Long shadow

The chosen method of training people where I work is to have them "shadow" current employees. Unfortunately, I have been the one being shadowed for the past couple weeks. It is wearing me out...

And, yes, I KNOW I am a difficult person. I also prefer to work alone, or with people who don't require much interaction from me. So having someone tag along and talk, talk, talk all day long is extremely tiring. I mean, it's not even that I don't like people! I can just only listen to someone and answer questions for so long!!

And like that isn't enough, Thursday - the day after Christmas - I will have TWO new hires shadowing me!!! What in the world am I supposed to do with two of them? We only have one chair for crying out loud! My boss is an idiot sometimes.

Of course this says nothing of my dislike for this training method in the first place. Not that it's a bad idea to have people shadow "regular" employees, but this is essentially ALL the training anyone gets where I work. The boss does none whatsoever. Personally, I don't feel it is my responsibility, or place, to be telling a co-worker what they are or are not supposed to do. And that's why so many people don't know what is expected of them, and therefore don't meet the unspoken expectations assumed.

But, you know, what do I know? If I knew anything, or were anybody around here, I guess I wouldn't be the one being shadowed...

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Anyway... today (Christmas Eve) I get to work all by myself. All day! We are only open from 5 am to 2 pm. The boss is on vacation all week, and there are no other people scheduled for today. I'm not real thrilled about being here 9 hours with no break, but it beats being shadowed.

I didn't actually have my first person check in until 6:09 am. So I was here almost 90 minutes before anyone showed up. There was literally like no one on the streets this morning. It's also really foggy - because it's unseasonably warm - so there was almost an eerie feel.

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Not sure how much I will get a chance to write over the next several days. So I suppose I should wish you, my loyal reader, a Merry Happy Holiday. As I tell people as they leave the Y... "Have a good one!"

Peace out; and in.