The day is looking up
Mar. 25th, 2004 11:38 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
treeskinFor now, anyway.
It only took us an hour to get the stump of the dead tree out of the ground, out of the courtyard, and get the replacement into the courtyard and into the ground. I'm still vexed with the PT kid that helpd us out....dude, just because I'm a girl, doesn't mean that when I say something is heavy, it's going to be a piece of cake for you to pick up. That tree probably weighed 120 pounds. I'm smart enough, and old and creaky enough, to know better than to try. I'm strong enough to do most of my own lifting, and smart enough to know when to ask for help. The look on his face, after he said "oh, that's all you want moved" and tried to pick the tree up, was priceless. And the kicker--the stump & rootball of the dead tree was heavier than the new tree, it took all three of us to get it into the wheelbarrow to haul out of the building. Mrph. Young men get on my nerves sometimes.
The Print Shop Guy really likes me....I have half a trunk load of free paper again, some of it still in its plastic wrappers. Some text block weight, some glossy and heavier, some text weight trimmings of light blue and pink papers (I don't know what the pink was for, but nothing says it has to stay that color), a few large sheets of a lovely off white linen-textured stuff....the pile just fit in the back of the golf cart. Must remember to bring him something nice.
The afternoon's probably a lost cause--we've got that "interview" with the "applicant"....from what's being said among the foremen, the "applicant" is more or less hired, and Grounds Foreman is just screwed. Our management has handled this badly. And our Turf Guy has heard through the grapevine that the applicant is not the prize he looks to be on paper. Turf Guy implied what he'd heard about the applicant was that he was rather like Nemesis...great on paper, but not as easy to get along with, not as hard-working as he bills himself. Which is NOT what we need to add to the department, one's enough, thank you. But Applicant has that all-important 4-year degree, and Maintenance Director and Vice President are so hot-to-trot about getting staff that have degrees. *shakes head* Common sense, a sense of organization, decent people skills, and patience are much more useful for that job.
It only took us an hour to get the stump of the dead tree out of the ground, out of the courtyard, and get the replacement into the courtyard and into the ground. I'm still vexed with the PT kid that helpd us out....dude, just because I'm a girl, doesn't mean that when I say something is heavy, it's going to be a piece of cake for you to pick up. That tree probably weighed 120 pounds. I'm smart enough, and old and creaky enough, to know better than to try. I'm strong enough to do most of my own lifting, and smart enough to know when to ask for help. The look on his face, after he said "oh, that's all you want moved" and tried to pick the tree up, was priceless. And the kicker--the stump & rootball of the dead tree was heavier than the new tree, it took all three of us to get it into the wheelbarrow to haul out of the building. Mrph. Young men get on my nerves sometimes.
The Print Shop Guy really likes me....I have half a trunk load of free paper again, some of it still in its plastic wrappers. Some text block weight, some glossy and heavier, some text weight trimmings of light blue and pink papers (I don't know what the pink was for, but nothing says it has to stay that color), a few large sheets of a lovely off white linen-textured stuff....the pile just fit in the back of the golf cart. Must remember to bring him something nice.
The afternoon's probably a lost cause--we've got that "interview" with the "applicant"....from what's being said among the foremen, the "applicant" is more or less hired, and Grounds Foreman is just screwed. Our management has handled this badly. And our Turf Guy has heard through the grapevine that the applicant is not the prize he looks to be on paper. Turf Guy implied what he'd heard about the applicant was that he was rather like Nemesis...great on paper, but not as easy to get along with, not as hard-working as he bills himself. Which is NOT what we need to add to the department, one's enough, thank you. But Applicant has that all-important 4-year degree, and Maintenance Director and Vice President are so hot-to-trot about getting staff that have degrees. *shakes head* Common sense, a sense of organization, decent people skills, and patience are much more useful for that job.
