The Good The Bad And The Ugly
Wow, two posts in one week. Yes the sky is falling, run!! Kidding. I'm gonna try the every other day posting thing and see if that works for me because the every two weeks thing ain't workin' for me and I'm sure it's not working for you either. So here goes.....
We're going to talk about work. Work's good. I'm really getting the hang of things and my job, now that I know what the hell I'm doing, is really kinda easy. Working with 12-24 girls is the challenging part. Oy! Teenage girls are the WORST. They whine, they complain and did I mention they are defiant? Oh yes indeed! So defiant in fact I've been called a bitch several times and had a full half pint carton of milk thrown at my head. It missed me of course because she's a crap ass shot and I'm quicker than I look.
I came home told the husband about my day (and the milk incident) thinking he would insist that I quit and find something else ASAP. Nope. He LAUGHED, my friends. Laughed. Told me that tomorrow's another day and some other bullshit and trotted out the door. Where's the sympathy? Where's the "let me take you out to dinner you've had a rough day" treatment. AWOL, folks. That's where. Not even a droplet of sympathy. The folks are still bewildered that I've returned to my "old profession". They make it sound like I'm a mild aged hooker! Uh, it drives me nuts so I only tell them the good things for obvious reasons. I think my mother still thinks that one day I'll "quit all this nonsense" and go into something respectable, like playing the piano for a symphony or something mundane like that. Eh, not happening.
My girls (to quote Brighton) are spawn from Satan's ass. Ok to be fair, not all of them, but the majority. I have 2, maybe 2, that I like and doubt they'll return to the program ever again. The others, they're too far gone and after having had the pleasure of meeting their parents I now know why they are the way they are. I've seen at least 2 of my ex-probationers coming to visit their kids at our program. Apple didn't fall far from the tree it seems.
Remember me telling you about my KICK ASS boss, R? The one I get along great with and have a lot in common with professionally? Him? Yeah, he was fired. Yep, you read that right. Shit canned. We were herded into an "informal meeting" with 2 of the directors and told that R was fired for 2 incidents that happened on our shift. Grievances by the kids in question were filed and the department saw their complaints as legit. Honestly, I do to. R made some baaaaad judgment calls that day and it cost him his job. To say we were stunned was an understatement. We'd all felt like we'd been kicked in the stomach, honestly. We've missed him a lot because he had such a good relationship with all of us. He wasn't a yes man or some kiss ass trying to claw his way up. He told it like it was and it didn't matter how many letters you had behind your name. For that, he was labeled a trouble maker and we all think that administration was looking for an excuse to get rid of him. He gave them the perfect out, no hearing, no appeal, just a "clean your desk out".
Who's our stand in boss till someone is appointed permanently? C. My micro-managing Attila the Hun supervisor. God help me if she gets R's position we'll never have peace again. The good news, I'm not letting her get to me and the other day she told me I was doing an excellent job. Yay me! I'll take that compliment from her any day.
Got some more good new today. We're getting an 8.5% raise. Now, to those that work in the private sector, I'm sure you're laughing. For those of us in the less than private sector, that's a nice little chunck o' change. AND our benefits premiums won't increase. Yay! Now maybe I can afford the gas to go to work and back seeing how it's a 44 mile round trip for me. The raise goes in effect October 1. Show me the money!!
I really like the people I'm working with. We have to work as a team so liking each other really makes a huge difference. We all get along good and joke a lot. For some odd reason I've always had more male friends than female and I've always gotten along better with my male coworkers and supervisors than my female counter parts. If ya'll know why, let me know. I'm not sure why that is. Just one of those weird Kristin phenomenon I suppose, it's either that or my freakish understanding of UT football, but that couldn't be it, could it?
We're going to talk about work. Work's good. I'm really getting the hang of things and my job, now that I know what the hell I'm doing, is really kinda easy. Working with 12-24 girls is the challenging part. Oy! Teenage girls are the WORST. They whine, they complain and did I mention they are defiant? Oh yes indeed! So defiant in fact I've been called a bitch several times and had a full half pint carton of milk thrown at my head. It missed me of course because she's a crap ass shot and I'm quicker than I look.
