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Post by chicojuarz on Sept 23, 2013 19:17:45 GMT -5
When people that work exactly the hours that their shift is scheduled for get pissy with me for not getting something done for them I want to respond, "I'm sorry I can only address work related to you between 830 and 5. Since this is not my highest priority for the foreseeable future I'll get it done when I get it done."
I love when I work so hard to make a functioning spreadsheet that only I use all day long and someone decides that they need to modify it based on their need to monitor my progress once a week or so. Oh, you want a 6in wide column for follow-up notes so you can tell YOUR boss it's getting done? FU.
When people that work exactly the hours that their shift is scheduled for get pissy with me for not getting something done for them I want to respond, "I'm sorry I can only address work related to you between 830 and 5. Since this is not my highest priority for the foreseeable future I'll get it done when I get it done."
When I used to do shiftwork it was like that. It's just simple $&(#^ courtesy that you show up for your shift a little early so the person who's going home doesn't have to stay overtime to handle the shift turnover procedures. And yet we had this one particular guy who'd consistently show up five or ten minutes late.
Which meant that when you were working midnights and you were starved for sleep and counting the minutes until you could go home and hit the sack, you'd wind up having to work twenty minutes or a half-hour over. So of course this guy could never find anybody to trade shifts with him when he had a date, or whenever else he needed some flexibility.
Last Edit: Sept 24, 2013 10:04:04 GMT -5 by Deleted - Back to Top
When people that work exactly the hours that their shift is scheduled for get pissy with me for not getting something done for them I want to respond, "I'm sorry I can only address work related to you between 830 and 5. Since this is not my highest priority for the foreseeable future I'll get it done when I get it done."
But you actually respond...
Something more reasonable since it is work that needs to be completed even if the person is being a dick about it and I already work 50+ hours per week.
Normally I have to pay for this, but tonight it was on the house. Patients Foley catheter had stopped draining urine. So I had him stand up, he was sitting on his balls and junk. still not draining. Then i was flushing it and felt a lot of resistance. I deflated the balloon and the foley moved in and out his shaft with out difficulty. I tried to flush again and felt a lot of resistance and before i knew it, the connector popped loose and fluid few in my face. Yep, urine and normal saline all on my cheek, my nose and in my eye.
Normally I have to pay for this, but tonight it was on the house. Patients Foley catheter had stopped draining urine. So I had him stand up, he was sitting on his balls and junk. still not draining. Then i was flushing it and felt a lot of resistance. I deflated the balloon and the foley moved in and out his shaft with out difficulty. I tried to flush again and felt a lot of resistance and before i knew it, the connector popped loose and fluid few in my face. Yep, urine and normal saline all on my cheek, my nose and in my eye.
Normally I have to pay for this, but tonight it was on the house. Patients Foley catheter had stopped draining urine. So I had him stand up, he was sitting on his balls and junk. still not draining. Then i was flushing it and felt a lot of resistance. I deflated the balloon and the foley moved in and out his shaft with out difficulty. I tried to flush again and felt a lot of resistance and before i knew it, the connector popped loose and fluid few in my face. Yep, urine and normal saline all on my cheek, my nose and in my eye.
Never took you for a watersports kinda guy.
I have not heard that term in a long time, but your thought is funny because I totally had you as being into the showers.
Normally I have to pay for this, but tonight it was on the house. Patients Foley catheter had stopped draining urine. So I had him stand up, he was sitting on his balls and junk. still not draining. Then i was flushing it and felt a lot of resistance. I deflated the balloon and the foley moved in and out his shaft with out difficulty. I tried to flush again and felt a lot of resistance and before i knew it, the connector popped loose and fluid few in my face. Yep, urine and normal saline all on my cheek, my nose and in my eye.
sort of reminds me of the time I discovered the effect that warm running water has on elderly constipated people. turns out, they make those little shower chairs with the holes in them for a reason.
