Work and nap time

So here we are... my next-to-last day at my current company, although they don't know it yet. I'm giving my notice tomorrow because I accepted a job with another company at double the base salary and a company car. It's not that I don't like what I'm doing now, it's really just a matter of dollars and cents. I almost feel guilty, because for the last couple of days I've been basically just going into my 8AM meeting, going to breakfast with some guys from my office, then going home, taking a nap, and watching TV for about 8 hours. See, when you're in outside sales, you can do stuff like that and get away with it. If I was going to stay with this company for a while, however, it would be a different story... but I'm not, so it isn't.

I also wasn't real thrilled to be in there today because all we did was sit down, have the managers say, "have a great day" in that oh-so-enthusiastic tone, and have the various idiots scurry for the copy machine to make it look like they're working. Pretty sad... again this is outside sales. What that means is that you GO OUTSIDE AND SELL STUFF!!! There are 3 or 4 clowns in my office that come in every day just pumped up beyond belief and more enthused than Paris Hilton with night vision, and haven't sold a single thing. These people have been there for 4 months and haven't made 1 sale. I've been there for a month, and I've sold 2 contracts. Tell me that you're honestly, truly, sincerely enthused when you work for 8 hours a day, 5 days a week for 4 months and have virtually every person you talk to say, "no." I find that pretty difficult to believe. Psychologists will tell you that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. If that's the case, I know a place in Rochester that is just begging for a psychological intervention. It's kind of funny... there are about 30 reps in my office, which are divided into 3 teams, each with their own manager. They're all pretty good guys, and they definitely know the business, but it is so painfully obvious that they're trying WAY too hard to be positive. They'll come up in front of the entire office and start cheering and waving their hands, and each one looks about as comfortable doing that as Stevie Wonder playing pool. Some people just can't fake it, and it's painfully obvious. Again, it's not that they're incompetent or don't know the business, but it's pretty transparent.

Anyway, that's it for now... have to clean my meager apartment and turn on the TV... I think I'm late for my nap.