Disclaimer: None of what I write is directed at one specific person, group of people or entities. Please don't try to bust my ass. Thanks!
So I have this job where I pretty much am asked to do alot of stuff. Sometimes its fun cool stuff like watch this kid do something amazing like take their first steps or play a game on the wii (my favorite thing to do) with a kid where his left side is weaker. But then there are things like hey Kell can you run down and grab a pair of crutches, 1 pair of each size oh and can you walk them down to a therapist and bring back the ones she (because yes, its a predominantly female profession) doesn't need.
Usually I roll my eyes at the latter and try to pass it off on someone else like a fellow co-worker or a volunteer. In the event that I can't persuade someone to do it, I will walk my butt down across the skyway, with 5 sets of crutches with a smile on my face while inwardly cursing about the heavy crutches in my arms. Now don't get me wrong I absolutely love my job and all the things that could possibly annoy it. I actually even leave my home early to get to work that's how much I enjoy it.
But there are some days when I feel like the Rehab Bitch....I swore hahaha bitch, bitch, bitch, bitch ok I got it out my system and I hope you are over the use of that word.
So, I'm running around like my head is cut off doing my own regular bitch work that I thoroughly enjoy. When all of a sudden guess who comes along yep you
...asking me to do something for you that you could probably do in 2 seconds rather than talking to me and explaining what it is that you want done. Oh you want me to mail the letter you just wrote to a family...when really what you are asking is for me to do is to lick the envelope and put it in the mail slot. Oh wait a second we are standing in front of the mailboxes and you've already sealed the envelope and put a stamp on it. So what you really want me to do is to stop the work that I am getting paid to do.... to do something that you and I are both capable of doing and you probably have a block in your schedule where there is time for you to walk 10 feet from your chair and drop the letter into the mail slot.
Or better yet I'm currently walking down the hall going to grab a patient and you've just pulled me aside to talk about a project you want me to finish by the end of the day. Um are you serious.....unlike you I don't get a block of time in my schedule I'm on 7 hours during an 8 hour shift. I don't get built in blocks in my schedule and now you are smiling and asking me to do something for you and your saying please and thank you and talking to me like I'm a toddler. Like if you just talk in a soft voice I will gladly jump for joy and do your bidding. You must have lost your mind...but oh no wait I'm nodding and smiling back saying of course I can help you finish your task because that's what people do.
Don't worry you are not the only person who orders me around. That's my mothers job as well.
This is an everyday scenario that I will share with you. I come home from a long day of grunt work, eat dinner and retreat into the basement where I will attempt to read about 100 pages or so of a book. When my mother from her bedroom yells down to me (Yes, she actually does yell, and her voice reaches me in the basement)....oooh or better yet she will call me using the house phone intercom to come upstairs. Begrudginly I will put down my book and run up 32 stairs and into her bedroom. Hey Mom, whats up I'll say. She will respond with "Can you pass me the remote control on the dresser." Ok pause the story. Does anyone see anything wrong with this scenario.... This woman just called me from the basement of the house to ask me to pass her a remote control that is on the dresser in her bedroom.
Wow thats just lazy! But hey she's my mom she's allowed to order me around and be lazy after 50+ years of working.
Back to the point.
I'd just like you all to know that just because their is someone below you in a job doesn't mean that they have to be doing your grunt work. And if heaven forbid you are one of those people then you better stop placating those of us "bitches" with all of your grunt work because maybe one day we'll snap. I'm not saying I wil,l because I'm generally a nice person. I'm just saying someone out there might and it may not be pretty.
Remember the golden rule folks! Treat others how you would like to be treated. And if you do ask people to help you do grunt work just remember that they are people too and they have feelings. Be a role model and occasionally thank the people who serve under you. Not because I said it but because it is the right thing to do.
Don't ask me to ridiculous things for you if you wouldn't want someone to ask you to do it. If it sounds bad to you, it probably will sound just the same to me.
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