Today’s Work Adventures

Made it till my first break without a member of the public or leadership yelling at me. Yeah, me!!!

Talking about breaks.... Smoking Man and I are disagreeing over the number of breaks I get. I work a part day on Thursday. I asked him to remove an extra break on Thursday because if I didn’t it would be totally my fault.   I sent him an email requesting it be removed, so he sends me an email telling me to review the break policy. Okay is he saying that I am entitled to two breaks? I ask him to adjust my schedule on Tuesday because I work the same amount of hours and only get one break. He tells me the number of breaks on Tuesday is correct. I am super confused. If I work the same hours on Tuesday and Thursday, why do I get an additional break on Thursday?  While debating this break situation, I totally forgot to take my scheduled morning break, so I took it late.   Smoking man has now admitted he was wrong. I am only entitled to one break on both Tuesday and Thursday.

How many words does it take you to say you don’t know?

It took someone eight sentences to tell me that they didn't know the answer. Mmmm… wouldn’t it have been easier to say, IDK?

How do I fill my time?

I have been reading. Today I am reading another great book by Jen Lancaster.  Someone needs to tell her don’t use terms like “golf boating” without including the definition. BTW what is golf boating? I Googled it, but my search turned up results for golf courses and Tiger Woods. I am still confused.

I have been sharing my great find with all of my dog loving co-workers. Why? Cuz who wouldn’t want to learn about the most fabulous organic frozen dog treat available.  Well, I found one person who was happy that I shared my great find. I will count that as a win.  😋

Eight-ball prediction

I turned it over and read, “As I see it yes.”

No clue what that means, I didn’t ask it anything.  Hopefully, it means things are going to be good today.

Confusion Strikes Again

A while back we received a memo, don’t ever use abbreviations when dealing with the public because it confuses them. Today, I received a notice because someone heard me NOT use the abbreviation.  Mmm.. I am confused. What am I supposed to do? No clue.  I am waiting for a decision from Smoking Man.

Three escalations

I am the Queen of escalations. People keep asking to speak with someone other than me. Why? No clue because I am super sweet at all times. Seriously, I have done nothing to cause this.  Someone wanted me to do something that only a member of leadership could do, so it became their problem. Next up, the man told me that the sup told him something wrong. Okay, not my fault.  Lastly, a caller said I want your manager.  I couldn’t avoid this again. What was her problem? No idea. I never went searching for the answer.

MBP ( Missy  Boss Pants)

I placed a call to another department and MBP answered. I politely said, "I called the wrong number." I hung up and called back and got someone else who knew something. Okay, so it wasn't nice, but it was better than me saying, "Oh crap, it's you."