The 75th Congress, part...oh let's just finish it
Alright kids, let's get the rest of the Congress done with so I can start bitching about other things too. ;-)
Day 12, Thursday June 1
Time to add a new department here at York to my "Christ! I wish they would die!" list: York Facilities. They are the ones in charge of basically all the functions at York, from housekeeping to moving things to whatever. Well, someone should tell them their jobs, cause they aren't doing them. Fuck!
Every booth in the book fair has a waste basket and carpet. Every night, the garbages have to be picked up and the booths have to be vacuumed. On Sunday morning, the second day of the book fair, publishers came up to me and told me that the garbage hadn't been picked up and the booths hadn't been vacuumed. I figured, okay I probably should've told Facilities that it was their job to do this during the book fair. So I called them up and asked them to please go empty the garbages and asked them to vacuum the booths. They said no problem, and half an hour later, all the waste baskets had been emptied. Then, on Monday morning, I asked the publishers if their booths had been cleaned and the garbage picked up and they said yes. I must admit that I was pleasantly surprised. So great, one less thing I have to deal with.
Or so I thought. Tuesday morning, the publishers told me that the booths hadn't been vacuumed and the garbages hadn't been emptied. So I called Facilities again, told them and they said no problem. Wednesday morning, the booths had been vacuumed and the garbages picked up. But today, they hadn't! Goddam, cocksukings motherfuckers! You would think that if you expect 8,000 people to show up for a conference on your shitty campus, that garbages will have to be emptied (cause I asked my colleagues and the garbages have not been emptied at Registration, in the media room, in the Congress office, etc.) And why should we have to remind you every fucking day to do your jobs. AAAARRRGGGHHHHH!!!
On a more positive side, cause it can't all be bad (although at York, it's not easy to find good stuff), I was able to sneak away for a while today and go listen to the Research in Society Lecture with David Suzuki. He was one of our featured speakers this year. Others included Bernard Shapiro (the ethics commissioner of Canada and Stephen Lewis who speaks on Saturday). Dr. Suzuki is an amazing speaker and his lecture on the challenges of cities in the 21st century was very good. I'm glad I was able to go.
Tonight, I was also able to leave the fucking hellhole that is the York campus and go out to dinner to a nice little Peruvian restaurant with the gang from University of British Columbia Press. They took me out and treated me to dinner to thank me for the "superb job" I do at the ASPP and this year for the book fair. It's nice to be recognized. :-)
Stay tuned...
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Day 14, Saturday June 3
ALLELUIA!!! This is it! The last day of Congress! The whole gang here is so fucking happy that we can finally see the light at the end of the tunnel. Soon we won't have to deal with the idiots from York anymore. The majority of my day was again spent patrolling the book fair and talking to the publishers, asking them how everything went for them. Some were still complaining but I've learned to tune these shitheads out. I must say though that for the most part, I heard alot of good things. People were pleased for the most part with how the book fair went. I decided that I will be sending out a survey once I get back to the office to all the publishers and ask them what they liked and what we can do to improve for next year. Although since next year will not be at York, there's a huge improvement right there.
Stay tuned...
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Day 15, June 4
It's over! It's over! Thank you Lord! I managed to survive this without crippling any of these motherfuckers here at York. I was so exhausted last night, that I missed the farewell dinner that we have every year on the last day of Congress. I was planning on going, but I went back to my room and changed then lied down for a bit before going to meet up with my colleagues, but I fell asleep. Oh well, I didn't really want to spend time with these York idiots more than I have to.
Today was dismantle day at the book fair. All the publishers had packed up and left on Saturday night, so Global was able to just come in and start packing up at 8am. They were all done by 7 pm tonight. I help for part of the day, mostly picking up garbage (since York facilities wasn't doing it, imagine that! Fucking pieces of shit!) So once they were done. I grabbed some food, went back to my room and started packing. My train leaves tomorrow at 3 pm, but I am seriously fucking tempted to jump in a cab, go to the airport and see if I can get on a flight to Ottawa tonight. Just so I can get away from this place.
I decided not to do the flight thing. I'll take the train tomorrow afternoon. But I decided that I will be leaving early and I'll go walk around downtown, see the sites. I haven't been to the hockey hall of fame in a while, so I'll probably do that. Go see the Stanley Cup up close. :-)
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So there you have it, folks. That was my experience at Congress. I really enjoyed being in charge of the book fair, and I'm looking forward to doing it again next year. Plus on the up side, next year, the Congress is at the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon. I'm looking forward to it cause I've never been out there. And on another positive note, we won't be going back and now don't have to deal with York University for a long time.
Alright, next time, I'll be complaining about something brand new. Thank you all for being patient and I hope you enjoyed reading up on Congress.
Finally, I'd like to send a shout out to Perry and Tia who are in Japan: YORK SUCKS!!!!!
