I wasn’t even supposed to be here today
Greetings from the mysterious mid-west. I don’t really want to be here, because I’m adding absolutely no value to this test I’m supposed to be supervising/supporting, since the guys who actually do the work have this business down. Also, I have another test going on at home that, frankly, requires a lot more attention.
I’m really only here to keep up appearances for the home office anyway. This is the project I gave up a while back, but since the new person is out, I’m backing her up. There’s really nothing for me to do here except be seen. I’m going to try to get some face time with a couple of people I have deep and meaningful telephonic relationships with, but otherwise, I’m just sitting here doing my job displaced by about five hundred miles for a couple of days.
That said, I’m just making the best of it. I’m doing what I can to smooth over some access issues for people (not that I didn’t get hung up by building security this morning myself), and catching up with tester community (who are all wonderful people), but it’s still frustrating, because I’m adding very little benefit at all (though I won’t turn my nose up at the travel money they give me). Luckily, I can pretty much do my job from anywhere, and there’s a White Castle a few blocks down the road (tasty, tasty novelty).
Though if little steam-grilled mystery meat sandwiches are the best thing I can find to get excited about, I hope you’ll all have a better week than me.
