good lord I hate my life...
I had to attend an 8 hour meeting today after you know, working my butt off 14 hours yesterday. The second most experienced tech left and our lead tech went on vacation at the same time, go figure. Anyway, the new district supervisor (the fifth in the past 5 years I was with the company) seems like a well-meaning woman, but you know what they say about female bosses... I hope she lasts, but at the same time, if she lasts, I probably won't. I nearly fainted yesterday because I didn't eat or go to the restroom the whole day and I didn't have time to grab a bottle of water even though the store manager brought us some broken packages that very morning.
I think I do a lot for my store, but I am fully aware my 100% is like a 50% in my patient's eyes, and a 60% in the eyes of my superiors. And not only that, my 50% will look like a 49% in my patient's eyes and a 55% in my bosses' eyes. My brother and I were talking about this, why do we try so hard to uphold the law and abide by company policy and insurance guidelines and basic human decency when we could probably just half-ass everything and and still get the same amount of shit from our customers? Probably, anyway.
I saw this post on Tumblr (don't go there by the way) about a waitress at Applebee's (also don't go there) who got no tip because the woman said she paid a tithe to the church, and she uploaded a photo of that written comment on the bill (without any other identifying information) and the woman found out somehow and complained to her manager and got her fired. It just boiled my guts. Even if the story just stopped at the waitress getting that rudeness for her tip, I'd still be mad on behalf of everyone who has to deal with customers and service industry.
And you know what, there is more than one person running an Applebee's, but when there's only one pharmacist running around a CVS, they complain that we need more people in the pharmacy. No fucking way! I need another person to help me prepare potentially life-saving medications accurately and in less than 15 minutes while talking to doctors and insurance companies at the same time? I didn't know that! Of course I know that, ya idiots! If I was allowed more help, I'd be getting it, wouldn't I? But I don't get extra help when we need it, I don't have time for lunch breaks, I personally sacrifice everything that most working Americans are allowed to help my patients get better, and I'm still working in the second worst store in the district and the worst district in the region. How, why, but mostly how?!!!
I think I expect too much out of people. I think I expect that after spending 10 years of college and grad school and getting a doctorate, I should be getting respect. I should stop thinking I deserve respect. Obviously the world doesn't feel that a strong, intelligent and hard-working young woman deserves respect. I should get an abusive boyfriend while I'm at it, and continue paying my mother's bills, and I don't know, shoot myself in the foot a couple of times.
I think I do a lot for my store, but I am fully aware my 100% is like a 50% in my patient's eyes, and a 60% in the eyes of my superiors. And not only that, my 50% will look like a 49% in my patient's eyes and a 55% in my bosses' eyes. My brother and I were talking about this, why do we try so hard to uphold the law and abide by company policy and insurance guidelines and basic human decency when we could probably just half-ass everything and and still get the same amount of shit from our customers? Probably, anyway.
I saw this post on Tumblr (don't go there by the way) about a waitress at Applebee's (also don't go there) who got no tip because the woman said she paid a tithe to the church, and she uploaded a photo of that written comment on the bill (without any other identifying information) and the woman found out somehow and complained to her manager and got her fired. It just boiled my guts. Even if the story just stopped at the waitress getting that rudeness for her tip, I'd still be mad on behalf of everyone who has to deal with customers and service industry.
And you know what, there is more than one person running an Applebee's, but when there's only one pharmacist running around a CVS, they complain that we need more people in the pharmacy. No fucking way! I need another person to help me prepare potentially life-saving medications accurately and in less than 15 minutes while talking to doctors and insurance companies at the same time? I didn't know that! Of course I know that, ya idiots! If I was allowed more help, I'd be getting it, wouldn't I? But I don't get extra help when we need it, I don't have time for lunch breaks, I personally sacrifice everything that most working Americans are allowed to help my patients get better, and I'm still working in the second worst store in the district and the worst district in the region. How, why, but mostly how?!!!
I think I expect too much out of people. I think I expect that after spending 10 years of college and grad school and getting a doctorate, I should be getting respect. I should stop thinking I deserve respect. Obviously the world doesn't feel that a strong, intelligent and hard-working young woman deserves respect. I should get an abusive boyfriend while I'm at it, and continue paying my mother's bills, and I don't know, shoot myself in the foot a couple of times.