The ORIGINAL 1000+ Posts Club

[Ellemeno]

Well, that dictionary could really add a lot of words to the ABCs game, David!!

Welcome to all the new Club members!!!!!!!!!

[David]

Saturdays Top Ten list!

injest  8850
Lucise  6034
Garry_LH  4543
MaineWriter  4456
Front-Ranger  4215
louisev  3414
Ellemeno  3228
DavidinHartford  3193
Pipedream  2528
Fran  2521

[MaineWriter]

Um, David, isn't that Saturday's top ten list? LOL

Freezing cold here today. It was -15 deg when Tony got up with the dog....now at 7:30 it is -7. Brrr! Clear sky, though, and sunny. But you can bet your boots that I am staying inside today!

L

[David]

Um, David, isn't that Saturday's top ten list? LOL

Freezing cold here today. It was -15 deg when Tony got up with the dog....now at 7:30 it is -7. Brrr! Clear sky, though, and sunny. But you can bet your boots that I am staying inside today!

L

Oops!   Thanks Leslie,  I fixed that!    I swear, working weekends now I never know what day it is anymore!   LOL

It is 22*F  here this morning.  A big improvement over yesterday.

[Front-Ranger]

Congratulations to Kelda and Toast!! Toast's posts are the most!!

Greetings from the frozen North West...guess what, folks, it's snowing heavily here in Denver again!!

A big Brokie gathering here tonite as we celebrate brokebackjack's and Katrina's weddin! I've got my camera warmed up!!

(Some are going to come to the Denver Country Club in Western wear, it's rumoured...including the groom!)

[David]

Sunday morning and time for a full 1000+ list!

  injest             8,891   
  Lucise             6,035   
  Garry_LH          4,560   
  MaineWriter       4,474   
  Front-Ranger       4,235   
  louisev                3,420   
  Ellemeno             3,231   
  DavidinHartford     3,196   
  Pipedream            2,529   
  Fran                    2,524   
  David925             2,440   
  latjoreme             2,389   
  ednbarby             2,362   
  Jeff Wrangler       2,158   
  Toast                  2,009    
  Sheriff Roland       1,884   
  Meryl                   1,786   
  YaadPyar             1,731   
  Phillip                  1,667   
  Memento             1,604   
  wdj                     1,556   
  Lynne                  1,546   
  Bigheart               1,473   
  jpwagoneer1964     1,403   
  moremojo             1,365   
  southendmd       1,333   
  atz75                1,314   
  Daniel               1,301   
  Katie77             1,279   
  twistedude        1,261   
  Arad-3              1,246   
  delalluvia            1,222   
  littleguitar           1,210   
  wyomen             1,156   
  DeeDee              1,146   
  starboardlight       1,122   
  shakestheground   1,117   
  coffeecat33          1,107   
  opinionista           1,101   
  wulfar360            1,095   
  Mikaela                1,069   
  dot-matrix           1,060   
  mvansand76        1,058   
  cmr107               1,046   
  Ray                     1,042   
  kelda_shelton       1,020   
  RouxB                 1,004   

[David]

Ok,   I'm kinda depressed about my job today.     

Things are just not going right.    I keep getting scheduled to work with the wrong teams.   We are supposed to work in groups with our supervisors.  This way our Supervisors can evaluate us properly, thus we get performance based raises.   I have mentioned this to my Supervisor a few times and she agrees.  But she doesn't make the schedules and even worse, she is leaving to go work for Customs soon, so I don't think she is too concerned in following thru.   

  Plus when you speak up about wanting to be moved to the scheduling officer, they just put you in a worse spot as punishment thinking you are complaining.  So I haven't made any progress there either.    So now I doubt that I'll get a proper evaluation.

  I just found out recently that after 6 months employment, we get a retention bonus.    Yesterday I opened my employee mailbox and found my bonus notification.   It was for a different employee of the same name who no longer works there.   Different Social Security number, different date of birth.    So I turned that paper into the office.  They didn't know what to do with it.   Wonderful!   I'll never see that money.   

Every place I get assigned lately seems to be understaffed and we end up working frustrated.    Then as I left last night I saw they posted todays assignment locations.   Again I am being sent to one of the heaviest work areas again.   And worst of all, they've been separating me from my buddy Nick.   

Ironically, at the locations I do get sent to, those Supervisors all love me.   I get compliments all the time.  Unfortunately because they are not my Supervisor, their opinions don't count to my performance based evaluation. 

So it is very frustration knowing you do well pleasing the wrong people all the time.  And the people who should be correcting this are too busy or say it is out of their control.   ARG!

It is probably good that I'm not working with Nick everyday.   Last night I was standing behind him at the end of shift debrief and it was all I could do not to reach out and stroke the back of his neck.     

[MaineWriter]

Ah, the red tape challenges of the bureaucracy! Chin up, David...I just think you are at that 6 month slump. Things will get better...I feel confident of that.

Today's weather report: 17 degrees and grey sky. Looks like we may have some snow in our very near future. At least it has warmed up a bit.

Leslie

[Meryl]

Keep on fighting the good fight, David.  The good thing is that when you finally do get evaluated, that evaluation will be great. 

[Kelda]

Keep on fighting the good fight, David.  The good thing is that when you finally do get evaluated, that evaluation will be great. 

Thats true.. plus if your supervisor hasn't been able to work with you mch, they will have to askt hose that have surely? and if you've impresssed them....? Gotta be good, yes?