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My turn to have a work rant!!!

I don't even know if half of this will be comprehensible.

I got a phone call this morning from my boss Gene saying that the dean had called and wanted me to get here to meet with she and the associate dean in 20 minutes. Gene said all he knew was that the dean said she wanted to talk about an exciting new program. (learned a long time ago to beware of that catch phrase) I came in.

So, Gene's teaching class this morning and couldn't be in on this meeting. I met with the dean and assoc dean. I got dumped on to be the project manager for a new marketing campaign for the college. I'm supposed to *find* some local media company to work with and produce 13 freakin' new marketing videos targeted at high school students. AND these stupid things have to be completed by May on a budget of $3000!!!!

I am in hell!!!

Have I mentioned that I FREAKIN' HATE marketing? Okay, for those of you who know this territory I used to be a top engineering designer. Ya'll know how engineering type people get along with marketing type people? Most of 'em I could just freakin' kill and feed to the buzzards! I hate this kind of mess from the beginning!!! Give me some electro-mechanical device with components and parts that all gotta be put together to make some new thingy and I can be happy working all day long..... but, this artsy people stuff I just don't wanna acknowledge.

And for some reason, these people at this college seem to think that because I can use a computer to make engineering documentation for building things then naturally I must be a whiz at fixing up any kind of *other* assorted graphics for *any* freakin' purpose they can conceive.

And you noticed that budget didn't ya? I didn't leave out no digits! And it ain't no typo! And *NO* I don't get no extra pay for this. This is in addition to teaching a full load of classes during the next 4 months, including a class which involves engineering CADD software that I have never actually *used* before so I have to learn that as I go!

I am in hell. And there is nothing ya'll can do to help. Cept, listen. Thanks. Sorry for the rant. It was my turn I guess.