work issues
6 November 2007 23:17This years I have Mondays off. Means a long weekend, and I actually like it.
I work 4 days a week, cause I can't do it any other way. Working 5 days a week is too stressful. In fact, if I could afford it to work only 3 days, I would.
Anyway...every now and then someone from work is sick, and they ask me if I could maybe work on my day off. Now...I've learned to say 'no' to things during the years, but I still feel an awful amount of guilt. Like I have to be available on my day off, cause it's my day off after all. Which is stupid, I know now.
Yesterday the phone rang. Early in the morning I could see on the display, but also later. It was work. They couldn't contact me, so they called my parents. Cause obviously I have no life, and no doubt I would be at home, right?
Anyway...my mom came over to my house to inform me they had called them.
So I had to call them back. They asked me if I could work. I couldn't say no cause I say it too often, or at least that's what I thought. So I told them I would show up that afternoon.
Now...it was my own class, so not too hard or bad, but...and here's the thing. They called me a billion times and told me, and also my mom that they REALLY needed someone to help them out.
So I showed up, only to discover that my boss AND this other teacher who doesn't teach a class were both there. Now, my boss was busy with loads of stuff, but this other teacher???
So...I sacrifice my day off, I feel horrible cause it's my day off and why do I need to give it up? But I also try to be nice and help them out. And then I discover that they could have easily handled it on their own. WTF? I was so pissed, and now that I'm writing it down, it's pissing me off even more. Just the fact that they keep on calling. It's understandable, but...why call my parents you know? What if I were out of town?
And why call me, when you have two people walking around who could handle it just fine? Seriously...never again I will help them out again on my day off. It's my day off, it's not my problem and let them handle it.
I work 4 days a week, cause I can't do it any other way. Working 5 days a week is too stressful. In fact, if I could afford it to work only 3 days, I would.
Anyway...every now and then someone from work is sick, and they ask me if I could maybe work on my day off. Now...I've learned to say 'no' to things during the years, but I still feel an awful amount of guilt. Like I have to be available on my day off, cause it's my day off after all. Which is stupid, I know now.
Yesterday the phone rang. Early in the morning I could see on the display, but also later. It was work. They couldn't contact me, so they called my parents. Cause obviously I have no life, and no doubt I would be at home, right?
Anyway...my mom came over to my house to inform me they had called them.
So I had to call them back. They asked me if I could work. I couldn't say no cause I say it too often, or at least that's what I thought. So I told them I would show up that afternoon.
Now...it was my own class, so not too hard or bad, but...and here's the thing. They called me a billion times and told me, and also my mom that they REALLY needed someone to help them out.
So I showed up, only to discover that my boss AND this other teacher who doesn't teach a class were both there. Now, my boss was busy with loads of stuff, but this other teacher???
So...I sacrifice my day off, I feel horrible cause it's my day off and why do I need to give it up? But I also try to be nice and help them out. And then I discover that they could have easily handled it on their own. WTF? I was so pissed, and now that I'm writing it down, it's pissing me off even more. Just the fact that they keep on calling. It's understandable, but...why call my parents you know? What if I were out of town?
And why call me, when you have two people walking around who could handle it just fine? Seriously...never again I will help them out again on my day off. It's my day off, it's not my problem and let them handle it.
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