Disclaimer: All of the names in this blog have been changed to protect me.
Hello, My name is Caterina. Okay, it really isn't, but it's close to my real name. After more than 15 years as a drink server (better known as a cocktail waitress) in a casino, I've realized it's time to get a real job. The money was great as a drink server, but I just can't make myself do that degrading job anymore. After two and a half years working casino surveillance, I've decided IT work might be the career for me. I enjoy the work I do with computers and compared to the people around me I seem to have a knack for it. And an interest.
Originally this blog was simply going to be about my attempt to transition from a dead end job in casino surveillance to a career in IT within the next year. However, personal issues surrounding my family keep popping up lately. I said "good-bye" to my parents and two of my siblings 10 years ago. I haven't seen or heard much from my whole family in that decade. I left that life behind. Now, I find myself running into and getting phone calls from family members I haven't seen in a long time. I recently got a Facebook page. I've gone from this quite separated, compartmentalized life, to all the moments of my life touching each other on Facebook. I don't know what will become of it.
Will the next year be a success story or a train wreck? I'm rooting for a success story, but, it seems, train wrecks are easier to make. I hope this blog will hold me accountable and push me on to the life I'd rather live.
Wish me luck.
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People in the Surveillance Room
Hello, My name is Caterina. Okay, it really isn't, but it's close to my real name. After more than 15 years as a drink server (better known as a cocktail waitress) in a casino, I've realized it's time to get a real job. The money was great as a drink server, but I just can't make myself do that degrading job anymore. After two and a half years working casino surveillance, I've decided IT work might be the career for me. I enjoy the work I do with computers and compared to the people around me I seem to have a knack for it. And an interest.
Originally this blog was simply going to be about my attempt to transition from a dead end job in casino surveillance to a career in IT within the next year. However, personal issues surrounding my family keep popping up lately. I said "good-bye" to my parents and two of my siblings 10 years ago. I haven't seen or heard much from my whole family in that decade. I left that life behind. Now, I find myself running into and getting phone calls from family members I haven't seen in a long time. I recently got a Facebook page. I've gone from this quite separated, compartmentalized life, to all the moments of my life touching each other on Facebook. I don't know what will become of it.
Will the next year be a success story or a train wreck? I'm rooting for a success story, but, it seems, train wrecks are easier to make. I hope this blog will hold me accountable and push me on to the life I'd rather live.
Wish me luck.
Score Card pages:
People in the Surveillance Room
It's Not Just a Dead End Job. This is What Rotting in Hell Feels Like.
Posted 07-23-2010 at 07:16 PM by Inconversant
The casino business has been hit hard by this economy. Toby, our boss, appears to be having a nervous breakdown. Everyday he's yelling at one of us because we did exactly what he told us to do. Larry gave notice. His last day is July 30th. Albert is so fed up he's willing to take a $6 an hour ditch digging job to get out of here. June, who just spent 2 weeks in ICU with double pneumonia, thinks she'll be back to work by the 1st of August. I'm the only one who believes her.
I want to take computer classes in the fall. A better work schedule would help. Toby refuses to allow me to switch shifts with a coworker. No reason, just because. I suspect Toby knows if I get an opportunity to quit, I will. Computer certifications would give me that opportunity. I've worked for some real jerks, but I have never had a boss as incompetent as Toby. He steps on his own penis every chance he gets. If he loses half of his staff within a month during a bad economy, I wonder if 'Corporate' will get the idea that something is seriously wrong. Probably not. They were the ones who promoted Toby to begin with.
Lord, please let me transfer to the IT department.
I want to take computer classes in the fall. A better work schedule would help. Toby refuses to allow me to switch shifts with a coworker. No reason, just because. I suspect Toby knows if I get an opportunity to quit, I will. Computer certifications would give me that opportunity. I've worked for some real jerks, but I have never had a boss as incompetent as Toby. He steps on his own penis every chance he gets. If he loses half of his staff within a month during a bad economy, I wonder if 'Corporate' will get the idea that something is seriously wrong. Probably not. They were the ones who promoted Toby to begin with.
Lord, please let me transfer to the IT department.
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