Kabuki Returns for the New Year!

Happy New Year! Thank GOD 2004 is over and in the past. It’s one year I definitely won’t miss! Now that it’s official over, to my surprise, the drama and bullshit CONTINUES in the real world. You won’t believe some of the shit I have been through in the past 7 months… REALLY. I’m not going to go into detail, but I’ll sum it all up.

A couple of weeks after graduation, I got a job as a design coordinator for Manhattanville College in the Marketing and Communications department. The woman I interviewed with would later become my boss. Little did I know, what she told me I would be doing would change and not necessarily for the better.

My “team” would consist of a publicist and a staff writer, and the three of us would become the “Public Relations Department” under her direction. We bonded really well and became more of a trio than a “team.”

Things took a drastic nose-dive when the publicist had grown to really despise Manhattanville, it’s president, our boss, and other people in the department. Things took a nose dive.

You see, my department is not only understaffed, but mismanaged and mistreated. *Certain* individuals can’t operate under pressure, others barely put in a full day’s work – I’m talking coming in late and leaving early for whatever reason, and not to mention, those who berate and scream at others in the department.

It’s a very hostile and tense work environment. There is no sense of community and no reason to trust anyone. There is backstabbing and sabotage. Luckily, I manage to fly under the radar most of the time, but I do get hit on occasion.

On the bright side of things, I bought a new car and got a new cat so the home isn’t too bad right now! I don’t know if it’s a good or bad thing yet, but I have a jury duty summons on Monday. What a great way to start off the year!