The Pi(ss)ed Piper

Friday, the 17th of April, 2009

As I was leaving work at 5:10 PM, the top dog (my boss' boss' boss' boss) where I work came into the office where I work and asked if I was working on a certain action to cancel a school request for two people in the organization. I promptly said no and informed her that the two people who would have any knowledge of this particular action's status were gone and that I would leave a message for them to act on when they returned on Monday (conveniently enough, my colleagues who were at the office bolted out while I was the center of attention). My response was met with a swift "Their class starts Monday and we really need to get this document sent to the point of contact before then."

By now, I'm thinking that I need to get the hell out of this place. Life at home is already rough because I come home late so often. It also seems ironic to me that this action is so urgent now, considering that it sat on somebody's desk for 4 days. I said as much, noting how eliminating occurrences like this would save the organization time and money. I also stated that nobody would be at the office where the cancellation had to be sent - that office is rarely staffed at 5PM and is empty on most days before 4:30. The students would be considered no-shows before the school representative ever looked at the cancellation notice.

The boss wanted some sort of action to be taken and was standing by to "offer assistance" (i.e. call somebody in who was more clueless than me who would complicate the issue and take up more of my time unnecessarily). I finally contacted one of the people who process this type of action so they could create a workable solution - for the boss at least (I was fuming and wanted nothing to do with it - or anything else there). I was still heated at 11PM yesterday and could feel tension throughout my entire body and feel my heart beating "harder".

It is now more than 24 hours later. I am no longer angry, but am in no hurry to do any favors at work any time soon.

Recap: I folded. The status quo will change - and I'm going to be the one to change it. I don't earn nearly enough money to put up with the bullshit that gets dumped on me on a regular basis. It might sound selfish of me to talk about dumping this shit on somebody else, but I'm just trying to fit in. It's time to pay the piper...

Note: I have no personal issues with any of the people mentioned in this post.