Training Purgatory

That is where I currently am...in training in Norman, OK. There is a slight possibility that the union of the company I work for may strike. So to prepare for that all management employees have been assigned a "strike assignment". If there is a strike I will have the privilege of becoming a collections agent. I won't complain about that though because some people in our department have jobs where they have to learn to climb telephone poles. Thank you Jesus for not putting me in that position!

So here I am in Oklahoma. We (one of my co-workers and I) checked into our hotel last night and I promptly discovered that my toilet wouldn't flush, which meant I had to re-pack my belongings and change rooms. Other than that the hotel is very nice. I have a huge king size bed, cable tv, free internet access and a very good complimentary breakfast. Better than home. ;-)

The training is quite frankly terrible. We spent a good portion of the day trying to work out kinks with the log ins we are supposed to use for the systems. The other portion of the day was spent taking turns reading the training manual out loud. What is especially annoying is that we have some hourly management people in the class so the trainer is extremely strict on the time. We spent the last 20 minutes of the day sitting around waiting for 5pm instead of being allowed to just go home.

I know I shouldn't complain. At least I have a job right? So I will try to make the best out of this.