f-f-f-f-freezing
okay, so you guys know that i blog all the time about hating my boss. whatever. it's old news. but today - TODAY, i will describe the situation that has propelled me to dizzying new heights of boss-hating.
so, today is president's day. or is it presidents' day? either way. it is a holiday, and one that someone with an office-type job can reasonably expect to have off. well, i don't, but whatever, because i also don't have MLK day or veteran's day or labor day off. in our office building, on any federal holiday, since the building is officially closed, you have to pay a special "holiday rate" for the heat/air conditioning. my boss, who is one of those people who is extremely rich but a total scrooge, refuses to pay this holiday rate, and so when we work on holidays, we work without heat or air conditioning. now, when we worked on labor day, this was no big deal, because even though it was like 90 degrees out, it wasn't so bad inside.
but last night, the low was 12 degrees, and when we came in at 9 am it was around 20 degrees. no heat. there's no way it's more than 40 degrees in our office, and all of us are sitting at our desks in coats and scarves. i haven't been able to feel my toes for about the last 4 hours, and typing is tough with icicles for fingers. how fucked up is this? i mean, really? and here's the best part: my boss just called us "wimps." i couldn't make this shit up if i tried.
posted by stefanie @ 2:05 PM
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5 Comments:
yeah...I work for a CHURCH and I still have to work all the holidays you mentioned...Hope you warm up soon!
(I just came across your blog..good stuff)
Wow that is fucking ridiculous. You should tell your boss to shove it. Don't you work a non-for-profit organization? When I think of non-for-profit I think of idealistic, caring, good-hearted people. Your boss is an a-hole.
Man. That's hilarious. Sorry to call your frustration hilarious, but that's just cartoonish asshole behavior. Usually when a boss forces everyone to work on a holiday, they try to ameliorate the situation somehow, like give a half-day or bringing in donuts or something. Your boss is just like "ha ha, you fucks. Everyone must be as miserable as I am."
it's actually not a not-for-profit, carin. see, when they hired me, they told me it was a not-for-profit, but then once i started working here, it turns out that not only is that not true, but our largest funder is ExxonMobil. o, the irony! again, i couldn't make this up if i tried. (luckily, my paycheck doesn't come into contact with any of the ExxonMobil blood money.)
^ That explains everything. Next time you and your co-workers should go in on some hot chocolate and other snacks and then not let her have any, say "Sorry, this is only for wimps, you know, the ones with blood coursing through our veins."
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