Corporate Chaos and Employee Anger

So the PTB (Powers-To-Be) are cracking down on my department at work it seems. Not only is it stupid, but they’re actually cutting their own throats. Because although the administrative support is irked over this….other workers are actually rebelling over it. Why this is coming down now, we’re not sure. Was it one specific employee who ruined it for the rest of the department, again no one is saying anything.

All I know is that it is no longer fun to come to work, and it is totally every man or woman for ourselves. Some people do not get why I am so upset, as well as other administrative staff. But having a FULL HOUR is nice. I used to get a lot done on that hour. I could run errands, whether it is grocery shopping, or pet store run or going to Target to browse. The hour was mine and I was able to clear my head, and still get back to the office ON TIME. Mum and Ida would meet me for lunch on Wednesday. Now if I don’t bring lunch with me, I’m sweating bullets worrying on where I can get to, buy or even eat lunch and make it back in the half hour. It’s just lunacy. Below is an e-mail that had been sent out last night, and then ‘Big Bad’ felt compelled to send yet another one reiterating this one this morning. *Snarls* He is an ass. The PTB’s are all asses. I have come to the conclusion that I either work with all asses or in a proctologist’s office. Below I have included the bulk of the e-mail from last night. Happy reading!


Per departmental policy, you are entitled to two fifteen minute breaks which are paid and one half hour lunch which is not paid.

Breaks are not allowed to be combined with one another nor can they be added to your lunch time.

As mentioned yesterday, I will expect everyone to maintain a set lunch period. In positions that require coverage, employees are to work in shifts. These set times will be communicated by your manager.

In addition, I would like to add some reminders, they are as follows:

Ø Tardiness, all employees are expected to be at your work station by the start of your day. If for any reason you are running late, you should make every attempt to contact your supervisor to notify them of this.

Ø Overtime is by management approval only; no employee is to take it upon one self to assume authorization of overtime. If for any reason your daily responsibilities are not being completed, please communicate this to your supervisor.

Ø Breaks, this time is to be used for personal time such as consuming beverage or snack, personal calls or smoking to list a few. Please pay close attention to the time used.

Happy St. Patrick's Day

St. Patrick's Day is upon us, and this is one day that makes EVERYONE Irish. From bagels dyed green, to rivers also. Everyone celebrates. So sit back, lift a pint, and enjoy these St. Patrick's Day facts I dug up for everyone to enjoy.

In Ireland on St. Patrick’s Day, people traditionally wear a small bunch of shamrocks on their jackets or caps. Children wear orange, white and green badges, and women and girls wear green ribbons in their hair.

Many cities have a St. Patrick’s Day parade. Dublin, the capital of Ireland, has a huge St. Patrick’s Day festival from March 15-19, which features a parade, family carnivals, treasure hunt, dance, theatre and more. In North American, parades are often held on the Sunday before March 17. Some paint the yellow street lines green for the day! In Chicago, the Chicago River is dyed green with a special dye that only lasts a few hours. There has been a St. Patrick’s Day parade in Boston, Massachusetts since 1737. Montreal is home to Canada’s longest running St. Patrick’s Day parade, which began in 1824.

The Irish flag is green, white and orange. The green symbolizes the people of the south, and orange, the people of the north. White represents the peace that brings them together as a nation.

On St. Patrick's Day this Friday, some revelers will raise a pint of stout and wish their companions "Slainté!"—the Irish word, pronounced SLAN-cha, for "health." The toast may brim with scientific truth. At a meeting of the American Heart Association in Orlando, Florida, three years ago, researchers reported that Guinness may be as effective as daily aspirin in reducing the blood clots that cause heart attacks. (The benefit derives from antioxidants, which the researchers said reduce cholesterol deposits on arterial walls. The compounds are found in dark Irish stouts but not their paler cousins.)

Irish brigands kidnapped St. Patrick at 16 and brought him to Ireland. He was sold as a slave in the county of Antrim and served in bondage for six years until he escaped to Gaul, in present-day France. He later returned to his parents' home in Britain, where he had a vision that he would preach to the Irish. After 14 years of study, Patrick returned to Ireland, where he built churches and spread the Christian faith for some 30 years.

