Funny, I’m not at work today and I’m not irritable. Hmmm, maybe it’s my job that causes it? I mean, yeah, I’ve got one more assignment to do with my blogs later on, but that’s easily taken care of in a few moments and then I’m free from that. In all honesty, I need to find a job that pays me enough money that I’m not worried every single payday about what I can and cannot pay. Right now, I’m doing good each payday to get my rent, laptop, and furniture payments made and have enough left over to buy a few groceries and some cat or dog food if I need it, and that’s WITH my paid blogging money. So yeah, that’s a bit on the frustrating side. I was fine until May when they cut my pay by $1 an hour because I had to switch projects.

You know, I could see cutting our pay if we’d chosen to leave our project and go to a different project that paid less. But when our choices were go to a different project or quit, those of us who couldn’t afford to quit shouldn’t have had our pay cut. It’s not our fault that the project we were on decided they wanted all their call centers in one area. I knew that project was on it’s way out the door when they did “round tables” which is what they call the focus groups. Focus groups are the kiss of death in a call center. If you see them holding them, especially if it involves why employees are disgruntled or leaving at a rapid pace, you know your project is taking a dive.

Of course the answer is simple. Don’t piss your employees off. Don’t tell them they get fired if they have more than 4 absences in a year. Yes, I understand that you’ll roll 8 days into one absence if I have a doctor’s note. However, 4 is still a bit too short. I understand that if I’m not there, the 60-some calls I would have taken for the day will have to be answered by someone else. But frankly - I’d like to know why it is all these people have freakin’ time to call in anyways since they should be at work too! And guess what? They aren’t!

Also - I understand that your busiest phone days are Christmas and the day after. However, we have friends and families too that we’d like to spend time with. Did you ever think of that? Nope? Well START! It’s WRONG to make Christmas a mandatory work day for everyone. I have a TEN HOUR shift that I will be REQUIRED to work. Guess what? I work 10A-9P, meaning I won’t have ANY time to spend with my friends/family on Christmas because my ass will be at WORK. Thanks a lot.

I have an interview on Wednesday with another company. I hope I get it because frankly, I don’t relish working Christmas just because people think that they need to call within fifteen minutes of opening their present to activate it. Wait a couple days. It won’t kill you and you know what? You might just make the day of a call center employee who otherwise has to go to work on a day when they should be with family because of YOU.

Sorry for the rant there, but still, I’m not fond of the fact that my job thinks it’s perfectly fine to force us to work full shifts on Christmas and I’m talking EVERY employee, and all supervisors even have to take calls to help with the queue. Come on now, let’s be real. It’s Christmas - people might call, but guess what? They don’t really expect there to be anyone there - because it’s CHRISTMAS! But no, if they think people are going to call, we have to work. *sigh* Yeah I’m Wiccan, but that doesn’t mean I don’t want to spend time with my friends/family. *rolls eyes*

Anyhow, I think I’m going to go find myself something to drink and finish my book. It’s a really good one even if it is 13 years old. LOL

If my coworker’s car is doing what I think it’s doing, he’s in for a big surprise when he takes it in to get fixed. He said his A/C has been acting funny lately, and I told him, I’d be willing to bet the ac compressor is going out on it. He says he thinks it just needs charged. Of course, I asked him why he’d worry about it at the end of the summer, but he says he wants it fixed now so he doesn’t forget by next year. I can see his point. I’d hate to see his a/c stop working right before summer because here, it’s hot and humid and just not a good thing to not have a/c. But to be honest, an air conditioner compressor isn’t usually cheap. And since he has a Beetle, he’d be looking to get a Volkswagen ac compressor, and I know those aren’t usually cheap. Hopefully he can get his mechanic to check out Discount AC Parts so he doesn’t have to pay that much for it. I mean, they’ve got the best prices and that’s what everyone wants right?

I swear, I kid you not, I need a nap. A LONG nap. Like 3 days long. I can’t take one, but I need one. Maybe I won’t be so crabby if I get a nap in. Yeah, right. Like I said before, I think the girly things are headed my way and I wish they’d come and go if that’s the case. I don’t feel like being a walking timebomb to be perfectly honest. Not something I feel like doing.

Lunch was ok. Got some work done on the blogs and had a sandwich from Subway. I love the Spicy Italian sandwich, but I’ll probably pay for it later. My tummy isn’t going to be happy with me I don’t think. LOL

Ok, it was bad enough that yesterday I came to work to find someone parked in my seat, and being told by a supervisor (not my own) to find a different seat for the day, but I did it again today. And let me tell you, if I find it on Monday or Tuesday, someone’s family had better hope they got a great term life insurance quote, because I’m about to go off. I have photos of my friends, I have other items that make it very clear that my desk is taken! So why can’t they realize that the desk does have an owner and that the owner of that desk may very well come in later than they do? And why are the supervisors on the side of the jerks taking my desk instead on my side? I swear, the place I work is bass ackwards in a lot of things and this is just one of them. *snorts*