Showing posts with label Reason to quit this job. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Reason to quit this job. Show all posts

Wednesday, March 7, 2018

Tuesday March 6 Diary

OTC 0028 to 0557
Home 701
Fed animals
MDM baked chicken n lunchables.
Watched "Scorpion"

bed 0845
Up 1200? 1400?
  Had a chat with Merry about spanking coupons.
Sitting up 17:15
 Composed an email to Merry re "coupon rules"
Showered... Made a bet with myself that Merry would come into the bathroom while I showered.
She did.
Dressed
Packed.
Asked her to set up online account for credit card that arrived in Stitch's name.
Kissed her goodbye.

Day 6 locked up.
Car 18:07   Office 19:21
IN 19:28 


At 9 pm, a chauffeur I've known a long time ... we call him "Uncle..."  who recently left my company to go to another company (F-T) because he said he was guaranteed minimum 10 hour work days, called and asked if I would be interested in working there.
I asked him, if this was his idea, or did it come from higher up.
He said, there is an opening there, and mentioned a couple names there that suggested he call me.
One name was David, the current GM.
Now, David was GM at Ridewell, to whom I applied back in 2010 when I had just left Summit and had no job lined up yet, and I was turned down.  I still hold a grudge about that.
Furthermore, the location of F-T is seven miles further from my house than my current employer.   Erk!
So, I told Uncle, they'd have to pay me about double of my current pay for me to become interested.

*Reason to quit this job:
 No cooperation. When I left on Tuesday morning, I told the a.m. dispatcher, "Jo is coming in to pick up a car, so have him sign his time sheet," and I left the time sheet on his desk. 
He said, "Copy that" and went back to whatever he was watching on Netflix.
I came to work Tuesday night; the time sheet was not signed.

Management:
 There's a general manager and a dispatcher manager. Neither one is capable of stepping into dispatch and doing this job, at all.  Neither one has shown any ability to utilize our dispatch program.

Commute:
  35 miles each way, thus 280 miles each week.
  2.5 hours total commute each working day. 
  I leave the house at 6, return home at 7. I'm on the clock 10 hours and a 1/2 hour so called lunch. So, 2.5 hours spent driving to work, then home.  

out 23:58 


Tuesday, March 6, 2018

Monday March 5th Diary

UP to poop many times
Middle of night, watched "Danny Collins"  0200 to 0400

645 up to poop  (last time for ..now)
Fed Donna
Showered n dressed
Merry got up 
Coffee for me, tea for her
Car 845
Arrive Dr Niko  915
Blood pressure  110/74
Got a scrip from her for a CPAP
Home 1030
Merry went to the bedroom.
I made popcorn and started making phone calls to fill the scrip.
Number 1: did not accept my insurance for this, gave me a suggestion.
Number 2: did not accept my insurance  (Medical only, currently for them), gave me a suggestion
Number 3:  Did not accept my insurance, suggested I call member services on the back of  my card.
I went into bedroom, spoke to Merry, who in turned called our primary GPs office,  who said, they would look into it.

Back in living room, finished my popcorn, some Cheetos, some mixed nuts, 
watched CBM 7;3, and 7.
Bed 1300
Up to pee every 60 to 90 minutes.
UP 1740   
Stomach or gut starting to cramp
Dressed, packed, kissed Sunshine goodbye
Car 1825  office 1926 (great time)
In 1930 
 Stomach cramps, clocked in   went to the toilet.
2030 Found that I did bring Alka Seltzer
2315  More alka selzer  more potty time

**Reason to quit this job   #  ?
 Regarding a driver named "Manny".
Denny and I were under the impression that "Manny" had a company car at home with him. A NEW car, just acquired a few days ago, in time for the event yesterday.  This driver was supposed to come and leave this car at base and switch to some different car ( as this car was not yet legal to make LAX pickups, and as such not very useful to Dispatch).  
 9 pm: the driver called sick, flu symptoms, unable to work on Tuesday.
I said, "Okay feel better" and hung up
Denny said, "He has to bring the car in."
This driver leaves as far from the office as I do; 35 miles, more or less.  I saw no reason to drag this driver out, having flu symptoms, to return a car to base that we weren't going to use.
Denny called Manny to tell him to bring the car to base.
Manny said, I dropped the car at base on Monday morning.
Well, oh. 
I still mentally objected to the order to have Manny bring the car to base, but I did not say anything.
I'm just going to stew about it, and add it to "my list".

**Reason to quit this job--
Tay is on our schedule for Tues pm.
When he finished on Monday pm, we (Denny and I) sent him first job for Tuesday.
He called in, "I'm not working on Tuesday.  Didn't <the chauffeur manager> tell you?"
No, he didn't, something that seems to happen two of the four times a week that I'm here, and who knows how many times on the days n nights I'm NOT here?

Out 23:58