Dear Coworker,
I know you don’t have a car. I understand transportation can be an issue sometimes. But I’m pretty sure you’re supposed to work until 5 o’clock, and not until “your ride” gets here at four. It must be nice to just be able to leave whenever you want (funny how it always seems to be after our supervisor leaves…), but how ’bout not leaving me to man this place alone for an extra hour on a fairly regular basis? Yeah. That’d be nice. Thanks.
Me
DX
I’d love to know when I’ll be getting paid for doing three people’s jobs — that being my own, plus my coworker’s who runs the printers with me, and that of our graphic designer, who, it’s apparently been decided, I get to stand in for whenever he’s out.
I can’t really gripe at our design guy being out since he’s down with a bad flu, but the other girl…it just seems like the moment anything starts “going around” she catches it and skips work. Generally speaking, she’s ok — she’s actually pretty cool to work with — but this is not the first time I’ve been left in this situation, and it probaly won’t be the last. She didn’t even bother calling this morning (and that’s not a first either). She was out yesterday too, so she must have just figured we’d assume she wasn’t coming in. It makes me want to call her and say, “So…you’re sick, huh?”
It’s good that I can help out with the design stuff when I *need* to, but the stuff that’s been coming in since our designer’s been out is way outside the realm of simple typesetting.
*sighs*
I know it’s not that they don’t appreciate the work I’m doing now, or the stuff I’ve done in the past. Hell, I got a $200 bonus check a few months back when I stood in for the designer during a week-long cruise with his family. I think it’s just the fact that it’s expected, and nobody bothered to ask what I thought about it. And it doesn’t help that I want to take a day off on Monday (for some Bacchanal festivities! :D) and my supervisor/Production Manager is hemming and hawing over it because “we’re so busy” — which isn’t exactly true, and is a direct result of the fact that I’VE BEEN DOING THREE PEOPLE’S JOBS FOR TWO DAYS.
DX *explodes*
Ok. That’s all. I’m done. I just needed to get it out of my system. It’s not gone, but I can move on to other things now ;p
Generally speaking, I consider myself apolitical. I’m just not interested. But they’ve had CNN on tv at work for the last couple weeks, and, among other things, I’m reminded why I’m so very dissillused with the US political system. I don’t know how anyone will be able to stand to hear about elections or anything else government-related by the time November rolls around.
I’m pretty sure I’m in the minority when I say that I’m a little annoyed at the commentary directed at Eliot Spitzer’s wife since this whole prostitution ring scandal came out. Sure, he got caught doing something stupid and hypocritical (to say the least). Has Silda Wall Spitzer made any speeches of her own concerning her feelings over the situation? Does anyone know exactly what has transpired between Spitzer and his wife since all this dirty laundry was aired?
I didn’t think so.
Stop calling her weak, or asking how she can “put herself through all this,” and especially that you can’t believe she’s being forced to stand up there with him. I’m pretty sure she wouldn’t be there if she didn’t have a damned good reason. No one but they knows exactly what’s going on behind the scenes between the two of them. I’m sure she’s probably not thrilled with the situation, but she’s still there, so give her at least a little credit for the strength she’s displaying.
