Cart before Horse
I just realized how truly crazy the people that I work for are. I was talking to my anal retentive assistant manager( henceforce called AR). I had notice that I was relieved for my break someone who was scheduled to leave at the time that I went to break. AR mentioned that THREE people had called in sick and thus we were short staffed. This made me raise an eyebrow and, I felt, opened a door to a question I’ve been wondering about. You see I’ve been working there for about 3 months and have often heard the managers complain about how many people have called in sick HOWEVER in the same amount of time I have never heard someone mention ala Dante that “ I’m not suppose to even be here today”= that they had been called in because of how many people have called in.
AR responded with something that I thought was truly batshit insane. She told me that it was the person calling in SICK responsibility to get someone to fill in for them. Imagine that, you’re puking your brains out- you’ve already made the decision to lose a day’s pay (as you’re part time and don’t get sick days), so why the f*** would you waste one moment wondering if the people at work were having a busy day.
I sort of pointed that out- editing myself from pointing out how truly insane I thought she was, and merely mentioned IF I was sick, how and why would I call others. I went on to ‘give her’ that if I had forgotten to ask for my cousin’s wedding off- that’s my responsibility… but otherwise, I’m sick. AR pointed out that EVERYONE (save apparently me) has a list of everyone else’s numbers and that my point was a ‘discussion’ that management had, along with their ‘on call’ status thing.
This just boggled my mind the fact that she called her batshit idea ‘one side of a discussion’. But then I have already decided that the next time they put me on call- I might not call in. They don’t pay me enough for me to waste a day with NO plans on the chance that they might need me to work- maybe if they paid me a flat fee that would be one thing, but if they don’t need me I don’t get $.
Please let me know if you agree or disagree that she is batshit insane. If you call in sick- who’s responsible for making sure work that day gets done? You or your boss?
I mean I understand in an office, there is gonna be paperwork that if you don’t do today, you’ll do it tomorrow but at the same time if there’s stuff that needs to be done THAT day- isn’t it your boss’ job to make sure it gets done on time?
AR responded with something that I thought was truly batshit insane. She told me that it was the person calling in SICK responsibility to get someone to fill in for them. Imagine that, you’re puking your brains out- you’ve already made the decision to lose a day’s pay (as you’re part time and don’t get sick days), so why the f*** would you waste one moment wondering if the people at work were having a busy day.
I sort of pointed that out- editing myself from pointing out how truly insane I thought she was, and merely mentioned IF I was sick, how and why would I call others. I went on to ‘give her’ that if I had forgotten to ask for my cousin’s wedding off- that’s my responsibility… but otherwise, I’m sick. AR pointed out that EVERYONE (save apparently me) has a list of everyone else’s numbers and that my point was a ‘discussion’ that management had, along with their ‘on call’ status thing.
This just boggled my mind the fact that she called her batshit idea ‘one side of a discussion’. But then I have already decided that the next time they put me on call- I might not call in. They don’t pay me enough for me to waste a day with NO plans on the chance that they might need me to work- maybe if they paid me a flat fee that would be one thing, but if they don’t need me I don’t get $.
Please let me know if you agree or disagree that she is batshit insane. If you call in sick- who’s responsible for making sure work that day gets done? You or your boss?
I mean I understand in an office, there is gonna be paperwork that if you don’t do today, you’ll do it tomorrow but at the same time if there’s stuff that needs to be done THAT day- isn’t it your boss’ job to make sure it gets done on time?
1 Comments:
At 2/27/2006 11:55:00 PM,
Angie said…
Yes, I concur, she is batshit insane. I've had the displeasure of working at a few places that have weird concepts about calling in and whatnot, but I've never ever worked for anyone who considered the person calling in responsible to find someone to cover them, that's just, well, insane.
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