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You know how my HR person at work just said,"I can't help you," and wouldn't even listen to my problem at all? She has an assistant, an ex-lobsterman-and-Coast-Guard guy, who sat down and listened to me, yesterday, and went through my papers, and in a matter of minutes located something that seemed like it might possibly be the problem and proposed a solution to it. He has to run this by her, but he says he'll get back in touch with me today. And for some reason, at the moment, I believe him. Because at least he made me feel listened to, which is more than anyone else has done for me. It looks as though it's probably a mistake that I made in the paperwork - either I misinterpreted a question or I just misremembered a date when I should have looked for corroboration on it. With a memory like mine I'm always piecing together why I might have done things.
I'm still angry at how the OWCP has treated me - there was no need for them to continually lie to me and refuse to talk to me. I really should compose a long and detailed letter about it, including the fact that I've only heard of one or two people who I work with ever getting their work-related injuries paid for, and cc it to at least seven people to get the poison out of my soul. Seven being a magic number I pulled out my ass.
Which seven people should I choose? All suggestions as to the appropriate people for me to contact will be entertained. ;)
My thoughts ...
1) The case worker who wouldn't call me back
2) His superior - I have to find out who that is.
3) Head of customer service for the OWCP, because the customer service people are the only ones I actually talked with. Need to discover who this is.
4) My Senator. Because... why not? I mean, she gets bothered by everyone about everything that goes wrong for anyone. One guy who'd been fired managed to get his job back after appealing to her office. He was an asshole, but that doesn't seem to negate the effectiveness of his tactic.
5) The head of my department.
6)
7)
I probably won't ever carry through with even finishing writing the letter, because my horrible memory makes all past slights disappear, eventually, but plotting and planning always makes me feel better. :) My grandfather was one of those terribly annoying people who would write letters to all and sundry if things weren't handled the way he thought they should be, and my father still speaks proudly of how his father would 'camp out on the Governor's doorstep' (figuratively, of course) until he got action. I've always thought that bothering to try to change things would just frustrate and annoy me, and probably eventually ruin my health and my life. It's easier on my bloodpressure to forget about or ignore things.
Oh how I sigh and lament that the proprieties of today's age to not allow me to call my caseworker onto the Field of Honor for having treated me with such indignity and disrespect!
Why, yes, at least being made to feel as though I were being listened to made me feel a LOT better.
I'm still angry at how the OWCP has treated me - there was no need for them to continually lie to me and refuse to talk to me. I really should compose a long and detailed letter about it, including the fact that I've only heard of one or two people who I work with ever getting their work-related injuries paid for, and cc it to at least seven people to get the poison out of my soul. Seven being a magic number I pulled out my ass.
Which seven people should I choose? All suggestions as to the appropriate people for me to contact will be entertained. ;)
My thoughts ...
1) The case worker who wouldn't call me back
2) His superior - I have to find out who that is.
3) Head of customer service for the OWCP, because the customer service people are the only ones I actually talked with. Need to discover who this is.
4) My Senator. Because... why not? I mean, she gets bothered by everyone about everything that goes wrong for anyone. One guy who'd been fired managed to get his job back after appealing to her office. He was an asshole, but that doesn't seem to negate the effectiveness of his tactic.
5) The head of my department.
6)
7)
I probably won't ever carry through with even finishing writing the letter, because my horrible memory makes all past slights disappear, eventually, but plotting and planning always makes me feel better. :) My grandfather was one of those terribly annoying people who would write letters to all and sundry if things weren't handled the way he thought they should be, and my father still speaks proudly of how his father would 'camp out on the Governor's doorstep' (figuratively, of course) until he got action. I've always thought that bothering to try to change things would just frustrate and annoy me, and probably eventually ruin my health and my life. It's easier on my bloodpressure to forget about or ignore things.
Oh how I sigh and lament that the proprieties of today's age to not allow me to call my caseworker onto the Field of Honor for having treated me with such indignity and disrespect!
Why, yes, at least being made to feel as though I were being listened to made me feel a LOT better.