In the United States, it's customary to wear green on St. Patrick's Day. But in Ireland the color was long considered to be unlucky, says Bridget Haggerty, author of The Traditional Irish Wedding and the Irish Culture and Customs Web site.

Colonial New York City hosted the first official St. Patrick's Day parade in 1762, when Irish immigrants in the British colonial army marched down city streets. In subsequent years Irish fraternal organizations also held processions to St. Patrick's Cathedral. The various groups merged sometime around 1850 to form a single, grand parade.

The first St. Patrick's Day in America was celebrated in Boston in 1737.

The tradition known as "drowning the shamrock" comes from the Irish superstition that if you leave a shamrock floating on the top of your drink and then drink it, you will have a year of good luck and good fortune.


St. Patrick's Day in Ireland- In the recent past, Saint Patrick's Day was celebrated only as a religious holiday. It became a public holiday only in 1903. The life of Saint Patrick. is celebrated and taught to the masses. People learn from his teachings and try to do as much good for the people around them as Saint Patrick did in his adult life.

How can you tell if an Irishman is having a good time? He’s Dublin over with laughter.

What's Irish and stays out all night? Patty O’Furinture

Since 1980, the Irish president has presented a shamrock to the U.S. President in a White House ceremony held annually around St. Patrick's Day.

U.S. Presidents with Irish ancestry include John Kennedy, Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan. In Canada, statesman Thomas D'Arcy McGee and recent Prime Minister Brian Mulroney were of Irish descent.

St. Patrick is also supposed to have rid Ireland - specifically County Donegal - of a fierce lake monster. After he had killed it, the blood turned the lake red and so since then the lake has been known as Red Lake or Lough Derg. It is now a pilgrimage place and many people go there between 1 June and 15 August in the fond hope that the journey will rid them of all their sins.

St. Patrick built the first church in Ireland at Mag-inis.

St. Patrick ordered that after death he be buried wherever the oxen pulling his funeral cart stopped. They reportedly didn't go further than Downpatrick, so he's buried somewhere there.

