A Rant about being treated poorly.........
Man, bad health sucks……. If you don’t have your health, you don’t have anything. I hurt my back at work on the night of Saturday April 1st. So I ended up going to ER (my local ER is very good, IMHO). But the mistake I made was that when the pain came on, I never said anything to my supervisor. On that day I was working 2:30 P.M. to 2:45 A.M. The pain started about 9:30 P.M., but I didn’t think anything of it because I was on a bunch of Ibuprofen for a severe tooth infection at the time. It was so severe I was not able to ignore it, but I limped through the last few hours of work and made it home. Luckily I live close to work so it was a short trip. I went to E.R. and then to my regular doctor. Anyway, I thought that the pain was related to me maybe taking too many ibuprofen for my tooth ache and/or being constipated, which I both considered personal problems and none of my fucking supervisor’s business. I thought the pain was either in my kidneys or appendix or something, what did I know? I failed science the first time I took it in college and took all of the science courses for “non-science majors” in college, in order to get enough credits to graduate. So, I went to my doctor and he wrote me off work for approximately a week.
Well, my work excuse ended on Monday, but it just so happened that my normal off days were Monday and Tuesday. And since this happened at work, I am claiming it as a work related injury. So I had to start the paperwork with just a general form I had to turn in yesterday and turn in the forms for reimbursement on my prescriptions. So I went in to work, and of course, my nemesis boss GM is the supervisor on duty when I went to turn in the forms, and of course he was the supervisor working when this occurred, who I did not notify, again because I did not know what it was exactly. I apologize for skipping around, but I just want to explain what happened and why. I also thought that it might be related to a reaction to the Ibuprofen I was taking because my mom has a very severe intolerance to medication. There are very few medications that my mom can take that do not make her sick. That is all documented in her medical records. As far as my father goes, I really have little or no idea what his medical history is, because I haven’t been around him a whole lot in the last 20 years, so he could have medical conditions I inherited and I wouldn’t have any idea, quite frankly. I know he had cancer from his cigarette smoking, and he now has a stoma, but that’s about it. Fortunately I have been mostly very healthy and he has too, to the best of my knowledge, except for the cancer from the smoking.
So, again, going back to filling out this paperwork, I had to get supervisor GM to sign this form yesterday and he was a total jerk about signing it. I drove in to work to take care of the paperwork. Oh yeah, and he was a pussy about it, too. As soon as he got the form, he was IMMEADIATELY on the phone to our human resources person leaving a message for her to call him. He didn’t even ask how I was doing, or how was the recovery going, how was I feeling, etc. He was totally cold hearted and uncaring, for as hard as I work and as many times as I drop everything and come in to help them out when they are short handed, I would have expected better. Although I understand why he is pissed, considering our recent history. But still, he if wants things to get better between us at all, he is going to have to make an effort too.
But wait, there is more!!! A couple of hours after I left, he called me back to find out what the status was on me coming back to work. When I went in last Thursday to pick up this form, the secretary DW said I should have a release to come back. And as I eluded to, my doctors excuse from work ended yesterday, but I did not have a release yet amd I did not have an extension. So my boss GM, in fairness, called me back to find out what my status was. But again he was a total jerk about it. He said he had to know for scheduling, and I tried to be empathetic to him but he just couldn’t have cared less about how my health was or what was going on, just the scheduling. He was arrogant and snotty in my opinion. So, I am going to the doctor today to have him evaluate my status and either release me or extend my leave, and then I have to have the doctor’s office fax in right away my status from their office so that they know weather they have to get overtime to fill my schedule or not. Basically, this is just a long rant about how poorly I felt I was treated by my supervisor, someone that is supposed to be a professional. Lead by example, stop being an asshole, and a back stabber. I have two more physical therapy appointments this week (one on Wednesday and one on Friday) and so I think I will try to get my doctor to extend my leave until Friday at least.
My supervisor just has me so freaked out because of the way he is treating me, I am almost scared to go to the doctor now. But, that place has done nothing to endear me to them this year, so I don't feel guilty about being on leave, except for the inconvenience it causes my coworkers. I do feel bad that this is hard on them, because I have been there and I know how hard it is to schedule and make plans