Thu 6 Feb 2003
Late.
Posted by Marc under Teaching Fun
[4] Comments
Today I was late for the first time. Yuck. I went to the discount electronics area of town and window shopped and lost track of time. I showed up at 1:03 and had to teach a class right away. Let’s just say I’m NEVER going to have that happen again. Not only was it embarassing, but I got a little “note” from the manager. It really put a dent in the day. I need to get there 10-15 minutes early just so I can switch into teaching mode, set up my materials, and just relax. I stayed a little later today, so hopefully that made up for it. Note to self: never be late again. It’s not worth it.
February 7th, 2003 at 7:19 pm
yeah! and kids: stay off crack. it’s a ghetto drug.
(- Bob Roberts)
sorry, yeah, I know, that’s a pain in the ass. Funnily enough, the same thing happened to me at about the same point in my employment with Aeon, and I felt terrible about it too. But my manager, sweet as she is, did not at _all_ let me off the hook, and I think that’s kind of a common trick in Aeon company culture – to make you feel like normal things (slight lateness, asking for vacation on “blackout days”, not selling a zillion books during self-study campaigns, in-class flatulence)are really terrible and a violation of Aeon/Japanese culture. And that may or may not be true, but it’s still a sneaky trick to take advantage of your newness and insecurity to keep you in line. So what I’m saying is: yeah, of course, get to work on time, but if you fuck up, well, don’t feel too bad about it. It does happen more often than your manager wants you to think.
February 8th, 2003 at 2:03 am
1:03?
1:03!?
You had to be there at 1:00(!) and you were LATE?
Whatever. If you had to be there in the, oh, I don’t know, MORNING I might have more sympathy.
Note to self: Get job that starts at 1:00 (!) and then don’t be late.
February 9th, 2003 at 5:00 pm
Yeah, I guess I should try to haul myself out of bed a little earlier next time.
February 11th, 2003 at 6:24 am
Flatulence bad in Japan? Sad, sad country.