franny
bananafish

it's the first day of summer hours. summer hours ends in august. someone else is supposed to open this place beginning today (but just for the summer). to make the story short...i was roped into opening this place a few years ago with the nasty lowdown reason that someone's impending employment depended on it. sucker that i am, i said yes. (btw, this person now gets to work before i do but isn't required to live up to what was originally part of his job description) the added responsibility of opening this place is like my being a very large german shepherd with a choke collar constantly being tightened. it was hell when i was still going to classes. if i call out sick, i have to call a co-worker's home because there won't be anyone here...since it's early (i'm the only staff member who has to do this) i have to deal with the previous evening's staff members and the crap they leave for me to do ...changing toner, filling copiers with paper, cleaning up after their little eating parties...nevermind dealing with house keeping and the simple fact that they have chosen my office, which is out of the way and has 2 locking doors, as a lounge. i've found my computer messed with, half eaten food left on boxes, and the lights left on. and the weenies threw out one of my shoes!

anyhow. i was looking forward to not having to rush here to open, after all, someone else was supposed to be doing it) and what happens? one co-worker called out. the other fell on her face and went home. guess who had to deal with annoyed looks, endless students wanting to check stuff out for their rotations, a student coming in for appointment Ms. SmashedFace made with her on how to download info on her PDA and no workstudy to relieve me for bathroom breaks? one did come in to cover my lunch but had to leave early...i didn't even get a fucken full lunch...

what really pissed me off was that students were waiting to get in here while Ms. SmashedFace sat upstairs with my boss (who could have at least unlocked the door and turned the lights on) waiting for the nurse be in her office. now, me being me...i took my time, punched in at 8:02am thinking someone had everything under control. alas, HOW WRONG I WAS!

don't know if the 2 co-workers will be in tomorrow because noone bothers to tell me anything until after the fact, so, not only will i have to deal with this shit again, but then i have to go to the second job...makes for one long frustrating day.

sometimes, i wonder why i bother getting up in the morning. it's not like i have a problem doing my job. i enjoy helping people. i can clear paper jams, troubleshoot the printers etc, etc. it's consistently getting dicked by my fellow employees and not being able to do anything about it that gets me...

250 hours of sick time...that's what i have. idiot! why can't i catch mono or something...