I came home told the husband about my day (and the milk incident) thinking he would insist that I quit and find something else ASAP. Nope. He LAUGHED, my friends. Laughed. Told me that tomorrow's another day and some other bullshit and trotted out the door. Where's the sympathy? Where's the "let me take you out to dinner you've had a rough day" treatment. AWOL, folks. That's where. Not even a droplet of sympathy. The folks are still bewildered that I've returned to my "old profession". They make it sound like I'm a mild aged hooker! Uh, it drives me nuts so I only tell them the good things for obvious reasons. I think my mother still thinks that one day I'll "quit all this nonsense" and go into something respectable, like playing the piano for a symphony or something mundane like that. Eh, not happening.
My girls (to quote Brighton) are spawn from Satan's ass. Ok to be fair, not all of them, but the majority. I have 2, maybe 2, that I like and doubt they'll return to the program ever again. The others, they're too far gone and after having had the pleasure of meeting their parents I now know why they are the way they are. I've seen at least 2 of my ex-probationers coming to visit their kids at our program. Apple didn't fall far from the tree it seems.
Remember me telling you about my KICK ASS boss, R? The one I get along great with and have a lot in common with professionally? Him? Yeah, he was fired. Yep, you read that right. Shit canned. We were herded into an "informal meeting" with 2 of the directors and told that R was fired for 2 incidents that happened on our shift. Grievances by the kids in question were filed and the department saw their complaints as legit. Honestly, I do to. R made some baaaaad judgment calls that day and it cost him his job. To say we were stunned was an understatement. We'd all felt like we'd been kicked in the stomach, honestly. We've missed him a lot because he had such a good relationship with all of us. He wasn't a yes man or some kiss ass trying to claw his way up. He told it like it was and it didn't matter how many letters you had behind your name. For that, he was labeled a trouble maker and we all think that administration was looking for an excuse to get rid of him. He gave them the perfect out, no hearing, no appeal, just a "clean your desk out".
Who's our stand in boss till someone is appointed permanently? C. My micro-managing Attila the Hun supervisor. God help me if she gets R's position we'll never have peace again. The good news, I'm not letting her get to me and the other day she told me I was doing an excellent job. Yay me! I'll take that compliment from her any day.
Got some more good new today. We're getting an 8.5% raise. Now, to those that work in the private sector, I'm sure you're laughing. For those of us in the less than private sector, that's a nice little chunck o' change. AND our benefits premiums won't increase. Yay! Now maybe I can afford the gas to go to work and back seeing how it's a 44 mile round trip for me. The raise goes in effect October 1. Show me the money!!
I really like the people I'm working with. We have to work as a team so liking each other really makes a huge difference. We all get along good and joke a lot. For some odd reason I've always had more male friends than female and I've always gotten along better with my male coworkers and supervisors than my female counter parts. If ya'll know why, let me know. I'm not sure why that is. Just one of those weird Kristin phenomenon I suppose, it's either that or my freakish understanding of UT football, but that couldn't be it, could it?
posted by Kristin at 3:14 PM
12 Comments:
A raise! Outstanding! Have you seen the check for the OT yet? I'm glad things are falling into place for you. You deserve the best. Love you! C
I've usually gotten along better with guys too, but lately I've had more fun with women.
Cmore-Love you too!
Z-We have so much in common...cows, guys.....I owe you a phone call!
Wonderful news!
Got Milk?
We gotta get together and discuss UT football sometime, I'm in SA too!
B-Moooooooooo
Beckie-Yes we DO!
I get along w/men really well too, always have. If I'm at a party I'd rather be on the couch drinking beer watching football w/the guys. Could be because I only had a brother growing up, no sisters, I'm not sure? You really need to try to come to my party if you can!!
Jana-I'm off on Tue/Wed. consult your calendar and give me a ring, we'll get together for a private birthday lunch or dinner.
:lol: @ B. Mwhahahahahahahahaa!!!!
Sorry, I'll take you to dinner sweetheart...
Inanna-Yay! When ya comin' back? ;)
Yay! Nice raise! I'm in the Army and we got a 2.2% raise. It beats nothing and it sure beats a 2.2% cut.
RK
RK-Now if only they can give you a guarantee not to send you to some Arabic speaking country......be safe friend.
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