The little things...

Maybe this is a sign that it's time for me to start looking for different positions and that my Hall Director career needs to come to an end, but I just have no patience for the "little things" that RAs do or don't do. How hard is it to be in the office while you're on duty? We've talked about it during training; I've reminded them during staff meeting; but every time I stop by, I find one RA there (at the most) even though there are two on duty. And how hard is it to turn in a form by the deadline? Deadlines are on the staff meeting agenda; they get e-mail reminders. I mean, COME ON, I'm not running a babysitting service here.

Haha. I'm clearly frustrated. It's just annoying when you have to deal with these little things; I'd much rather spend my time thinking/talking about what our students should be learning from living in the residence halls, how we can better educate them and better prepare them for life after college. Instead I'm forced to talk about the same stupid little things over and over again.

During my last job search, I was looking for mid-level positions; trying to get out of the Hall Director role. But between the bad job market and my immigration issues, I couldn't find anything, so I went back to being a Hall Director. And I still like it - I love the time I get to spend with my students; those informal interactions when hanging out in a lounge, working with student leaders on programming and other initiatives; it's just the little day-to-day things that are dragging me down.