I’m still kind of sick. Did you know? I’ve been really sick.<\/p>\n
Last night I wasn’t feeling great, but I had heard horror stories about what happened the night before when I wasn’t there. Kathy had stayed with them, apparently, and done a lot of pestering, rushing, and so forth. This basically made the shift suck for everyone involved, and they were there very late. I decided I’d call in and check on the situation before I said I wasn’t coming. Maybe it wouldn’t be so bad. If it was going to be a nightmare, I could probably push and make it in for my team.<\/p>\n
I call, and it’s like the worst-case scenario. The only person there, and the one that would have to stay, was Deedee. I’ve talked about my general issues with Deedee before, and I won’t go over them again. Our conversation went like this.
\n“Hi, Deedee. I am still feel pretty bleh, but better than yesterday. I just wasn’t sure if I should play it safe or call in tonight. I don’t want to push myself and make myself sick again, but I don’t want to leave you all hanging.”
\n“Well, things go terribly without you around. They were here really late last night.”
\n“Yeah, I heard. But I couldn’t do it last night. Barely in consideration tonight.”
\n“I’m the only one here to stay, and I know nothing about it. Chris is here, but he’s not you.”
\n“Yeah, though he knows his stuff.”
\n“I’m not going to tell you to come in. But I don’t want to be here until 2 in the morning.”
\n“I don’t either. I’ll get sicker.”
\n“Well, I mean, it’s up to you. But you’re needed.”
\nAt this point, it feels clear to me that she doesn’t give a shit about my well-being either way, she just doesn’t want to stay. I see the night ahead for my team.
\n“I’ll come in. But if I feel bad, I’m just going to leave, and the floor will have to finish in the morning, okay?”
\n“Awesome. And I’ll call in everyone early so you can get done.”<\/p>\n
I get to work, and she hadn’t done that, by the way. Didn’t even try to call anyone.<\/p>\n
Anyway, I felt like shit and barely got anything done. But we actually did get all of the ad done as a team before it got too late, even with me working at maybe 40%. (I spent a decent portion of the night laying down in the break room recovering.) My team is pretty awesome. However, I felt kind of sad we weren’t going to leave them extra work. Then someone said “We should leave them a stack of fake signs!”<\/p>\n
So I did.<\/p>\n
I took a few printouts, and put them on top of a big stack of blank paper, and left it on the desk.<\/p>\n
They didn’t call me this morning complaining, so hopefully they could take a joke.<\/p>\n
Anyway, I really hate this job more and more. I wish I could leave it but take everyone awesome I work with with me to wherever I go next so I wouldn’t feel so conflicted about wanting to leave.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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