I'm a little naive sometimes
I didn't really realize until this last weekend (Joe's Wedding) about certain things in life. Namely that my position - though in name sounds the same - is very different in responsibility than others. It's amazing how wrapped up in your own world you can be sometimes. The realization really hit me in the face when I was talking to some old high school friends. I hadn't really thought about the fact that in a larger company that if you make a mistake it doesn't have the same effect on the bottom line of the company like a mistake I make would. I realized very quickly that it's not okay to make mistakes anymore. In school they always said that you can make mistakes in real life. That was a big fat lie. You can't make mistakes. If you make mistakes the company could be on the line and in turn other people's lives could be in your hands. If I screw something up that means that my company might have to fire someone b/c there's not enough money coming in the door. Or it's the difference between everyone getting a 2% raise and getting a 4% raise. That's not a huge difference to you or me my friend -- but it's a huge difference to the employees who are hourly and that's the difference between being able to afford the increase in gas prices or not. In a larger company there are so many people that these responsibilities rarely hinge on a single person - so mistakes don't affect the bottom line - so mistakes are still allowed/accepted.
I was also suprised by how different people's expectations of their careers are. Maybe I'm placing too much pressure on myself, maybe I'm expecting too much, maybe I just grew up with different expectations...
Anyone notice how Kyle's "finance" wasn't wearing a ring? What's up with that? I contend that Josh purposely poured that beer on the floor of the bar and thought it would be funny to spin me in the beer puddle and that's why I ended up on the floor of the bar.
The real question on my mind after this weekend -- I got that girl Brit's number (platonic I swear -- I like boys too much ;-)-- but did Bill?
I was also suprised by how different people's expectations of their careers are. Maybe I'm placing too much pressure on myself, maybe I'm expecting too much, maybe I just grew up with different expectations...
Anyone notice how Kyle's "finance" wasn't wearing a ring? What's up with that? I contend that Josh purposely poured that beer on the floor of the bar and thought it would be funny to spin me in the beer puddle and that's why I ended up on the floor of the bar.
The real question on my mind after this weekend -- I got that girl Brit's number (platonic I swear -- I like boys too much ;-)-- but did Bill?
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2) good call on the ring thing, maybe that relates to the reason he never really wanted to say he was getting married, he was very sheepish about it all night.
3) Bill most certinley did get her number, i was sitting right there when she gave it to him. Related to that you should totally call and hit on her, that would be super funny.