Working in a building that has a public parking lot blocks away from the airport SERIOUSLY sucks ass. I had to work the three days between Christmas holiday and New Years holiday. I wouldn't gripe except for the fact that three fourths of UCLA was closed so we got all the 'you mean they're not open' calls after people called said department and got 'We're Closed' messages. Idiots...
Anyway, I woke up late, fucked around and left for work REALLY late. After speeding down the 405 (thank G-d for no traffic) I made it to work on time. Or so I thought. I drove down to my regular parking spot and was told that the second floor was full and to go down to the next level. I followed the few cars down and was told they too were full and to go down to the forth level. Wash rinse repeat. One parking attendant was already voicing the concerns of other drivers to the main office using a walkie talkie. That was a VERY bad sign. I drove down to the fourth floor and was told they too were full. The guy there looked as if he was about to have a nervous breakdown. Apparently they decided just to send people around while trying to figure out what to do. I said fuck this andI drove back up to the to my regular spot and one parking attendant flagged me past a few frantic drivers. He had me park in front of the parking spaces, blocking part of the driveway. I was grateful that he helped me out, but dreaded coming back to find some car had backed into me. At least that was over... or so I thought.
I took the first elevator to the first floor and jumped into the next one for mine. No go. The elevator would not go past the second floor. I did not have my key card with me so a lady swiped hers to try and see if that was the issue. Nope. A group of us started elevator hopping to see which one worked. FINALLY we jumped on the freight elevator and was able to get to our floors. That was 30 minutes of my day I couldn't get back.
Later on I wrote a LONG letter about my ordeal to the management (with my boss' blessing). They wrote back about how terrible it was, how they were going to fix everything and all would be better tomorrow. Meanwhile I don't see anyone coming back from vacation until AFTER the New Years so I don't know how they're going to promise that. Morons...
Posted by: Polar Bear at December 28, 2007 06:46 AM
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Basically isn't that what management members are paid for ? Making promises everyone knows are false ? I wouldn't be surprised if I were to be paid according to the number of false promises I have to make a day. My boss says this : "As long as they know someome with the ear of the boss listen to their complaints and ideas, keep it up and go back to work". At least I know why he's my boss !