Working Overtime
But Not For OverpayYesterday, I had to come to work in the morning to cover for a couple people who've fallen ill to what seems to be the seventh different mutation of "what's going around" this season. It hasn't affected me since my immune system is so fortified from my last awful sickness that for the forseeable future, it will be able to stop just about anything short of a bullet.
After that mini-emergency, I thought I might have a couple hours of blog-time, but my boss decided that since I was there anyway (nothing good can come from this phrase), we might as well convene a meeting of the Advertising Department. Here's the thing: we don't really have an advertising department per se. We're a local company and we have no grand designs on Walmartian-type expansion, but my boss has decided to take the business "to the next level" and has placed me in charge of a modest ad campaign solely on the basis that I can write. I'm honored. For this, though, I receive no extra pay. Bummer.
However, Advertising Department meetings usually take place over lunch, which is on my boss' nickel. He can afford it because the Advertising Department is, well, just him and I. So we ordered Chinese while we plotted our strategies.
I really hope this pans out. Since I'm getting compensated for my extra work only in terms of soy sauce and fortune cookies (yesterday's was "Your hard work will pay dividends." In addition, I learned that the Chinese word for sugar is "tang," and that my lucky numbers are 2, 8, 13, 24, 27, and 39), it would at least be nice to have a business boon so I can use it on a future résumé.
If any business owners are reading this: call me. I work cheap.
posted by Marsh @ 12:45 PM
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