First post, Should it be something Funny? Sad? I have no idea. I normally don't like writing about myself, so that makes this a little tougher. How about a story/rant.
Well I'm tired as hell, and been sleeping a lot. Working too much. To give you a little background I work at a computer place working overnights. Midnight to 8am Monday, Tuesday and Alt. Wed nights. And Sunday 6p-8am. I sit around and I'm a big catchall for what I do. There are two of us who work the night shift. When I'm not working he is. Pretty simple deal, but this makes taking time off pretty tough. But for the 3 or 4 day work weeks, and getting paid for a 40 hour work week, I can live with this.
So the other guy takes some vacation. Two weeks worth to be exact. I agree to take some of it, but I somehow end up taking all of his shifts except for 2. For you counting at home, this is 14 straight days of work, minus two. Both Friday Mornings. Right before his vacation I work 1 of his shifts and he's comes in and works his long 14 hour shift on Saturday.
Having saturday off, I make plans with the current lady friend. She's driving down here to hang out and nothing really spectacular. Friday I get a phone call
"can you work for S. on saturday?"
"um, I suppose, I have plans, I can find out and get back to you"
"Alright, sorry about this, S. just sent an email saying 'one or more family members dead, can't come to work' literally, that's all he said. I'm pretty fucking pissed off right now. I emailed him back and he didn't say anything else of give any details"
"hmm, ok, I don't trust that at all, especially if it's his one day of work before vacation"
"yeah, I understand, but oh well"
Well it worked out to me working half of the 14 hour shift. Six to one AM. The girl was cool about it, she actually hung out with me at work and then we went home, had pizza, watched a movie and went to sleep.
Fast Forward to Tuesday evening. We get an email.
"Hello all,
As this will impact everyone, I felt that you should know what happened.
I've suffered a family tragedy, and it will be awhile before I return to
work.
Three of my closest family members were recently poisoned. One died
friday and another died yesterday. The third is surviving, and he should
recover."
WTF..how does someone get poisoned in this day and age, and if they do, it's normally on the news. And some time off...alright I understand, but how long? And he has yet to say which family members. I don't know about you but I get specific without getting specific. "mom had this happen, sister had that, dad had this" Talked to my bosses a bit to find out on the situation (there went my 2 off days if he's not going to be back for a while).
Wednesday afternoon, get an email. "S. is no longer employed with the company." WTF! ok, I didn't like the guy, he rubbed me the wrong way, He's rubbed a lot of people the wrong way. Plainly put, the guy is an ass. He knows he is.
Call up the boss to find out what's the deal. Boss tells me exactly what's going on that he's gone. Apparently his "closest family members" were his GOD DAMN PETS! Jesus fucking Christ on a Crutch. I'm a pet owner, I can sympathize, but I don't need 2 weeks off of work to cope with the loss of my pets. I can still work.
The guy is an ass. He's one of those Hardcore PETA types. He couldn't work certian shifts because meat eaters were on them, and if they ate meat he got sick. He would email me to tell me to eat my dinner now because he'll be coming in shortly and doesn't want me eating meat around him. I can understand his connection to his animals then, but fuck...2-3 weeks off becuase your pets were poisoned, that's a little fucking nuts.
So that's my rant/Story for the day. If I think of anymore, I'll try to share them and make them more entertaining.
Well I'm tired as hell, and been sleeping a lot. Working too much. To give you a little background I work at a computer place working overnights. Midnight to 8am Monday, Tuesday and Alt. Wed nights. And Sunday 6p-8am. I sit around and I'm a big catchall for what I do. There are two of us who work the night shift. When I'm not working he is. Pretty simple deal, but this makes taking time off pretty tough. But for the 3 or 4 day work weeks, and getting paid for a 40 hour work week, I can live with this.
So the other guy takes some vacation. Two weeks worth to be exact. I agree to take some of it, but I somehow end up taking all of his shifts except for 2. For you counting at home, this is 14 straight days of work, minus two. Both Friday Mornings. Right before his vacation I work 1 of his shifts and he's comes in and works his long 14 hour shift on Saturday.
Having saturday off, I make plans with the current lady friend. She's driving down here to hang out and nothing really spectacular. Friday I get a phone call
"can you work for S. on saturday?"
"um, I suppose, I have plans, I can find out and get back to you"
"Alright, sorry about this, S. just sent an email saying 'one or more family members dead, can't come to work' literally, that's all he said. I'm pretty fucking pissed off right now. I emailed him back and he didn't say anything else of give any details"
"hmm, ok, I don't trust that at all, especially if it's his one day of work before vacation"
"yeah, I understand, but oh well"
Well it worked out to me working half of the 14 hour shift. Six to one AM. The girl was cool about it, she actually hung out with me at work and then we went home, had pizza, watched a movie and went to sleep.
Fast Forward to Tuesday evening. We get an email.
"Hello all,
As this will impact everyone, I felt that you should know what happened.
I've suffered a family tragedy, and it will be awhile before I return to
work.
Three of my closest family members were recently poisoned. One died
friday and another died yesterday. The third is surviving, and he should
recover."
WTF..how does someone get poisoned in this day and age, and if they do, it's normally on the news. And some time off...alright I understand, but how long? And he has yet to say which family members. I don't know about you but I get specific without getting specific. "mom had this happen, sister had that, dad had this" Talked to my bosses a bit to find out on the situation (there went my 2 off days if he's not going to be back for a while).
Wednesday afternoon, get an email. "S. is no longer employed with the company." WTF! ok, I didn't like the guy, he rubbed me the wrong way, He's rubbed a lot of people the wrong way. Plainly put, the guy is an ass. He knows he is.
Call up the boss to find out what's the deal. Boss tells me exactly what's going on that he's gone. Apparently his "closest family members" were his GOD DAMN PETS! Jesus fucking Christ on a Crutch. I'm a pet owner, I can sympathize, but I don't need 2 weeks off of work to cope with the loss of my pets. I can still work.
The guy is an ass. He's one of those Hardcore PETA types. He couldn't work certian shifts because meat eaters were on them, and if they ate meat he got sick. He would email me to tell me to eat my dinner now because he'll be coming in shortly and doesn't want me eating meat around him. I can understand his connection to his animals then, but fuck...2-3 weeks off becuase your pets were poisoned, that's a little fucking nuts.
So that's my rant/Story for the day. If I think of anymore, I'll try to share them and make them more entertaining.
VIEW 3 of 3 COMMENTS
pet_rock:
I like working third shift, it's quiet, I work by myself, no one else to deal with. Plus I have 3 or 4 days off every other week. Why not keep working nights.
valquerie:
End of Days is a MUST SEE pet rock! SEE it NOW! SEE IT OVER and OVER! It really really really SUCKS!
