This Is Getting Old

The boss just left, again, for a week or so, leaving me in-charge. The novelty wore off the last time I was left in charge and now the added weight and responsibility is becoming somewhat vexing. It probably would not be so bad if I were a heartless bastard and did not care what staff or anyone else thought of me but I am not, so this added responsibility is just stress I do not need.

So now as I try to get ready for my advisory board meeting and focus group I have to beware of what the other staff is doing and hopefully moving the office forward with the office’s many agendas. I mean really, I know my weak points and managing is one of them. I just hate telling people what to do. What’s really strange is how I already feel like I am being treated like a boss: people making wide paths round your office door, doors closing and whispers all through the office. I am getting management paranoia ( are you talking about me?). Two of the staff ( my staff?) are opening job searching and interviewing. I do not think it right for them to be doing this on company time but at the same time it would be better for all if they were to move on to place where they might be more happy. So by not preventing from these interviewing I am still supporting the office with it’’s mandate. Though, granted in a round about way. Is this one of those bank robbers can justify robbing banks” questions?

One of the many tasks I have to do before the last of this month is to develop a survey to send out to participants in our focus group. I am using Survey Monkey .

Survey Monkey(SM) is a very neat website which allows an organization/person to design and administrate surveys. They even give people too cheap to subscribe the ability to design a basic survey (up to 10 respondents). I got management to spring for a two-month membership. Two months will take care of our needs for this current project. SM does allows you to go month to month too if we need more time we can purchase more time. If you have survey needs I endorse Survey Monkey fully—can I do that?

Fall is kicking in full tilt now. Color is everywhere and the morning temps are cool enough to force me to wear a hat and a cloak of some sort. Most nights I make it homer on the train way before dark but on some night, like tonight—I may have the Russians—I drove my van up to the train station incase I get notified that I do have the meeting, which lasts till nine o-clock, I will not have to travel the back street home from the train station in darkness. I made a video of me traveling from my van to the mini-high block this morning. Since I do not know how to post videos on Blogspot I will have to refer you Youtube.com. I will try to make a link some how but I make you no promises.