work vs. fun

Non-Phish General
#1

Where do you draw the line between work vs. fun?

Today my manager at work left me a message and asked me if I wanted to pick up the Friday hostessing shift, because she heard I was doing a great job so far.
Well I didn’t even need to think about it. I had already studied my show Jambase calendar to see when all my other shows were coming up and I knew that many of them fell on Friday. So I called her up and told her that I liked the idea, but I would only be able to like every other Friday. I decided to just be upfront and I told her that I was an avid show goer and that many of my shows land on Fridays. She said that probably wouldn’t work, but if I could do a few in the next few weeks that would be good.
Anyway was it bad that I made this choice? I think for once its important to do what YOU want to do, and what makes YOU happy, besides having your work OWN you! I do feel bad, and I know I kind of let her down and I probably lost points too. And I have another job still, subsitute teaching. But at this point in my life, its important to get my screwing around done now, as opposed to when I’m living in the city and being a “real person.”
Going to shows is probably one of my most favorite things in the whole world, almost as much as I love performing. And there ain’t nothin thats gonna come in between me and my fun!

#2

there’s a million restaraunt jobs out there. y’know?

#3

that number has slightly decreased over tha lst few years…its somewhere around 967,000

#4

HAHAHAHA!

#5

Wookie!

#6

who ya callin a wookie?!!

#7

Want a cookie?

Read a bookie?

Maybe some nookie?

Hash shocked my brain.

#8

don’t think twice about it Marienne. Live in the moment.

That’s what I always do.

Fun is much more important than work/

#9

I think that’s what Charles Manson said.

#10

I have a feeling Lumburgs gonna make me come in on Saturday.

Seriously, I have to work Saturday and I really don’t want to. I’m paid a salary, so it’s not like I’m getting anything extra for doing this. It completely ruins my long weekend, so why do I do it? I guess it’s maybe part to do with the fact that in the long run I might end up getting a decent raise as a result. Maybe it’s partially that there are no shows or anything to do on the weekend anyway here. Maybe it’s because I might be getting a new job soon enough and I’d love to have a really good reference for this and other jobs that might come up in the future. Maybe it’s just because I’m a pussy and scared to say no. I think it’s mostly that I don’t mind my job or the people I work with, plus if I come in on a day that I’m not normally supposed to maybe not as much will be expected from me.

For the most part though my work is very flexible in terms of vacations and me taking time off, I just can’t afford it anyway. I try to never not have fun be it at work or not, but sometimes I need to work so that I can afford to have more fun in the long run. (Long run = Phish Summer '08!)

#11

I think you made the best decision there Marianne, it’s not as if you said you couldn’t do it and she could probably find someone to cover for you on the days you couldn’t make. GO YOU. GO TEAM.

#12

DON’T DO IT. I’m not kidding. Don’t even do ONE. If you come in on one of those, then she’ll expect it more and more and more. I’ve learned that when you are nice and accomodating and don’t give them a hard time when folks want you to do extra work, then it’ll backfire and they’ll come back to you time and time again to do extra work in the future? Why? Because other folks will give the boss a hard time about it or just say no but because you’re nice and accomodating, it makes it much easier to deal with you, so the boss will keep coming back to you. So by you being nice and agreeing to do it just once, you’ll be awarded by…MORE WORK! Not only that but when time comes for a raise, your extra work is often forgotten. What a treat!

I’ve been in many jobs and I’ve seen this time and time again to the point where I actually go against my nature and will very often give people a hard time or pretend to be VERY inconvienced when I have to stay late or do extra (even if I have nothing going that evening). Especially since I’m salary and don’t get anything extra for it. I’ve been able to tone it down at my new job since they’re very nice about only having me stay late when they absolutely NEED it and after a year I’ve only had to come in on Saturday once so I can go back to being friendly and accomodating since they won’t take advantage of it. Frankly, I hate the Saturday thing…not only would I just much rather just stay late on a Friday but I’ve found that the reason I’m staying late is almost never due to work that I have to do but is because of someone else’s laziness which ruins it for everyone. I had one job where we had to work EVERY Saturday from 9am to 12noon. That’s right…I went to bed early on Friday night and I drove 45 minutes there and back for a THREE hour shift. Even if I had NO work to do at all which was almost every week. And I was salary. Thank God I’m gone from there.

Anyway, that’s my bitter rant. I’m just saying…be VERY careful about being accomodating. We work to live, not live to work. You won’t be young forever…if you’re closer to your 30’s then your 20s like me then you won’t be able to get crazy and go to stuff for much longer without feeling tired. Enjoy it while it lasts.

Stevo

#13

jeezus, is that really you clete, you came back

how’s the music comin