2004-07-12 - 1:22 p.m.
A lot of shit happens when I don't update for nearly a month. But because I'm physically and mentally drained I don't expect this to be a long rambling spiel that I usually succumb to during my frequent bouts of wild emotion. However anything's possible.
I've been off work for a week sick. Was awful but I stayed at Mum and Dad's while they were away which made it nicer. Big warm house. Staying with Gemma. Free food and electricity haha. But no it was really nice, I almost didn't want to leave but being back at our house now I still love it. I'm still not 100% but if I take any more days off work I'll probably end up getting lazy.
Oh wait, apparently I already am. Today I received a written warning which pretty much outlined my slackness and was told it was an official warning, therefore if I fuck up again I can get fired.
Life's brilliant isn't it.
I'll see if I can remember some of the accusations but I haven't got the letter with me so it'll have to be off the top of my fucked around head...
1) Not turning on the heater in the mornings (please, that's not even in my contract...)
2) Reports not being printed (mostly because there ARE no reports to print)
3) Flyers coming in too slow (WTF??!!)
4) No general enthusiasm (would YOU be enthusiastic working in a place like this?)
5) Writing messages in the book (okay this happened once where I forgot to, and now they're saying it's happened numerous times? Right...)
6) Opening mail when I'm unauthorised to (same as above, I thought the mail was mine, turned out it was anyways, but since then I haven't touched the friggin mail)
And there were two others I can't remember, there was a list of eight. He also asked that I become more a part of the team as I seem to have removed myself from the team. Um, hello, I'm isolated from the goddamn team in a BOX below their SPACIOUS suite of an office! Dad is sooo livid. He gave me the number of his lawyer and so now it looks like we're starting some sort of legal action against them. I talked to the lawyer, Ian Thompson, and he was real nice. Said I had been given an "unfair disadvantage" which is a personal grievance.
ie Gillmans have gone about this the very wrong way and they're bloody well gonna know about it.
Dad said this guy will rip into them, they won't know what hit them! So that's making me a little happier, although I was a blubbering mess on the phone to Mum at lunch. I just couldn't believe this has happened again. First at school everyone possible shits on me, teachers and students included, then McDonald's tries to get rid of me for wearing white socks, and now this! Well it's the beginning of the end, which is really sad because I loved this job when I first started. It was great at Papanui. But since I've come to Kaiapoi it's just been hell.
The other thing that baffles me is that Paul the Prick wrote this letter on the 28th of June, but only gave it to me today, two weeks later! What the fuck is up with that? So anyways, that's that, I'm meeting with my lawyer tomorrow and then everything should get sorted out. This isn't the first time Gillmans has pulled this either so it's looking pretty much in my favour already.
One thing's for sure - I'm not staying here much longer.
Now on to other things because I've had my vent and I have a feeling I will have to relay this story several times over to several different people. David has an interview with State Insurance tomorrow so PLEASE GOD I know I'm athiest but if you have any compassion for my confirmed and well behaved boyfriend you'll let him land this job. We need it so bad!
And now I've run out of stuff to write. Shit that was quick. Had another bloody pregnancy scare this week, my period was THREE DAYS LATE. Although to be honest I wasn't as freaked out as I usually get, probably because if I did fall pregnant it would be an excuse to leave my job. Don't need a bloody excuse now do I? lmfao
Oh yay, two more contracts coming in this afternoon. At least I can be busy and they can't accuse me of being lazy. And here's one right now so I better go. Love, peace and all things warm (it's so fucking cold right now).
