Coworker is back on her freak out trip again about these damn scanners we haven’t even received yet about covering our time in areas we’re working and other nonsensical stuff… I’m not concerned about something we can’t control nor even have yet then she had me call her cellphone because she misplaced it… She misplaced her keys earlier today! I want to tell her to concentrate on getting her together but that won’t go over to well
I have also sent emails to the landlords of the main post office as well as the smaller finance post office about our lighting situation since management won’t do anything about it
And the Staples truck driver delivered our last pallet of bottled water but he couldn’t figure out his own electric pallet jack… It kept tripping out and he would have to enter in a code to reset it. 4 times it did this, and he had other stops to make. He’s gonna have a long day for sure if that keeps happening at every stop…
Oh… the lead clerk is off today so guess who has to baby sit the PSE at the smaller finance post office, as well as open the safes again… yup, it tis I once again!
Turns out the lead clerk is on vacation for the next 3 weeks and i’m off Tuesday and Wednesday next week so management better figure this out fast!
Wasn’t over there to long this time so I made a quick detour to Ace Hardware for a 1 inch pvc drain elbow, and then to Hardee’s for a couple chicken biscuits before the coupon expires tomorrow
Absolutely nothing is going on at work. Technically I’m not supposed to be sitting at the desk right now, but someone I don’t like is in the other room, and since the supervisor also doesn’t like that person, nobody is going to care that I’m sitting here.
Brain is itching to start doing homework, but none of my classes have started yet and I’ve already read the syllabuses I have three times each. Boredom.
Well, I seem to have unintentionally done something worth talking about at work.
Wednesday, a coworker was trying to hurt someone (physically and verbally), and it was alarming enough I wondered if I should file a report about it. I was confused about why she was doing and saying what she was, so I asked her. She tried to laugh it off, but when she realized I was actually asking and curious, she stormed off. I was a little uneasy, hoping I hadn’t been unnecessarily hurtful, but the coworker had just been yelling derogatory words at someone unprovoked, with quite a few witnesses.
Today, when I walked in to work, the supervisor on shift said “So, I heard about what you said to [coworker].” This supervisor was not there when it happened, nor was the person he heard it from, so I know at least two levels of storytelling about the things I said have spread. I’m assuming this means the manager has heard already and filing a report is unnecessary. Everyone to have talked to me about it has been complementary and rather pleased that someone finally stood up to that coworker, since few people do and she’s known for being unstable.
I was just very confused at the time, and out of patience with that person already, so I wasn’t going to pretend assault was something to laugh off. I wanted to know why she was doing it, but didn’t get an answer. If most people seem to be happy about what I said, I’m glad it did something, and I hope coworker learned something. ()
Sounds kind of like the post office… Gossip galore! A lot of he-said/she-said stuff, almost daily it seems at times.
It’s best not to get directly involved if at all possible, but sometimes you get dragged in directly so it’s best to just CYA (Cover Your @$$) so it doesn’t get you into serious trouble.
I come in to the downtown post office early this morning and there’s a mail truck parked where the main gate is. Apparently the VMF towed it from wherever and the gate was locked up so he just dumped it at the gate entrance?? I tried starting it but it wouldn’t fire, so I put it in neutral and gave it a good push to roll it down hill, hopped in and steared it into a parking space so the 18 wheel mail truck could come in. That was fun in the pitch black…
And we have No mail clerks on hand except that worthless PSE. Management told her to come today to sort parcels and needed her to work the counter from 9-12… She said she would come in to sort parcels but refused to work the counter because “she has other plans”. How the F… does Management let her get away with this BS?!
So they brought in a clerk from the post office across town but didn’t bring her cash drawer… she thought she still had one here at our office but didn’t have a key that unlocked any of the clerk cash drawers. So I had to break into the spare change drawer so she could at least do some cash transactions.
And the new PSE is already complaining about being over worked and he’s only been here 4 days! I’m trying to give him words of encouragement until we get some clerks back in the next week or 2, but if he’s complaining now, wait until the Christmas rush hits in a couple more months (if he lasts that long)!
And, had to swap a flat tire for a good tire from another broke down Mercedes metrix mail van… in the heat
In fact, the broke down metrix had one good tire left so I swapped it with another flat tire so we would have a spare on hand. Since VMF doesn’t work on weekends, we have to scavenge what we can to keep these mail vehicles going.