I brought in Bear, our new puppy, to work today. I realize that is sort of an iffy thing to do, but several people regularly bring their dogs in for at least part of the day, and one of my coworkers has been bringing in his puppy in every single day, all day, for the past couple of months. Bear has been really well behaved. She was laying down to take a nap and gave a couple of random half-hearted barks. Not even 30 seconds later, Mr. VP comes marching down the hall "This is a work environment, people are on the phone, you need to shut the door and this doesn't need to become a regular occurrence." Meanwhile, the other puppy down the hall starts yapping. Does he go off to handle that situation in the same way? Nope. It's just frustrating to me that it's okay for one person to bring in their puppy every day and let it run around the halls, but I bring mine in once and nope, insta-shut down. WTF?
I brought in Bear, our new puppy, to work today. I realize that is sort of an iffy thing to do, but several people regularly bring their dogs in for at least part of the day, and one of my coworkers has been bringing in his puppy in every single day, all day, for the past couple of months. Bear has been really well behaved. She was laying down to take a nap and gave a couple of random half-hearted barks. Not even 30 seconds later, Mr. VP comes marching down the hall "This is a work environment, people are on the phone, you need to shut the door and this doesn't need to become a regular occurrence." Meanwhile, the other puppy down the hall starts yapping. Does he go off to handle that situation in the same way? Nope. It's just frustrating to me that it's okay for one person to bring in their puppy every day and let it run around the halls, but I bring mine in once and nope, insta-shut down. WTF?
Sounds like an issue to bring up with HR. Are Mr. VP and this other person buddies or closer colleagues or something?
Surely your workplace has a policy on pets one way or another? And it should apply to everyone (service dogs aside, of course, are you certain the other dog isn't a service animal?).
I brought in Bear, our new puppy, to work today. I realize that is sort of an iffy thing to do, but several people regularly bring their dogs in for at least part of the day, and one of my coworkers has been bringing in his puppy in every single day, all day, for the past couple of months. Bear has been really well behaved. She was laying down to take a nap and gave a couple of random half-hearted barks. Not even 30 seconds later, Mr. VP comes marching down the hall "This is a work environment, people are on the phone, you need to shut the door and this doesn't need to become a regular occurrence." Meanwhile, the other puppy down the hall starts yapping. Does he go off to handle that situation in the same way? Nope. It's just frustrating to me that it's okay for one person to bring in their puppy every day and let it run around the halls, but I bring mine in once and nope, insta-shut down. WTF?
Sounds like an issue to bring up with HR. Are Mr. VP and this other person buddies or closer colleagues or something?
Surely your workplace has a policy on pets one way or another? And it should apply to everyone (service dogs aside, of course, are you certain the other dog isn't a service animal?).
I'm positive the other pup isn't a service animal. My coworker got the puppy and brought her in that day, then the next, and never stopped -- it is definitely a "buddies" situation. This little incident has really pissed off my supervisor, he's pretty fired up right now in my support. The company I work at is super lax about almost everything imaginable, which is great 95% of the time, because anything goes to a certain extent. Then again, like right now, when someone can arbitrarily decide what goes and what doesn't, that's not right.
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If you're a fan of me, you're a fan of your motherquackin' self.
Sounds like an issue to bring up with HR. Are Mr. VP and this other person buddies or closer colleagues or something?
Surely your workplace has a policy on pets one way or another? And it should apply to everyone (service dogs aside, of course, are you certain the other dog isn't a service animal?).
I'm positive the other pup isn't a service animal. My coworker got the puppy and brought her in that day, then the next, and never stopped -- it is definitely a "buddies" situation. This little incident has really pissed off my supervisor, he's pretty fired up right now in my support. The company I work at is super lax about almost everything imaginable, which is great 95% of the time, because anything goes to a certain extent. Then again, like right now, when someone can arbitrarily decide what goes and what doesn't, that's not right.
Well it's good you have your supervisor on your side. Maybe let him fight that fight for you? Or go to HR.
Post by crazykittensmile on Oct 4, 2013 13:54:36 GMT -5
I hate randomly being expected to know/follow mythical policies that aren't policies at all (or even common knowledge) when we're constantly told to use OUR best judgement because the job involves so much grey area.
The owner of my company always brings in her dog. We would never be allowed to do the same. I think it would be funny if people brought their cats into work. There would be so much hissing and pissing in corners.
I hate randomly being expected to know/follow mythical policies that aren't policies at all (or even common knowledge) when we're constantly told to use OUR best judgement because the job involves so much grey area.
Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
I don't have as much issue with mythical policies. Mine is more along the lines of having a job with grey area but a boss who doesn't see it at all.
I hate randomly being expected to know/follow mythical policies that aren't policies at all (or even common knowledge) when we're constantly told to use OUR best judgement because the job involves so much grey area.
Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
I don't have as much issue with mythical policies. Mine is more along the lines of having a job with grey area but a boss who doesn't see it at all.
Similar issue. The mythical policies come from my boss.
Also, since she was unavaiable at the time that I made the call, I consulted someone who has been in this position for longer than I've been alive, who confirmed my understanding (without me giving her my opinion first).
I don't have as much issue with mythical policies. Mine is more along the lines of having a job with grey area but a boss who doesn't see it at all.
Similar issue. The mythical policies come from my boss.
Also, since she was unavaiable at the time that I made the call, I consulted someone who has been in this posisiton for longer than I've been alive, who confirmed my understanding (without me giving her my opinion first).
I hate those where you do exactly what you should do but somehow still end up doing it wrong somehow. Is it one of those where if you had waited for your boss, you would have just been criticized for not acting quicker?
My work is offering overtime to anyone who wants to come in - not so much because of high demand from the stores, but because the Weekend shift has such poor attendance and is chronically understaffed. I got sent home 90 minutes early yesterday for a lack of work, but was asked if I wanted to come in Saturday or Sunday. Cause you know, the Weekend shift calls out Sundays to watch football and then makes up for it on Monday or Wednesday.
Also, because it's the slower season - they are hiring new people. To prepare for next Spring, and for when they successfully push out another person on the top pay bracket or two. (Guess who just got bumped to the second to top pay bracket, and got a final warning on a bullshit charge in the same week.)
I'd most certainly get fired for trying to unionize the place, but goddammit its tempting sometimes.
Similar issue. The mythical policies come from my boss.
Also, since she was unavaiable at the time that I made the call, I consulted someone who has been in this posisiton for longer than I've been alive, who confirmed my understanding (without me giving her my opinion first).
I hate those where you do exactly what you should do but somehow still end up doing it wrong somehow. Is it one of those where if you had waited for your boss, you would have just been criticized for not acting quicker?
I probably wouldn't have been criticized by her, but it was time sensitive, so I would've heard about it from someone. And the worst part? I'm having to sit on it again while it's being figured out. The answer I got when I called someone who should've had a definitive answer was literally "I don't know, sometimes they do, sometimes they don't". Because SURPRISE, no policy actually exists.
And that's totally fine, policies need to start somewhere... it was just the tone with which it was conveyed that I was somehow acting in error with regard to this non-existent policy that really rubbed me the wrong way.
This new job is kicking my ass so hard... I just woke up right now from passing out at 6pm on Friday. That's how burned out I was from the week.
I just keep getting busier and busier, with new stuff I've never done before, and they just keep piling it on. The best AND worst part of it all is that they haven't even transitioned me on to the bulk of my work load yet. There is still a shiz ton left for training and learning. And somehow down the road I am going to have to miraculously fit it all into 8 hours a day. I have NO idea how I am going to do it lol. This is all so new.
And THEN on top of it, I am being "forced" to enroll back in school and finish my Bachelors. While I know they legally can't force me, I basically was brought into the conference room and was told that our CFO approved the position for me, completely contingent on the fact that I was enrolling. Funny, they never told me that until after they offered me the job lol.
All this adulthood is putting my brain on overload. I know it's good for me as a person, but blehgjghgjhg!! Luckily it's Rocktober and I have a lot of good shows this month to distract from the madness.
Ugh, just got home from a 4.5+ hour town hall meeting at work in which almost nothing was accomplished. So much for getting any decent amount of homework or studying done tonight.
Ugh, just got home from a 4.5+ hour town hall meeting at work in which almost nothing was accomplished. So much for getting any decent amount of homework or studying done tonight.
Was it one of those where it starts out with grand ambitions of everyone getting a voice to their concerns about the direction of the company and ends up with it being a huge stitch n b*tch where people complain about changing the toilet paper in the bathroom too often?
