later on a side boss walked in, saw i was working in a different department (because they didn't have enough people there and im all interchangable and such), and said "i knew i was going to be late but i wasn't worried about it because i thought you would be down there."

compliments left and right right and left left and right i tell you.

sometimes it hurts being this damn good.

heh.

however, the thing with being "agreeable" or whatever is that people tend to feel bad after a bit.

they feel as if they're taking advantage of me.

and honestly, that's not what they're doing.

i was brought up to believe that if you're not the boss, someone else is. and if that someone else is telling you what to do, then you might as well buckle down and do it. UNLESS:

1) it goes against your inner sense of values

and

2) it hurts someone else.

so i buckle down and do whatever the bosses tell me.

and ive got a lot of bosses.

but im happy like that. sure, yeah, sometimes i wouldnt mind running the show, but this way i get to go home early, this way (very rarely) do i get called at random hours being asked for advice.

and this way i can quit without feeling too bad.

i have plans, yo. for my summers for the next couple of years.

and one of my bosses might be able to hook me up with a few months in sweden. so i want to check into that, too.

am i completely avoiding talking about my grandfather and everything resulting from that?

yes.

and that, my friends, is how crayon avoids hurting.