Good ol midnites

Yeah, you guessed it, I am working midnites.  Tonight I am pulling another 12 hour shift.  The past few weeks have really had me working long hours and getting angrier as the days go.

You see, I work with some really lazy people.  Don’t get me wrong, I don’t expect a person to work without any time off, but it’sgetting rediculus and no one seems to care that some of us are getting the short end of the stick.

My opinion is that "he who whines the loudest wins!"  And that is exactly what is going on.  I have never been a whiner when it comes to work, because I have been working since I was a very young individual.  Often I work two or three jobs at a time to make ends meet and take care of myself.  I have never really been able to rely on anyone to take care of me, and by watching mistakes my parents have made in life, I have chosen to live a solitary life.  This does not mean that I am against relationships and spouses, but I guess I have just never stopped working long enough to make a long term relationship last.  My loss, but it’s my opinion and we all know what they say about opinions.

But getting back on to my rant, we are working short staffed and have a few people who constantly abuse sick time and time off.  Here it is mid May and one of my coworkers has managed to use thre quarters of his sick time already.  This being said, he is the reason for another 12 hour day.  He calls off sick and without enough part time staff, we are forced to split his shift.  That being said, I have always been a person who is willing to help out a person if they need it and will pick up a shift to make some extra money.  By working overtime it will keep me from having to work two or three jobs to make ends meet.  I am not afraid to work.  But when I am putting in forced 8 to 12 hours overtime on top of having agreed to pick up an extra shift a month ago, my patience are wearing thin. 

I have made several suggestion to upper management with ways to curb and eliminate some of our problems by adjusting scheduleing and by hiring another person to help pick up the slack, by my words are falling on deaf ears.  I’m getting tired and frustrated.  On mothers day I had planned to spend the day with my mom, whom I haven’t had the chance to have in my life until just recently.  But because my certain coworker was going to be tired after working 12 hours on Saturday, my mothers day plans were cut short so he could have a day off.  He had just had 3 days off and only been back to work one, when this came up.  I’m getting really pissed off.

I had decided to call my chief this morning and ask him to meet me away from the police department so we could discuss some of my frustrations, but after talking to one of my best officer friends, I have decided that it will be a waste of my time.  I would just end up getting all emotional and angry, like I am doing now at 4 in the morning and I would just blow my top.

Not a good diplomatic way of handling things.  So for now, I have decided to wait.  Thats why I am taking my frustration out on this poor keyboard and my great friends at OD.  I dont really expect any response to this and I will find a way to make my point somehow.  It’s just getting old.  And on top of this said coworker being a lazy ass, he has now decided that since he did his time as our union steward for three years,   he don’t want to do it anymore and our contract is up on June 1st.  Not to mention we are in the process of changing unions and he told the new union that I would take care of everything.  LUCKY ME!!!!!

Okay I guess I will try and relax now so that when I leave at 6, I can go home and attempt to sleep.  Maybe me and the puppies will sit outside and play and wake up all the neighbors.  Hope you all have a good day and lets keep our Nashville OD friends in our thoughts and prayers.  One of my first OD friends Flyte is in the process of trying to salvage what is left of her home and her life.  So lets be thankful for what we have and do what we can to help our friends out.  God bless.