Day 12, Thursday June 1
Time to add a new department here at York to my "Christ! I wish they would die!" list: York Facilities. They are the ones in charge of basically all the functions at York, from housekeeping to moving things to whatever. Well, someone should tell them their jobs, cause they aren't doing them. Fuck!
Every booth in the book fair has a waste basket and carpet. Every night, the garbages have to be picked up and the booths have to be vacuumed. On Sunday morning, the second day of the book fair, publishers came up to me and told me that the garbage hadn't been picked up and the booths hadn't been vacuumed. I figured, okay I probably should've told Facilities that it was their job to do this during the book fair. So I called them up and asked them to please go empty the garbages and asked them to vacuum the booths. They said no problem, and half an hour later, all the waste baskets had been emptied. Then, on Monday morning, I asked the publishers if their booths had been cleaned and the garbage picked up and they said yes. I must admit that I was pleasantly surprised. So great, one less thing I have to deal with.
Or so I thought. Tuesday morning, the publishers told me that the booths hadn't been vacuumed and the garbages hadn't been emptied. So I called Facilities again, told them and they said no problem. Wednesday morning, the booths had been vacuumed and the garbages picked up. But today, they hadn't! Goddam, cocksukings motherfuckers! You would think that if you expect 8,000 people to show up for a conference on your shitty campus, that garbages will have to be emptied (cause I asked my colleagues and the garbages have not been emptied at Registration, in the media room, in the Congress office, etc.) And why should we have to remind you every fucking day to do your jobs. AAAARRRGGGHHHHH!!!
On a more positive side, cause it can't all be bad (although at York, it's not easy to find good stuff), I was able to sneak away for a while today and go listen to the Research in Society Lecture with David Suzuki. He was one of our featured speakers this year. Others included Bernard Shapiro (the ethics commissioner of Canada and Stephen Lewis who speaks on Saturday). Dr. Suzuki is an amazing speaker and his lecture on the challenges of cities in the 21st century was very good. I'm glad I was able to go.
Tonight, I was also able to leave the fucking hellhole that is the York campus and go out to dinner to a nice little Peruvian restaurant with the gang from University of British Columbia Press. They took me out and treated me to dinner to thank me for the "superb job" I do at the ASPP and this year for the book fair. It's nice to be recognized. :-)
Stay tuned...
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Day 14, Saturday June 3
ALLELUIA!!! This is it! The last day of Congress! The whole gang here is so fucking happy that we can finally see the light at the end of the tunnel. Soon we won't have to deal with the idiots from York anymore. The majority of my day was again spent patrolling the book fair and talking to the publishers, asking them how everything went for them. Some were still complaining but I've learned to tune these shitheads out. I must say though that for the most part, I heard alot of good things. People were pleased for the most part with how the book fair went. I decided that I will be sending out a survey once I get back to the office to all the publishers and ask them what they liked and what we can do to improve for next year. Although since next year will not be at York, there's a huge improvement right there.
Stay tuned...
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Day 15, June 4
It's over! It's over! Thank you Lord! I managed to survive this without crippling any of these motherfuckers here at York. I was so exhausted last night, that I missed the farewell dinner that we have every year on the last day of Congress. I was planning on going, but I went back to my room and changed then lied down for a bit before going to meet up with my colleagues, but I fell asleep. Oh well, I didn't really want to spend time with these York idiots more than I have to.
Today was dismantle day at the book fair. All the publishers had packed up and left on Saturday night, so Global was able to just come in and start packing up at 8am. They were all done by 7 pm tonight. I help for part of the day, mostly picking up garbage (since York facilities wasn't doing it, imagine that! Fucking pieces of shit!) So once they were done. I grabbed some food, went back to my room and started packing. My train leaves tomorrow at 3 pm, but I am seriously fucking tempted to jump in a cab, go to the airport and see if I can get on a flight to Ottawa tonight. Just so I can get away from this place.
I decided not to do the flight thing. I'll take the train tomorrow afternoon. But I decided that I will be leaving early and I'll go walk around downtown, see the sites. I haven't been to the hockey hall of fame in a while, so I'll probably do that. Go see the Stanley Cup up close. :-)
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So there you have it, folks. That was my experience at Congress. I really enjoyed being in charge of the book fair, and I'm looking forward to doing it again next year. Plus on the up side, next year, the Congress is at the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon. I'm looking forward to it cause I've never been out there. And on another positive note, we won't be going back and now don't have to deal with York University for a long time.
Alright, next time, I'll be complaining about something brand new. Thank you all for being patient and I hope you enjoyed reading up on Congress.
Finally, I'd like to send a shout out to Perry and Tia who are in Japan: YORK SUCKS!!!!!
posted by Angry_Man at 7:54 p.m.
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