Just a few more things I don’t get:
- Why would you lay off staff members 4-5 days before your biggest event of the ENTIRE year?! Wait, I take that back. The damn event has supposedly been 10 years in the making. The event has already received crap reviews. “All” eyes are going to be on you. There will be a significant number of celebrities present. That would be A- list celebs, not our typical D list celebs. You need everything to go flawlessly. You need all hands on deck. Oh yeah, and having good employee morale wouldn’t hurt either. I think the parent company would understand and be okay with you keeping much needed staff around for a few more days.
- Why can’t I stop coughing?! It’s been FOUR weeks. I’m not sure if it’s the medicine or the coughing, but I “cough” up one out of every three meals. I’m sure all my coworkers want to murder me / are sick of hearing me cough. Yeah, I can find no positive out of this. Oh wait, yes I can… I’ve lost 5 pounds from my new aversion to eating.
- I’m not making excuses and I’m not asking for special treatment. But, HOLY FUCK back off and figure out how to do your job for 30 minutes. We’re all short staffed. We’ve all taken on new roles. Stop whining. Stop making excuses. Stop fucking up and making me do double work. Start pulling your own weight or go back to Florida. How you’ve made it through the cuts so far, I will never know.
- Yuck. I don’t cry. Shit happens, it sucks and you move on. I have no idea how to deal with all the crying people around me. Thank god my “new” Partner in Crime doesn’t cry either.
- HELLO you are in the process of cutting 5,000 employees. Why in the world would you want to announce a promotion in the middle of it?! I’ll wait a few weeks thank-you-very-much. Hell, I’ll wait a few months. Thank God you had the mindset to listen to rational people.
stumbled upon your blog today…must say its been the source of my procrastination for the day… I can commiserate on the freakishly prolonged cough…but I discovered that huffing Vicks Vaporub vapors does miracles (they sell the vaporizer in places like CVS or Rite Aid)
Glad I could help with the procrastination
Thanks for the tip… tried Vicks. In fact, someone told me they heard a rumor that if you put it on the soles of your feet it works even better. Yep, tried that too. Not sure if it helped, but damnit, I’m still coughing! Any others you come across are *very* welcomed.