The cuts continued at work today, although none really affected me. Thirty-five people in marketing at our corporate headquarters, located in another state, were let go. I also heard of a few people in my building. One sales rep was severed, which was a shock. Maybe her performance has slipped since I last worked with her, but I thought there were several others who would go before her.

I actually got some work done today, which is a difference from yesterday! Unfortunately, we were having crazy errors left and right and identified that the source was an upgrade from one of our vendors. This vendor has a history of blaming us whenever something goes wrong and that’s exactly what happened today. If I could bitch-slap the people who signed the contract with this vendor, I so would.

MM IM’d me that his website was up and … uggggggh … asked for my feedback. Holy fuck, y’all. It’s atrocious. Hideous. Words cannot explain how ugly this site is. I am going to suggest he start over with WP. I found a few themes for him. He really like the look of a black background with white text. UGGGGGH. So hard to read. I am going to tell him to think of the comments as coming from a marketing professional, not the girl he’s dating … and I am going to have to be tactful, damn it. Not a strong suit.

I got my nails did after work tonight and saw a new lady. She told me that she liked talking to me because I was funny. Apparently Miss Monique’s charm can cross a language barrier! She is 6 months pregnant. I can’t imagine having to work in a nail place while expecting … that can’t be good for the baby.

My blinds have been rattling whenever it’s windy out. Tonight, I was like, fuck it, and dragged a chair over to the window and was going to pull the blinds down … when I realized THERE WERE TWO INCHES OF OPEN SPACE AT THE TOP OF THE WINDOW! Holy fuck! It’s been like that since I moved in! I was able to push the window up and the blinds have been quiet since. I have already sent off an email to the leasing agent to let her know that whoever “checked” the apartment before I moved in did a really shitty job.

Tomorrow I’m having lunch with my friend Debby (at the Cracker Barrel, y’all!) then heading down to MM’s. It was going to be just the two of us; now there are going to be 4 other people there. He said they seem to be serious ghost hunters. They probably won’t appreciate my snarkiness then. Their loss!

∗ Posted by Monique on 04.11.2008
∗ Annoyances, Love life, My life, Work