February 2007

I have agreed to split my two days off over a three day period since my boss will have her son that lives in a different part of the state so I am taking tomorrow and Friday off. Unfortunately that means that I have to go back in tonight. Audits, inventories, a bit of cleaning as well. Don’t know what time I will be back, but since I can sleep late tomorrow I may be back online.

I haven’t had the opportunity to visit many blogs this evening since I have been working, so perhaps I will do that as well.

Right on the heels of this last investigation where I was accused of being a racist, I had another yesterday. Not discrimination, just stupidity. Remember when I fired those two people that I think were smoking post in the van in my parking lot before they came to work? That was back at the beginning of December.

Apparently the guy’s mother made good on her threat and complained to our office and they investigated me for abusive behavior. Considering that I was very polite to them the entire time, AND her on the phone afterward, there was nothing abusive there. The investigation is pretty much closed. I was just told that next time, not to give anyone any information (including parents) about why I fire them. Legally I don’t have to and in Georgia I don’t even have to have a reason. I just felt that since the guy was 16 his mother should know what’s going on.

What I didn’t tell her and I am not going to get involved in, is the fact that he (16yo) and the other ex-employee (28yo) are still dating. The guy that did the investigating said that the mother was very worried about this being a small town and it getting out why he was fired, and accusing me of slander, as well as threatening further legal action. Whatever. They don’t want to mess with the slander thing. I don’t generally talk about why I fired people, except here, and of course no names. If she wants to keep it up, this whole pedophile thing is going to blow up and I will make sure that I am the one that starts the fire. They do not need to be fucking with me.

…as I have one in the nut house, one in the hospital, another called in because she has the sniffles, and my night shift cook left at 2 AM becuase her belly hurts. If there is something really wrong that is cool, but she has been with me three weeks and already missed four days of work. She’s not long for the unemployment line. I made the waitresses cook the shift rather than going in at 2 AM considering that I cooked 15 hours yesterday and I am the only cook this morning.

I think right off the bat I am going to cover all of the above people for the rest of the week and if they show up they can just take an extended couple of days off. I hate fucking drama at work and this doesn’t fit into my nice little plan, so I will make it fit.

My afternoon cook may still be in Savannah. Hopefully not, I worked in his place this weekend so that he could move his mother and I really don’t feel like doing any more doubles.

I suppose I should get going, but there was ice all over my car and I wanted to let it warm up for a few minutes before I go, thus the last minute post this morning.

I ended up working about 15 hours today, so I am pretty beat. I think I will answer some comments, don’t know how much more posting I will manage today though. It’s just going to have to be a light day.

I am still cramping, hopefully this will get better as the day goes along. I have to work again until shift change tonight although I may be able to get out of there slightly early. My boss would probably come work for me, but she has one manager off and another on vacation this week, so things are pretty much locked in for her. If I tried hard I could probably get myself covered, but I had to pay three cooks yesterday just to replace me, so i can’t really afford it. Almost 21 hours of pay that I had not planned on hitting my payroll this week. I really need to save some money there somewhere but just don’t see any way right now. That’s the biggest issue for me, and why I almost never call in sick. I get paid off my profits, and that was over $150 that I had to spend just because I have the shits.

I may be able to borrow one of the manager trainees this morning though, which would be nice as that wouldn’t cost me anything. I’ll know in an hour or so if I have any extra help. I’m crossing my fingers.