> Let me say this: I work for a great company. The benefits are wonderful, and I really enjoy the work that I do. The people are great and I don't have any uncomfortable personality conflicts with anyone. I just have this one little whine about how the IM dept. operates.
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> Let me also say this: I and a lot of other people prayed months for me to get this job. I believe God led me into this job, and when the time comes, He'll lead me onward to bigger and better things. That time, as far as I know, has not yet come. I'm still relatively young and inexperienced in my field, and I think it would be really good for my resume if I could stay and work in my present job for at least another few years.
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> All things told, I have a very good situation, and I should be thankful for it. I am thankful for it. I shouldn't be complaining about such a trivial thing. I shouldn't be making you all listen to me whine. Sorry!
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> Gri"yes, I'd like a little cheese with my whine..."shny

Grinshy, listening to you complain is decidedly a pleasure. I sit between two world-class complainers at work, and believe me, you're not even in the ballpark of too much whining. These folks are basically nice people, but *everything* seems to be fodder for complaint.
The phone rings--they complain the dang customers keep calling! The phone doesn't ring--complain why don't dang customers call us?! They complain that managment isn't doing anything to solve problems--and then when management *does* try to do something, they complain about that. Their pencil lead breaks--complain about the cheap pencils the company buys! They have it down to an art form.

After a few hours of trying to ignore it, my contrary nature begins to surface, and even their legitimate complaints receive a Pollyanna-ish rebuke:("there are too good things about nuclear war!")

The one thing they can't complain about, though, is internet access. :-)

koala"so if I'm complaining about complainers, does that make me one too?"mom