Beer Helps Me Do Stuff

We had our company golf tournament today, and throughout the first nine holes I had a good putt and little else to offer our team. Not so coincidentally we did not see the beer cart for the first nine holes. After our ninth hole, I had about three beers in fifteen minutes. Then I had the best shot on our tenth hole. On the eleventh hole I had a drive that caused the response 'are you kidding me!' from one of my bosses. As my drinking continues I put the ball about 15 feet from the pin on a par three. But then I missed the birdie putt. Buy the time we had gotten to our last hole I didn't even take the shots that led up to the green. But I decided to take the final shot of the round and sunk a 20 foot putt, after my boss had declared that our score for the day was one over. How dare he underestimate my drunken golfing state! I sunk the putt and staggered off the course ready for some more drinking. All in all, We hit a par, an eagle (one my putt), then two bogies, follow by a consistent round of pars. Quite a round of golf!;

Okay, When Did I Become an Adult?

Yesterday I spent my afternoon enjoying a few beers at the local pub and then tried to sneak away for a trip to the driving range before my buddy's wife called asking where he was. Then I went back to the bar and realized how fast I am becoming an full fledged adult. I mean: Pub? Golf? Buddy's wife? When did this happen? I am running operations. My friends are getting married and having babies. When did this happen? I thought it would take longer than a couple of years out of college for people to start becoming real people. I am not saying that I am afraid of what is happening, but rather I am surprised that all this is happening so fast. Thank God for the childish behavior that followed when I returned to the bar. Drinking games, bad dancing, singing, all this made me see how although you can have many of the responsibilities that adults have, you can still act your age and take time to have fun and enjoy life.

I Know Why My Boss is So Cranky

After running our operation for about a week and a half I am starting to realize why my boss is so cranky. First off no one in our group listens. I would make a suggestion or try to make a suggestion and all of our brain-trusts would immediately shoot down my ideas with their own opinions. Seeing as how I am the least experienced of the lot, I would give in to later realize that I was right and if I would have stayed with my original decision I would have been much better off. Then there is the hindsight bias. It's funny how people are so quick to point out how you made a mistake after the fact when so many unknowns existed when you made your decision. Then you are told to include the group when making such decisions, but then when you try, no one is willing to put themselves out there in case they may be wrong. But afterwards they will ask why I did not make a certain move. So quick to take credit when things go right and so quick to point the finger when something goes wrong. So far being to boss has opened my eyes to many things. Althought it has be frusterating, as the boss I have learned a ton, realized how hard it is to manage people (especially when you used to be their subordinate), and gained a lot of confidence in doing my job when I used to think that I had little idea of what I was doing. That being said, I still would not want to be the boss full time.

Lunch with Armando

Today I had lunch with someone I just met. His name is Armando and he is one month old. Armando is the baby of my one of my college roommates. This is the same guy who I watched get married about a year and a half ago and couldn't believe that one of my friends was getting married. Now he was responsible for this baby that was sleeping in a stoller next to me. Armando barely opened his eyes a couple of times to check things out but quickly decided that nothing around him was worth staying up for (I think I may have agreed). My other friend commented that the squinting baby looked like my roommate during his freshman year when he spent most of his time in a less than alert state. I find it very strange that someone that I was close to in college now has a family. I guess it just made me realize my classmates and I are really adults now and a first look at the life of adults.

Who's the Boss?

Last week, my boss took me aside and gave me some very startling news. He told me that I would be managing our group while he was away for a couple of weeks. He choose me because some people think that they are needed elsewhere and others are incapable of handling it. I was a little surprised to hear this news because I now I would be in charge and be assisted by someone who has been working in the industry for about as long as I have been alive. Also, other than our clerical staff I am the least experienced member of our group. It puts me in an interesting situation of have to manage people that I once went on coffee runs for. I never asked for this type of responsibility but for some reason everyone thinks I know what I am doing. And it would be stupid to turn down an opprotunity to get some really good work experience that so many other people would love a chance to have. I guess we will see how it goes from here.