You ask for the impossible...

...can I deliver it. Have it all done before 6pm and keep the masses happy? Of course I can. Are you fucking kidding????

Well, most know that I just started a new job a few weeks ago. For the most part, it's a pretty cool place. The atmosphere is very laid back and the folks are pretty friendly. You can't be a place where you can wear sweats and sneakers to work. Yeah that is a job I was wanting. But sadly there goes the good parts. The job that I am doing is pretty demanding. Hell I get a full workout every damn day. As much walking and moving on as I get, I should be a freaking size 5 by Easter, or pretty damn close. But it's not that it's a bad thing that I work there...but this is how I do my average day.

clock in at 9. go through all the electronic faxes that come in, send them out the necessary folks beforehand....then have to print them out highlight the necessary information,change them to PDF because it just have folks want them. Change the names of them, file them in a folder, and take them to a person in front of the office. (Oh I have my own office in back that I hardly leave) Now that is just one thing and they come ALL DAY LONG!!!! Luckly, some I just forward to others but some I have to manually print, sort, convert and rename. And that's before I do anything else and depending of how often they come, they pop every 2 mins to 10.

NOW here goes the fun part. I have to sort out all the letters and mail that goes out that day. now this is where most of my morning goes. Having to PHYSICALLY sort out everything dividing them from the lenders according to page number and carrier. You would think that would be easy but when you have at least 300 or 400 of them to do it gets crazy. That part is not so hard. Just have to make sure you sort it out correctly is the bitch.

Now getting them into the mailer is fun!!!! (dripping sarcasm here) I call the mailing maching SOB-666 figure out the name..mostly it cooperates fine. but other times it wanna get stuck and be a total doucheball. But this is where it gets fun. Most of the mails go out in one envelope. But a few of them. Oh they have to go a certain way and thank goodness that someone was nice enough to print out a form of each letter that goes into each envelope. I would be totally screwed if I didn't have it and it would be a bitch...because if they go out to the wrong vendors and whatnot, the company can be fined up to 25 grand per occurrence (per letter) and if you pop out a 100 or so at a time, you do the math. yeah this is serious bullshit there peoples. I usually try to get this all out sorted and stuffed before 11am. or a bit afterwards.

Now while this is going on and being stuffed into envelopes, I usually go check the faxes and sometimes by then, I get a bit of papers that need to be scanned into directories. Now this is not a hard thing to do. Just go to the scanner, insert them into the maching, push 2 buttons and wammo...good times. Sometimes I have to separate them into 2 stacks if they are too big...but pause insert the rest and keep going. So that is not hard thing to do. But when they pull about 4 or 5 at a time and some can be as tall as a ream of paper (500) pages..it gets time consuming. Luckly those don't have real time restraints.

Now I know most of you are like holy hell do you get a break..NOPE!!! I don't and that's not even the fun stuff yet. It's usually 12ish when I try to go to lunch. It suppose to be an hour but I usually take 30mins or so and I am thinking from now on I will just clock out and do more work and just eat at my desk because I have learned the hard way that you take a lunch and all that, shit will pile up faster than a manure factory shoveler. But I get back from lunch and I usually go back to faxes (which are there enmasse) try to get those out and then I go to mailing the letters out. I go to the mailing machine, punch a few keys set it to seal (good I don't need to lock the damn things) It would be hell on your tongue that's for sure. And zip them through. Puts postage and all. But sadly..it's all manual. I hold down a stack of 10 or so at a time and go through it. BAM BAM BAM. Put them in a postage tray and usually takes about half our or so. Normally there is about 500 or so to mail out. Once that's done. go back to the faxes. You would think that some people would take a break...hell no!!!! working all time zones here and there, it never stops.

Usually around 2ish or so...I get a few stacks of papers that need to be scanned and processed into a big warehouse of inventory. Luckly it's a scan, convert and transfer to an FTP site. as much as I download crap, this is a cake walk but it's time consuming trying to get them scanned, converted, and uploaded...all the while trying to multi-task printing out faxes.