And finally, I’m leaving at 12 to start my 4 day stay-cation early.
The night crew I work on has been without a production supervisor for at least 4 months now. The last one we had was pretty useless and I don’t think any one was sorry to see him depart. We have had the supervisor of the other night crew (the one that works on the nights my crew is off) be our supe. on some nights, but mostly we have had the maintenance department’s supe. on our shift serving as the production team’s supe. as well. Not an ideal situation, but we have a pretty good crew and we manage to get work done even without an official supervisor.
I don’t know why it has taken them so long to find a replacement. This past week though, on the video screen message board they have in the breakroom, there was an announcement that an new production supervisor had been hired. Typically, the new hire supervisor trains on the day shift for a month or so before being moved to the night crew, so it will be a while still before we have a real, live supervisor of our very own again.
As part those hiring announcements, they always include some personal details the new person is willing to share. Usually things like “avid football fan” or “enjoys camping” or “plays video games”. This new guy has an interest in “Greek and Roman mythology”. Good. At least he will already be familiar with the concept of a “Sisyphean task”, because ready or not, that’s what he has gotten himself into.
Well, we’re Finally getting a new roof, but it’s already causing chaos at our post office…
Almost half of our parking spaces are blocked with roofing supplies, our dumpster is blocked by roofing dumpsters full of debris, and now some drain pipe broke in the ceiling above the postmaster’s office and they have to remove multiple ceiling tiles to get to the pipe to reattach it. And now there’s a guy with a leaf blower blowing debris that’s falling into said exposed drain hole and into the postmaster’s office…
This is day 2 apparently and it’s not going to plan.
And before all this happened, the senior clerk starts bothering me about the tilt lift wasn’t working for at least 2 days. I open the battery box and the battery had swelled up like it shorted out.
Took it to Batteries Plus and it was under warranty so they gave me a new one, got it installed and the clerks are happy again.
I swear this place falls apart when I’m off a few days!
Oh boy… The redneck custodian had the roofing crew move the dumpster this morning because he supposedly couldn’t get to it! So they placed it where Noone could get to it
Meanwhile, the roofing crew is still busting up layers of old roofing materials and the cloud of dust is blowing over towards the houses and cars across the street Yeah we’re just waiting for the customer complaints to start rolling in…
The roofing crew was back early this a m, making yet another mess! This time they hit a roof drain over the parcel scanning machine, dumping water and ceiling tile debris onto the scanner and a city routes parcels!
Yeah not the way to start out a Monday…
Let’s see… 2 bank runs, 2 pumped tires, and a battery jump since the internal rain shower…
Definitely a case of the Mondays! But at least my coworker isn’t here, and the redneck custodian is talking about moving up his retirement date so…
Today was the second time I wasn’t able to make it through a full shift at work because of emotional issues from too much stress from one specific supervisor. This guy is constantly frantic, constantly looking for fault, and not very good at listening. Harmless mistakes become huge, (If a bunch of things were all different, it wouldn’t have been harmless! Yeah, the thing is things weren’t different, nothing dangerous happened, and I had it under control.) Supervisor is also tactless at pointing things out and just plain exhausting to be around.
I will admit my mistakes, but I’d appreciate being listened to in order to do so, instead of just told I was wrong and then ignored like that fixes it. Or better yet, Supervisor should actually be there to do his job instead of leaving me on my own to deal with things that require at least two people, and which he is assigned to do, and then acting like there’s a disaster when he comes back later to find out one person couldn’t do a two person job.
Thinking of using my lunch break tomorrow to see if the library is hiring.
Back at work and the roofing crew is on the final stretch of completion, but it just so happens to be over the dock where the city carriers mail trucks are…
There’s dust and debris all over the place, even falling on the carriers trying to load their vehicles! There’s even daylight shining through the ceiling tiles where debris is falling through, including my office! PERFECT
Currently waiting on the electrician to return to our post office and redo our estimate for replacing a total of 51 overhead lights above our workroom floor, and so far he’s a no show…
OH he finally shows up right as I’m about to go to lunch at 12 so I had to take my lunch 30 minutes late
then she had me call her cellphone because she misplaced it… She misplaced her keys earlier today! I want to tell her to concentrate on getting her 
together but that won’t go over to well 
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Yeah we’re just waiting for the customer complaints to start rolling in…
