Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Coming down from a caffeinated high

I've always loved caffeine more than life itself, but today was extreme - three Coke Zero's and two cups of coffee... before 8AM.  I continued the caffeine transfusion until the middle of the afternoon.

While the buzz is addicting I also know that I can't write coherent blog posts in this state.  Therefore, with no pretense of being coherent:

  • I had a new training session this morning (the excuse for the huge caffeine intake prior to 8AM).  Unexpectedly, a guy from HR came to monitor.  This session is one that I didn't write.  It's material I don't really care for (another reason for the large amount of caffeine) and THIS is the one I get a surprise evaluation?  He sat in the back with a dour expression and at the first break asked, "So why don't you use PowerPoint?"  I explained my reasons and he seemed neither impressed nor dissatisfied... and I never saw him again.
  • Perhaps because Mr. HR guy was there one of the participants felt the need to say this is not a good place to work and he has no intention of being here in a year.  A couple of others chimed in with similar comments.  I don't have a good poker face so I'm sure I gave the look of WTF?  But I am completely comfortable in front of a group... and these are all people I've seen at least three times before... so I was able to keep things going while thinking, "What in the hell is going on?" 
  • The program Ann teaches in (and most of my friends) was informed that they will be around for at least another year. Yippee! 
  • Volunteers anonymous:  When I fail at something - which is how I feel about my internship experience this semester - I overcompensate by trying to prove my worth elsewhere... like guys with a small penis buying gigantic 4x4's.  For the past two months I have volunteered for everything at work.  Small task, big task, paying task, non-paying task.  I even sent my boss an e-mail saying I'd take on an extra class for no pay. Today my boss sent an e-mail asking if anyone would like to work with the college of medicine to create a management-like course.  I replied, "If there are no other takers, I will."  The second after I hit send I thought, "What did I just do???"  Less than a minute later my boss e-mailed all parties with my name.  No backing out now.  I hope this works out for the best, but really?  Right now I don't need something else on my plate.
  • Imagine you are giving a presentation and one of your teammates clicks on a video you plan to present.  Unfortunately, he clicks on the wrong video and the audience sees a guy having sex with barnyard animals. That's not exactly what happened to a friend today, but it's close.  While I'm normally good at counseling I was struggling with what to say on this one.
Hmm.  After writing that last segment all I can think of is a guy from college who liked bestiality porn or videos that had 500+ pound women.  I'm getting the shakes and I'm not sure if it is caffeine or the memories.

1 comment:

  1. That's why everyone who presents needs two laptops...one for work, one for pleasure. And NEVER shall the two be used for the other!!!!!

    Trav

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