Some days I really hate my job
Nov. 2nd, 2022 01:53 pmI know it's been forever and a day since I posted here, but I don't feel comfortable making this post over on my TikTok because my coworkers can see it, not that it's anything bad, and one of them already knows about it. But I still don't want to post about work on my TikTok.
I was on vacation 10/24-10/28 and had assigned my sites to my coworkers. Now, we have a rule that any issues that happen during that week are the original poster's responsibility. I'm okay with that because the issue is usually that a day was double-keyed or inventory readings (I work for a gasoline distribution company) were entered wrong. Things that are easy to find out and fix even if you didn't key it.
But today, my supervisor and I had the following conversation in TEAMs:
By this point, I was on the phone with my mother, feeling my blood pressure climbing. She suggested I ask the coworker who had keyed that site, thinking that maybe that's what my supervisor wanted me to do. But my supervisor could have done that when I told her who I had assigned that site to. Or she could have just looked at the list I sent her before I left on vacation. She has to know there's no way I'd know the answer or would even be able to find the answer.
My supervisor was showing as busy and left me on unread for a long time. I decided to court a coaching with the following message.
My coworker then said that she kept my list separate from hers (I guess to avoid this?) and that she would look to see if she had used one on two different sites. But she didn't do that. She said she'd keep looking into it, and when I told my supervisor this, she thanked me and said she'd look into it.
What pissed me off so much about this is that she was telling me that it's fully my responsibility to fix an issue that I cannot possibly fix since I have no way to find out which code was used for those three days.
I was on vacation 10/24-10/28 and had assigned my sites to my coworkers. Now, we have a rule that any issues that happen during that week are the original poster's responsibility. I'm okay with that because the issue is usually that a day was double-keyed or inventory readings (I work for a gasoline distribution company) were entered wrong. Things that are easy to find out and fix even if you didn't key it.
But today, my supervisor and I had the following conversation in TEAMs:
(supervisor):
PC [number]...
missing sales from the 25th through the 27th
do you know what A/R you booked those to?
Me:
I was on vacation for those days. You'll have to ask [redacted]
(supervisor):
we don't do that
we don't shove our work on someone else
you know the rules
Me:
I cannot answer the question you asked me because I didn't key them. I have no idea which AR they were keyed to, [redacted] would know that
(supervisor):
still wrong answer ma'am
Me:
How am I supposed to tell you which AR they were keyed to when I wasn't the one who keyed them?
(supervisor):
we will talk about this another time...
your lack of willingness to help is the issue not that you didn't know the answer...
Me:
I am not saying I'm unwilling to help
By this point, I was on the phone with my mother, feeling my blood pressure climbing. She suggested I ask the coworker who had keyed that site, thinking that maybe that's what my supervisor wanted me to do. But my supervisor could have done that when I told her who I had assigned that site to. Or she could have just looked at the list I sent her before I left on vacation. She has to know there's no way I'd know the answer or would even be able to find the answer.
Me:
[redacted] says she used the one on the spreadsheet
My supervisor was showing as busy and left me on unread for a long time. I decided to court a coaching with the following message.
Me:
I'm not sure what you expect me to do here, (supervisor). I have asked [redacted] which AR she might have keyed it to. She says she doesn't know. I have done all I can think of to resolve this issue
My coworker then said that she kept my list separate from hers (I guess to avoid this?) and that she would look to see if she had used one on two different sites. But she didn't do that. She said she'd keep looking into it, and when I told my supervisor this, she thanked me and said she'd look into it.
What pissed me off so much about this is that she was telling me that it's fully my responsibility to fix an issue that I cannot possibly fix since I have no way to find out which code was used for those three days.
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Jul. 20th, 2018 08:12 pmI hate managers who play favorites.
W has made comments about texting the other members of our team. As in they have text conversations like you do with friends. But she never texts me. Not even when she’s out sick or will be late.
She’s on vacation the end of next week and sent an email telling us to send a report we have to do to J. He’s only been here a YEAR! There’s no way he should be third in line behind her and A (who will also be out that day). It should be me since I’ve been here just a few months less than A.
