Sometimes it's really frustrating to clearly be the smartest person in the room.

Our shift just did this training thing at work about a new inventory system we're implementing. Granted, it's a little tricky and there are a number of steps and we'll have to do some things differently. But the basic concept is not hard.

You could tell by the questions that people asked that they just did not get the point. At all. Everyone has their own little part they need to know. But I, as a team leader, have to learn all of their parts. Which tells me that I damn sure better know what I'm doing because there are going to be a lot of mistakes.

I complain a lot about Lazy Overachiever acting like (and proclaiming to the guys that work under her that) she's God's Gift. But when I step back and think about the kinds of things I think about how well I perform and how things run when I'm around, I think I must sound a lot like her.

Except that I am that good. She's not so much. And people like me.

She came back last week (while I was gone) from three months of short term disability leave. Already people are pissed. My line is down right now, so I've been hanging out on her turf (which I took care of while she was gone). I may be imagining it or creating things in my head, but already I feel like there's tension. So I just try to stay out of her way. Which means I've been doing a whole lot of nothing. Which is fine with me. More than makes up for the crazy busy-ness of the last couple of months, in which I took on far more responsibility than she's ever had to or been asked to take on.

I had to tell LO (hey, she was eavesdropping) that I had heard that we performed so well and so much better than the other shifts over the last month (while she wasn't here) that we may possibly get some little token of recognition for it. I don't know if that will pan out, but it's nice to know and I had the pleasure of telling her all about it. Heh.