It's all about ME! 100 facts about Orelinde

1. I am shy. It’s true. Most people don’t believe me when I tell them of my shyness, saying how friendly I am. But I am incredibly shy. Once I feel comfortable with you, THEN I can open up and be myself. Of course pouring my soul out in a blog does not count for me not being shy. Because I am. Shy.
2. 
   I’ve always wanted to dance with someone I love under the moon or in the rain. To date, I’ve done neither.
3. 
   My favorite dessert is Baklava. I love it. A friend just came back from Turkey, and brought me a bunch. As for food-food I love Balsamic Chicken with Mushrooms.
4. 
   It has taken a long time for my mom and me to become friends. Real friends…the type where we can confide in one another. At 30 years of age I still won’t share everything with her, but know that she will listen to me with open ears. This is still something new and a work in progress.
5. 
   I have kept the right people out of my heart & life, and let the wrong ones in. I have been misguided because I wanted to be liked by that person, used, and I occasionally went against what I believed in or wanted to do or say because of this.
6. 
   Because of # 6 I have finally learned to be my own person and stand up for myself. However in doing this, I have lost ‘so-called friends’ and even family members.
7. 
   Losing my Uncle Frank is still my biggest heartbreak. He had so much to give to those he loved, and he never thought of himself. He was my dad in all sense, my best friend, and someone just to hang out with. It will be seven years this May that he passed on, and I can’t hear his voice in my head. I miss him.
8. 
   I still cry at the end of Armageddon. The first time I saw it in the theater I sobbed. And even though I know, and prepare myself for Bruce Willis sacrificing himself, I still cry.
9. 
   Grocery shopping relaxes me.
10. 
    The way I wake up with a smile on my face is by having Pooka or Cro`i purr me awake, or give me kisses.
11. 
    Up until a year ago I still slept with a stuffed animal, my wolf named Dakota. Dakota has been with me for quite some time, has traveled with me, and is still a source of comfort.
12. 
    I am totally in to the standards station on my Sirius radio…and it scares me. I can not get enough of Tony Bennett or even Louie Armstrong and Nat ‘King’ Cole.
13. 
    One day I will get to Ireland. I know this. It is something I have to do.
14. 
    When I had gone down to San Antonio, TX I did not want to come back to NY. I felt like I belonged there.
15. 
    I still get scared of: the dark, Childs Play movies, clowns, and silly stuff like shark attacks or alien invasions.
16. 
    I have 10 tattoos and can honestly say that I am done.
17. 
    Joe Perry in Aerosmith is still the BEST guitarist I have ever seen play. And I still think he is hot.
18. 
    For 12 weeks, (and then some) I was totally blinded by a new rock love: Gilby Clarke. Thanks to RockStar SuperNova, I just thought Gilby was the coolest thing since sliced white bread. But then I got to experience Rockstar SuperNova live, and *shakes head*. Yeah, Gilby Clarke, not a rocker. No where near energetic. And totally not in any close range as Joe Perry. So nope…no more Gilby love. That’s it. Done.
19. 
    I once drank so much that I passed out with my head in a waste paper basket while hurling. Prior to passing out I drunken dialed this guy I was seeing and left some very interesting messages. I woke up with a knot on my forehead from where it hit the rim of the waste paper basket.
20. 
    I have also learned my lesson that: Jack Daniels and Orelinde do not mix. Unless you want to see me do things I would never do sober….or even slightly drunk.
21. 
    The most free I have ever felt was when I both jet skied in the Bahamas, and when I was a little kid and went snow mobiling with my aunt.
22. 
    I hate the cold.
23. 
    I’m not sure if I could ever give myself over to someone 100%.
24. 
    I enjoy dancing.
25. 
    My favorite book is ‘To Kill A Mockingbird’ by Harper Lee. I have also seen the movie too…but it doesn’t do the book justice. However one of my favorite author’s is Nora Roberts.
26. 
    I can watch a horror movie, and walk away…but I can’t read a horror book. My imagination runs away with me. I think the only Stephen King book I have read is ‘Salem’s Lot.’
27. 
    Which is ironic, because one of my favorite places to visit is Salem, MA. It really is a lovely little town, with the friendliest of people.
28. 
    I do believe in reincarnation. I have for a very long time.
29. 
    The perfume I wear has cannabis in it.
30. 
    I slack off in the office more than I really should. But I still get the job done, and do it well. So what does that tell you?
31. 
    I love the ‘Happy Bunny’ line. I think the sayings are hysterical and oh-so-true. I have a collection of ‘Happy Bunny’ stickers and periodically decorate my truck with one.
32. 
    I also love Scooby Doo. Always have…always will.
33. 
    It makes me wonder: If a man is driving a car with the bumper sticker which read ‘I am a Goddess’, what does it mean? Is he trying to tell the world something or does he share the car with a woman? I saw this on the expressway this morning.
34. 
    One of my guilty pleasures: I like the Spice Girls. What’s even worse is that I own the Spice Girl: Spice World movie.
35. 