C moved to another team so we have an empty desk in our area. Yesterday J moved to C’s old desk and W moved to J’s old desk. My first thought was now they can exclude me easier. And they did! The three of them went to lunch without me!
I am so tired of being treated like the red-headed step-child!
She says she appreciates my hard work but I don’t see it. I should have been promoted to senior biller by now but haven’t. And I’m certainly not being paid what I’m worth! Oh, and I still can’t use my COMPANY PROVIDED SICK DAYS without going to the doctor.
Stop treating me like a fucking child!
All of this lead to a very shitty day. It was made even shittier by the fact that I had to go to Walmart. I HATE going to Walmart, or any store to buy groceries.
On my way, my usual playlist wasn’t cutting it so I asked Siri to play some Halestorm thinking it would play the ONE album I own. I forgot that I have Apple Music so it started playing their discography. And the first three songs (Uncomfortable, Apocalyptic, and I Miss the Misery) just fit my mood perfectly. It was like Siri knew I needed some angry music to make me feel better.
At Walmart, I only bought things I absolutely need (plus a couple of extras, leaving the rest for later) because I was SO FUCKING ready to get home.
As I’ve mentioned before I hate getting my mail due to the location of the mailboxes in relation to my apartment. I’m waiting on a few things so I forced myself to get the mail today. And boy am I glad I did!
I opened my box and found a brown mailer envelope. I pulled it out and when I saw the return address, I got really happy because it was one of the things I was waiting for.
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W has made comments about texting the other members of our team. As in they have text conversations like you do with friends. But she never texts me. Not even when she’s out sick or will be late.
She’s on vacation the end of next week and sent an email telling us to send a report we have to do to J. He’s only been here a YEAR! There’s no way he should be third in line behind her and A (who will also be out that day). It should be me since I’ve been here just a few months less than A.
C moved to another team so we have an empty desk in our area. Yesterday J moved to C’s old desk and W moved to J’s old desk. My first thought was now they can exclude me easier. And they did! The three of them went to lunch without me!
I am so tired of being treated like the red-headed step-child!
She says she appreciates my hard work but I don’t see it. I should have been promoted to senior biller by now but haven’t. And I’m certainly not being paid what I’m worth! Oh, and I still can’t use my COMPANY PROVIDED SICK DAYS without going to the doctor.
Stop treating me like a fucking child!
All of this lead to a very shitty day. It was made even shittier by the fact that I had to go to Walmart. I HATE going to Walmart, or any store to buy groceries.
On my way, my usual playlist wasn’t cutting it so I asked Siri to play some Halestorm thinking it would play the ONE album I own. I forgot that I have Apple Music so it started playing their discography. And the first three songs (Uncomfortable, Apocalyptic, and I Miss the Misery) just fit my mood perfectly. It was like Siri knew I needed some angry music to make me feel better.
At Walmart, I only bought things I absolutely need (plus a couple of extras, leaving the rest for later) because I was SO FUCKING ready to get home.
As I’ve mentioned before I hate getting my mail due to the location of the mailboxes in relation to my apartment. I’m waiting on a few things so I forced myself to get the mail today. And boy am I glad I did!
I opened my box and found a brown mailer envelope. I pulled it out and when I saw the return address, I got really happy because it was one of the things I was waiting for.
Thank you so much
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Dec. 14th, 2017 05:20 pmI almost got into a serious accident this morning.
I was in the left lane (I usually drive in the middle/right lane) because I had to get my daughter's Christmas gift out of the Amazon locker near my office. There was a semi in the middle lane and I always do my best to give them a fuck ton of space. As we approached where the road we were on crosses over a tollway, he turned on his left blinker.
I figured he wanted to move over into my lane so he could turn onto the tollway so I started to slow down. Then he started to slow down. So I started to sped up because he obviously wanted me to get in front of him before he moved over.
Only I was wrong. As I approached the cab part, he started to turn. I just barely managed to turn without hitting him or the median or any of the curbs.
