NEEDING TO VENT......

I'm sooooo bummed out. I got the call late this afternoon from work, and that one regional manager nixed our center having any kind of shared Accounting Office for good. So it's official, and it's a no-go. I am soooooo bummed. My manager, bless her heart, told me a few days ago that if this didn't go through I would still work for her, doing the center bank deposits and telephone reception (both of which I already do now). So, after we move next spring or summer, my job will change immensely. I am just so grateful to still be able to work for her, she is my number one manager and the one I absolutely couldn't imagine not working for anymore. And also, at least what I'll be doing there is something I still enjoy. So don't get me wrong, I am so grateful. It could have been much, much worse and I could be out of a job entirely after 7 years. But ~~~ I can't help it, I'm only human...... I absolutely LOVE what I do there, and I will really miss doing the other "2/3" of my job. I was expecting this to go one way or the other, obviously, and so I was, I thought, prepared for this outcome. However, when I hung up from the phone call, I immediately kicked into a grieving mode, and I guess I'll be mourning the loss of this job I love so much for the next 6 - 7 months before it actually changes. Maybe once it does change, I'll be so busy in new surroundings and doing something so completely different, that it won't be such a big emotional deal by then.

I am also really pissed off ~ at this one regional, and maybe it's misdirected on my part, and maybe not. But I do know this ~ he doesn't have a CLUE what we do in that room, nor does he probably even realize that 3/4 of what we do in there is for his Travel Department. Like my sister Pam told me tonight, maybe when it changes and some things in his department start falling to shit and not getting done properly, he might think twice about what he's done to our center. (keeping in mind that everybody else wanted to keep it this way except him) And I'm not blowing my own horn here, it's just that we take care of everything for Travel in our room ~ every single ticket we sell, plus things like foreign currency and traveller's cheques ~ WE order them, WE keep the stock levels up, WE enter them into the computer system when they come in ~ after WE have counted everything and verified number series, etc., and WE are the only people who give them out. So there aren't a whole bunch of fingers into everything (like every single travel agent in there) and the wrong things being given out etc. I can tell you as I sit here, they are going to have problems balancing come inventory every month. And WE also do their bank deposit every day, and we won't be after the move. We just took that over for them in September.......why??? Because they could never balance and had a TON of problems with it. So they gave it to us, the Accounting Team, and it's been fine ever since. All of our centers get audited on a regular basis, and our center always has perfect audits. We seem to be the only one who does. Last time, the auditor stayed for about a day and a half and said "I don't need to stay here, you guys are fine again". And he even said that's WHY we get great audits, because of how we have a central place doing all the stuff ~ ME! Boy, I'm really rambling, aren't I? Sorry, but I guess I needed to share this. Anyway, I hope it all works out for them but I have a feeling it's not going to be pretty and they'll miss me!

DEEP BREATHS!! Aaaahhh, that's better. Thanks for listening you guys. I really do feel better, lol. Not so angry now. Now I just hate the f**cker's guts. I almost want to apologize for this post, but then I figure if Debs can "whine" on her blog, (her words!) then so can I! Tee hee..... Well as I said in my previous post of today, I wish you all a great weekend, and look forward to chatting with you all again! Take care, and PEACE be yours!
Love Jude