What type of worker are you

After having a discussion with a co-worker tonight about other co-workers it got me thinking about the different types of people you might work with on a day to day basis. This is just a starter list I'll have to come up with more.

1. The Do Nothing: The type of person who talks the talk but can't walk the walk. They always have the solution for every problem but either have no idea how to get it done or rely on others to get it done.

2. The I'm To Busy: The type of person who always has too much to do and always points that out to everyone. This is the person who works very slowly and shuns away any new work that might be offered them.

3. Slow Typers: The person who could get so much more done if they would just learn how to use shortcut keys. CTRL-X,C,V,P are there for a reason learn how to not use your mouse for everything.

4. Super Organized People: These are the people everyone envies. The people with the nice organized everything. Papers are in folders, Cans are on coasters, pens and other items are put away in their rightful place and they can always find what they are looking for.

5. What Do You Do Around Here People: These are the people who come to work everyday and have nothing to show for it. Their co-workers also have no clue what they do. They goto meetings, they make suggestions but they never actually contribute.

6. The Overwhelmed: These are the people that have so much on their plate they never get anything done. They have way to many windows open on their computer. They have too many conference calls and they will do anything someone asks them done because they know they can do it better.

7. Can Do Anything People: These are the people everyone comes to when they have a question. The ones who always have a solution or a good idea what is going on. These are the people that run organizations. The ones that leave a void when they are gone.

Scarcams In The Morning

I love sarcasm especially in the morning. I just started the day off so well. Lucky for me I'm the one being sarcastic. I get into work this morning and the first email is from some person who's asking me to fix an address because someone is getting billed at the wrong address. We have two systems, CRM and Finance. I deal with CRM which does not maintain addresses in Finance. The person who is emailing me is in Finance and controls the addresses. Wait you handle where people are billed so why bother me with this. I think it is going to be one of those.

Overwelmed

I'm one of those people who needs something to do at all times. If I don't have something to do I'll fall asleep. This is most apparent on the weekends or at night where I can sit down for 5 minutes and fall aslseep.

Today was just one of those days at work. No mater what I did more things just kept coming in to my mailbox. Later in the day they guy assigning me asked if I was busy enough now. He then commented on how I'd said just a few days before that I'm only happy if I've got too much work. I think this applies to my entire life. If I have a few extra seconds I'm always trying to fit something else in. I'd try and set a goal to do less but I'm already over committed and can do that at the moment. But in the future, the further future than tomorrow I'll try and get a grasp on this. Until then back to the 2 websites I'm developing on my free time even though I do this stuff at work too.

Lunch Break

So Alicia and the boys came downtown today to have lunch and go shopping with a friend and her boys. Her friend's husband and I work together so it is a nice way to get out of the office and hang out with friends during the middle of the day. We just sat around and ate at the food court but it was a great step away from the bump and grind of work.

Work today was so busy I didn't have time to catch my breath till I stepped out the door to go home. It is amazing how some days you are looking for things to keep you busy and other days you just wished the emails and phone calls would stop.

When I got home and picked up my 6 month old some I realized it was the first time I'd held the kid since I woke up and I'd seen him twice during the day before then. The saddest of all was the fact that I didn't hold him when the family came to see me at work. It is days like today that tell you that you really need a break and need to plan a vacation. So hopefully soon we'll get out fo town and do a real lunch and a real break from the normal day to day.

The good thing although it happens every days is that from the time I get home till the time the boys goto bed they are mine. Mine to play with and feed and whatever else comes along. It's one of those burdens of joy that each parent looks forward. If I didn't have my 3-4 hours of kid time a day I' might just go insane.