Sunday, January 16, 2011
Afternoons and Evenings
Finally, I got around to telling The Boss that I'm off mornings. What a relief. I should know by now that the time between 4:00 am and 7:00 am is critical - not sleeping in the hours encompassing that span wrecks my day.
It also wrecks my health, albeit at a slower rate. I've been reading lately where the average American's average night's sleep has declined from nine to seven hours in the course of the last few decades. Sleep deficit is allegedly responsible for lots of medical problems, from weight gain to cancer. I believe all of that.
Naturally, The Boss has seen fit to punish me. He's not a subtle man. After I explained that working any time after noon is fine, he called me - three days later - asking if I could make a 9:00 pm airport pickup. There's no sarcasm in his voice, but the intent is clear; he wants us all to be his 24/7 lapdogs. Breaking with his desire will not be rewarded.
As I explained in a previous post, I didn't have much choice. I'd allowed him to assume that I'd work very late finishes followed by very early starts. My fault really, but the occasional overnight turned into more than a few. And he's not the type with whom I can logically explain my reasoning. Upon receiving a booking, he'll look to fill the driver slot with the least work possible on his behalf. Until now, that meant calling me.
So I suffer with his displeasure for the moment. Frankly, I'm happy. I'm feeling better, and his business is collapsing so fast, there's more or less no work anyway.
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5 comments:
after reading this last night, i went to bed early and it seems might have gotten 9 hours of sleep. it didn't help, sugar! *pouting* xoxoxox
what are you going to do about a steady gig? are we storming the office and seizing the business? :D
The bosses displeasure might have more than a little to do with the collapsing business. I have been fired for something the boss did himself.
Fantastic automotive photos you've been running BTW.
wow!!! your blog is so beautiful. i am very glad to visit your site. thanks for the providing this.
Storming the office! That sounds like a chauffeur's coup d'état, right Sugar?
Despite that it sounds like a great idea, there's actually nothing at the office. Not even The Boss. He runs the Titanic from his house thesedays, so he wouldn't even know that we'd seized control.
The most valuable piece of equipment - the computer containing the customer database - is at his place also. So all we'd achieve is control of the limos...all of which are more liability than asset at this point.
But I like your spunk!
Don, I see you're way ahead of me on the un/employment curve here. Yeah, this is a classic case of malign neglect ruining what was until recently a pretty good business. From feast to famine in around three years.
Amazing.
And thanks for commenting about the photos. It's fun scrounging around for them, there's a ton of great stuff about autos on the net.
Good post. Limousines are generally chauffeur-driven vehicles and are often associated with royalty.
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