The countdown begins:: Tick tick:::
This time next month I will be sitting somewhere on a beach... In New England ummm nope but somewhere WARM.... Now mind you I am accustomed to winter due to being raised in Upstate NY just south of the Syracuse snowbelt but also with living here in New England with it's marvelous Nor'Easters...
Work has been anything but a joy ride but I'm toughing it out..... The job changes it's mind on what it requires on a daily basis.... For example: overtime and shortstaffed shifts.... To run it proper it takes TWO (2) not ONE (1) to properly handle what is required.... I was approved for a coverage shift today as a matter of fact and then received the call stating opps naw they changed their minds bout me working buuuuuuuuut if I wanted to I could go in but only for 4 hours.... Gotta love it when the word trickles down about tightening the belt and no "fluff" OT..... With my job it's not a fluff thing but a necessity and that was proven this past Friday....
The little Job that pays my bills doesn't really hear us when we say we're short staffed and need help..... Not that we cannot handle it solo but when crap hits the fan more hands on deck is better than one...... It's like asking a Surgeon to perform the surgery, and prep the patient.... More hands equals better quality of work ....
I've learned a lesson about prisoners even though they may play the remourseful card ya gotta watch them.... If I hadn't been there my little Job that pays my bills would have had some "splaining" to do...I'm not sayin I saved the day but by me being there helpin the mid's dispatcher, a problem that occurred coulda been a helluva lot worse.... With my luck after being praised Friday nite I will go into work tmw and get the lecture of all lectures .... Oh well such is life...
Note to self: Check patent info for a Magic 8 ball for Police,Fire,Medical... I may get rich someday
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It's so funny, its like we work at the same place. It's going on here too. For YEARS we've been asking for two dispatchers, and yet they refuse. One person can not handle what has to happen, and yet then we get in trouble for not doing what we needed to, but we couldn't cause we never got a chance!!!
The ironic part is that the pay is so bad that no one wants to stay with them, so they have to keep paying folks overtime again and again and again to cover the desk. if they would just up the pay a little, they would probably save money in the long run!
LOL some profession different states SAME headaches yep its ironic....
One of the things we've had to swallow this year is that the Security Guards for the dorms now make the same as we do and they let us know it too.... Our pay is good but still for what "add-on" jobs they pass on to us to do I just tell them I will add it up to be included in the next contract talks....They really don't like hearing me say that.
I speak my mind there and sometimes it does work and theres times it bites me in the butt. So I have learned that I need to pick my battles and stay clear of those who do "the talk" then run back to the bosses.. 3 letter word that begins with "R" ending in "T" ring a bell :) ??
I would like to tell ya more in detail that story about Friday but in time I think email addys's need to be exchanged if you cool with that THEN I can tell ya...
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