Been a good week for the most part. Just got back from a special IMAX early showing of Dune Part 2. I really enjoyed it. Some major departures from the source materialtohich will make any potential sequels an... interesting prospect. A sequel would touch the second book in the series and the departures set up here will make that sequel even more different.

On its own, it's a good movie. Not a bad way to spend a Sunday evening!

I picked up an extra day of work for at least the coming month, possibly longer. Proper forty hour weeks! And then I get a "Make more sales!" spiel.

Now February was a bad sales month for our area. It was a bad sales month for me. Fine. Dandy. I get it. My boss is hearing from her bosses and is relaying the message. What I didn't get was her relaying this message in the most infuriating and insulting way possible.

They (my boss and her boss) have decided that the reason my sales were down was because I was helping too many people. We're talking putting phone cards on, new activations, transfers, etc. Now, I'm not required to do that (my mandate is sales), but I'm good at it. I'm fast at it. (I can do all of what I just mentioned in ten minutes or less.) I have the knowledge base and the skills to do this stuff quickly, efficiently and correctly. *Put a pin in that statement.*

So, they said I was helping too many people because I was too nice. "Kind-hearted" was the term used. Well, that pissed me off. Not just because the subtext was that I was too weak and a pushover, but because they misread the situation so badly. I don't do what I do out of some bleeding heart altruism, though if somebody gets helped out it, win-win. There are some people I despise, but I love their tech problems. I get as much, if not more, enjoyment out of solving a complex problem as I do selling a phone.

We'll see how it goes going forward, but I don't appreciate how all that went down Saturday. We'll see.