I work in an old decrepit armpit of a 50s style government building. It leaks, the pipes are rusted and are known to burst from time to time sending rivers of water down the halls and turning some poor comrade's office into a lake. For at least 10 years now, it's been scheduled for demolition 'next year'. We had a new building a couple of years ago that was stolen away just as our cubicles were being offloaded because the dimwits in the Pentagon thought some DC folks wanted to move to King Gorgeous Virginia. Puhlease! We've been forced to move some people to a temporary new home because of mold in their wing. And yet, somebody recently decided to refurbish two of the bathrooms. Did they replace the 40 year old toilets that leak? Did they add some (any!) sort of ventilation? No! They painted it. Blue and yellow like the local high school colors. It's like I'm back in PE. It's an effing pep rally in there. That, my friends, is polishing the turd, almost too literally.
OK, so the poll results are in and it's a tie! I asked Dick Cheney to break the tie and he told me to eff off. So I am going to break it and I chose: Scotland! Now for the hard part, saving pennies. Thank you for voting.
Notes from a dirty rotten spud
4 comments:
I remember those buildings. I worked down there for two years as a tech editor for CACI until I almost wanted to blow my brains out from the soul-sucking boredom and back problems I developed from sitting for 9 hours each day. Good times. Teaching is difficult, but a thousand times more creative and interesting than watching commas and periods dance across tech manuals. Ugh.
Have fun polishing...maybe you should look into something more creative, like watch repair.
There really is a soul-sucking monster who lives in Dahlgren, I am convinced of it. And it must eat brains too. Congratulations on getting out.
No, good luck to you. It's a very unhealthy environment. I'm sure there is another place offering the same job description (or something similar), but with a healthier atmosphere. Or maybe you're ready to jump into something entirely new?
I am ready for anything other than more of the same ;)
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