management sanctioned activities which preclude the actual accomplishment of anything work related

okay... anyone ever notice that "informational staff meetings" leave you with more questions than answers?

I just came from one, which lasted an HOUR AND A HALF. supposedly, we were supposed to learn about the reorganization of our department... however, all we got was a bunch of double talk, obvious lies, and patronization. every question that was answered led to 4 or 5 more questions to which the responses were "we dont know yet" or "i wish i could answer that for you" or "we're not at that stage in planning yet" which, of course, is total bullshit.

i know its total bullshit cuz i talk to my dad, and my dad happens to be on the steering committee for this entire stupid thing, and hes TOLD me whats really going on.

so now i'm all sorts of pissed off because i'm being lied to, and so are all my co-workers, and frankly, we deserve better (even if we do slack off for 5 or 10 minutes here and there). we handle workloads 3 times the size of people in comparable positions campus wide, for lower pay. we stay when everyone else up and quits. we are the backbone of the entire organization, and they wont even bother to tell us the truth about whether or not we'll have jobs in 6 months.

i wish that i could tell everyone what i know, prepare them for the fact that most of them are going to have to reapply for their jobs... but i'm not allowed to. under penalty of being disowned by my father. and being forced to reapply for my job too (which, thankfully, i know i dont have to do).

so anyway, i'm off to english class to try and forget about this hellish afternoon... yeah um... and i didnt do the homework i was supposed to turn in today... well... oops.

*** as a disclaimer for the previous post "bacardi shots with a koolaid chaser" -- I am NOT an alcoholic. in fact, i rarely, if ever, drink anything containing alcohol. i dont even have vanilla extract in my house (though, i'd buy it if i actually needed it to bake something). but yeah. to reitterate, i am NOT a wino, or a drunk, or anything else that would be remotely addicted to alcohol. getting halfway buzzed once a month soooo doesnt qualify me for that. ***