Skippy's On The Fly

5 Weeks After...

2008-07-13T06:03:00.000-07:00

...my last post, and:

-100 hours overtime (ofcourse it's illegal)
-working 2 weekends in a row from Saturday 19:00 to Sunday 16:30 non-stop
-no personal life, just working-eating-sleeping
-been told off for the most ridiculous matters

I am wondering...

How much a Pizza Hut delivery boy earn? How much would you get from tips?

Small Job Issues

2008-06-06T15:54:00.001-07:00

This is my job situation as described in the very best way on a comic I found in the newspaper. I repeat- this the true story- uncut- . the real thing!!!!

Iwas going to write more but I can see a frustrated guy coming my way screaming, his name is M.B-aka Mean Boss...

He caught me...

A few minutes later....

Me: Of course it was a spelling mistake boss...
Boss: Write 1000 times the phrase "I won't humiliate my boss online ever again, even if my wife ask you to do it"
Me: ok boss....

I won't humiliate my boss online ever again, even if my wife ask you to do it
I won't humiliate my boss online ever again, even if my wife ask you to do it
I won't humiliate my boss online ever again, even if my wife ask you to do it
I won't humiliate my boss online ever again, even if my wife ask you to do it

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100. I won't humiliate my boss online ever again, even if my wife ask you to do it

Sad but True (story)

2008-05-30T11:54:00.000-07:00

Another one from work, since that's all I do the last couple of months.

me: I'd like to inform you about the ISO inspection...

him: Well, how did it go?

me: Very well indeed, it's done, much better comments and less non-conformities than last year. And it was done in 21 days. The previous years it took up to three months to get finished.

him: So you didn't work too hard...

me: (huh?)

him: Ok, thank you...

me: You're welcome...

The outcome:

(My last year's wage bonus for this shit was 1000 euros.- This year I got only 500 cause I DIDN'T WORK HARD).

I guess that's what happens when business mentality goes mental...

A Typical Day At Work(ing Hell)

2008-05-19T12:39:00.000-07:00

My position: Project Manager(+Total Quality manager+Assistant to the CEO+boy toy) at a leading Greek company

ISO 9001 inspection in 6 days.
Working 14 hours a day for the last 2 weeks
drinnngggg
dringggggg
B:"Hello, Skippy...I'm your boss"
S:"hello boss...blah blah blah..."
B:"I need you to do me a favor, could you please come and take me from *indifferent place*, NOW?
S: "Of course Boss...(doesn't take no for answer, he could disagree even with himself"
B:"OK meet you there in ten...(if only I had my private jet...)"
S: See ya...

20 mins later...

B:"You're late..."
S:"Well, lot of traffic blah blah blah..."
B:"OK, I need you to take me back to the headquarters, I'm in a hurry..."
S:"*thinking* yeah, right, it's Athens in noon, the traffic would be like hell..."

On the road....

B:"take this shortcut...turn right, turn left...fly (a bit exaggerating)...keep it on the right lane...

Trying to change lanes, cars beeping on me etc etc...

B:"I told you to change lanes, keeping an eye on the road is your responsibility..."

After a 1.30 hour tour of Athens....

B:"We shouldn't have turned on the first place"
S:"Whatever..."

Tip of the day: Don't let your boss talk, under any circumastances. Try to make him believe whatever is right is his idea...

Blogging Hints And Tips

2008-05-17T15:58:00.000-07:00

After 6 (or 7) posts I have done, I consider myself capable to give some blogging tips to the newbies and amateurs out there who have no clue on how to get traffic.

So here's my Golden List of Success (10 tips away from Heaven)

1. Add your blog to every link referral- blog community- social network available. You'll get lots of hits (no visit lasts more than 1 sec, but thats ok.)

2. Forget content. It's useless. What matter's is to include words that would be more likely to be searched for on Search Engines.
For Example:

Obama Hillary And I

Yesterday night I went out with Obama and Hillary. After some drinks they went to have sex after watching a porn movie. Google. It was a great night out and we had a lot fun(ny videos). It was a night that everyone would say YAHOO! the next morning

At the point watch your tags. They should have most of the bolded words above
(excessive use of the name Bin Landen is a must too.

3. -

(this is one you must pay to get!)

4. Blog as often as you can. Blog till you die. Even if you have nothing to say.

5. Start reading my blog. Daily. Twice a day. Before breakfast, after lunch, before going to sleep (or after). You wouldn't believe what you can get from this tip. And, comment (on this blog particularly)

6. (This tip is for sale)

7. Have some kids. And if you're a guy-change sex. Mother blogs is the new trend

8. Go to tip number 9.

9. Burn your feeds (every single one, including cattle, horses, chickens). Take your lighter, petrol, and a piece of cloth and burn the mother*****rs

10. Swear, alot

I'm On Fire...

2008-05-14T12:22:00.000-07:00

2 posts in less than 3 days? I'm a ~~firegun~~(oops) machine gun...

Not much to say though....

