Salary

     So at my work I am a salary employee.  Meaning it doesn't matter if I work 8 hours of overtime, or get off an hour early on Friday I will still get the same pay twice a month when I get my check.  Now this actually isn't half bad because you can have certain things like a) long lunches and b) early weekends.  Here is what gets me though about being a salary employee.  So if we are completely swamped with work they expect us to be available to stay late or come in early in order to catch up.  I've done it my fair share of times, honestly it hasn't been that many times so when it happens I don't complain (very much).  Anyway Friday rolls around and after lunch our work load is soooo slow.  So since we are on "salary" why not let us go home since we don't have much work and people will be there to work Saturday.  But noooooo of course not.  Our manager was nice enough to let the employees leave half an hour early.  I guess that's ok...  But c'mon at least give us an hour next time.  

    If we are slow working we don't have much to pass the time either.  Now that they've practically blocked the entire internet we can't even log on to check out the latest celebrity news.  I mean lets put it this way we were so bored that when I walked into my friends cube she was looking at her calculator laughing to herself.  She shows me the calculator and while laughing says "It says boobs."  I was cracking up thinking of the things we have to do to entertain ourselves.  I guess that's just the office life.  It's the little things that amuse you.  

   I just started watching The Office today.  I'm diving into the first season and let me tell you I am constantly laughing throughout this show.  It is so effing hilarious and the best part is that Steve Carrell's weirdness totally reminds me of our manager,  he is such a strange man I don't know what to think about him.  But we've pretty much adapted to his strangeness and it's almost become the norm to all of us.  

I'm on vacay all week next week, LET THE COUNTDOWN BEGIN!