February 24, 2011

diary of a disgruntled employee

i work six days a week ... although thursday is a half day ... but this week there is no weekend because it's the launch of our new WMS ... that stands for warehouse management system ... which is really just a fancy word for computer software that deals with warehouse management ... it is the same one we had at my previous company ... anyway so it's kind of a big deal ... a huge deal really ... the group logistics manager is here from dubai ... as well as the group IT manager ... there's also this IT guy who is british ... i like him ... he's short and pudgy and bald but he has this british wit that i find endearing ... anyway i don't have to tell you everyone who is part of the project but my point is it's a big deal ... so anyway ... we are currently in the process of launching ... today was day 1 ... normally on thursdays we work half days like i said at the beginning ... but today was more than a full day ... it was twelve hours of non-stop work ... yesterday was also twelve hours ... and guess what ... we have to come in friday ... oh joy ... we're going to start at two and i think we're going to stay until midnight ... so there goes the weekend ... oh well ... it's for a good cause right ... not really ... oh and king abdullah is scheduled to come back on saturday ... he'd been on medical leave for quite some time ... anyway the government is going to get the day off on that day ... we won't ... but that's life ... anyway i'm truly exhausted ... this has been a long week ... and i can't wait for it to end ... oh right it did ... no weekend ... looking forward to another week of work ... not ...

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