They Don't Call it Work for Nothing

Once again: I've changed the design of the tribabe.com home page. I wanted to emphasize how you order custom products and some of the fun sayings you can get embroidered on items and this is what I've come up with so far, I will likely change it again but for now, this is what I'm going with. Hey, at least you don't have to live with me. Imagine what that must be like.

I'm still looking for photos from customers wearing products, so send those to me and I will reward you with a $5 gift certificate to the web store. I have a lot of new products and more coming including fleece pants for women, polo shirts for men, and baby bibs.

All this work got me thinking about jobs I've held in the past and how fortunate I am now to be in this position. Here are some of my past gem jobs:
-graveyard shift cargo airplane dispatcher (alone in a airplane hanger all night long)
-computer help desk (reboot and call me back if the problem persists)
-software implementation coordinator for drug and alcohol outpatient treatment centers (most clients in LA, what a great place to travel)
-computer lab coordinator at community college (students try to get you to do their homework for them AND I got sexually harassed--bonus!)
-systems analyst programmer at large university charged with implementing web based registration (no one believed I could do it and one person even went as far as banning the web site from library computers because they were mad when it succeeded)
-data manager at HIV/AIDS clinic at an inner city hospital (try facing that everyday)

Highlights of my career include:
-looking around at two other new hires on first day of job and seeing two tall blonds, just like me! I wonder why we were hired!
-having a sales manager tell me he couldn't wait to take me on the road with him (was I ready for a promotion?)
-getting called in because a co-worker complained that I told him not to touch me (he kept coming up behind me and trying to give me shoulder rubs so I told him not to touch me and he tried to get me in trouble)
-everyday a programmer in my office would compliment my outfit and ask me to do a circle so he could see it better
-having a boss yell at me for an hour that I couldn't change my schedule without permission (I left 5 minutes early twice a week to catch a bus to attend a computer class at night, on my own time and at my own expense, and I provided computer support at my job--I quit a few weeks later)
-being shown my new office that was stuffed full of boxes of unorganized medical records and had no desk or even a chair

So as you can see I am quite thrilled to finally have a nice boss with a nice office (with a desk and chairs) and it looks like I'm finally old enough that the sexual harassment has stopped. I entered the computer industry at age 19 and let me tell ya, the men in that industry were not easy on me. I like where I am now, working at a university and having a side business (several other computer geeks have side businesses here, it's how you justify to yourself the lower wages we get compared to the private sector). I enjoy going to work and I enjoy coming home to my family at the end of the day so life is finally good!

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