Month: October 2022

I don't know what I want to do with this post, probably just vent some emotions. Do you know the feeling of rebuking your boss for his asshole action but not doing it because you just don't feel like having a conversation with him? My boss is so difficult, sometimes nice as a person but usually an asshole who has no manners. Again and again I find myself in situations where inside I just want to contradict him and give him my opinion, but I don't because I just don't feel like having a conversation with him. I mainly avoid him and when he wants something I just nod or say yes. Today again such situations occurred. A customer who was very satisfied with my work, has given me as a small gratitude a large and a small box of chocolates, chocolate eggs and other sweet things. Since I'm losing…

I have another round of Covid and so does my 17 year old. As of 5am, we have both been up all night coughing with headaches and I may have gotten about 3 hours of sleep. She didn't sleep and coughed all night. However, she is required to log in to school remotely and do all of her class work. Her temperature is 102. She doesn't feel well and it's apparent she needs rest. My fever is 103.1 I was told last night by my boss that I need to work remotely today. How the hell am I supposed to concentrate when I am taking care of a sick child who needs rest but is forced to learn and also how am I supposed to concentrate with a crushing migraine? This is the new American way people. No rest and no sick days off.

Basically at my job, in very rare instances one of the workers will forget to charge a customer or the card will decline and they only find out later. Our boss has now made a new rule that they must pay back 50% of whatever the cost of the accumulated items are. For context I'm also in Australia so if someone could point out policies to whether or not this is legal it would be much appreciated.

What upsets me so much about our current circumstance is that I genuinely like to work, just not for an unlivable wage in a place that takes away most of my time. Work gets me out of the house, around new people, and gives me purpose, but that is quickly undercut by the notion that my “purpose” has become lining some CEOs pockets. Thats not even mentioning that a lot of jobs tend to be dangerous and I'm not gonna cut my life short for somebody else's profit. I'm really frustrated and I hope I'm not alone in this.

Short story, my stomach and head hurt in the last days and I couldn't bear it anymore to stay at work. So I decided to called in sick for the rest of the week just to have a small breeze of freedom.