Work are trying to shaft me over the housesitting appointment. I asked them very nicely if I could change my shift so Philippa and I could go to the meeting, only to be told “Well, you should have given us at least a weeks notice. Then we could have found another manager to swap with you.”
I said “Okay, well to save you any bother, how about if I find another manager myself?”
They said “Yes, fine, but you’re missing the point. You’re going to cause disruption to at least two departments at very short notice.”
I said “Okay, well how about if I take it as a day off”
They said “Then issue regarding placement of suitable quotient of management staff still remains”
I said “Well, ok, I’ll leave it with you, but bear in mind how important this is and whatever you decide, I definitely won’t be here in the morning.”
And then they said something about attitude and discipline and setting an example and how could we expect lower-ranked staff to behave themselves appropriately and follow company procedures if the managers disregarded them etc, etc, etc, blah, blah, blah.
So I asked Sarah from the Bakery if we could swap my morning ‘on-call’ shift for her evening one and she was chuffed because now she can go out and party tomorrow night instead of working. So it’s sorted. And if those above me don’t like it they can shove it up their dairy aisle and smoke it.
RC 15-5-14
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