A wet and damp 51°, May morning, Thursday. I got to work 20 minutes early, which was surprising to me. The train was a little bit crowded, but tomorrow being Friday and a holiday weekend, there’ll be fewer people on the train. The weather leaves a lot to be desired, and I don’t know what the weather will be this weekend. I hope to get a bike ride in, but that’s not up to me.
Doing some more training for the agency that placed me here, as well as listening to Fleetwood Mac’s greatest hits, which is quite a collection. Today’s training is regarding DEI diversity, equity, and inclusion, which is something that I’ve been doing all of my life. Nice to see that this agency is catching up to me. It sounds like they’re training me to be me. I suppose other people are not like me and need to be trained, but it seems like common sense to me.
Some of these people’s parents were their allies growing up I can’t say mine were allies growing u,p and I also can’t say they were enemies either. How to be a decent, well-rounded person that’s willing to help people that do not have the same advantages that I have, no one’s taught me that, that’s something that I’ve learned myself on my own.
Don’t get me wrong…I am not all that.
They use the acronym RISE which stands for respect, integrity, service, and excellence. It’s all weeks of HR methods which are for the benefit of the company and not the employee. They don’t want to see a separation between the employer and employee but that’s not how it works is it?
“Acknowledge that you will make mistakes and that you are working towards a better tomorrow.”
“Stop, drop, and roll, refresh.”
Stop and don’t respond right away. Take a breath before speaking or acting.
Drop your assumptions, assess the situation ask questions without judgment.
Roll with the right thing to do, live by our values? Follow our policies…”I’ve been here for a month, I’ve been doing these things for decades since the 20th century.
I was just reading a little something about the movie The Witches of Eastwick, which came out in 1987, which happened to be the year I was in North Carolina with Mary and Julie and Martha and Steven and Susan, and I left early to go see Wire in Philadelphia. I still have not seen The Witches of Eastwick from start to finish.
That might be a good story to post sometime, the North Carolina Kitty Hawk story. David Lynch’s land and LSD. Strange times indeed. The Asian Pacific Islanders group and the Jewish employees are having events on the same day in the same building. Could be trouble!
It’s still gray and damp. 50° right now. Not very nice weather for May. I just hope the weather improves. Whatever plans were made with Mike for the weekend are up in the air. It’s always something, it seems.