Murphy Day

Yesterday felt like a Murphy Day. You remember Murphy’s Law don’t you? “Anything thing that can go wrong, will.” It seemed like every stack of boxes I touched fell over. I had one employee get sick and have to leave. Another informed me that she had to leave a half hour early. We working very diligently to get a booger of a part out. At a certain point we needed more of the part boxes brought up to be made. I told the guy where they were. He came back and asked again where to find them. I went with him to the exact spot they were to be in, only to find there weren’t any. After a little hunting, I found that I hadn’t received my whole order and what I needed to complete the packaging of that order was on back order—but will arrive today. Sigh.

We did get a new employee, but I’m not sure how long she’ll last. She did a great job of making boxes. Everyone is very concerned about her working out—because she’s five months pregnant and only 18. We’ll just have to see.

I got my hand smacked. I got a page to call Ed’s office, but I was pretty close, so I went in person. He and B (Shipping Manager who’s worked at the plant for 25 years) were working on something. B told me I was “in for it now.” They’re so ornery. I was supposed to remind Ed to schedule tow motor training. I thought he said for next week. Nope, today. So he gave me a playful smack. They’re such goof balls. So hopefully Murphy takes the day off today—or it could get pretty messy! LOL.

I now have email and internet access on my computer at work. I don’t think I’ll have much time to do anything personal with it. I’m just not in my office that much. It will be nice to be updated on memos and shipments though!!!

When Beth got home yesterday she had a message to call the manager at Applebees. She has an interview there this afternoon. She’s pretty excited. She’s sore, scraped, and blistered from her week at the factory. Not even a week. Just three days. She was very willing to go job hunting today. I think the experience turned out to be very motivating for her. We’ll see.

Oh, and I'm very special. I was the first felon in my county to comply with the new federal law. All convicted felons have to add their DNA profile to the federal registry. We tried to do this at my visit on Tuesday, but the PO realized that there were some things missing (like the thumb print pad and a witness) so I had to come back. It really didn't feel all that special. It was just another shame based reminder. Fortunately, I was able to bounce back up and enjoy more Murphyisms at work. What a day!

Well, I better head my face toward work. If you hear something crash, it’s just probably something I knocked over…trouble is that it’ll be more than boxes today. My team has decided they think they should get the day off—as a safety precaution. They’re really funny!

Oh well here I go----beep, beep beep!