Friday, June 04, 2004
aww, i feel special
last week i saw an invitation on my co-worker's cube stating, "Please join us for a celebratory luncheon hononring...YOU!" i was all excited for her and thought she got an award or something. when i saw the same invite in my other coworkers' cubes, i felt all dumb, realizing this was the 2003 recognition luncheon we had been talking about in previous staff meetings. (i know 2003 was 6 months ago!)i remembered putting in my two cents at where and what type of restaurant we should go to, whether to have lunch or dinner. i did not get the invitation, which i did not expect because apparently, it's somewhat of a policy that the temporary workers do not attend such company sponsored affairs. makes sense and it's happened before, so it doesn't really bother me. except that i've been here for almost 2 years (in october), with this department specifically for a year and a half now. and i've been doing a helluva lot more work than what i was initially hired for. especially at year end. it's been really great to grow and learn so much from people that i highly respect and like to work with. so i've really been feeling very much part of the department and this team that i work with. so when this lil invite came around and i realized that this was the luncheon we were talking about at those meetings, yes, i was disappointed. so much so that i even somewhat complained about it to glenn. but i had to shrug it off, cuz what can i do, right?
so, i dunno if it dawned on the director that the secretary didn't give me an invitation, but i found one standing on my keyboard on tuesday! yay! it's not so nice to be left out, but especially when you get the impression that you're part of a team, it's so extra nice to be appreciated! and because i didn't expect it anymore, i feel extra special cuz they really didn't have to include me. but it's really nice to know that they do appreciate my work and presence in our department. so today, we get to leave at 2pm and have a late luncheon at twin palms restaurant. glenn and i have had a nice dinner there and it's very lovely! whoohoo!
happy friday everyone!
so, i dunno if it dawned on the director that the secretary didn't give me an invitation, but i found one standing on my keyboard on tuesday! yay! it's not so nice to be left out, but especially when you get the impression that you're part of a team, it's so extra nice to be appreciated! and because i didn't expect it anymore, i feel extra special cuz they really didn't have to include me. but it's really nice to know that they do appreciate my work and presence in our department. so today, we get to leave at 2pm and have a late luncheon at twin palms restaurant. glenn and i have had a nice dinner there and it's very lovely! whoohoo!
happy friday everyone!
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