When I remember Marcy Playground's song 'Sex and Candy' it reminds me of how cool I thought it was to go to fraternity parties in college, as long as you don't look too closely at the Disco Lemonade! I miss alcohol. It will be so nice to have a glass of wine after the baby's born.
I have been pretty busy the past week and half. I really wanted to put up a new post last Friday and then the night got away from me; not because I felt that people were clamouring to read it, especially after the reaction I got from the last one, but because I just like doing this.
I started parking in the maternity spot at work. I kept getting lectures from people saying that I could slip and fall in the parking lot and I should get the pass that allows me to park there (mind you, I could slip and fall in the building, but whatever). What I found out shortly thereafter was that there's a dozen pregnant women at my job right now all competing for the 2 maternity spots! I work in a pretty large building, lots of people come and go, you can't expect that 2 maternity spots would be sufficient. I look at them as a nice gesture, but really, I could use the exercise because I don't need to get to work any earlier just to get one of those spots.
It's starting to get uncomfortable to sit all day at a desk and since it wouldn't look good for me to go roaming around the building all the time, I decided to try working standing up and set up a make-shift platform to raise my laptop off the desk. It worked ok, til I realized that I then needed something for my mouse. I just can't work on the tiny mouse pad on laptops. I'm in the process of stacking all the books in my cube to get to the proper height for my arm. Needless to say, it looks pretty ghetto, which is probably why the dept. assistant sent over someone from facilities to look at my desk and scrutinize what I was doing. I guess I will find out soon enough if there's an issue with my set up. There are lots of companies that have work stations designed to adjust higher or lower so you don't have to sit all day. I wish I worked at those places! I saw someone sitting on one of those exercise-ball chairs and asked where she ordered it from. I was told that the company doesn't provide that sort of thing and that she bought it on her own. That's fine I guess, but if my company is trying to promote health and wellness (which it is) you would think it would be more open to something like that. But, promoting the topic costs them nothing and saves them millions in health benefits. Do you ever feel like you went into the wrong line of work?
Oh I do! I am not much of a person that can sit at a desk for long periods of time. I get antsy and my attention span is very short. =) For me a job is job, not much of omg this is my career and I love it! Although sometimes it would be nice to be like I love my job...maybe one day..
ReplyDeleteI think it’s great you are trying to create a comfortable work environment for you, I mean what's it to them, as long as your work is getting done who cares..right?
Looking forward to more posts!
I've heard that some companies are setting offices up so that you can be on an elyptical (sp?) machine or treadmill while working. Although this sounds awesome to me I don't know that I could physical do work while moving.... I guess maybe if you're on the phone all day it would work.
ReplyDeleteI'm lucky, I love my job/career whatever you want to call it even when I'm hating it... it's because I do love it. BUT thankfully my job allows me to move all of the time or sit or stand.... Which is great because I'm soooo antsy. I say go for the exercise ball. That sounds fun and like a prego workout at your desk. A little warning, I bought one once and just could never get it blown up to maximum capacity. I know that sounds weird but it's true.
Oh and seriously maternity parking spaces???? I love it! I have never heard of such a thing. My company would NEVER do that. Is it awful that I think it's kind of ridiculous?
PS~ Glad you're back! Screw the haters :)
@Monika - I don't think they should care either, but you never know. Image is important here.
ReplyDelete@Anonymous - Where I live, a lot of places have maternity spaces. Grocery stores are really into it around here. I find that most people don't care and treat them like regular spots. It is a bit ridiculous, I agree, but a good marketing ploy, especially at retail places.