All Day Training Sessions
If you suspected that something must be wrong since I'm blogging two days in a row...you'd be right. Now don't worry, it's nothing serious. I just have some steam that I need to blow off before my head pops off...and I decided that it would be best to vent to the general public as opposed to talking one person's ear off. So here I am.
Do you know what I have been doing all day? I've been in training. And not just any training, but a mandatory sexual harassment and preventing work place violence and discrimination training combined with a supervisory skills training. Fun stuff. Yeah, it was one of those training sessions. This may not seem like a big deal to most of you...but I work a compressed work week, which means that I normally work nine hours a day. Well how long was I in training today? Freakin' nine hours!! Nine hours...can you believe that? It's crazy. Being stuck in a stuffy room with limited breaks and having to absorb non-stop, common sense, material for more than a few hours...is just asking too much. I'm sorry, but it was pure torture today.
For all you argumentative people out there, yes, I admit that I got paid to attend the training sessions today...but you know what? Sometimes it's just not worth it. I think it got so bad at one point that I seriously considered shoving a pen in my eye and shaking it around just to keep myself awake. Seriously, it was just that bad. Even having now since escaped the building, I can't truly express how much I'm dreading returning tomorrow...if for any reason than to avoid the mounds of work piled on my desk from having been away for more than a few hours.
But in all seriousness, the point of all day training sessions or meetings is beyond me. Oh, and on a similar note, why do people insist on having meetings about meetings about meetings? Stupid. Today during one of my few precious breaks from this dreadful training, I was approached and informed about a meeting being scheduled for tomorrow in preparation for an upcoming pre-meeting next week to prepare for the actual meeting in two weeks...!!! Arg! Can you believe that? Yeah, me either.
*sigh* OK I think I'm starting to feel a little better.
Do you know what I have been doing all day? I've been in training. And not just any training, but a mandatory sexual harassment and preventing work place violence and discrimination training combined with a supervisory skills training. Fun stuff. Yeah, it was one of those training sessions. This may not seem like a big deal to most of you...but I work a compressed work week, which means that I normally work nine hours a day. Well how long was I in training today? Freakin' nine hours!! Nine hours...can you believe that? It's crazy. Being stuck in a stuffy room with limited breaks and having to absorb non-stop, common sense, material for more than a few hours...is just asking too much. I'm sorry, but it was pure torture today.
For all you argumentative people out there, yes, I admit that I got paid to attend the training sessions today...but you know what? Sometimes it's just not worth it. I think it got so bad at one point that I seriously considered shoving a pen in my eye and shaking it around just to keep myself awake. Seriously, it was just that bad. Even having now since escaped the building, I can't truly express how much I'm dreading returning tomorrow...if for any reason than to avoid the mounds of work piled on my desk from having been away for more than a few hours.
But in all seriousness, the point of all day training sessions or meetings is beyond me. Oh, and on a similar note, why do people insist on having meetings about meetings about meetings? Stupid. Today during one of my few precious breaks from this dreadful training, I was approached and informed about a meeting being scheduled for tomorrow in preparation for an upcoming pre-meeting next week to prepare for the actual meeting in two weeks...!!! Arg! Can you believe that? Yeah, me either.
*sigh* OK I think I'm starting to feel a little better.
Posted by kristina
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