VACATION!

That's right, this week I don't have to go to work! I'm not doing anything interesting like going somewhere, simply because we don't have the money. But that's OK. Any time away from work is good. Let me explain why:
1. The job. My title is "Quality Engineer". This really translates to "scapegoat", or "whipping boy". I'm the guy the customer calls when they have a complaint, so I represent the bad side of the supplier when they deal with us. I'm also the guy who has to lead the unwilling rabble of co-workers (cow-orkers, for the Dilbert literate) known as the 'team' into fixing the problem that resulted in the complaint. In addition to external bitching, I also have to deal with all the internal crap, which leads us to...
2. ...whining production people complaining about being asked to do some actual work. "Why should I have to walk 3 whole feet to pick up that gauge? I won't do it!" We actually had someone assigned to sort some parts for defects. And he did, and put both the good and bad parts in the same box because he hadn't been told to separate them! Well, I didn't tell you to breathe either, so I guess you should stop, numbnuts! And the boneheaded hourly dolts are lead by...
3. ...the supervisors who I wouldn't trust to have their legs bend the right way. Their philosophy is 'I'll do what I want and claim that's what I was told to do.' Note that we have a documented, sufficiently detailed log of what needs to be done, they just choose to ignore it.
4. Then there's management. Just read Dilbert. I firmly believe we have certain managers who believe Dilbert is manager training in comic form. But topping all of this is my boss...
5. The boss. Also known as Napoleon, Fearless Leading (with dripping sarcasm), or occasionally 'Useless, paper-pushing, bureaucratic bastard!'. I'll go into more detail on this little pile of jellyfish waste in a future post.
So you see, any time away from this condensed wad of career-doubt is good.

This week give me time to sleep in (as opposed to 6am wakeup, 11 pm sleep), go to the gym more, study for the CQT (certified quality tech) exam, waste time on computer games, and just generally slob about. Oh, and finally start writing my blog.

Thus expires my current attention span.

Just starting this stupid thing.

Don't expect much yet. I'm still figuring out this blog thing. Besides, I'm tired and don't wish to share any ideas right now. So there!