[CAUT] lab woes

[Michelle Stranges]

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:)

I see where you're coming from Wim- and that's something I usually  
have a "problem" with- giving myself concerns where there is no need  
for one - or the ever popular succoming to the "an emergency on your  
part doesn't mean an emergency on my part"..

Now about getting rid of me to fund their pet projects??

Pfft!!!

I'm half the reason they even show up at work each day!!

:D

stranges


On Sep 22, 2005, at 4:07 PM, Wimblees@aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 9/22/2005 2:11:44 PM Central Standard Time,  
> stranges@Oswego.EDU writes:
> I work for a state college Wim-
>
> *NO* money "miraculously appears"..
>
> And I work at a state school in (upstate) *New York* which means..
>
> Miracles only happen on 34th Street.
>
> :)
>
> This isn't part of my job description no- but it's not part of the  
> audio engineers job description either... it's just that I dig MOST  
> of the  poeple I work with and even though it IS funny to see Rob  
> running up and down the hall listening to piano excercises by  
> students- I feel kinda bad for him.
>
> (Plus I get a warm fuzzy when I see piano shaped objects.. maternal  
> instinct??)
>
> Thanx all for your moral support!!!
>
> :)
>
> Stranges
> Michelle.
>
> I work for a state school, too, and it's surprising that when there  
> is a real need, the money does appear. As much as you dig most of  
> your fellow workers, buying lab instruments, even if they do like  
> PSO's, is not your, or the audio guy's, responsibility. Leave the  
> buying to those who control the money.
>
> On a broader issue, I used to want to do as much as I could to help  
> the department. I spent extra hours doing things that were none of  
> my business. I went to almost every recital and concert. I  
> volunteered to be on committees, and offered to help do what was  
> necessary to get the work done. Call me skeptical, ( and I think  
> there are a couple of us out that that feel like I do), but no  
> matter how hard we work, and how much we support the department,  
> when it comes right down to it, we're nothing more than a hired  
> hand to tune pianos. You might dig most of your fellow workers, and  
> they probably like you, too, but when it comes right down to it,  
> most of them would get rid of you in a minute, or at most reduce  
> your position to quarter time, if it meant more money for their pet  
> projects.
>
> Sorry for the rant.
>
> Wim


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