Once my heart stopped trying to beat its way out of my chest, I got pissed off. He knew I was behind him because it was after 5 in the morning so it was dark enough for him to see my headlights.
I was in the left lane (I usually drive in the middle/right lane) because I had to get my daughter's Christmas gift out of the Amazon locker near my office. There was a semi in the middle lane and I always do my best to give them a fuck ton of space. As we approached where the road we were on crosses over a tollway, he turned on his left blinker.
I figured he wanted to move over into my lane so he could turn onto the tollway so I started to slow down. Then he started to slow down. So I started to sped up because he obviously wanted me to get in front of him before he moved over.
Only I was wrong. As I approached the cab part, he started to turn. I just barely managed to turn without hitting him or the median or any of the curbs.
Once my heart stopped trying to beat its way out of my chest, I got pissed off. He knew I was behind him because it was after 5 in the morning so it was dark enough for him to see my headlights.
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Aug. 23rd, 2017 05:00 pmI received the following email from W this afternoon at work:
The attached memorandum (and really, who calls it that?!):
This pissed me off to no end. I checked with our online time clock and only found six days. Plus the last three days I called off were because I had food poisoning. Not to mention the fact that those three days were back in June. I have never had a supervisor/manager/other type boss wait two fucking months to write me up.
I asked W why they waited two months and she said she doesn't know but I'm not the only one who got a letter like this. I also mentioned that I was only able to find six days in ADP. She reminded me of a day in January where I was 'scheduled' to work on a Monday and called off.
I don't think that one should count for two reasons:
1) It was a Monday which is my usual day off
2) I made it up later in the week
It also pissed me off when they said that my vacation is 'excused'. I was like, it had fucking better be! And then the end where they threaten me with termination if I have to miss another day between here and the end of the year (minus the two weeks for my vacation).
I mean, what if I get hospitalized? I can't exactly help that, ya know. And if I'm contagious, they're not gonna be happy if I go to work and end up infecting the whole office like G did last spring.
Hello Melissa,
I have been instructed to give you this attendance memorandum. It is something that is being done within the accounting department to ensure we don’t have excess absenteeism. Since you have missed so many days and have 10 days scheduled off in October, I need you to read this memorandum and sign and date it and give it back to me please.
Please let me know if you have any questions.
The attached memorandum (and really, who calls it that?!):
Melissa, you are an important part of our accounting team and your attendance is very important. Your attendance records indicate, since January 1st you have missed seven days of work. You used a floating holiday for one of those days and took the remaining without pay.
Any unexcused time off taken for the remainder of 2017, will result in disciplinary action and may include termination. Your vacation in October is considered excused.
Your good health and presence on the job are very important to us and are essential to the smooth operation of the department.
Thank you.
This pissed me off to no end. I checked with our online time clock and only found six days. Plus the last three days I called off were because I had food poisoning. Not to mention the fact that those three days were back in June. I have never had a supervisor/manager/other type boss wait two fucking months to write me up.
I asked W why they waited two months and she said she doesn't know but I'm not the only one who got a letter like this. I also mentioned that I was only able to find six days in ADP. She reminded me of a day in January where I was 'scheduled' to work on a Monday and called off.
I don't think that one should count for two reasons:
1) It was a Monday which is my usual day off
2) I made it up later in the week
It also pissed me off when they said that my vacation is 'excused'. I was like, it had fucking better be! And then the end where they threaten me with termination if I have to miss another day between here and the end of the year (minus the two weeks for my vacation).
I mean, what if I get hospitalized? I can't exactly help that, ya know. And if I'm contagious, they're not gonna be happy if I go to work and end up infecting the whole office like G did last spring.
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May. 26th, 2016 04:32 amWhen I got up this morning and turned on the light in the living room the bulb blew. This wouldn't be an issue except I cannot find my light bulbs. I know I have a box of bulbs somewhere but I cannot find them! And the lamp is the only light behind where I sit so I am typing this in mostly darkness because the light from the 'dinning area' is not only in the wrong place, it is not bright enough.
