Mixed up ideals

Whatever happenned to this world, is being polite considered hypocricy?!!!

Have we - as a people - reached the point of confusing honesty with rudeness and recklessness?!!!

Is a person two-faced cause he was too embarassed to refuse a favour but wasn't happy about doing it?!!!

Is a person honest and courageous for speaking proudly of his sins without resenting or quitting them??!!!!

Wake up people, or we're all going down the drain (Even further).

Corrosion

Corrosion can be defined as the disintegration of a material into its constituent atoms due to chemical reactions with its surroundings

Attendance

It has come to my attention that suddenly they've instructed the company's security to write our names down upon entering and leaving the company.

Now, to me, this is insulting, I do not need a security guy to monitor my movement, we're grown ups, task-oriented professionals, we shouldn't be held to time schedules, and sure as hell, I shouldn't be put under surveillance by some security guy.

They have time stamped ID's, we stamp on our way in and on our way out, this is sufficient.

Upon confronting the HR manager with this, he asked me the most stupid question ever.

"And what if you've given your ID to someone else to stamp for you?"

Now this is unheard of, if you don't trust us enough to finish our jobs and abide by the working hours, then just fire us, terminate our contracts, but this is insulting.

Honestly, have we reached the point where our employer distrusts us so much?

And for the record, I - complainer - happen to be the first one who shows up at the company premises, but I still find it insulting and degrading.

Swamped, cornered, choking

Looks like life is not about what I want anymore, it's again back to keeping everyone else happy.

I don't even have time of my own, everyone has to put in their sixpence on the apartment preparations for my upcoming marriage, how to handle things, what to do, what not to do.

I hate this, everyone wants to invite us or wants us to invite them.

I want to get this all over with and concentrate on more important things, like building a home, like building a life, but hell, no, everyone keeps swamping me with details, with phone calls, with early morning discussions while I'm having a leak.

Damn it people, I want no advice, no details, I hate details, I changed my job cause I hate details, I don't want to hear the words money of pound anymore, just release me.

I want my own time, my own life, I want to go home and speak of something other than carpenters, electricians, plumbers and masons.

Why can't everyone just leave me be?!!!!

I'm doing my part, compromising - yet again - to everyone, but I hate compromising to people's whims.

I don't mind standing up to my responsibilities, I don't mind urgency, I don't mind every possible nuisance, just walk all over me while you're at it.

I do mind indulging every person's priorities before my own, I do mind being held back to contemplate all the details, I do mind being cornered in a very tight schedule cause nobody wants to exert the effort of prioritising rationally.

Everyone, just fuck off!!!!!!

This is too much!!!!

It has been brought to my attention that someone has been drinking from my mug at work, none other than my new recruit.

Now, besides the fact that he has a cold, amongst other diseases, I don't drink in anyone's place, ba2raf.

Not to mention the fact that this mug was given to me as a gift, so it has a sentimental value.

When will people learn not to trespass on other people's property?!!!!

Hell, pay attention, FOCUS!!!!!

We come back today to episode 3 of the adventures of Slop and his apprentice Garada.

So, the guy worked yesterday on something I'd told him about, lo and behold, the Great Garada sends me the report without even bothering to check whether the totals match.

So, I have this, sales total = X, The breakdown of the sales by product = X+Y.

Can't he even match totals, has he finally taken leave of his senses??!!!!

Ok, back to finance 101 with you.

****Banging head on the desk ****

I'll be back after these messages.

Who's who?

Ok, so our CFO walked in on me about 10 minutes ago to ask me how the closing was going.

I know through my contacts that it's held due to technical issues with the system, but, it's not my job, I'm not involved with the monthly closing, accounting closes the period, I do the reporting and variance analysis.

Quite simple, why ask me, I already have too much on my hand, it's enough that I've got my normal work to go looking after other people's work.

This whole situation where all roles are mixed up is not comfortable at all, it hasn't yet been decided who I'm reporting to in the first place, neither is my title, job grade or whether I'm a department or I follow another department.

First settle these pendings then ask me to take over additional responsibilities, it's enough that I'm handling 4 countries unoffially

Interruptions

Why is it that people can't understand the word "I have work to do?"

Take today for example, my dad has trouble with his PC, I'm at work, obviously, I'm WORKING.

He calls me up, telling me that he has trouble, I tell him I can't help right now, and he decides to call some engineer to look at it, as obviously, he can't wait till I'm home tonight.

10 minutes later, he calls again to inform me that he called the guy, good news, I guess.

15 more minutes, "I wanna create a backup", ok, buy an external hard drive, he goes downstairs to buy a hard drive, then calls "What do I do with it?"

