wordinista

Okay, so... really, I have no complaints about the job. I like it. I do. (Though today I did get a serious pang of longing for my PhD, and thought about what it would take to start adjuncting at UCF, and actually teaching at the college level again, at a campus that is over AN HOUR AWAY, so clearly I have suffered some kind of head injury for even considering it, because I'm having trouble keeping my schedule sane NOW. And then I started re-reading Gaudy Night, and started to get the feeling that my brain was atrophying because I haven't been using it like I used to, and that makes me sad, and will probably result in me pulling out a crapload of lit books and reading lit-crit just for the sheer hell of it. But I digress.)

Back to the job.

So, my immediate boss is really nice, and very approachable, and has a kind of subtly snarky sense of humor, which I love. She's close to my age, and just ... I like my boss. She's the Director of Education. HER boss is... I am not sure of his exact title, but I think he's the Center Director. He's a little older (has a son in high school or college, I'm not sure which), but very nice.

Actually, it kind of astounds me how nice he is. He's, like... the only words coming to mind are "Eternal Optimist." Now, I realize that a big part of working with kids and their parents is to be approachable and friendly and basically not-a-jerk. But, mygod, I can only imagine how exhausting it is for him to be "on" all the time. He exhausts ME with his cheerfulness. I mean, I like it, and it does make it easier for me to get into a good mood while I'm there, and I'm not complaining about it -- I'm just marveling at it.

For instance, I received the following email this morning:

Hi [Bunneh],
I hope you received my phone message. We've had several cancellations and only need you tonight from 5-7.
Thank you!

So, I'm mildly annoyed, because if I had to work a 2 hour shift, I'd rather word from 3-5, but whatever. I understand how it goes. So I write back letting him know that I got the email and hadn't heard the phone message yet, but thanks for letting me know about the change.

He wrote back:

Thank YOU for your flexibility. See ya at 5:00.

.....Oh, my god. I work for Ned Flanders.