Day 28: Bad Days at Work

No job is perfect. Everyone’s going to have problems at some point. I’m the kind of person that feels like I’m at work to work…there may be times to relax and goof around, but when work needs to get done, I’m doing it. I get extremely irritated when people will do anything to get OUT of work and they put their work load on me. When people are getting paid to shop online or flirt with any male that walks past them or balance their checkbook, all while I’m sitting there juggling customers, phone calls, spreadsheets, and purchase orders…it gets under my skin like few other things can.

Over the years, I’ve learned that the standard office “open door policy” is NOT for going to your boss to tell them you’re tired of covering for a bunch of lazy nitwits, haha. I’ve been lucky enough to have a boss that ultimately sympathizes with me, but knows it’s just the nature of the business. My boss has been patient almost always every time I have had an issue. It rarely gets FIXED, mind you, but I’ve been heard and I know I’ve done what I can.

I’ve been at my current jobs six years and eight months. I’ve done lots of different things within the company and I give everything I have got from the time I get there until the time I leave. Just recently I was acknowledged with an award I was starting to think I would never get: 110% Club. A recognition I’ve been dying for and I was TRULY honored and thrilled that I got the award. It’s taken a lot of time, and it’s taken a lot of tough lessons, but I have finally gotten it through my head that everyone’s not going to have the same work ethic that I do. That is alright, because I decided at some point that I was going to take on any extra load from others and make sure I let it show that I was a more valuable asset and a reliable employee, and it has worked, haha!

So to all of the less-than-productive people I’ve had the “pleasure” of working with over the years: thank you for teaching me patience and to take things as they come and find a way to make sure I looked that much better for it, haha. =)