Work related ranting
I’m tired of people telling me that I should just take whatever hours they throw at me at work because I “need the money, don’t [I]?”
Yes, okay, the money would be nice.
But you know what’s not nice? Having a coworker’s week-long vacation written up on the calendar for 2 months and your boss coming to you a week before said vacation starts with a “You’re going to work two full days to cover for [coworker], right” because they just started looking for help and can’t really find anyone to cover the shifts on the fly.
You know what’s not nice? Having one of those days be your day off.
You know what’s not nice? Showing up at work and being told that you’re working 9 1/2 hours on the fly because your boss just assumed that you’d be able to cover for a coworker who called out. Twice. In three weeks.
You know what’s not nice? Covering for countless shifts over the past year and not even getting as much as a “thank you”, let alone an “I owe you one.”
You know what’s not nice? Having to go to your coworkers and grovel and beg and trade another day off of yours simply so you can have a day off to go to a fucking concert.
You know what’s not nice? Not being able to go to work because you’ve been throwing up for a day and a half and can’t even keep water down and are so goddamn dehydrated that the Emergency Care doctor says you look like crap and wants to put you on an IV and having to call two coworkers and bargain for one of them to cover for you, please? And ending up losing a day off to the trade.
You know what’s not nice? Working your ass off to know and do more than any of the rest of your coworkers, being applauded by people who range from my boss to various relief pharmacists to the former district manager to a member of the fucking state board of pharmacy, scoring a damn near perfect score on all three evaluations, and having customers fucking LOVE you and still being stuck working just below full time and having to fight tooth and nail for a $1 raise that you were promised a month ago and still haven’t gotten.
I’m so very tired of being the bottom bitch at work and I’m even more tired of people not understanding why I’m pissed the fuck off.