All cuddled up in a heated blanket. Nice and toasty! Woohooo! It was negative ten degrees this morning when I departed for work. It warmed up to 14 today... time to bust out the swim suit. I did decide to streak to my suv last night, no clothes, no shoes... I forgot my french fries in the cup holder. Worth it!!! My feet were freezing for about half an hour after, but definitely worth it. I may start streaking around the yard, just for shits and giggles. I'm being serious.
Today, work was, eh... kind of... seems some people are ''picking on'' Ambam... it's the slow season, she doesn't smoke... well, didn't, she came out and had a few cigs with me toay... so, since she never actually took designated breaks, she'd sit and file papers while the tub was filling.... all fine and good... well, turns out the kennel techs started complaining to the owner about how ''she's always sitting when they walk past''.... well, usually she's running her butt off or filing paperwork. So, because things are tense because it's slow, and she's only there a few days a week now because of school, she's an easy target as a scape goat. Grr. So, first thing this morning, when I get there... I can tell something is wrong... when she first walked in the door, the first thing the owner says to her, "I don't want any overtime today, you two need to work efficiently together''.... okay.... she hasn't even been there in TWO WEEKS, how in the hell is she going to get overtime (more than 40 hours per week)??!!! Really??? Come the fuck on!!!! So that upset her, and it pissed me off.
Now, we open at 7am..... we are there... well, she was... I ran over one of my snow shovels. So I stopped and took time to look my vehicle over. So i was six minutes late. Either way... we open at 7, our clients know this... we've told them numerous times... we had two dogs, who always come between 8 and 830, no big deal... the other three always get there around 930, because they drive from a city 1 and a half hours away. We work with them... the other two... oh it pisses me off... don't bother to show up until 930... even after I've told them many times, be here by 8... they were scheduled for yesterday.. but 9 am rolled around... and I'd had it. I called them at 9 on the dot, and got the answering machine... the roads were HORRIBLE yesterday... I did NOT care if they were on their way or not... they KNOW we open at 7, I drive an hour to get there, if the roads are mediocre... that morning it took me almost two hours to get there. Okay, okay, to get to the point... I drive an hour to get there, and make it by 7... she lives MAYBE 8 miles from where I work, and can't get her dogs there by 8?!!! I don't fucking think so.... I go and bath a dog that was on time. I left a message saying for her to call me back to reschedule since it was all ready past the absolute latest drop off time... she calls... asks the women in the office if she can bring them a little after ten... NO. NO FUCKING WAY IN HELL. So, I call her, and don't let her get a word in, I tell her I have plenty of room tomorrow, Sunday, or next weekend. She said ''oh, I can't bring them after ten today''.... '' NO, I have plenty of room tomorrow, Sunday, or next weekend''..... she went on to tell me how she lives on the ridge and if she could just get to the main road.... hah, no way.. I drove on that main road... it's not happening. Lol. So, she chose tomorrow... which is today. She didn't show up until 9. I was just picking up the phone to repeat yesterday's process when the ladies in the office made an announcement that the dogs had arrived. Considering the bitch session Ambam recieved, I figured I'd just get the dogs, bring them down, and yell at her when she came to pick them up... which was well and good, except when I called for her to come get them... she wouldn't be there for at least two hours... so it would be after I left and made it home. Whatever. My other three coming from the city, the woman called, she wouldn't make it until noon, something came up... and normally she's on time, and calls if she's even running slightly late, plus she's very nice, and we love the dogs, hah, we were actually getting ready to call her because we were worried when ten o clock rolled around... so she rescheduled for next Thursday. Should have been a nice, short day then... well, no... because although 2 of the dogs showed up at the expected time... we got them prepped, but instead of me being able to go ahead and get one bathed while Ambam bathed the other, I had to run up and collect the other two. Then answering the phones, then I had to go talk to client that brings her one dog for hydro therapy, who wanted to bring her other dog for grooming. She's never had the dog groomed before, so I went through the whole process and such. Then other phone calls and such... just a ton of interruptions. So four dogs ended up taking 8 hours. Given the two that showed up the latest were bad, as per usual... so that takes more time, plus they have awful coats, so it takes even more time to try to make them look presentable. Bleh... so, we'll see if I get yelled at tomorrow. Shrug.
Other than that, it was an all right day. Oh, I forgot... Ambam has NEVER called off, ever... I had to FORCE her to take the day off after her 21st b-day. She is ALWAYS early, has NEVER been late, she works hard, and get her work done in a timely manner, and does it well. So, they have NO reason to bitch about her... GRRRR. Despite me telling them this, over and over, I still get told ''they saw her sitting again''... blah blah blah. Heh, oh, you bitch about her getting ''overtime''.... yet you have your two kennel techs both working DOUBLE SHIFT TODAY!!!!! Are you fucking kidding me?!! They get there at 5am... and they're going to work until 9 tonight... and you're bitching that you don't want the girl that is working for the first time in two weeks about getting 'overtime'.... seriously... go away and find something constructive to do.
