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uggh work rant read at own risk long
12 years ago
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rewind about a month back. I took an injury falling off a vehicle bumper (about 4ft drop) on to my back and head. poor positioning of myself when attempting to adjust an alternator belt was part to blame. the other part was the higher up at the new unit i temporarily work at for training.
it seems like it just takes small things to get to me, the start of all this was said higher person (sgt) randomly coming by to see my progress in my vehicle job and me being confused over the matter (as pers at his rank dont often do that, esp with the male trainee techs). I am bad at communication and add my confusion with me talking to a higher up that i barely know is not gonna be much to talk about. but then i find out from the guy below him(in rank) that the guy above him (in rank) is wondering why i am on a job where it seems like i have no clue what i am doing...... at that point i am up from confused to a little dissappointed at this news.
i am a production driven person and want to get the job done fast and it is all that is on my mind after the first visit from the sgt of production on my mind "i need to finish this job"
the news from the mcpl (guy below the sgt) sets me in WTF mode as i thought the issue was with production not communication
the next day sees me working on a side job not related to production, just one of the dumb army things we do weekly.... and redundantly, do driver inspections of vehicles on a weekly routine. i have in my head the production and communication issues. i want to get the dumb job done so i can get the production job done but being a tech i cant approach the job as a driver and have to fix anything i find on the vehicle then and there :/ i go in to "dumb trainee" mode when faced with this kind of stuff and it bugs me a lot.... enough to allow myself poor positioning on a high place and thus contributing to my fall (been healing since)
fast forward to today. this week had been a cluster fudge of appointments both medical, dental and administrative..... and as to my fears coming true, it seems i am on the radar yet again. its just my luck that as a female tech i stand out, as well as with injuring myself on the job. so as it turned out.... i ad an appointment. after the appointment go back to work rite? yeah there was a meeting in session and i show up halfway through (it stands out). today? well i wasnt at parade at 0730 in the morning,,,, i was at a dental appointment for that time (it stands out again). on top of all this is a triple redundancy i cant skip work system in place. step 1 inform my chain of command and they enter in to computer. step 2 write it on 2 different whiteboards for 2 different sections to review at unit i am training at. step 3 go to appointment and sign in indicating i actually went.....
getting frustrated i am standing out in a negative way. cant wait to get on course and not be at this unit anymore :/ end rant
it seems like it just takes small things to get to me, the start of all this was said higher person (sgt) randomly coming by to see my progress in my vehicle job and me being confused over the matter (as pers at his rank dont often do that, esp with the male trainee techs). I am bad at communication and add my confusion with me talking to a higher up that i barely know is not gonna be much to talk about. but then i find out from the guy below him(in rank) that the guy above him (in rank) is wondering why i am on a job where it seems like i have no clue what i am doing...... at that point i am up from confused to a little dissappointed at this news.
i am a production driven person and want to get the job done fast and it is all that is on my mind after the first visit from the sgt of production on my mind "i need to finish this job"
the news from the mcpl (guy below the sgt) sets me in WTF mode as i thought the issue was with production not communication
the next day sees me working on a side job not related to production, just one of the dumb army things we do weekly.... and redundantly, do driver inspections of vehicles on a weekly routine. i have in my head the production and communication issues. i want to get the dumb job done so i can get the production job done but being a tech i cant approach the job as a driver and have to fix anything i find on the vehicle then and there :/ i go in to "dumb trainee" mode when faced with this kind of stuff and it bugs me a lot.... enough to allow myself poor positioning on a high place and thus contributing to my fall (been healing since)
fast forward to today. this week had been a cluster fudge of appointments both medical, dental and administrative..... and as to my fears coming true, it seems i am on the radar yet again. its just my luck that as a female tech i stand out, as well as with injuring myself on the job. so as it turned out.... i ad an appointment. after the appointment go back to work rite? yeah there was a meeting in session and i show up halfway through (it stands out). today? well i wasnt at parade at 0730 in the morning,,,, i was at a dental appointment for that time (it stands out again). on top of all this is a triple redundancy i cant skip work system in place. step 1 inform my chain of command and they enter in to computer. step 2 write it on 2 different whiteboards for 2 different sections to review at unit i am training at. step 3 go to appointment and sign in indicating i actually went.....
getting frustrated i am standing out in a negative way. cant wait to get on course and not be at this unit anymore :/ end rant
The only thing that can really be done is to persevere and push through it so that you can give them the metaphorical middle finger, (or the physical one as well) ;)
Hopefully I can catch some time with you soon in the future, gotta give you a lot of hugs, and this just adds another reason onto the pile *snuggles* <3