BAH!!!
I was suddenly reminded on Friday that the inmates do run the asylum at work. :-(
I was going to hold off on the job search because of everything else going on, but that doesn't seem like the best course of action anymore. Not to go into details, but one of my agents openly and blatantly showed no respect toward me and her co-workers.
The sad thing is that she'll get called into the directors office, and get a speech along the lines of "That was unprofessional, and it won't be tolerated." Blah, blah, blah. The director will want me to document what happened, and I will.. but that won't be shown to the agent in question. In short, nothing will be in this agents file so when she pulls this bullshit again in a few months, the same cycle will repeat.
BAH!!! I think they'll be in for a shock if/when the manager position for my department finally gets posted, and I don't apply for it. Don't get me wrong, I like my job and most of my agents are good, hard-working people who do anything and everything that is asked. But, the two loudmouths openly disrupt everyone around them, and my hands are tied. I do what I can to keep them in line, but I don't have a big set of teeth, and the people who have the big and sharp teeth are unwilling to do what so desperately needs to be done. Translation: my first thoughts of being on an island and the "support" I get is all lip service.
In most other places the behavior that was exhibited would have earned that agent an escort off the premises, and told not to come back. Instead, a manager from another department (but related to my department) talked to her and said that a meeting will be scheduled on Monday "to allow her to get things off her chest!"
Translation: We'll placate you, Brian, but nothing's going to change. What a crock of bullshit. This is a big reason why we don't have a manager in the first place. So.... the job hunt and the house hunt shall be held simultaneously.
This incident may be a one-time deal (I doubt it, though), but this incident has left such a bad taste in my mouth I really don't want to be a part of my department anymore. The only good side is that I can now apply for other positions within my company because I've been in my position for over one year.. not that it's doing any good because no jobs are being filled. BAH!!
Jesus. This affected me more than I realized, since the time is now 2:30 AM, and I am just beginning to wind down. :-(
So, I'll update my resume and see if there's anything suitable for my skills.
On a brighter note, the house I looked at tonight was promising, and worth a second look with C and the kids at some point in the future... once we have an offer on ours. I'll be looking at some more on Monday. How many and what time are to be determined.
In the morning, we'll be going to my wife's cousin's kid's Bar Mitzvah in the morning, which is two hours away. Going to cost about $40.00 in gas round trip... but as I stated in a response to aphrodite33, it's only money, and I love my car. It's a fun car to drive. I'll deal with the price of gas.
Sunday is M's birthday, and the two corresponding parties (one friends, one family). The friends party is an ice skating party, so that promises to be fun. M got the ice skating party idea from when we went skating with yumemitai back in April... so I'll give all credit to yumemitai. LOL
M almost didn't have her parties, since her behavior toward me, trystan830 and flowerii was bad -- real bad. Disrespectful, bossy, mean. Not the usual M. The astrology explanation is that she is a Gemini, and her evil twin came out. Anyway, her behavior and antics got to the point that I did something that I truly hate to do. :-( That said, I think she got the message that the disrespectful, bossy and mean behavior will not be tolerated. The rest of last night and today, M was the M most people see.
Of course, her behavior improved because she is a smart kid and realized that it wasn't too late to cancel her b-day parties. This wasn't threatened, but it wouldn't surprise me if she came to this conclusion.
Either way, I'm glad that there was some peace tonight. :-)
I was going to hold off on the job search because of everything else going on, but that doesn't seem like the best course of action anymore. Not to go into details, but one of my agents openly and blatantly showed no respect toward me and her co-workers.
The sad thing is that she'll get called into the directors office, and get a speech along the lines of "That was unprofessional, and it won't be tolerated." Blah, blah, blah. The director will want me to document what happened, and I will.. but that won't be shown to the agent in question. In short, nothing will be in this agents file so when she pulls this bullshit again in a few months, the same cycle will repeat.
BAH!!! I think they'll be in for a shock if/when the manager position for my department finally gets posted, and I don't apply for it. Don't get me wrong, I like my job and most of my agents are good, hard-working people who do anything and everything that is asked. But, the two loudmouths openly disrupt everyone around them, and my hands are tied. I do what I can to keep them in line, but I don't have a big set of teeth, and the people who have the big and sharp teeth are unwilling to do what so desperately needs to be done. Translation: my first thoughts of being on an island and the "support" I get is all lip service.
In most other places the behavior that was exhibited would have earned that agent an escort off the premises, and told not to come back. Instead, a manager from another department (but related to my department) talked to her and said that a meeting will be scheduled on Monday "to allow her to get things off her chest!"
Translation: We'll placate you, Brian, but nothing's going to change. What a crock of bullshit. This is a big reason why we don't have a manager in the first place. So.... the job hunt and the house hunt shall be held simultaneously.
This incident may be a one-time deal (I doubt it, though), but this incident has left such a bad taste in my mouth I really don't want to be a part of my department anymore. The only good side is that I can now apply for other positions within my company because I've been in my position for over one year.. not that it's doing any good because no jobs are being filled. BAH!!
Jesus. This affected me more than I realized, since the time is now 2:30 AM, and I am just beginning to wind down. :-(
So, I'll update my resume and see if there's anything suitable for my skills.
On a brighter note, the house I looked at tonight was promising, and worth a second look with C and the kids at some point in the future... once we have an offer on ours. I'll be looking at some more on Monday. How many and what time are to be determined.
In the morning, we'll be going to my wife's cousin's kid's Bar Mitzvah in the morning, which is two hours away. Going to cost about $40.00 in gas round trip... but as I stated in a response to aphrodite33, it's only money, and I love my car. It's a fun car to drive. I'll deal with the price of gas.
Sunday is M's birthday, and the two corresponding parties (one friends, one family). The friends party is an ice skating party, so that promises to be fun. M got the ice skating party idea from when we went skating with yumemitai back in April... so I'll give all credit to yumemitai. LOL
M almost didn't have her parties, since her behavior toward me, trystan830 and flowerii was bad -- real bad. Disrespectful, bossy, mean. Not the usual M. The astrology explanation is that she is a Gemini, and her evil twin came out. Anyway, her behavior and antics got to the point that I did something that I truly hate to do. :-( That said, I think she got the message that the disrespectful, bossy and mean behavior will not be tolerated. The rest of last night and today, M was the M most people see.
Of course, her behavior improved because she is a smart kid and realized that it wasn't too late to cancel her b-day parties. This wasn't threatened, but it wouldn't surprise me if she came to this conclusion.
Either way, I'm glad that there was some peace tonight. :-)