    I mostly only wear MAC makeup. Yes it’s more expensive. But it does have better quality.
36. 
    My favorite holidays are Halloween due to the season, and festivities. Also Thanksgiving because of all the scrummy foods.
37. 
    I will purposely wear black on Valentines Day.
38. 
    Not that I want to be one…but if I was a man and my name was Robert, I would go by the nickname of Rob. Not Bob. Bob is just *blech*. Bob. Bob-o…Boobie….it’s just horrid.
39. 
    I prefer silver or white gold to yellow gold.
40. 
    When I was a kid, I hated pearls (which are my birthstone.) Now I am actually quite fond of them.
41. 
    When I was a kid, I loved seafood…then for a very long time I HATED it. You couldn’t even get me to eat tuna fish. The past couple of years I have been a fan of various seafood.
42. 
    Because of my tummy problems, there are a lot of foods that I love, but can no longer eat. This makes me very sad.
43. 
    I dropped out of college three times: the first to work full time, the second because a guy I was dating made me, and also because I couldn’t pass algebra. The third because I no longer had time to work and go to school. I regret the third time the most.
44. 
    One of my dreams is to have my own free-lance baking company. Or to open a small café.
45. 
    If I could live anywhere in the world it would either be NYC or California. Or Ireland….but the Ireland thing is just a guess as I’ve never been there. So to be realistic, I’ll stick with NYC or California.
46. 
    I have thought of alternative methods to child conception. If I will do that, I do not know.
47. 
    When I was a teenager, rode the roller coaster in Adventureland 27 times in a row.
48. 
    I can live alone and have no problem being on my own….but I’m afraid of being alone. Does that make sense?
49. 
    I regret the period of time that my Uncle Frank and I went through where we did not get along. I was in my late teens, and he was getting very sick. However we did find our way back to one another, long before he passed away. But I still wish we didn’t lose that time.
50. 
    My favorite color is red.
51. 
    Since the age of 14 I have dyed my hair various colors. When I was 30, did my hair a blondish color. I’ve recently gone back to my NATURAL color. I am happy that I did. Does this mean I’ll never dye my hair again? Hell no.
52. 
    When I was elementary school aged, my music idols were Boy George and Michael Jackson. My friends and I used to argue as to who liked them more, and tell tales of either Boy George or Michael Jackson coming to visit us.
53. 
    I wish I could have experienced the 1960’s as they happened. I feel I am a belated hippie.
54. 
    I am a HUGE fan of personal hygiene. I NEED to shower or at least wash every day. I have learned this when I went to the last MTV Woodstock and was unable to find the outdoor showers. I couldn’t rest until I showered.
55. 
    I had accidentally run in to Jon Bon Jovi when I was a teenager. I was so tongue-tied and in shock, I never even got to ask him for an autograph. If I ever ran in to Joe Perry now, it would probably be the same way.
56. 
    I’m really weird about the textures of food I put in to my mouth. It took me a long time to eat a raisin because of it being wrinkled. And it’s also weird because I’ll only eat red grapes (again something I’ve just started doing), and my oranges need to have NO seeds in them.
57. 
    I wish the classic Muppet show was still on tv. I loved that program.
58. 
    When taking acting lessons I was struck with a massive case of stage fright. To this day I hate public speaking or having the attention solely on me.
59. 
    I prefer dark chocolate to milk chocolate.
60. 
    Somehow I have been delegated as department baker when it comes to coworker’s birthdays.
61. 
    A guaranteed way for my mother and me to make the other laugh is to utter the simple words of Carlos Chang.
62. 
    My first trip that I can remember taking was to Miami, Florida. I remember going to Sea World, and my little halter top fell down. I was mortified because the killer whales saw my ‘ninnies.’ I also remember going to dinner in a fancy dining room, and giant bowls of matzo ball soup. I remember the beach, and swimming in a pool…being on a boat with a little boy. I was three years old.
63. 
    The first time my mom and I went away together was when I was 11 years old. It was to Florida, visiting old neighbors of ours. Mom also took me to Disney World, and tricked me in to going on the Haunted Mansion. It was great! I also had two boys fighting over me. I also still remember these two boys’ names: Chris & Ryan. I liked Ryan more.
64. 
    My first crush was when I was 3 years old. It was on our neighbor’s son, Michael. It didn’t matter than Michael was like 30 years old. He was my ‘Prince Charming’, rode a motor cycle, had a rose tattoo on his pec, and doted on me. He also tattle-tailed on me streaking through the front yard at the young age of three years old.
65. 
    I would have loved to have had a career in dance.
66. 
    I have started to get back in to the dating pool thanks to on-line dating. Thus far I have met one decent person.
67. 
    I have hung out with Hell’s Angels on several occasions. They were very nice people.
68. 
    Once upon a time, I was in a bar fight in a male review venue. The fight was not initiated by me…but for defending Ida as a girl kept pushing her.
69. 
