Haven't been here in a little while. It's kind of hard to keep up the blogging habit when there are a million other things to worry about, although that's really no excuse, since the shit really only started hitting the fan in the past couple of weeks.
Anyway. I'm sitting here at work; I'm on the desk staff at my old dorm. Normally I really like this job; it's pretty much the cushiest way to earn money that I've ever heard of. I basically get paid to draw and do my homework.
However.
This weekend is fall break, and let me tell you, my plan for this morning was NOT to be working an 8-noon shift. My plan was to sleep in and then go to the last outdoor farmer's market of the season. But yesterday afternoon I got a call from my boss, and basically, the upshot was, nobody else could or was willing to take this shift that someone had asked off at the last minute. He called me because I was already taking shifts for two different people this weekend (one of which was another 8-noon shift on Sunday), so he knew I would be in town.
I took the shift because it seemed like I kind of had no choice. But this whole situation pisses me off. Number one, I already took two extra shifts this weekend; why should I have to take this one too just so other people can relax? Number two, why did that dude wait until the last minute to ask off for this shift? And he didn't really "ask off"; what he did was send out a message to the other staff saying "I will be gone this day and time and I need someone to cover my shift."
Personally, I think if you can't be buggered to plan ahead for the vacation time that you want, you need to buck up and not go on vacation. It's your own damn fault if nobody can cover your shift; most people who were going to be gone over this break planned their shift changes weeks ago. Instead, this guy decides he's going to just leave and let the rest of us take care of his problem for us. That's not cool.
tl;dr: I get to work 8-noon both days this weekend because one of my coworkers is lazy and couldn't get his shit together.
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