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I completely missed my PT appointment, this morning. I thought it was for 9:30 - I had that firmly in my head, not a question in my mind, so I didn't check the card until I decided I should call and let them know I might be a little late. Which was at like twenty past nine. At which point I discovered the actual appointment time was 9am.
As you all know, I was making a post at 9. I then jumped up, went "Oh crap I really need to leave in like ten minutes!" and proceeded to do some dishes. The cause of all this spaceyness is mainly sinus pressure - it's been getting steadily worse since sometime yesterday afternoon, and now I've finally caved and taken some cold medicine - non-drowsy formula, because I'm barely able to keep my eyes open as it is. It's a real test of will to drive the car. I've rescheduled for 4pm, and I'll have to put in for that as soon as I get to work. If I even go in. I'm seriously thinking about calling out sick. But, crap, I've used more sick time than I've gained, this past year! I've got like a hundred hours, I think, but still. I'm so close to getting my trainee signed off on three more tasks, and I really want to get that done today because we're behind all the others who came in at the same time, and I feel like that's all my fault because I've taken so much time off, lately.
Why does everything have to be a constant struggle with this mentor thing? The mentor has to demand time to fill out all these scads and reams of paperwork, and/or stay late or go in early, and really keep pushing to get the trainee time on things they need. It's particularly difficult on some of the tasks. Why the hell do they need us to train people in ten hours of machine maintenance? It's really pretty damned simple and nobody needs ten hours of it. The people who do the more difficult parts of machine maintenance are specific people on their own odd shifts - the late evening and overnight people - and newbies are NEVER going to get those shifts. It's really no f--ing wonder I'm one of the few mentors left, at this point, and I'm not at all sure I'll stick with it. They're not giving us anything to make it worth the trouble. It's a couple of points toward the possibility of getting a raise, but this point system is so completely alien and convoluted to me that the only thing I'm sure of out of it is that I'm never going to see a raise. The only thing we get out of it is a pet duckling to chase us around. heh. :)
*lays back and rubs her forehead for several minutes* Okay, that's enough of that. I should be pushing tea.
As you all know, I was making a post at 9. I then jumped up, went "Oh crap I really need to leave in like ten minutes!" and proceeded to do some dishes. The cause of all this spaceyness is mainly sinus pressure - it's been getting steadily worse since sometime yesterday afternoon, and now I've finally caved and taken some cold medicine - non-drowsy formula, because I'm barely able to keep my eyes open as it is. It's a real test of will to drive the car. I've rescheduled for 4pm, and I'll have to put in for that as soon as I get to work. If I even go in. I'm seriously thinking about calling out sick. But, crap, I've used more sick time than I've gained, this past year! I've got like a hundred hours, I think, but still. I'm so close to getting my trainee signed off on three more tasks, and I really want to get that done today because we're behind all the others who came in at the same time, and I feel like that's all my fault because I've taken so much time off, lately.
Why does everything have to be a constant struggle with this mentor thing? The mentor has to demand time to fill out all these scads and reams of paperwork, and/or stay late or go in early, and really keep pushing to get the trainee time on things they need. It's particularly difficult on some of the tasks. Why the hell do they need us to train people in ten hours of machine maintenance? It's really pretty damned simple and nobody needs ten hours of it. The people who do the more difficult parts of machine maintenance are specific people on their own odd shifts - the late evening and overnight people - and newbies are NEVER going to get those shifts. It's really no f--ing wonder I'm one of the few mentors left, at this point, and I'm not at all sure I'll stick with it. They're not giving us anything to make it worth the trouble. It's a couple of points toward the possibility of getting a raise, but this point system is so completely alien and convoluted to me that the only thing I'm sure of out of it is that I'm never going to see a raise. The only thing we get out of it is a pet duckling to chase us around. heh. :)
*lays back and rubs her forehead for several minutes* Okay, that's enough of that. I should be pushing tea.
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