Wordpress Was The Reason

2008-05-13T13:18:00.000-07:00

Just moved from wordpress to blogger.(It's well known on the blogospere that wordpress was the reason for VERY Poor STATS (read previous post!!!too bored to link....)

Anyway,

A small story for starters....

dedicated to CULTURAL DIFFERENCES

True dialogue with my girlfriend who's from Australia.

She: All my friends are chatting on facebook, even though they live on the same street...It's ridiculous...

Me: Really? Listen to this... Someone from work asked me if when you join facebook people can steal money from your bank account!!!

happened exactly as described...

So, to make a generalization, Australians are more comfort than they should with the Internet and
Greeks, as always, they exaggerate. I mean, how the fuck could someone steal your money through your email and a fake nickname? Wake up...I have your email- if i could I would steal your money, I really need them...

Skip Says Sorry

2008-05-11T15:21:00.000-07:00

Message for my reader(s)*:

I know you don't give a fuck, but I'm back to regular posting...(regular is such an abstract word though)

*(stats for the last month(s), thank you VERY much uknown reader, in other words thank you sweetie, I'll be home at 8...)

2008-02-29T20:20:00.000-08:00

I'm trying to figure out what this blog is going to be about. It was meant to be a part of a project . It is still though for the project to start working you have ot have readers. Readers willing to interact.

So I have to start writting. Content Is the King. But I hate writting. I hate writting since school when I had to write long essays about the most unattractive subjects like "Generation Gap" etc. On the other side I found out that I love blogging. It's an antidote to stress and anxiety.

So a second part of the project I found out after I started this blog, is the fun of blogging. The fun of writting something that more than you and your teacher going to read.

Today I'm going to write about my job. A stressful period have started and continue. My boss is arrogant and selfish. My job is to do whatever he can't or dont want to do (job description: assistant to the general manager).

Anyway, what I'd like to say is, that on periods like this, what makes me feel better is to imagine my boss as EMO. I laugh just thinking of it. And i think tihs works for everyone in a difficult possition. I think i found the cure to hatery. Justi imagine the person you hate or dislike as an Emo icon, imagine the hair and the sad look. It will make you instanlty feel better.

I have to stop now. I'm not giving away my secrets for succesful living for free. You have to come back another time for another great secret that's going to make your life better.

End of egomanic-selfish-manic depressive post-----------> I RULE

bye

(image stolen from http://jamesure.homestead.com/)

Star-blogging Secrets

2008-02-12T13:17:00.000-08:00

Second post, after some thinking, of how this blog can work, if it really matters to anyone what i'm planning to do with my life and if anyone cares how i'm going to deal with the issues i addressed (i know it's a bit silly to link to something which is just above). And Then, i thought, if the profile of a star blogger is a female in her late 30's with several psychological issues (manic depression, loss of sexual orientation etc) who have lost their job (they actually begged their boss to fire them so they can post it...), i asked myself, what do you have in common with this people? Why someone is going to read your blog, how are you goint to catch some attention so people want to interact and contribute to my space?

And, suddently, an idea stroke my head...

HOW TO BECOME A BLOG-STAR

1. Have at least one mental illness (or at least try to develop one)

2. Talk about "nothing" and make it sound like "everything, like the future of the mankind depends on what time you had dinner and how long you took to have a piss (pee?).

3. Try to get your work published (even in 2 copies, maybe 3 if both your parents can read)

4. Sell something on Etsy (even if it's your four year old's drawings, they must be ART, cause YOU sell it)

5. Use the "F" word (aka fuck) excessively.

6. Divorce yourself (intented to be grammatically wrong)

7. Have at least one non-posting period (you're a writer, you must have some lack of inspiration)

8. Try to have a comment from other star-bloggers (even if it costs too much)

9. Describe people with only one letter or word . (the Sex And The City way, "mister T", "Mr Big"etc)

10. Be politically correct. Do not offend anyone in anyway (even the Chacoan Peccary have feelings)

finito

1sT 8log εntry (very sexy one)

2008-02-11T15:14:00.000-08:00

This my first post ever.

And i'm going to say a few words about my little project.

The idea of this blog came out of the blue, when i was talking with my gf [(partner as she says in a more politically correct way)-(who, by the way, we have many communication barriers and cause of my half greek half english never meet her half english half greek)] and we thought (!of course it was her idea!), why dont you start a blog about me moving to Australia (that's the plan) so you (I) can have a first contact with aussies- and english speaking person in general AND practice your (my) (she:terrible, me:not that bad) english?

So here i am, writing my very first post, shaking in (on? at?) the idea that somebody may read it...

*I promise in exchange of the language and cultural lessons i'm getting, many funny spelling mistakes (so you can entertain yourself while i'm suffering and spending 30 mins to write just a paragraph), weird stories, and an excessive use of the word PORN and SEX (cause except the language skills i also lack the money, and i heard that you get lot of hits ,and when i become a famous pro-blogger i'm gonna have ads on my BLog...yeahhhh)

disclaimer: The part about the interaction through commenting on my posts about improving my english is ~~TRUE~~