Bon Voyage!
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It's been a strange week, I feel like things are progressing in the project but then there is always something that trips us up.
Now this thing is a 'she' this mature lady has joined the team and hasn't got a role, she isn't computer training - only barely knows how to turn one on...I'm not trying to insinuate I'm a high tech kid but every job you have will consist of touching a computer whether to make a graphics for a game or type up an article. If applied to be a writer and she types so slowly I wonder what she did previously in her life.
So i found out what she did, about 10 years of beauty, hair and makeup for TV, hmmm that explains the lack of intelligence... People take it for granted knowing how to use the computer but this case proves, everything counts in this fast evolving world. My boss ONLY wants to keep her for her 'successful' image. I find it quite derogatory saying that as the rest of us look 'immature' or can't be taken seriously because we're black or brown in a white world. Yup he's said that to me and makes me feel pretty small when thinking about everything i have done and sacrificed for this project.
She has definately clocked on I resent her but I have to work with her however annoying and slow she is and I am making an effort so I am being grown up about the whole matter. I had to break the ice by having an hour conversation with her on Friday and she happily spoke about everything and I'm not sure what we can do with her, she has her ambitions and if taking her as a show pony to meeting and not saying much will bore her. She dosen't want ehr to be a receptionist either as the boss compliments her on her 'amazing telephone manner' ahuh.
The boss got nervous when he realised me and her were having a 'heart to heart' and took a break in between his buisness metting to speak to her. I have to say she must think he's hitting on her I wouldn't dare suggest it with all the stuff in the air since the Russian fiasco but I'm sorta waiting for her to suggest it to moi.
Conveniantly enough since we have 2 new sales people starting on monday she won't be around as she has clients and needs to make some sort of money to support herself, so we can focus on the guy but the cocky girl might not come in after the rough interview she had - she got all uppity.
The end of Friday was the boss running off early to a doctors appointment (he's went Paris yesterday for the weekend to finalise a deal for the awards in morocco, back on Monday around 3ish probably) after 10mins I left for a late lunch break with Caroline. I needed the air, the sun, the relief. We talked about politics, nonsense, ugly dog s in the park and gossiped about old friends. I miss having those moments. She even got me a little present - a hello kitty charm braclet - the kind you get in a tin foil wrapper and you collect the plastic flat charms. My first two had pictures of a nurse and scout :)
She pottered around after we got pizza and met up with me after work - I left 20 past 6pm so I was running late but Caroline was on the phone to Arani when I came out, done with her essays in July. We spent 30mins int he mammoth Paperchase near my office and then looked in Boots at the cosmetics you know looking at girly stuff, eyeliner, eyeshadow, cute cake prints on pencil cases, ahh it's so refreshing to be a lady again!
Now this thing is a 'she' this mature lady has joined the team and hasn't got a role, she isn't computer training - only barely knows how to turn one on...I'm not trying to insinuate I'm a high tech kid but every job you have will consist of touching a computer whether to make a graphics for a game or type up an article. If applied to be a writer and she types so slowly I wonder what she did previously in her life.
So i found out what she did, about 10 years of beauty, hair and makeup for TV, hmmm that explains the lack of intelligence... People take it for granted knowing how to use the computer but this case proves, everything counts in this fast evolving world. My boss ONLY wants to keep her for her 'successful' image. I find it quite derogatory saying that as the rest of us look 'immature' or can't be taken seriously because we're black or brown in a white world. Yup he's said that to me and makes me feel pretty small when thinking about everything i have done and sacrificed for this project.
She has definately clocked on I resent her but I have to work with her however annoying and slow she is and I am making an effort so I am being grown up about the whole matter. I had to break the ice by having an hour conversation with her on Friday and she happily spoke about everything and I'm not sure what we can do with her, she has her ambitions and if taking her as a show pony to meeting and not saying much will bore her. She dosen't want ehr to be a receptionist either as the boss compliments her on her 'amazing telephone manner' ahuh.
The boss got nervous when he realised me and her were having a 'heart to heart' and took a break in between his buisness metting to speak to her. I have to say she must think he's hitting on her I wouldn't dare suggest it with all the stuff in the air since the Russian fiasco but I'm sorta waiting for her to suggest it to moi.
Conveniantly enough since we have 2 new sales people starting on monday she won't be around as she has clients and needs to make some sort of money to support herself, so we can focus on the guy but the cocky girl might not come in after the rough interview she had - she got all uppity.
The end of Friday was the boss running off early to a doctors appointment (he's went Paris yesterday for the weekend to finalise a deal for the awards in morocco, back on Monday around 3ish probably) after 10mins I left for a late lunch break with Caroline. I needed the air, the sun, the relief. We talked about politics, nonsense, ugly dog s in the park and gossiped about old friends. I miss having those moments. She even got me a little present - a hello kitty charm braclet - the kind you get in a tin foil wrapper and you collect the plastic flat charms. My first two had pictures of a nurse and scout :)
She pottered around after we got pizza and met up with me after work - I left 20 past 6pm so I was running late but Caroline was on the phone to Arani when I came out, done with her essays in July. We spent 30mins int he mammoth Paperchase near my office and then looked in Boots at the cosmetics you know looking at girly stuff, eyeliner, eyeshadow, cute cake prints on pencil cases, ahh it's so refreshing to be a lady again!
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