Life on the Flip Side
Oh, what a week it's been.
Here I am, in beautiful (not quite downtown) Omaha, Nebraksa. Okay, technically I'm in La Vista, Nebraska, an Omaha suburb, but who cares? I'm 100 miles south of Sioux City, baby!
I'm currently enjoying the hospitality of the Value Place Hotel in La Vista - a long-term hotel/apartment for us poor suckers who find ourselves working far from home. It's a small (very small) hotel room with a (small) kitchenette, a (small) bed, and a (small) TV/table. That's about it. It's not that thrilling, but it works for now. I've got a fridge and a microwave, I've got my TiVo hooked up to their cable, and I've got Internet access. What more do you need? It's clean, it's quiet, and it's good enough for now.
But the niceest part is that it's about 5 blocks from work.
Ah, work.
Can I tell you how nice it is to go to a job where there's absolutely no stress of impending layoffs? A place where everyone actually....gasp!...smiles! A place where your manager says odd things like "thank you" and "you're doing a great job!"
It's all new to me, as you can tell.
I'm really enjoying the new gig. The company is really good, and everyone I've met there has been very nice. Unlike my last joint, they've got free coffee, tea, and hot chocolate. Their pop machine is only 50 cents for a 20 ounce bottle. Every Friday they provide free bagels, donuts, and fruit in the morning, and free cookies in the afternoon. They're having a real, honest-to-goodness Christmas party - with an OPEN BAR!!
These may seem like little things to you, but to me - a guy who used to work in the Poverty House where they even took away the coffee machines in a "budget savings measure" - it's like taking a starving man and dropping him off at the Sizzler with a freebie coupon.
So I'm getting lots of respect, and lots of kindness. But the nicest part of the job is the opportunity. This job is in the world of financial transactions, so it's all new to me, but it's growing so fast that the world of possibility is wide open for me. I'll get in here and learn everything that I can, then roll with it. If I prove myself (which I have no doubt that I will), then the world will be mine to rule.
So let this be a lesson to you kids - sometimes you have to jump off the bridge that you know and take a chance. Sometimes you'll find yourself landing on the deck of a luxury yacht.
Yep, life is good. Now if I could just blink my eyes, Jeannie style, and make this hotel room a little larger...
Here I am, in beautiful (not quite downtown) Omaha, Nebraksa. Okay, technically I'm in La Vista, Nebraska, an Omaha suburb, but who cares? I'm 100 miles south of Sioux City, baby!
I'm currently enjoying the hospitality of the Value Place Hotel in La Vista - a long-term hotel/apartment for us poor suckers who find ourselves working far from home. It's a small (very small) hotel room with a (small) kitchenette, a (small) bed, and a (small) TV/table. That's about it. It's not that thrilling, but it works for now. I've got a fridge and a microwave, I've got my TiVo hooked up to their cable, and I've got Internet access. What more do you need? It's clean, it's quiet, and it's good enough for now.
But the niceest part is that it's about 5 blocks from work.
Ah, work.
Can I tell you how nice it is to go to a job where there's absolutely no stress of impending layoffs? A place where everyone actually....gasp!...smiles! A place where your manager says odd things like "thank you" and "you're doing a great job!"
It's all new to me, as you can tell.
I'm really enjoying the new gig. The company is really good, and everyone I've met there has been very nice. Unlike my last joint, they've got free coffee, tea, and hot chocolate. Their pop machine is only 50 cents for a 20 ounce bottle. Every Friday they provide free bagels, donuts, and fruit in the morning, and free cookies in the afternoon. They're having a real, honest-to-goodness Christmas party - with an OPEN BAR!!
These may seem like little things to you, but to me - a guy who used to work in the Poverty House where they even took away the coffee machines in a "budget savings measure" - it's like taking a starving man and dropping him off at the Sizzler with a freebie coupon.
So I'm getting lots of respect, and lots of kindness. But the nicest part of the job is the opportunity. This job is in the world of financial transactions, so it's all new to me, but it's growing so fast that the world of possibility is wide open for me. I'll get in here and learn everything that I can, then roll with it. If I prove myself (which I have no doubt that I will), then the world will be mine to rule.
So let this be a lesson to you kids - sometimes you have to jump off the bridge that you know and take a chance. Sometimes you'll find yourself landing on the deck of a luxury yacht.
Yep, life is good. Now if I could just blink my eyes, Jeannie style, and make this hotel room a little larger...
posted by Tommy G at
6:13 PM
1 Comments:
Value Place? I've worked on plans for a few of those, so I've been wondering how they are. Sounds pretty much like I imagined.
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Monty, at 11:18 AM
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