I have to say, what a conincidence
just this week i had an arguement of sorts with my boss. i had told him
quite a while back that i was planning a trip to Rome. seemingly he forgot
to take a record of this.
he was speaking with Christiana the other day. she's heading to Spain for
three weeks over teh christmas/new year period, and he said to her "it's ok,
Garret has no college during that time, so he can work your hours".
it didnt even click with me until i went home. i told all this to a man i
work with and he told me to remind the boss and ensure that he writes it
down.
well, i swear, when you actually want to speak to teh man he is impossible
to find. it took me two hours to find him, and tehn it was only because i
saw an old woman falling down teh stairs (this was a really frighteneing
experience. i dont often panic, but i just didnt know what to do....she was
unconcious and crying).
eventually, i got the chance to say it to him, and he was *not* pleased.
who's goign to work your hours while you stroll around ROme?? and make sure
you send us a postcard!! among other things!
as usual i just took it, and did my quiet little thing.
but afterwards, as i thought about it, i realized that this reaction of his
really aggravated me (is that the right word Catherine:-).
well, the next day he had a few mroe comments to make. it really takes a
lot ot annoy me, if i do say so myself, but once i cross that line i have to
get it out. now, iwasnt screaming and shouting; i was, as ever, calm and
reserved.
so i told him that i'm young and have every right to have fun. i told him
that at 19 (yes, i still have one more day of teenage-ism) i don't have any
huge amount of responsibility. i informed him that i wasn't working for him
out of some misplaced sense of loyalty or sense of pride in his hotel.
while i do have these feelings as regards teh job, they don't dictate my
life.
at nineteen eyars of age i have just teh right amounts of immaturity,
irresponsibility, and pretentiousness to feell this way. i'll go to Rome
(ok, so at this point it's Amsterdam) and i'll come back and i wont regret
it. i told my boss that if has a problem with me or my attitude i could
easily get a job elsewhere. a job, particularly a
part-time-putting-me-through-college type of job, is about getting paid.
i've worked in that hotel for almost three years and it has taken me a long
time to realize this.
i'm not usually that brave! and i didnt really fear saying the wrong thing.
i dont know why, i suppose being young gives you the right to make mistakes.
perhaps this is just a self fulfilling prophecy or something like that.
GARRET
NP, Joni, Same Situation
----- Original Message -----
From: Catherine McKay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> --- catman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > I wouldn't be young again for anything. It is
> > overated.
>
> Speak for yourself (and you surely did!) I would! and
> I wouldn't make the same mistakes (yeah, right.)
