Literature Count

I was reading jennjr's comment from yesterday about how she counted company literature yesterday. Well, if you think that's bad, you 'aint heard nothin' yet! My very first office job was at Fisheries and Oceans Canada as a 'Publications Clerk'. Essentially, my job was to mail out literature requests from the public. Sounds easy enough right? Well, not if you don't know what you have in stock. When I started that job, the department had a backroom with rows and rows of shelves chalk full of material and a basement room with overstock. However, no one knew what we had and what we didn't. I spent 3 months sorting through stock before finally being able to mail anything out. Now THAT ladies and gentlemen, was a crappy job. I counted boxes of posters, books, rulers, stickers etc for 3 LONG months. And that's all I have to say about that!

The day is going ok. I'm SOOOOO glad it's Friday! Honey went to work today. He was feeling much better. Weekend plans include a trip to the UBC Film Society's showing of "Serenity" on Saturday night and an all Portuguese language dinner on Sunday. Other than that, lot's of reading.

Well, between holiday spending, bills and pay problems with my employer, I'm going to have to withdraw from classes for the semester. I just can't get together enough money to pay for the classes and the books over the next week. I'm not tooo worried about it though. This just means that I get almost 3 months of rest before the summer semester. I was a bit upset about the whole thing yesterday but I'm pretty much over it now. I could use the break. I'm determined to finish this time around, even if I DO have to take a break.

I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend! :)

 
 
 
 

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