where's our fucking raise? 90 days, man... and while I hate saying things that sound like I'm "indispensable," I've *corrected* the Mac training, done a hell of a lot around here - I am, like I mentioned, the Mac guy around here - have more tech knowledge than half the f'ing team... I should be getting paid a *lot* more. If nothing else, it'd make the hour commute each way a bit more worth while. And make me not have to spend around $100 per check (2 weeks) on gas. Not like I can take a bus...