Respect? What's that?

Seriously...I'm going to fucking lose it. Now I see why our IT consultant is the way he is. If you aren't firm, and know when to say no, you'll get walked all over.

We have this new guy in our office who transferred from our office from BC. He's not technically an employee, still just a consultant, but they are trying to get him on staff. This means that every time he wants something, he gets it. New, larger monitor? sure. Wireless keyboard and mouse? Of course. Now the guy he's sharing an office with, who used to be pretty decent (or so I thought) is being a little fucking prick and trying to bully me into getting him things. Just because this new guy has them, he figures he should as well. Fuck that. You don't need it. You just want it b/c you are a little man with a Napolean complex. The thing is that he doesn't even get it. He doesn't see that he's being a little bitch. I get no respect. I'll talk to the boss and what happens? Oh just order it. WHAT THE FUCK? All these little frivolous things come out of the bottom line, which means less money in my bonus.

I kind of understand where he is coming from, but I'm just sick of people asking for, and getting, shit they don't need.

No respect...

My new car!

So I bought a new car yesterday. Well, we bought a new car yesterday, I'll be driving it to and from work, while Mama Bean has her Civic.

It's pretty sweet. It's a 2008 Mazda3. And boy is it awesome. Wanna hear about some of the features?

- power locks with remote entry

- power windows

- power/heated mirrors

- rain sensing window wipers

- cruise control

- steering wheel mounted controls for cruise and audio

- Aux jack for my iPod

- side mirrors and door handles the color of the car (did you know this was a luxury?)

- a rear center armrest with cup holders for those in the backseat

- A/C with a micron air filter

- 15" aluminum alloy rims

- front seat thigh support (what?)

- ABS (toyota's corolla doesn't have this)

- front and side curtain airbags (these either)

- 4 wheel disc brakes

- 2.0L 148hp engine

- and a whole shitload of other little things that they use as selling features (cup holders, vanity mirrors, espresso machine, 60/40 split seats, etc...) that I don't really care about.

Oh yeah! And because I don't get enough people making fun of me and my purple sunfire, I bought this in purple as well! It's pimpin! It's a sweet dark metallic purple that sparkles. No, I'm not gay.

That's what it looks like. In 5 hours when I pick up the real thing, I'll post pictures. :)

Credit given, where credit due...right?

You know what would be awesome?

If people stopped taking FUCKING CREDIT FOR THE FUCKING SHIT THAT I DO.

I'm the IT guy. Most people don't know what I do, or just how vital a role I play. I work behind the scenes. I keep your computers running. I keep you programs running smoothly. I keep you connected to the network and the internet, and make sure you can print. I am the maintainer of the heartbeat of the office.

Where I work, along with all of that, I also implement new policies for our data management system, am the administrator of our Client Relations Management Database, devise new, more efficient ways to run things, write little programs that decrease the amount of work people have to do, and take about 50% of the tech calls that come into the office.

But do I get credit for any of that no. Why? Probably because I don't speak up and tell everyone. I just quietly go around doing my business, content with the fact that what I'm doing is making everyone else's life easier.

But this past week I've been swamped with work. Up to my eyeballs getting a whole bunch of shit done for this morning. I was supposed to be rolling out this new way of doing things this week, but I've been so swamped with everything that I haven't had a chance yet. So other people are jumping on it, and under the guise of helping me, they get all the credit for all my ideas and work.

WHAT THE FUCK?!?!?!? SERIOUSLY!!

Just another little way I am getting fucked over here...

Car woes

So we're looking at purchasing a new car. Mine is running a little rough, and I'm not sure I awnt to go through another winter, worrying everyday whether or not it's going to die on me. I could sell it now and maybe make a couple of grand, or drive it until it dies (in the next year or so) and get nothing from it and have to scramble to get something else. I can get something now while there are good deals, and fix up my car and sell it, and there's alot less pressure.

But it's a lot of extra cash outta our pocket every month. $300-350/month, which is actually pretty awesome, but that's $3000/year that we could be putting towards student loans. Sacrifices...decisions... Why is being an adult so hard? /sigh

So we are debating between a Honda Fit, Toyota Yaris, or Nissan Versa, but I think the Versa is out. All the reviews I'm reading have it quite a bit lower and it's usually a battle between a Fit and a Yaris. The Fit is a little more expensive, so I leaning towards the Yaris. We took it for a test drive the other day, and I quite liked it. I want to hit up the Honda dealership and check it out though. Kari and James have a little fit, and it's just so cute and fun, and I love the way the seats all fold down. It's got better handling and it seems to be an overall better car, with some of the best passive safety features, so that's one of the debates of price vs. safety.