Well it’s 9:15 in the morning, and I’m sipping on Orange juice and vodka. Well you maybe asking, “jAsOn, why are you drinking in the wee hours of the morning?” Well, all I have to say to that is, “I just got home from work and why the hell not.” I’m starting to hate my job, watching TV for 8 hours is not the life of a super hero. I should be out there stopping crime or something to that nature. But no, I work a shit job for little money instead. Damn mutant powers of television control! I had a bad day at work this morning, and I want to bitch about it, but no one would understand a word I’m saying, but what the fuck. So this morning as I was going to get the Paid Programming that was on the log off the shelf so I could air them. The first tape was “CC”, a paid program for V18 Phase 4. (Ya, that’s what I thought too.) Well to my surprise, the tape was not where it was suppose to be. The paid programming tapes went from “AA” to “EE”, no “CC” in the middle. Well I started freaking out. I’m thinking I’m just not seeing it. I don’t want to call anyone because it’s 4 in the morning. Well after searching 20 minutes for it, I was forced to call my boss, because I have to air this tape in about a hour. After three tries, he answers the phone. Says something half-a-sleep and tell me its not his problem and to call Cara from traffic. So I do, and tell her I can’t find the “CC” paid program tape, and I say I’m sorry like 10 times. She has me call someone else, but I can’t get a hold of her. So I call Cara back up, and we are both puzzled on where the tape is. So the best thing she comes up with is to air another program from the same company and hope they pay. So she has me read her off a list of their other programs. Well, wouldn’t you know it, I come across the same program under the listing of “A61.” Well kick me in the balls and call me Nancy. It turns out that was the tape I was looking for the whole time, someone had renamed the tape “CC”, “A61” and they just put a new sticker over the old one. Now, I feel like a total ass. Here the tape was on the shelf the whole time, in front of my face, just under a different catalog listing. Keep in mind, this whole time I still have to switch on the movie, “Mr.Mom (ya you missing it)” and running around the building looking for this damn tape. So I woke up three people for no reason. And it’s all my fault. Sure I could blame the assholes, that changed the tape name, and put “CC” on the log. But I should have pulled those tapes when I first started working at 12, and not 3 in the fucking morning, it says so right on the list of responsibles of the Master Controller. Double check all programs when you start your shift. And I should have been all about handling the problem my self. After finding the tape wasn’t on the self under its listing of “CC” I should have checked all the tapes under it’s full listing, which was the full name of the program, Fast Media V18 Phase 4 1-800-###-##### (what ever) and I would have saw the tape found the problem and saved everyone a 4am wake up call. That way when I have that next interview, I can’t just say, “ya, I push buttons, and fuck up a lot.” I want to say “ I have a great ability to solve problems on my own when time matters.” Its like when you’re watching a movie, and you think, if I was in their situation I would have done this and that and saved the world. But I was in that situation and I failed. I should have be able to find that tape on my own and shown those leadership skills employers are looking for.
Well that was a long story and I’m very, very tried and have to sleep. I have to be back at work 12 tonight.
angry
crushed
sleepy
awake
bored
chipper