Today, work was, eh... kind of... seems some people are ''picking on'' Ambam... it's the slow season, she doesn't smoke... well, didn't, she came out and had a few cigs with me toay... so, since she never actually took designated breaks, she'd sit and file papers while the tub was filling.... all fine and good... well, turns out the kennel techs started complaining to the owner about how ''she's always sitting when they walk past''.... well, usually she's running her butt off or filing paperwork. So, because things are tense because it's slow, and she's only there a few days a week now because of school, she's an easy target as a scape goat. Grr. So, first thing this morning, when I get there... I can tell something is wrong... when she first walked in the door, the first thing the owner says to her, "I don't want any overtime today, you two need to work efficiently together''.... okay.... she hasn't even been there in TWO WEEKS, how in the hell is she going to get overtime (more than 40 hours per week)??!!! Really??? Come the fuck on!!!! So that upset her, and it pissed me off.
Now, we open at 7am..... we are there... well, she was... I ran over one of my snow shovels. So I stopped and took time to look my vehicle over. So i was six minutes late. Either way... we open at 7, our clients know this... we've told them numerous times... we had two dogs, who always come between 8 and 830, no big deal... the other three always get there around 930, because they drive from a city 1 and a half hours away. We work with them... the other two... oh it pisses me off... don't bother to show up until 930... even after I've told them many times, be here by 8... they were scheduled for yesterday.. but 9 am rolled around... and I'd had it. I called them at 9 on the dot, and got the answering machine... the roads were HORRIBLE yesterday... I did NOT care if they were on their way or not... they KNOW we open at 7, I drive an hour to get there, if the roads are mediocre... that morning it took me almost two hours to get there. Okay, okay, to get to the point... I drive an hour to get there, and make it by 7... she lives MAYBE 8 miles from where I work, and can't get her dogs there by 8?!!! I don't fucking think so.... I go and bath a dog that was on time. I left a message saying for her to call me back to reschedule since it was all ready past the absolute latest drop off time... she calls... asks the women in the office if she can bring them a little after ten... NO. NO FUCKING WAY IN HELL. So, I call her, and don't let her get a word in, I tell her I have plenty of room tomorrow, Sunday, or next weekend. She said ''oh, I can't bring them after ten today''.... '' NO, I have plenty of room tomorrow, Sunday, or next weekend''..... she went on to tell me how she lives on the ridge and if she could just get to the main road.... hah, no way.. I drove on that main road... it's not happening. Lol. So, she chose tomorrow... which is today. She didn't show up until 9. I was just picking up the phone to repeat yesterday's process when the ladies in the office made an announcement that the dogs had arrived. Considering the bitch session Ambam recieved, I figured I'd just get the dogs, bring them down, and yell at her when she came to pick them up... which was well and good, except when I called for her to come get them... she wouldn't be there for at least two hours... so it would be after I left and made it home. Whatever. My other three coming from the city, the woman called, she wouldn't make it until noon, something came up... and normally she's on time, and calls if she's even running slightly late, plus she's very nice, and we love the dogs, hah, we were actually getting ready to call her because we were worried when ten o clock rolled around... so she rescheduled for next Thursday. Should have been a nice, short day then... well, no... because although 2 of the dogs showed up at the expected time... we got them prepped, but instead of me being able to go ahead and get one bathed while Ambam bathed the other, I had to run up and collect the other two. Then answering the phones, then I had to go talk to client that brings her one dog for hydro therapy, who wanted to bring her other dog for grooming. She's never had the dog groomed before, so I went through the whole process and such. Then other phone calls and such... just a ton of interruptions. So four dogs ended up taking 8 hours. Given the two that showed up the latest were bad, as per usual... so that takes more time, plus they have awful coats, so it takes even more time to try to make them look presentable. Bleh... so, we'll see if I get yelled at tomorrow. Shrug.
Other than that, it was an all right day. Oh, I forgot... Ambam has NEVER called off, ever... I had to FORCE her to take the day off after her 21st b-day. She is ALWAYS early, has NEVER been late, she works hard, and get her work done in a timely manner, and does it well. So, they have NO reason to bitch about her... GRRRR. Despite me telling them this, over and over, I still get told ''they saw her sitting again''... blah blah blah. Heh, oh, you bitch about her getting ''overtime''.... yet you have your two kennel techs both working DOUBLE SHIFT TODAY!!!!! Are you fucking kidding me?!! They get there at 5am... and they're going to work until 9 tonight... and you're bitching that you don't want the girl that is working for the first time in two weeks about getting 'overtime'.... seriously... go away and find something constructive to do.