Happiness
I am annoyed with work right now and about to get into a major tiff with them over vacation days. I have about two and half weeks of vacation stored up at the moment, and should have another week by the end of this coming June. Some of which will expire if they are not used.
For obvious reasons, I haven't really taken an actual vacation since before the reclassification/demotion announcement was made last spring. So I approached my boss the other day about taking a vacation before Summer Reading starts...
..and I was told that it wasn't going to happen because we do not have enough staff.
O.o
yeah.
Aside from how completely WRONG this is (and I will be bringing that to their attention until it is fixed, I can assure you) I came to the conclusion last night that part of what is pissing me off so much about work lately is that there is no room left for happiness or contentment. I mean, sure, we are supposed to somehow love that it all sucks? See it as a challenge or a trial to persevere through or something? But god forbid we actually do anything to offset the suck. Or stress. Whether that be taking a vacation or making sure everyone still gets their breaks, dammit.
I'm doing a lot better than I was 6 months ago. Better enough that I want to be happy, rather than just wanting to hide. And I'm getting really sick of my place of employment not just sucking, but actively working to make it harder to be happy and un-stressed despite that.
For obvious reasons, I haven't really taken an actual vacation since before the reclassification/demotion announcement was made last spring. So I approached my boss the other day about taking a vacation before Summer Reading starts...
..and I was told that it wasn't going to happen because we do not have enough staff.
O.o
yeah.
Aside from how completely WRONG this is (and I will be bringing that to their attention until it is fixed, I can assure you) I came to the conclusion last night that part of what is pissing me off so much about work lately is that there is no room left for happiness or contentment. I mean, sure, we are supposed to somehow love that it all sucks? See it as a challenge or a trial to persevere through or something? But god forbid we actually do anything to offset the suck. Or stress. Whether that be taking a vacation or making sure everyone still gets their breaks, dammit.
I'm doing a lot better than I was 6 months ago. Better enough that I want to be happy, rather than just wanting to hide. And I'm getting really sick of my place of employment not just sucking, but actively working to make it harder to be happy and un-stressed despite that.