Usually be done with that and then the home stretch comes. 3pm.....I have to get a whole set of files from international vendors and whatnot...hell I don't know where they come from I just get them put them on the desktop and with the wonderful magic of pdf I have to time stamp that it's received change it and print them out. Now thing is that they can vary from 3 to 9 files and some can be just 4 pages and a few appeals can be as much as 350. You would think they can't get all the shit done in 50 pages or less, hell no!!!!! so this is the longest part of the day. But normally I try to do other things and catch up on scanning or faxes while it's printing. Once all that's done. I have to mail folks with confirmation numbers logs and dates and the rest of the day. I catch up with faxes and scanning until 5:30 when I get the FedEx shipments ready to be sent out. Its usually a stack of papers and don't take long. And usually out the door at 6pm.

WHEW!!! And that's my day. you would think that I have this system down and running like a well-oiled machine right? HELL NO!!!!!! I always learned that the best plans blow up within 5 minutes of operation. To be honest,this should be a two person operation but they expect 1 to get it all done and have nothing left for the next day. Are you kidding me? Now I know I been there for just 2 weeks and this is my real first week running this whole pizza stand on my own. I literally run myself ragged trying to get this done and really it is a bit unnerving. Because so many things are on a time restraint, that you try to get everything out and have your priorities done first, but hell what's the priority.

And after today, I really just want to scream...because I been running on edge ever since I walked in the door. Not that I messed anything up...well not intentionally but today it was like a whole avalanche of things at one time. Not to mention having requests of things that needed to get done before the end of the day don't make matters easier either. So it's been one big episode of Clusterfuck starting me. Now I had a decent day yesterday, everything was running smoothly and got everything done even had a few moments to recollect myself but today Oh no...I hardly left that office except to go to lunch, bathroom and make deliveries. I so need to bring a radio or my IPOD in. Here is the rundown of today's big mess...see if you can catch along...

almost 1000 letters sorted stuffed and mailed. Thankfully about 200 or so were already pre-sorted.

3 personal request to have about 20 or so document downloaded and printed (which I havn't got to cause I was busy doing other things)

more than a dozen stacks of batch filed that need to be scanned. probably a ream of paper each. now that is 500 pages times 12...get the calculators ready. (not even close to finishing)

152 faxes today. yes I counted them.

9 international documents that averaged from 3 to 200 pages. (so many trees are dying cause of this job!!!!!) no going green here!!

3 ftp files transferred.

and 5 fedex packages.

ALL THAT WAS TO BE DONE BEFORE 6PM...AND NOW I COME IN AT 9 MIND YOU!!!!

NOW.....you think can this all be done with just one person? Nope, It can't and the thing is that after busting my ass trying to get all this accommodated, as I leave I get stopped by one of the supervisors and they ask how I am doing which I was honest and say it's alot and I'm trying to get it all done. But, I was informed that I have to get faxes out fast to keep nurses and stuff busy and get things in and out in 4 hours time. After I told her of everything that I had to do...which I still HAVN'T DONE!! She just said that it waxes and wanes. But I'm like really give me a little slack, I'm just starting out here on my own, this ain't going to be done overnight. But I understand the necessity. I just said I will try to get it all out faster and keep everyone happy. Which means I will just have to work alot off the clock to stay caught up.

I walked out and wanted to scream. But I knew that it wouldn't make a bit of good. But I just needed to vent. I really don't want to throw my issues with anyone, cause they got their own problems...so I just throw it here for anyone who wants to read it read it. I know the old addage, And this too, shall pass...sadly, it just carries over to the next day. I am honestly thinking that after my 90 evaulation, I don't know what to do. But, I am going to give it my damn best. But, Honestly with a company and an industry that can fine you for the simplest slip-up's it's a bit numbing. I'm grateful to have a job, Lord knows it's been hell trying to get it, but I just didn't expect it to be so demanding and really grinding on you. One of the office's mantras is to work and play and enjoy yourself there as an extension of home...honestly, when you have so much to do and got little leeway to even use the bathroom, I don't think that playing or interacting with anyone is in the cards anytime soon.

So...now I just go back into the pits tomorrow, and attempt to catch up on what I did not accomplish from yesterday. Throw some positive vibes this way...I can use plenty of them. And a clone of myself.

SAW

sorry been away

sorry been away as I have. got me a new job so it takes me away from things. like blogging and annoying the world. the place is pretty cool and the peeps are cool. just need to get one aspect of an operation down and I can do it. if I dont have a breakdown lol. but I am still here and will bring the fun. me promise.