    I am the Queen of the gay folk. I’m not belittling or making fun of people’s sexual preferences. But it just seems that men who like men just flock to me-in my vets office, my hairdresser(s), walking thru the Village in NYC, on vacation. I befriend them. I am a beard for hire :-)
71. When I croak, I want to be cremated.
72. 
    I used to have my belly button pierced. I liked having it, however my body didn’t. As it so happens, my body rejects any piercing other than my ears. So now I have 3 holes in each ear.
73. 
    When I was in the first grade I insisted on having peanut butter and (grape) jelly sandwich’s for lunch EVERY day. Mom begged me to switch off but I refused.
74. 
    I love animals, and have always had dogs and cats as pets. I can honestly say I think I like cats better.
75. 
    At the age of 30, I’ve had quite a bit of injuries: left knee has cartilage deteriorating and a baker’s cyst behind the knee cap, a small tear in the meniscus on my right knee. A small tear in my right rotator cuff, a hairline fracture of the clavicle, broke both my left and right pinky fingers. Also have two compressed discs in my lower back due to a fall. Yep, I’m a mess. Oh yeah, had seven stitches across the bridge of my nose.
76. 
    My favorite brand of nail polish is OPI. Not only is the quality good, but the have the craziest names for their colors.
77. 
    I enjoy reading or hearing gossip on celebrities, however I do believe they’re entitled to their privacy.
78. 
    I’ll never forget where I was when I heard the news of both: Princess Diana’s death, as well as the attack on the WTC.
79. 
    I love spicy food. Mo’ hotter….mo’ better. I also like ethnic foods such as Indian, Thai, and Greek, and Mexican.
80. 
    It has now taken me three days to compile this list of facts about me. I want to list 100 facts about myself and it is now becoming a bit difficult thinking of interesting things to share.
81. 
    If it wasn’t for one of my friends doing a list about herself on her blog, the thought would have never crossed my mind to do one about me.
82. 
    When I was 5 years old I wanted to be a bull fighter. When I was 6 years old, I wanted to be a stock car driver. When I was 17-20 years old I had wanted to be a police officer. None of these were professions my mother really wanted me to pursue. But she always told me that ‘girl’s can be anything they wanted to be.’
83. 
    Sometimes when I am dreaming at night, they’re so detailed, it feels like they’re real and not actually dreams. When this happens I often wake up exhausted in the morning.
84. 
    I am a HUGE vampire fan. I even have custom made fangs.
85. 
    Ida and I both have the same tattoo, it the elvish symbol for the # 2. We even have it on the same part of our bodies. We did this to symbolize our bond- being that she’s my Godmother, my aunt, and best friend.
86. 
    I suffer from sinus and seasonal allergies which are getting worse as I get older.
87. 
    My favorite Bath & Bodyworks scent is Juniper Breeze. I used to douse myself with the all the products. However due to my sinus problems I can no longer wear it as it gives me headaches. But I love to smell it on people. Now my favorite Bath & Bodyworks scent is Moonlit Path.
88. 
    I prefer Fredrick’s of Hollywood merchandise over Victoria’s Secret. Fredrick’s carries items for ‘real sized’ women.
89. 
    I love to wear funky socks or undies. The last set of undies I bought had Animal and Kermit the Frog printed on them.
90. 
    I have not seen my father since I was 17 years old. This was his doing. Although I can not ever consider him my ‘dad’…I do contemplate reaching out to say ‘hello’ to him from time to time. But then I squash that idea as quickly as it comes because I know he is still the same man he was when he did used to interact with me.
91. 
    I always wished my mother would have found a nice man to settle down with.
92. 
    One time my friend Scott planted a kiss on me. To this day I compare all my kisses to that one.
93. 
    I think getting married in Las Vegas, at The Excalibur or even Treasure Island would be SO cool.
94. 
    Up until we had gotten my dog Scruffy (I was 13 years old) we never had much luck with owning pets for various reasons. We had Scruffy for 16 years though.
95. 
    My favorite breakfast food is oatmeal. I love to mix things in with it: cinnamon, apples or strawberries, canned pumpkin, craisins, raisins, or even almond extract. You can do SO much with oatmeal.
96. 
    I still enjoy going pumpkin picking or dressing up for Halloween. I never want to lose that joy.
97. 
    Once my family took a vacation to Stowe, Vermont. My cousin and I were signed up for a 20 mile bike ride. To this day, we still feel the agony in our legs when we reminisce over it.
98. 
    I am NOT a morning person.
99. 
    One of my childhood memories is waking up and smelling Channel no. 5 and watching Ida get dressed for work. I was in kindergarten, and to this day, Channel no. 5 brings me back to that time.
100. 
     I hate spiders. I freeze up when I see one and call for someone to ‘come rescue me’.
101. 
     When I was little, Ida showed me how to make this somewhat funny-yet ugly face, which entails turning your bottom lip inside out. She said her baby brother used to do it. To this day I can still do it on command, but Ida hates when I make the face. However I don’t his the skill to raise one eyebrow at a time.