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May. 14th, 2016 01:44 pmI've been thinking about this post for a while so it is very long. And is actually several posts. I didn't want to spam your inboxes so each "post" is under a cut so you can choose where to start reading.
( My mother the bigot )
( Captain America: Civil War spoilers! )
( Hawaii Five-0 spoilers! )
( NCIS spoilers! )
( Yay! )
( Seriously? )
( Why are people such jerks? )
( Why do people have to hate others so much? )
( My mother the bigot )
( Captain America: Civil War spoilers! )
( Hawaii Five-0 spoilers! )
( NCIS spoilers! )
( Yay! )
( Seriously? )
( Why are people such jerks? )
( Why do people have to hate others so much? )
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May. 2nd, 2016 11:46 amI guess you could say this is an update to this post.
So two of my co-workers have been let go recently (making it obvious that the real reason J was interviewing was to replace them). One came out of left field for me (but really shouldn't have). Her replacement started Friday.
Our weekly meeting was pushed back so that she could attend it. During the meeting I made a comment about preferring to get paid bi-weekly because you then know exactly how much you'll get paid each week (this company gets paid on the 5th and 20th). J muttered "That's about to change" and it kinda freaked me out. I asked her about it and she put my mind at ease and then asked me to meet her in one of the small conference rooms.
She told me that she was pushing really hard to get me on permanent starting Monday (today) but that her boss's boss (one of the VP's who knows next to nothing about our part of the business) was pushing back just as hard. She is assuring me that his pushing isn't that he doesn't want me on the team, just that they hired KS last week and he's worried about how it'll look with them then 'hiring' me.
She did say that she keeps reminding him that my contract actually ended a month ago and that it's more expensive to keep me under contract than to 'hire' me.
So two of my co-workers have been let go recently (making it obvious that the real reason J was interviewing was to replace them). One came out of left field for me (but really shouldn't have). Her replacement started Friday.
Our weekly meeting was pushed back so that she could attend it. During the meeting I made a comment about preferring to get paid bi-weekly because you then know exactly how much you'll get paid each week (this company gets paid on the 5th and 20th). J muttered "That's about to change" and it kinda freaked me out. I asked her about it and she put my mind at ease and then asked me to meet her in one of the small conference rooms.
She told me that she was pushing really hard to get me on permanent starting Monday (today) but that her boss's boss (one of the VP's who knows next to nothing about our part of the business) was pushing back just as hard. She is assuring me that his pushing isn't that he doesn't want me on the team, just that they hired KS last week and he's worried about how it'll look with them then 'hiring' me.
She did say that she keeps reminding him that my contract actually ended a month ago and that it's more expensive to keep me under contract than to 'hire' me.
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Mar. 27th, 2016 02:48 pmSo I've been having a rough time of it lately and that's making this post rather difficult to write. Added to that is the fact that there isn't anyone ( save maybe one person but I have no idea because we haven't talked in a while) who will even remotely care.
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Jan. 13th, 2016 06:00 pmSo, update in this post, sorta.
Today I stopped for gas on my way home and when I got home, I checked my account. And saw $11.57 at QT for my gas along with $10 at Race Track. I don't use Race Track often and definitely didn't use it today.
I called the bank and they said that the charge was done at 6:36 this morning.
When I was at work.
And they swiped a card.
Which makes no sense because I have the card in my possession.
Turns out someone got my card number and created a duplicate card.
This means that an employee at one of the places I've used it recently (since it's new I know approximately when it happened, just not where). So I will now be using cash for all the things I can pay for with cash; like my cable bill, my phone bill and putting gas in my car.
Today I stopped for gas on my way home and when I got home, I checked my account. And saw $11.57 at QT for my gas along with $10 at Race Track. I don't use Race Track often and definitely didn't use it today.
I called the bank and they said that the charge was done at 6:36 this morning.
When I was at work.
And they swiped a card.
Which makes no sense because I have the card in my possession.
Turns out someone got my card number and created a duplicate card.
This means that an employee at one of the places I've used it recently (since it's new I know approximately when it happened, just not where). So I will now be using cash for all the things I can pay for with cash; like my cable bill, my phone bill and putting gas in my car.