So, I gave him a crash course on copying and pasting.

Now, "It's taking too long to copy".

Oh, ffs, I'm trying to concentrate on my JOB, the one thats' paying my SALARY, what's so URGENT????????????????????????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Some words were choking me

Some random comments,

1. You don't have to be impolite to be outspoken.

2. You don't have to use cryptic words to be impressive.

3. You don't have to shock people to subdue them.

These are just random comments not directed at any particular person(s), just mental farting of yours truly, directed at people in general, as lately, I've noticed that the a/m are becoming more popular by the minute.

He just can't

Obviously our CFO can't live without making absurd requests at the 11th hour, he's not even in the country, but god bless e-mails, just as I was hoping for a streamlined calm week as well.

He wants us to report today, how so, when there is a global system problem with closing 2008, not all the balances have been moved yet, this is already HQ's problem, not our's, there's a whole freeze on reporting till IT resolve the issue.

But, hell no, report offline, so now I'm expected to go ask each and every single accountant what pending items he has, consolidate those, add them to whatever's on the system, and obtain a "rough estimate" of the results.

Hell, the figures will be gravely wrong, we all know that, but like a kid sneeking on his christmas gift, he's impatient to know the results.

I mean, Corporate IT created this mess, why should Egypt's reporting come with a manual walk-around, and what's the hurrryyyyyyy|!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Where to from here??!!!

This day is looking brighter by the moment.

I'm helpless to help my friends who have been fired from their jobs as a result of the recession.

I have no data whatsoever for this freaking direct cashflow, indirect I can handle, but direct means I have to dig deep, which - unfortunately - means I have to sit with the accountants so they'll give me their data.

I have no clue when I'm leaving work, which really pisses me off, it's like being tied up on a leash to the boss.

I'm tired of being cornered wherever I look.

Last but not least, I don't feel like working or going home. 

Piss me off

Nothing like an early morning coffee, with a nice smoke to entice the mind to wander off for a bit, today I was surfing through some blogs when I decided to write about stuff that pisses me off.

1. Meddling in people's affairs.

2. Passing judgement on people, when you obviously display the same symptoms of what you discriminate.

3. Total disregard of manners when it comes to conflicting views, it displays ill-breading, as well as an incurable childish nature.

4. How people believe they own you cause they employ you.

5. Focusing on details at the expense of the overall picture.

6. Trying to please everyone, I've paid too much of my mental stability trying to please everyone wherever I go, I simply can't carry on anymore, eventually I'll die out on everyone.

7. Selfishness, in whatever form gets to me, I simply can't understand how you can have peace of mind at someone else's expense.

I must admit of being guilty of some of the above, but I'm working on it.

This is too much

How come business owners believe they own their employees??!!!!

I mean, take today for example, "Shamel, we're changing some figures in the budget, so we'll be staying late"

I go, alter all my plans to be somewhere else tonight, cancel previous engagements.

Then at 8:30 P.M. "Shamel, let's make it tomorrow"

This is too much, how fucked up is hanging people on a wire, screwing up their day, just in case?!!!!

Jeeezzzz, it feels like I was bought in a slave market, next they'll ask me to cook or dance for them!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Just lovely

Sitting at Cilantro mohandesseen, I'm currently watching a scene that always annoyed me, a 25 year old guy exercising his charm on a 17 year old kid.

I see the look in both eyes, and it's like telepathy, the girl is fascinated, the guy had the hungry wolf look.

This is an accident waiting to happen, she stands no chance against this one.

Well, I know that you're all gonna say, she knows what she's doing, she's master of her own fate.

But, this is one of the few things I respect about foreign countries, anywhere that's not Egypt, this pedophile would be prosecuted by now.

Ah, the ironies of life, I sit here and watch what I used to do long ago and I resent it, who knows how many I hurt along the way before I was awakened and could no longer do that willingly.

I'm really tempted to walk over to them, the guy represents everything I've ever hated, ever resented and everything I've tried to break but failed.

The arrogance, hunger and gluttony in that look will haunt me for a while, and I'll always remember this look.

Budget 5th Run!!!!

Now, I'm really pissed, having to wait till the last moment before they review the budget, now they just want better results.

I mean, I raised the red flag last month, what more early warnings do they need to make up their minds on where they want it to go????

Ok, today I wait for the latest figures, ETA 11:30 PM, when my deadline was yesterday, I can't believe that for the first time, I had to send an apology to HQ telling them that management are still sceptic of the figures.

I hate to look bad with the talk of promotion lurking in the air.

Do your jobs, damn it!!!!!!