Wednesday, October 11, 2006

Well, I buggered that up...

I accidentally deleted the wrong blog, just when I was set to get this one updated to my current situation.

In brief: due to an interesting series of events, I've become a barista in a coffeeshop in a bookstore chain I've always wanted to work for. And within a few weeks accepted a management position with same. It's been very strange--and gratifying to realize that there are still places where working hard and doing well, rather than partying with management, gets you somewhere besides stepped on. Even, amazingly enough, in corporate culture, there are still great management teams who are looking for good workers--and not just to take advantage of them and run them aground. That I've come in in the middle of a huge management shift at the store as it is means there's a lot of work to be done--but there are some outstanding people here to do it, and the staff I work with directly is very much a younger crowd, but still all people who care if they're doing a good job. I'm not sure I like this area. But I love my job.