I had work today… now, some of you have heard of my scheduling dilemma, but here is the whole story for those who haven't.

Last Friday, during a slow part of work, I looked over the schedule for the next week. I already knew I was working 2-5 on Tuesday and 2-6 on Thursday. Well, imagine my surprise to see I was also scheduled for 5-7 both nights. Note the overlap on Thursday. This it not good, since one shift is outside and the other inside. So I was mildly miffed over that. I wrote my boss a note to ask what she wanted me to do about it, and left it on her desk. I expected her to contact me on Monday, but she didn't. So on Tuesday, I started taking things into my own hands. I got a sub for my Thursday night shift during my outdoor work. I even get as lucky to get a break during the last 30 minutes of my outdoor shift, so I used that to head in and get a snack before 5. I even ran into my boss, who tells me I am actually working 2-5 Thursday, even though the schedule says otherwise. So I was like "Ok, so I get off an hour early and I don’t have to work inside, nice deal."

So I go into today, expecting to get off at 5. Now around 4:30 (to let you know, my sub for the evening was working outside with me as well) I was expecting my sub to get relived so I would be leaving the pool with 2 guards on duty. Well, it seems that she is not being replaced and we are both aiming to leave at 5, leaving only one guard there for 2 hours, not good. So I tell her what happened and asked her to stay outside until 6, while I took my indoor shift back, which caused a good deal of confusion out there, including invoking my bad mood. Two older lifeguards (adults with children) were on duty inside as I went in for work, and I told them of my dilemma as well, and they sympathized with me, having their own problems with the schedule. So I handled my duty after they left and got my pay slip. A nice pick me up of $142.68 from the last 2 weeks of work. But I’m still pissed at my boss for even letting something like that happen.

In other news, I'm doing great on puzzle pirates and my new CD and book for programming will be in tomorrow (hopefully). Now to figure out what to do next. See ya.

ADDON- Guess what the title means and win.. um... the joy of winning?

since no one else is guessing...
f*cking *ssholes?
» thecav on 2004-07-06 01:42:54

Yay! Chris wins.
» Bremma on 2004-07-06 10:19:52

;-)
Yay! I win the prize!! The joy of winning!
» thecav on 2004-07-07 12:19:15

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