Weird day...

This day is starting out very oddly.

8:00 – I arrived to find the new girl sitting at her desk…alone. The pit bull wasn’t here yet. So, I started showing her around…unlocking things…what needs to be done to begin the day etc..

8:10 – The pit bull arrived and took over. She doesn’t want me to train at all…she told the new girl that she will be learning as she teaches her…that’s scary. There are too many things that the pit bull doesn’t know.

9:09 – So far, I have addressed an envelope to go out and answered the phone. It’s gonna be a long day. I feel sorry for the other new girl…and I’m glad that I won’t be staying….I just heard a long list of the duties that Erin has decided the person at my desk will be assuming…it consists of ALL of the grunt work. Unlocking in the morning, locking up at night, emptying the shredder, cleaning the kitchen, making the coffee, watering the multitude of plants, etc…and she will be required to know all of the things that the other girl does as well…in order to back her up. Previously, the grunt work was shared by both parties…as were all duties. My position here would be changing drastically…for the worse! If I had any doubts about whether I did the right thing in leaving…they are gone now.

9:30 – Well…two peas in a pod. The pit bull and the new girl, are making snide remarks about the girl who quit on Thursday…interestingly…the new girl never even met the girl who quit. They seem particularly amused about the fact that the girl who quit felt overwhelmed. It won’t be long before the new girl will rue those remarks. This is like watching a train wreck…it’s hideous…but I can’t look away.

10:00 – My post office run is being taken over by my boss today. I’m not sure why I am here.

11:14 – A task that should have been completed in about an hour…has taken the trainer/trainee team over 3 hours…and they aren’t finished yet. However, the pit bull just got a call that she has to go to court at 1:00. Since they have not even finished the morning stuff yet…she asked if I would mind the new girl sitting with me this afternoon instead of her going home. Halleluiah! I won’t have to while away the afternoon too!

1:16 – So…I went to lunch, and a couple of odd things happened…
1) While I was out…my boss called me to ask if I had my keys with me…I replied that I did not. It seems that he forgot to stop and pick up the mail while he was out…picking up the mail…so I just got back from getting it.
2) For my lunch, I decided to grab a Heavenly Snow. I pulled up to the drive thru, and the woman inside took my order, I noticed that she was acting a bit odd. I watched as she made my drink…she was pale, moving very slowly, and having some coordination issues. As she brought it to the window to hand it out, her speech was slurred. I handed her the money, and she seemed to not recognize it. She looked at me in a dazed…confused way, and said, “I don’t have any air-conditioning here today…” The temperature is already 103 degrees, and there she was, in a small metal trailer…with no air. In soft, slow, slurred speech…she told me my order was free today, and disappeared back inside. I pulled forward and called 911. Bless her heart!!

2:00 – Well, it seems that there is some difference between the things that the pit bull is teaching the new girl…and the way they should be done. I tried tactfully, to rectify them…to no avail. I feel sorry for the new girl…stuck in the middle. So…I will back off, time will be their best teacher.

3:54 – Only a little more than 30 minutes left in this day. The new girl says she ‘isn’t comfortable with the phone’, so Erin hasn’t required her to do it… so I have answered every call today…many times…reaching across the new girl, at her own desk, because she sat there like a lump looking at it, while it rang. I am counting the days again.


Be Well!