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Yesterday I went to cover the desk for the division secretary. Her normal lunch partner, the other secretary in the division was out, so she just went to the cafeteria and brought the lunch back to eat at her desk. When she does that we will chit chat for a few minutes. Well, I found out that she was out sick Wednesday. The other secretary was in, and I made a comment about the chair being adjusted. She said no, they just locked the door when they had meetings and had to leave the office. No one covered the phones or anything. I was flabergasted. She said that apparently they did not want the other secretary to cover the front office for the full day! HUH? But they still want me to cover. The only other thing I can think of is that they gave her a choice and she said ok, I won't go over. She would do that. I won't because there are times when people will come into the office looking for keys or the bosses.

Anyway, this perculated in my brain all afternoon. And it sat there. And I made a decision. People come to work sick all the time. I use to go to work sick when I was younger-I was known for not using my sick or annual-when I joined the Army I lost sick leave because it wasn't paid out to me, my annual leave was. It allowed me to have over $300 in savings when I left for basic training.

So, I have decided to try an experiment. This lady will be at work everyday til the end of the year. period. (unless I have a planned day off or I am in the hospital) Of course I told my husband if I have annual and I am sick, I will call off. But that is not my plan at all. END OF DISCUSSION. I am tired of being out of work. It is only leading me down a depressing path and things I want to do are not getting done. Not to mention finances are a little tighter because my check pays for some of the fun stuff. And I miss the fun stuff.

B wants to bet that I can't do it. He says if I do, I get a vacation to my sister's with spending money. I say if I don't I cook all the meals for two weeks and do all the dishes and buy him 2 outfits. (I have to make sure I can afford what I bet!)

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Previous Entry :: Next Entry Read/Post Comments (2) Share on Facebook		2012-07-20 6:23 AM What Gives? Yesterday I went to cover the desk for the division secretary. Her normal lunch partner, the other secretary in the division was out, so she just went to the cafeteria and brought the lunch back to eat at her desk. When she does that we will chit chat for a few minutes. Well, I found out that she was out sick Wednesday. The other secretary was in, and I made a comment about the chair being adjusted. She said no, they just locked the door when they had meetings and had to leave the office. No one covered the phones or anything. I was flabergasted. She said that apparently they did not want the other secretary to cover the front office for the full day! HUH? But they still want me to cover. The only other thing I can think of is that they gave her a choice and she said ok, I won't go over. She would do that. I won't because there are times when people will come into the office looking for keys or the bosses. Anyway, this perculated in my brain all afternoon. And it sat there. And I made a decision. People come to work sick all the time. I use to go to work sick when I was younger-I was known for not using my sick or annual-when I joined the Army I lost sick leave because it wasn't paid out to me, my annual leave was. It allowed me to have over $300 in savings when I left for basic training. So, I have decided to try an experiment. This lady will be at work everyday til the end of the year. period. (unless I have a planned day off or I am in the hospital) Of course I told my husband if I have annual and I am sick, I will call off. But that is not my plan at all. END OF DISCUSSION. I am tired of being out of work. It is only leading me down a depressing path and things I want to do are not getting done. Not to mention finances are a little tighter because my check pays for some of the fun stuff. And I miss the fun stuff. B wants to bet that I can't do it. He says if I do, I get a vacation to my sister's with spending money. I say if I don't I cook all the meals for two weeks and do all the dishes and buy him 2 outfits. (I have to make sure I can afford what I bet!) Read/Post Comments (2) Previous Entry :: Next Entry Back to Top