I hate the people I work with, however I love my job. Of course, that is 90% of us. I am going to spontaneously combust if I don’t spew my madness here. My job has certain credentials and certifications we have to obtain to continue to do our job. Well…lazy bitch didn’t do everything right so we are not meeting deadlines. Needless to say deadline is April 16th, so she attempts to Fedex overnight the materials on April 15th and is very surprised when 6 weeks later they need don’t renew our certificate that expires July 13th. And she says, they are picking on our facility because we are so close to the deadline. No, NO , NOOOOO, they are denying us because you don’t know your shit and you will NOT listen to one single word I say. I have only been at this place 5 months, she has been there 7 years but not in the same capacity. Anyway…July 3rd she is about to have a damn conniption (sp?) fit and runs around like she is real busy and is trying to get it all done before the holiday. Well, why didn’t we worry about this before? Because we were so busy trying to adopt a dog from a pet shelter in North Carolina and one in Arkansas by constantly searching the internet that you had little time for anything else. Geeeeeezzzzzz…for 3 solid workdays the woman stayed glued to the computer screen checking emails and such because she wants to adopt a dog for a 4 year old and a cat for a 12 year old, not to mention that she already has a dog for her 2 year old. And she has severe financial problems…how in the hell does she think she can afford this? I don’t normally judge what others can afford but for the love of God, this woman skips lunch on a regular basis because it is not a pay week and she can’t spend money right now. WHY IN THE HELL WON’T SHE JUST DO HER JOB? I forgot to mention we live in the great state of Louisiana, so why in the hell try to get an animal from a shelter in NC or AR? Why oh Why? She has no work ethics at all, she spends her days dawdling…Why won’t she just go away? She repeatedly tells her supervisor she hates her new position that she has only had about 8 months. If she is that damn miserable, why must she stay and make me miserable too? I like to be upbeat and happy all the time and Mrs. Miserable resents me for it…
When will it end?
I feel much better now. Thanks for letting me pound my frustration away at the keys of my poor innocent keyboard.
Roseyray, I feel your pain. I love my job, but I work with morons.
Morons who cannot be on time, and I mean are physically and mentally incapable of being on time. We just moved to building 30 miles away from our old one. Several of these guys were on time the first week. Until they figured out how long it took to get here. Now they are all 10 to 15 minutes late again. Everday. These are the people who are supposed to relieve me when my shift ends.
And then there’s my partner. I call him ‘sleepy boy’. Because he sleeps on the job. That’s right. We are supposed to monitor a multi-million dollar computer system, and this guy goes to sleep. Sometimes for as long as 6 hours a night. And he’s alway 20 tp 30 minutes late. At any other company, these offenses would be grounds for dismissal. AND THIS GUY IS CONTRACTOR! Firing wouldn’t be needed. They could just tell him his contract is up.
But the manager likes him. Hey, he’s a likeable guy if you don’t have to depend on him for anything. The manager knows of constant tardiness. The manager knows that he sleeps on the job. But since he perks up an hour before management arrives, and immediately kisses ass as soon as they do, they love him and are gonna hire him. And probably pay him more than me
Maybe I’m just an asshole. But I was taught that when someone is paying for your time, you show up on time and you stay awake! And you do your job to the best of your ability.
roseyray, I have to ask- you don’t work for the DMV, do you?
In CA, those folks can never be fired, unless they actually committ a violent crime with special circumstances on top of their supervisor’s desk, in front of 100 witnesses, and frankly, it had better include a sexual encounter with a farm animal in the plain view of small children.
I feel your pain, but I can’t rant about my situation because you never know who’s lurking. But I’ll give you one happy tidbit- I work for my mother-in-law…
Well um no, not the DMV, but it is a state hospital. They don’t ever, ever , ever get rid of a state employee. I just don’t understand why they can’t leave me alone. I do all of my job and then some. I help out whenever I can, because I actually like to stay busy. I think the bitch hates me because nobody else does. She is a known lazy mean person. The rest of the people were ecstatic when they transferred her to my department. However when I came along 5 months ago, they began to feel dreadfully sorry for little old me. They order lunch all the time and they don’t ask us. I think I must be guilty by association. Any way, I think the world just needs to understand that you need to leave people alone. She did well today, because she barely spoke to me. I prefer that to listening to her bitch about her lazy husband and kids though. If anyone cares, the cat she adopted is being returned to the pound or something because her oldest son is allergic to it. Mind you, this son only visits once a month and 2 weeks in the summer. I mean I understand that the cat had to go, but this broke her little 4 year old’s heart. I feel sorry for the kids. They are the kind that get spanked in the grocery in front of the whole world and also get drug around by their ear and grow up to be embarassed and shy…Geez, those poor babies. I beleive in discipline but there is a time and a place.
