Friday, July 02, 2004

Summer Job

I am tired now. My co-worker in the gym did not show up, so I have to turn the half-ass job into a full-ass one on my own. Talking about jobs, this summer I have so many jobs that I begin to worry about my progress of my dissertation. 4 hours in the library, 8 hours in the gym. I am also picking up some easy hours from my department. Unlike writing the dissertation, those jobs have immediate pay-off, some of them are either paying well or as easy as sitting for straight hours.
But people are selfish indeed. Sometime I will overreport the hours I work. For example, if I install some software while doing some shreding during the waiting time, I will double count the hours. Or I will work out in the gym myself when there is no supervisor. But you know, everybody does that. Today my supervisor asked me to purchase a digital camera and printer for the organization, but I feel that she will take it home when there is no departmental events.
Ha, but it is still for your best interests to be part of the game. Unlike in the fairy tale, you do not want to be the stupid kid who shouts, "the empiror dons no clothes." I am not complaining here. Actually I gained some in-kind benefits by gaining trust from them. But hey, is it the real world I will have to live with soon?

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