90%

This is how sure I am that sometime in the next 3 months I will be vindicated. I will hear the much awaited and anticipated "you were right, we were wrong" in regards to the lame excuse for a GM they put in to the Langley store instead of me.

"Can't inspire a restaurant" is what they say about me. Well, at the very least I don't show up to the annual staff appreciation night hammered from the start. And when it is time for me to address the masses and thank them, praise them, rally them for a strong year? Well, what I don't do is say as little as possible and slink away in to the shadows.

Vindication will be mine.

cough much?

There has a been a large case of hacking, wheezing, high temperatures and headaches around our house for the past week. The cold that the kids had that we were sure was going away came back for round two. It's taken me out, both the kids, and just yesterday decided to add one more to the list by kicking Vanessa in the pants.

So much for the kids going back to school this week...

irony

There is nothing that makes a Sunday brunch shift better than being "the assistant manager who could be a GM but will never be allowed to" that gets to train "the GM who is but shouldn't be" how to do his job.

Oh how I look forward to starting paramedic school.

golf balls

Yesterday we were at the thrift store in Abbotsford, looking for the sofabed that we saw last week. We decided to return and buy the sofa, with the dream of one day having a home that was big enough to use it.
The sofa had sold in the 6 days since we were there last, much to our disappointment. While we were checking out the other various goods (which takes a while, it's a huge store/complex) I came across the "sports" section. There wasn't too much there, except a few packages of new golf balls. Since I tend to lose a lot when I golf, I thought it would be prudent to pick some up since they were so much cheaper than anywhere else.
Thomas and I tire of looking in the store, but Vanessa is still looking for the perfect find. So, we go out to the car and wait. I brought the golf balls out with us, and put them in the trunk. We had been hanging out in the car for a few minutes when Vanessa and Eleanor finally return to the car. Just as they do, Thomas asks me

T: "Daddy, can I see your balls?"
Me: "um, pardon?"
T: "Can I see your balls?"
Me: "oh sure, of course you can see my balls."

Yeah, so I can't tell you how funny that was. I tried, but I don't know that in reading it you can see just how funny it was. This led to a number of further jokes about balls (golf, of course) all through the rest of the day, none of which Thomas or Eleanor picked up on.

on a scale of one to random

Last Friday I received a phone call. It was from my boss' boss, and he wanted to have a talk with me about an opportunity. This is the same boss' boss that I had a chat with a few weeks ago. Now, as you may have heard from a previous post, at this point I already know that it's a given that I will not move into a GM position with this company, straight from the director's mouth. Whatever. I'm past that now. Really. Sort of.
The opportunity he mentioned was to help with the installation of an upgrade to our operating software, in each of the restaurants across the country. I have a knack for training, and seem to be better with the software than the majority of the people that I work with, and the idea is that I would be the guy who shows all the people how to use it.
I know that I am not all that brilliant on the computer, it did take me about 3 months to figure out how to do something as simple as make a link in a blog. Anyway, I have that figured out now, so don't give me grief. I didn't see any of you offering up help...
So, I say that it sounds interesting, he says he'll call Monday with more information. Monday passes, and Tuesday rolls around. My other boss comes by today, and talks with my GM about my schedule for next week, and how he (GM) needs to free me up for Monday/Tuesday, since the plan is for me to be in North Vancouver on Monday and Calgary on Tuesday.

Um, hi there. Did someone think to let me know that I will be making a trip to Calgary? Next week? Is it an overnighter? Do I get to know what the actual programs look like before I have to teach people how to use them? IS THIS A PROJECT I EVEN WANT TO DO?

Really though, I think an overnighter to Calgary will be fun. I have never been on a day/overnight business trip before, just out of town "retreats" that end up being a ton of work. Hopefully I will find out by Friday just what the plan is. Until then, I will keep fishing for information on what exactly I will be teaching people. And if I get some kind of bonus...