Job Aggravation This Morning.... in Muddling Through As Best I Can
- July 15, 2014, 6:23 a.m.
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I am kind of ready to blow my top at my primary job.....
They recently instituted mandatory overtime, so that I have to give them one of my days off. This means, that I had to tell my second job that I'm not available one day a week. I am scheduled right now for a 52 hour week in my four days off from the prison. It's a lot of hours, but I need the money right now to pay my new car off quickly. I don't like debt.
Suffice it to say, the second job is not happy either.
This morning, following proper call-in procedure, I woke at 3am, called in and they told me to call back at 5am, which I did. The lieutenant answered and asked if I was mandatory and wanted to work, I told her yes and she said she would call back. She called back and told me to come, so I got dressed and was literally opening the door to leave, when she called yet again and told me NOT to come in. So I undressed, got back in bed......and they just called back and asked if I would come in after all.
I need the income, I really do.....but I told them "no". I've worked the last 42 days anyway without a break, so I probably could use the day off. I need a haircut anyway.
I know employers have bigger considerations than my inconvenience; I've been an employer so I am familiar with the need to maintain staffing, especially in a correctional facility, but come on.
I go to work everyday at both jobs, am currently working 101 hours a week, and just don't feel like jumping through hoops today because the lieutenant can't get her act together.
On the lighter side, after I get my haircut, I get to spend the afternoon with the eldest offspring, Brandon. That doesn't happen nearly often enough to suit me, so I'll go enjoy him and the grandsons while I have this opportunity. When life gives you lemons......
Actually, I kind of despise lemons unless they're in a pie but I'll take this day as a win since it gets to be family time. So for today, Goodbye, Ciao, Sayonara, Arrivederci, and all that jazz.