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Jul. 26th, 2013 11:23 pmSomeone please tell me if this makes any sense:
So, I’m supposed to call you on the phone that won’t make calls?! Seriously?
I happen to know that my phone IS activated, I’ve had it almost a year now. It just several hours ago stopped sending texts/calls.
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Jul. 1st, 2013 05:56 pmI'm going offline for a while again.
The reason is extremely rant worthy and will be under the cut because I'm sure no one cares.
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The reason is extremely rant worthy and will be under the cut because I'm sure no one cares.
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Mar. 29th, 2013 05:21 pmWell, I’m back. Mostly. I still feel a need to not be on at times. I think I was getting addicted. I also wanted to explain what’s been going on with me, not that I think anyone truly cares.
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Jan. 3rd, 2013 07:41 pmI freely admit that a story I just finished writing is not even close to being my best, although it is far from being my worst, and therefore I don't expect many (if any) reviews (although it has gotten one) but it would be nice if the person I wrote it for would at least knowledge it. I don't expect her to love it (I don't even expect her to like it because I don't) but a simple "Thanks for writing this!" would be very nice.
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Nov. 24th, 2012 02:53 pmI seriously hate my mother most days.
Today I went to her house to help make Christmas candy. I got to talking to Aunt Ann about my job. I mentioned the movie tickets we got and how Vic and I went and saw Pitch Perfect and Red Dawn. When I mentioned that the set up was a bit far fetched, my mother piped up with, "With Obama in the White House it really isn't" or something along those lines. I actually said, "So it would be Obama's fault that the North Koreans decide to invade?" And her and my father both said yes. I'm sorry, what? Just... How... I have no clue how they came to that conclusion. But then again these are the people who think Obama's gonna come to Dallas, break into their house and rape my mother. I bet they think he'll rape my father, too. *shakes head* I really wish I was adopted.
Today I went to her house to help make Christmas candy. I got to talking to Aunt Ann about my job. I mentioned the movie tickets we got and how Vic and I went and saw Pitch Perfect and Red Dawn. When I mentioned that the set up was a bit far fetched, my mother piped up with, "With Obama in the White House it really isn't" or something along those lines. I actually said, "So it would be Obama's fault that the North Koreans decide to invade?" And her and my father both said yes. I'm sorry, what? Just... How... I have no clue how they came to that conclusion. But then again these are the people who think Obama's gonna come to Dallas, break into their house and rape my mother. I bet they think he'll rape my father, too. *shakes head* I really wish I was adopted.
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Nov. 10th, 2012 10:15 amI meant to post this Thursday, and again yesterday, but I've been working overtime (87.45 hours for the pay period) and was just too frelling tired (barely made it through POI Thursday and was in bed before 9 last night). I'm leaving this exactly how I wrote it up.
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This is my problem, how, exactly?
May. 31st, 2012 05:42 pmDear co-worker,
You want me to do, what, exactly, when you tell me that I boxed up some of your May paperwork with the April paperwork? You knew April hadn't been boxed yet and yet you still went ahead and filed your May paperwork. How is it my problem that you filed your stuff early? You're not going to guilt me into going through those five boxes and pull out your stuff when it's your fault they're in there. You're not in my direct chain of command, not even really in my department anymore (she moved from AR to AP which is how I got my job). So unless C or L tells me to pull your paperwork from the boxes, I ain't gonna do it. So, please, grow up and accept responsibility for your mistake.
You want me to do, what, exactly, when you tell me that I boxed up some of your May paperwork with the April paperwork? You knew April hadn't been boxed yet and yet you still went ahead and filed your May paperwork. How is it my problem that you filed your stuff early? You're not going to guilt me into going through those five boxes and pull out your stuff when it's your fault they're in there. You're not in my direct chain of command, not even really in my department anymore (she moved from AR to AP which is how I got my job). So unless C or L tells me to pull your paperwork from the boxes, I ain't gonna do it. So, please, grow up and accept responsibility for your mistake.
