And I'm sure there will be more to say later.

Ok, I just have to say this one little thing. I’ve been at my present job for almost 3 years now, and there have been many many many occasions where I just wanted to walk the fuck out of here, but I didn’t because I figured I had it good here. I have good hours, decent pay and a pretty flexible boss, sounds good right? Well, here lately, I’ve been putting out my resume everywhere, and have had to date 4 different offers, and Thursday is my last day here. In the past few interviews I’ve had I pretty well went along with what they told me they paid and what they told me the hours would be, but in the past 2 days I’ve learned something. If someone responds to your resume, it means that they have an opening somewhere and that they were really impressed with your resume, and that they want you to come work for them. So, the past two interviews I’ve had have been over the phone and when they say well we pay 8 an hour, I’d say well I really can’t leave my current pay of 10.50 for 8 ya know and they’ll be like oh well, we could possibly give you 10, would that be ok. Then they’ll say well we’d need you for some nighttime work, and I say I’m available for a night or two a week but I can’t have mainly nighttime hours because I have a young daughter, and then they’ll say something like well I think we can work around that. I never realized that if you counter offer them, they usually will go along with it. I’m getting pretty good at this whole interview process thing.

I had a message yesterday from the Humane Society, and I don’t remember putting my resume in at the Humane Society but when I called her today she said another clinic I faxed it to fowarded it to her and she was impressed by it. She asked me if I was flexible for nights and weekends and I told her I really couldn’t work much past 6 or 7 at night and she said that in that case, she’d try and get me a position at the actual Humane Society because they close at 7 on certain nights, then she asked me what kind of pay I expected and then told me that they start full time at 8.50 and I told her I make 10.50 now so she said well I guess we can do 9.25 if that would be alright. So it really pays to open your mouth I guess.

It kinda blows my mind that I’ve stayed here for so long with the impression that I just couldn’t get it any better somewhere else, when that’s so not true. Obviously people like my employment record, and are impressed with my skills, obviously companies want me or I wouldn’t have gotten 8 hits now off of the resume that I’ve only sent to 12 places. 8 out of 12 is really good odds to me. I just can’t believe that I’ve wasted my time here like I have, this job is shit. I’ve been fighting with Dan for months just to get a .50 cent raise, and he’s just been dicking me around like he always does. It’s bullshit. The women here always say they stay because of the freedoms you have at this job, but that’s not really that much of a bonus to me. I’d much rather actually enjoy my work, and my time at work then to be able to go to friggin Wal-mart every day. I still get an hour lunch here, and 2 breaks if I choose to take them. Almost any place you work understands if you have to call in because your child is sick, that’s not unusual. This place just isn’t as great as they like to make it seem. I’m really not sure what kind of a hold ths place has on people, but it must be a strong one because it’s had it’s grubby little claws in me for 3 years now. I’ve finally broke through it though and am moving on to bigger and better things.

I’m sure the very first day I’m gone everyone here is gonna be like Well I never liked this about Robyn and she never did this right and I just hated how she did this, well bitch all you want bitches because theres a few things that Robyns never likes about you guys either. Not that I hate anyone I work with there or anything, but they all have their little quirks. For instance…. Pay…… now everyone there seems to think it is wrong of me to bitch like I do about my pay because “all the other receptionists made less than you do” well that might be true, but I can only chalk that up to one reason…. All the other receptionists were retarded. I, however, am not retarded, most the time. None of the other receptionists filled out those stupid questionairres that I fill out maybe 20 a day of, none of the other receptionists took on complexes for bookeeping, whereas I have 5, none of the other receptionists stayed around for as long as I have, none of the toher receptionists did as much as I do so fuck your “all the other receptionists made less than you do” fuck it right in it’s pimply a-hole. EVERYONE that works in the office makes more than I do, EVERYONE…. Even precious little Tina makes more than me and she came on a year after idid. How do I know what everyone makes? Because me and brandi are nosy little assholes and have peeked into the peachtree programs and at peoples checks when we’d pass them out. There was a time when brandi was obsessed with finding out what Tina made because we both believe that Tina was hired on making more than even Brandi makes and Brandi’s been there like 6 years or so.

I’d have stayed here if Dan would have just given me a raise, that’s all I asked for, been asking for it for a month or better now and it just aggravates me that it just won’t happen around here. It’s amazing though at the things people will tell you when they find out your leaving. Like Shirley telling me that Dan said all these wonderful things about how good of a job I did for him, and how much of a bind they’ll be in once I’m gone and how much he appreciates me… he said all this YESTERDAY…. Would have been WONDERFUL to hear a fucking year ago DICK. But everyone, and by everyone, I mean the maintenance men, have all been talking to me about how they totally understand where I’m coming from and how shitty it is to work here sometimes and how cheap dan is…… ugh it’s just kinda aggravating. Anyway, I’m leaving now, Thursday is my last day and I can’t fucking wait. I’ve ben counting down the days and I thank god for finally opening up my eyes and for giving me the opportunity to leave this happiness sucking problem causing overdramanating always bitching whine whine whine shithole of a place.

AMEN.