Cramping My Style

One of the things I miss about working in that factory was being able to work without actually thinking about what I was doing. I finally figured out I could do something close at work. We aren't supposed to, but I have been reading while I work. I'm a fast reader, and I can read a lot in the second or two between calls. It really made the day go faster. Sometimes I got so interested in the book I was reading I would look up at the clock and realize it was already time to go on break, or that I should have already gone back to work. Even with the side reading, I was still doing so well at work I just got a test call that said I am Outstanding, a balloon, a candy bar, a box of TicTacs, and I'm going to have a cubicle reserved just for me for this whole week.

Unfortunately, the managers really don't like you to read while you work. For some reason they think you should pay complete attention to the customers. Whatever. But the other day one of the team leaders talked to me and made me put away my book. She said they were going to be giving people warnings and then I guess write people up and who knows, maybe fire them. Not going to be me. I have been good since then. It's hard, but I have been limiting my reading to my breaks. It's just so hard. A book that could have taken a couple of days might drag out for a week. And the worse thing is my neighbor just gave me two plastic grocery bags full of books. The rate I'm going it will take me the rest of the year to read them.