It was just last week I asked myself the same thing
I was getting up for work – realized I had slept in
I rushed out as quick as I could (getting Becky out too at the same time)
When I get like that I go into panic mode…I have to start work at 10am
I look at my watch and its nearly 9.45am …but beky still needs to be dropped off…so I rush her out…then off I go….
Driving is a pain when you are running late…too many Miss Daisys out there to slow you down grrrrrrrrr
I get there by the skin of my teeth
So I have a coffe and a quick smoke..to relax…and yea I am ok!!!
Then all of a sudden…I find..we are short staffed…I have to cover the entire shift with just one other member
So I figure… ok ok ok..this is going to be ok….i’ll take one thing at a time
I arrange all designs to be filled away… I make my follow up calls
I have had 5 calls put through ALL complaints about different deliveries and times…of doors missing ect…
Now we are short staffed today and I am truly pissed off…everything is going wrong
I skip lunch…look for another manager to help…he is busy…look for another manager..he too is busy…look for a 3rd manager..he is away home early…so now what I wanna ciggy NOW!!!!!!!
But I cant cuz I have a kitchen appointment…and stll got a bunch of complaints about deliveries…my other member is gone on lunch..and there I am stuck. Gasping for a smoke…need to price up a kitchen…and I have calls coming through and not one manager is there to help….so I manage to get the kitchen priced up…I had asked the customer to give the measurements over..took the customers requirements…gave a few helpful suggestions..they seemed happy to let me work on it and call them before 7pm (my shift end)…so I figure ok ok this is good this gives me time to sort out calls
But when trying to look for things to sort out complaints. I can’t find nothing…I look for help and cant get anyone cuz they are busy (yea some are too busy in the canteen playing pool)…
….then after solving 3 complaints and have like 4 more lol I sneak off to the smoke room for a quick 3 mins of a puff…only to sit my arse down for 10 secs…light up that ciggy………and over the PA system..all I hear is – Geri to the showroom eara customer service…I said sod it..i’ll take a few puffs to relax then I’ll go..within 30 secs..the PA goes again - Geri to the showroom area..thats GERI to the showroom area..and my internal phone goes off…all this beeping and ringing driving me NUTS…
…..so..I stub the ciggy out…go down (heck I was only gone 2 mins)…only to find that the customer only wanted a brochure..the idiot that went on the PA system was surrounded with nothing but brouchers…aaaaaacccckkk they called me for THAT wtf?? I deal with more calls …I begin to design the kitchen..I cant take my lunch…then later my head hurts…the other member has had her lunch..so I say im off for a break ill be back in 20 mins…c-ya
What happens?? I have my arse sat down..ciggy lit..and within 1 min…my phone rings..then the PA is at it AGAIN
I so couldn’t wait till the day was over…I went outside…I had got into the car only to see Geri the prat here had left her window down a lil just enough to let the rain in to soak her seat…………… GREAT INIT??
CONCLUSION.....
So I ask myself…was this just because I had me a lil panic and got into a lil fluster this morning…or was it a coincidence?? Bad day waiting to happen? _________________
Mon Sep 18, 2006 2:01 pm
vincent
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I think so.
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Mon Sep 18, 2006 5:16 pm
El Bandito
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Geri...My days are sooooo much like yours...I'm usually out my door before I should even be driving a car...I mean...geez..then it's fight traffic for 20 minutes only to find out when I get to work that someone either doesn't have a clue as to what to do...or....I have to do a double shift...cuz some nimrod called off...GRRR....and a ciggy break is almost impossible for me...I have a pager that goes off all the freakin time.....not only that it's chart after chart after chart..and people who are supposed to be as trained as me looking at me with that "Deer in the headlight look"...like Duh???? I have the degree but left my brain at the college I attended...
Sometimes I feel like I'm all alone with a bunch of morons...and then it's a mad dash home and by the end of the day...I'm passing myself on the road!!! It always seems I'm late and in a hurry...I think it's because I can't be in 20 different places all at once...and that usually leads me to a very bad mood...all of it....I'm so negative about my job I'm thinking about trying something else out...it's just tooooooo stressful...I mean I'm not the only one who went to medical school...you would think that these people are competent enough to handle something on their own...but noooo...they are constantly paging me...calling me in...even calling me at home to ask me what to do.....I think all this negativity on my part is that I'm relied on tooo much...and it's affecting my personal life as well as my professional...I'm a firm believer that you leave work at work and your personal life at home.....but by them bothering me all the time because they are incompetent it is affecting my personal life...Whew !!! Ok...I'll calm down now...El Bandito _________________ Never fear the dead, fear the living, they are more dangerous...."Trust Me"
Tue Sep 19, 2006 1:18 pm
Dr Who
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I try to be as pesimistic as possible in most situations, this way I'm either right... or pleasantly surprised. _________________
Tue Sep 19, 2006 8:01 pm
Isis
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It's murphy's law if it can go wrong it will... _________________ Click to Join.....
Wed Sep 20, 2006 3:21 pm
El Bandito
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How true Isis.....how true....that's it in a nutshell...LOL _________________ Never fear the dead, fear the living, they are more dangerous...."Trust Me"
Sat Sep 30, 2006 1:29 am
ericraven2003
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I believe our thoughts can either propel us or limit us. We must all choose.
Sat Sep 30, 2006 9:28 pm
vincent
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ericraven2003 wrote:
I believe our thoughts can either propel us or limit us. We must all choose.
Exactly!
If we start to attempt something with a negative atittude we have failed even before we start. _________________ NATIVE AMERICAN WISDOM
Sun Oct 01, 2006 11:45 am
Bebi
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Dr Who wrote:
I try to be as pesimistic as possible in most situations, this way I'm either right... or pleasantly surprised.
That's the way I see things lol
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