I didn't enjoy my job this week.
02/03/2008
So I know it’s a bad week when:
It’s cold out and I have to walk to work most days because parking at the office is non existent and the parking pass list is super secret and it appears there is some favoritism at work when handing out passes. Written warnings are being given and sent to supervisors if you take a city spot and don’t have a parking pass.
I drive into work on Tuesday because I have a meeting that is at the other end of town that night. I can’t find a free parking space downtown. I get permission from the highest ranking person in the office to park in a vacant slot for my unit after circling the public lot for 20 minuets and am already late for work.
One of you supervisors, who wasn’t their at the time you called in, chews me out for parking in his spot, because he parked in the other supervisor’s spot that had the day off. I offer to move your car and he just huffs off.
I attend a meeting for your neighborhood association that evening. The next morning I go to post the notes to the association and the internet is down, I can’t access my email.
That morning an Assistant Chief almost runs me over on my walk into the office, he stops less than 12 inches from your shin when I am in a cross walk and doesn’t apologize after he parks his car in his assigned spot. Instead, he quizzes me about why I walk to the office. I didn’t have a nice tone to my voice when I replied “some of us don’t get parking spaces and on days like today it really stinks”… comment from him….”there seems to be a parking issue around here”.
I have a stressful afternoon at the office because of a very disturbing call your unit was asked to investigate.
I was late to a meeting because of that work problem. My pager goes off during the meeting I was late too and I have to leave it early because it looks like I am going to have to go back to the office. I want to get home and at least change shoes. Thankfully I didn’t have to go back to work.
The next morning I get to work and I am not briefed on the results from the night before on that disturbing call. I pull up the news on the internet about the case and read what has been released to the news. Apparently there is a leak of information to the press about some information and the stress level at the office starts going even higher. I am finding out about the investigation from the local news site along with the public.
A Supervisor later that day calls me a liar on the phone because she thinks I know information and are not telling her what she wants. I don’t have the information because I was not briefed on the finding from the investigation and really don’t know what is going on other than what I read in the news. I couldn’t just tell female supervisor to stuff it, that would have blown things up further on me. She was already way too stressed out. I couldn’t talk to a supervisor because they were just starting a meeting to discuss the disturbing call.
I fume about the comments made by supervisor all the way home. I call brother and he tells me to “suck it up” and its part of my job. I Type letter I would like to send, I call a friend for advice and she warns, don’t put on paper, and think about what you are doing, it could just backfire on you.
The next morning I mention incident to supervisor that just got back to work, the one whose parking spot I took, and he is shocked. He has been on the receiving end of not so nice treatment from that person in the past. He says he will handle it, I should expect an apology.
I run out the door Friday night: take Saba to the park. I get home, sit on my porch and wonder what the heck happened this week. I decide to look on the job postings to see if I have any options and the only other position open is in the executive offices. I don’t think that’s where I want to be right now.
I need to come up with plan B. What that is I just don't know yet.
