Productivity

Someone once asked me what a typical day at my office is like. I was hesitant to answer the question as I thought it might make me look lazy or inhibited, but really that is only like 30% of the problem. I’ll give an example, shall I? I’m at a computer fiddling around with the extremely important and official pamphlet I am currently making when ahem a computer is need by someone with something much more vital to do. There are a few computers in the office, about a third as many computers as people who wish to use them. I move to a table to write some notes on activities I will be doing. Ah excuse me are you using that pen? I am told it’s within the realm of etiquette to take things from people’s hands with minimal preamble, papers, pens, this notebook, a sandwich. So it’s no big deal right? But it does seem to happen an awful lot. To be fair I was warned of this phanonminon (disappearing pens) in the first week. Though this has somewhat put a damper on my productivity, I am not one to be deterred from listlessness when it is clearly both convenient and prudent for everyone involved. Don’t get me wrong, sometimes they bring the pens back. Often three or four days later, but still it is nice to think that things return naturally to their place of origin. Breaking brightly into my life before being sucked back into the void where pens go to die. This is naturally part of the charm of working here, no resources, no accurate working knowledge or training on anything you are doing, and certainly no clue as to what you will be doing say tomorrow. Awesome. Hearing other interns talk about their organizations I came to realize that mine has considerably more resources and employees even though it’s not nearly enough (thanks Wal-Mart). Also said employees show up every day and such. Sure there is the occasional nap but if anything this boosts productivity considerably. In fact along with mandatory tea time, nap time will also become part of the work place norm during my revolution. Today I made a great stride, I finished a Needs Assessment that I had planned to finish last month. Hooray!!!