No Friday repeats please.
I found myself facing another scenario similar to Friday night at work. I was asked once to go downstairs and ended up having a brief debate with one of the part-time supervisors in my area. It went something like:
Supervisor: Will you go downstairs later?
Me: Eh... Maybe.
Supervisor: 'Maybe', what do you mean 'maybe'?
Me: I'm still a bit pissed off about Friday. (Not to mention that I was angered earlier by being told that I was talking too much and not doing any work. The fact that all of my work bins were clean and I was waiting for my work in my own area, was conveniently ignored.)
Supervisor: Friday's in the past now, what got you pissed off about Friday.
Me: Me being here until 11, when I wanted to go around 10. I had my friend waiting over 40 minutes for me to get done.
Supervisor: So? I didn't get done until after midnight and my ride had to wait nearly an hour.
Me: And? Downstairs never used to need help like this. (By that, I mean it wasn't uncommon to go downstairs if you were done way before ten. But they never usually needed up after ten, much less close to 10:30, and people rarely stay until 11 or 11:30 outside of Peak Season. One should also note that the next shift STARTS at 11:15.)
Supervisor: Well everyone is on vacation, so they sent some of our people downstairs. And you went downstairs all last week. (As if I wanted to. =p)
Me: Well, this wouldn't be a problem if you sent more work upstairs so downstairs wouldn't be so messed up. Why don't you guys ever send more work upstairs?
Supervisor: Why are we even having this debate? (Not answering my question, as usual.)
Me: Because I like debates.
Supervisor: I can see that.
In the end, I finished my work close to 10:30 and was told (not asked) to go downstairs after I clocked out for the night. Even after people with years less seniority left ahead of me. I peeked downstairs and saw that most of the work was done. Except for a lot of packages heading to the Philadelphia Airport hub. Instead of going over, I decided to see if Taalib was nearly done in his area. I figured that if he had a lot of work, I'd pass the time in waiting for him by working a while longer. If he was just about done, then I'd leave. Turns out, he was just about done, so I left without ever asking if they needed help or not. On the way out, it turns out that quite a few people (also angry from last week) did the same.
If I'm asked why I didn't go, I'll state the truth. I never said or agreed that I was going to go downstairs. A "maybe" is not a "yes," after all. It felt good to leave that hot and stuffy place too. And fortunately, I have tomorrow off for the holiday.
Supervisor: Will you go downstairs later?
Me: Eh... Maybe.
Supervisor: 'Maybe', what do you mean 'maybe'?
Me: I'm still a bit pissed off about Friday. (Not to mention that I was angered earlier by being told that I was talking too much and not doing any work. The fact that all of my work bins were clean and I was waiting for my work in my own area, was conveniently ignored.)
Supervisor: Friday's in the past now, what got you pissed off about Friday.
Me: Me being here until 11, when I wanted to go around 10. I had my friend waiting over 40 minutes for me to get done.
Supervisor: So? I didn't get done until after midnight and my ride had to wait nearly an hour.
Me: And? Downstairs never used to need help like this. (By that, I mean it wasn't uncommon to go downstairs if you were done way before ten. But they never usually needed up after ten, much less close to 10:30, and people rarely stay until 11 or 11:30 outside of Peak Season. One should also note that the next shift STARTS at 11:15.)
Supervisor: Well everyone is on vacation, so they sent some of our people downstairs. And you went downstairs all last week. (As if I wanted to. =p)
Me: Well, this wouldn't be a problem if you sent more work upstairs so downstairs wouldn't be so messed up. Why don't you guys ever send more work upstairs?
Supervisor: Why are we even having this debate? (Not answering my question, as usual.)
Me: Because I like debates.
Supervisor: I can see that.
In the end, I finished my work close to 10:30 and was told (not asked) to go downstairs after I clocked out for the night. Even after people with years less seniority left ahead of me. I peeked downstairs and saw that most of the work was done. Except for a lot of packages heading to the Philadelphia Airport hub. Instead of going over, I decided to see if Taalib was nearly done in his area. I figured that if he had a lot of work, I'd pass the time in waiting for him by working a while longer. If he was just about done, then I'd leave. Turns out, he was just about done, so I left without ever asking if they needed help or not. On the way out, it turns out that quite a few people (also angry from last week) did the same.
If I'm asked why I didn't go, I'll state the truth. I never said or agreed that I was going to go downstairs. A "maybe" is not a "yes," after all. It felt good to leave that hot and stuffy place too. And fortunately, I have tomorrow off for the holiday.