Monday: Day of Wonders

Thread: Monday --- Day of Wonders

I have listened to the morning gripe sessions at work places. Over time, one begins to form an opinion on the matter. I think that Mondays are actually over-looked, because people would just as soon forget that they even existed.

I have heard the students' versions of Mondays. These have been interesting in that it is actually funny to hear how they had a boring weekend, or that they had an excellent weekend. These students' eyes are always elated, and you can actually experience the moments that you discuss with them. If you take a moment even to let them share the experience, it becomes one that we can all share. I still remember the day after the Bears lost that one year like it is fresh in my head. Finding someone's else's perspective on the weekend is what usually makes my Mondays interesting. Then, you can either add to it or refrain from adding one that you feel is relevant.

Hearing the adult's version of Monday is not always as interesting. I dread going to work places where people are moaning and groaning about being there. I know it is just a gripe session, but it matters at what point you run into the people also.
Sometimes, too early in the day, is not a happy time at all for anyone involved.

I remember a "young - adult" person's view of a Monday. She used to make it fun for us to experience Mondays. This was during school and during breaks. She was like a
"Polly Anna" or a "Pippi." She was just that adorable. She even had this fool-proof system about extending our break time last without stressing out our bosses, as one was especially nit-picky at the time. We followed her moods for a while, because she was always up-beat. She and I got along just fine!!! When she was down, we were all devastated and hoped that she would cheer up soon. I also thought her last name sounded like Speed Racer's kid brother. He was always a little bundle of cute and adorable joy at all times. Fun to be around!!!

I think the employee forms an opinion about the work - experience over a period of time. Mostly, it depends on the baggage they are carrying into the work place from outside. These people have circumstances that are beyond their control that they are handling. They need supportive adults at work during their crisis. When it comes to people who don't have outside problems and they come to work simply to follow the motions, or they just don't care about work, you can really tell. I remember one work place provided an emergency number to help employees outside of work.

I have been fortunate to have job situations that were managable at a very young age.
I have seen adults function as managers that could take an undue amount of stress. I have found to emulate these people is the best course of action. Later, I found that outsiders would cause trouble for the company and the staff by walking in and creating rifts and playing games of sabotage. I noticed it mainly in the period of the 90s. The city was going through transitions, and there was a heavy amount of displacement. Since I had been previously unemployed, I handled the problem. Some of the people seemed to resent those of us who were going to and fro from work. At the time, because I had just graduated from school and had taken up jobs to support myself, I had kept so busy, that I didn't understand the adult schema of job loss and displacement yet. Boy, are they worse than a bunch of angry bears!!!

I have been at jobs where I rarely run into employers. At one summer job, I ran into one who was so gross to everyone, that I couldn't even stay there. It was my first job ever, and I couldn't even journal about it, because he was such a crass and stupid person, so demeaning, that you can't even talk about it, even in a journal!!! Don't they know a girl's first job is a highlight of her life?! He was a sick person. I hope I never ever run into him again!

I stayed away from unpleasant people, usually by keeping busy and focusing on work. Over the years, I began to notice some people started following me and stalking me to various work places and back. They tried to get me fired through various measures. They were strange people. All in all, I have worked since I was a teenager, so I have had a lot of work experience here to be able to talk about it and get it out of my system. Making your own money and being financially responsible for myself was a great feat for me. I am glad I did it, no matter what people in this state did to sabotage me. I feel sorry for people in this state, because such mediocre individuals of this behavior/set exist.

Usually, Mondays were days for me to look forward to, and it was a brand, new and fresh week to do things. These people were the worst examples of what a Monday should be for someone just getting started in the work force. Mondays were now days to dread. What if these lousy people were just around the corner? It was such a harassing world and culture in the 90s.

And now, it has returned, yet again!

Today, however, I haven't as of yet, engaged with one of these foilers of Mondays. I love Mondays if they're not around or if I haven't seen them. I also haven't felt the heebie - jeebies of them being around me asking for a quarter or fifty cents yet.
So, that feels really good!!! lol... I look at their nice clothes and shoes and wonder why they need change at all times.

(OBAMA brought change, right?!)

I still wonder why they still want change.

There must still be something missing in the system, yet again. People don't ask for something that they are missing, if something is not missing within the greater system.

What could this be?!

I have never been a political person, nor played games of sabotage. Most of my life, I have kept to myself, worked hard and kept busy. Do people think it that necessary to interfere with another's life and job pursuits?

What are they missing today?

I know I miss my Mondays, the way they used to be.

They were awesome!!!

Without all "these" people around!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I still have my fond memories of work to remember and motivate me.

I guess these people don't have that.

That is what must be missing.

I still will love my Mondays!