Training Day

I'm starting to think that I didn't make myself clear when I said I was leaving in mid January. I'm pretty sure I did. I've been leaving my flight itinerary, lonely planet guides and maps around my office to drive the point home (I make passive aggression an artform). I even confirmed my departure date over the phone during my lunch hour last week. Loudly, might I add. For all to hear. So why, for the love of God, aren't we taking the new computer guy's training seriously?

It was his first day of training today but all he did was sit on his thumbs (the boss wanted me to work on the accounting program instead of training him). To his credit, the new guy did make a valiant effort by pretending to work. He spent much of the afternoon typing random numbers in notepad and clicking refresh repeatedly on Outlook Express.

By day's end, I was told to get him working on the accounting application as well. That's right. They want me, a non-accountant to teach a non-accountant how to do accounting. I wonder what our accountant gets paid to do then.