Tuesday, June 17, 2008

I Could Be Dying.

So I don't feel well today. I woke up all congested and a bit hot and not feeling good at all. I have a ton of stuff to do at work but I thought maybe it could stay on the back burner for a day. I sent a text message to my bosses telling them I wasn't well and that I might not be in, I would see how the meds are doing. I get a text back from one of my bosses saying that he hopes the meds work because he can't find a lease. Grrr! So I drag my butt out of bed, get dressed, pull my hair back and come into work. I go straight to his office, find the lease, print it out and walk toward my desk. (I also told him that he doesn't pay me enough). As I walk toward my desk, I notice the lack of admins. I thought that maybe I missed an admin meeting, but no, I didn't. The rest of them called in sick. So now I can't leave and go home because there are no admins here today. One of the admins that is not here today is a Senior admin and takes meeting minutes in the Senior Manager and Manager meetings. There was a manager meeting today and since I was the only one here, I was told to come and take meeting minutes. Mind you, I'm not a senior admin but that is a long story for another time. That had to have been the longests, practically pointless meeting I have ever had to sit in. I'm one of those people who likes to get to the point, usually. It took, the managers in charge of the meeting, five minutes to say a one sentence point. And I'm not exaggerating!! Then the two in charge would comment on what the other said and it would be the exact same thing. This meeting started at 9:30 and took until 11a.m. It could have been done in 30 minutes. All I have to say is that the other admins better really be sick, because if they are just staying home to rest or are tired (which I've done before, but others are still at the office when I do it) I will cough all over their computers. Too mean?

2 comments:

Miss Megan said...

I have totally been through this exact same situation and felt like I was being punished for being dependable. It still makes me mad when I think about it. I'm so sorry it happened to you! Hope you're able to at least leave early...

Stephanie said...

I'm so sorry that your day was so hard... what bad timing.
I hope that today is a better day.