August 28, 2012
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the absurdities are piling up. I'm sure I've posted most of them in the past, I prob'ly forgotten some, like almost every machine in the break room, including pop machines, the ice/water machines, some of the coolerators, one punch-in clock, all have 'out of order' labels on them. we're beginning to think 'out of order' is the company's new name. they bring in another ice machine (the kind you see at stores that hold bags of ice) to keep people from overheating, simply to find out there's no one available with a key to unlock it, during the night shift
. anyway, they installed some new transformers which messed up all the time clocks. we make jokes that they'll prob'ly just put 'out of order' signs over every clock rather than fix the problem[
]. it took a good couple days for them to fix. another absurdity is the boss comes out with a memo from the front office stating if you forgot your punch-in card, you'll have to go home and get it. now, I like this idea, primarily because, you should be on time with the items you'll need (safety glasses, gloves, sleeves, card, lunch, etc), and it'll weed out the chronic slackers who always show up late and claim they were here, and get paid for it. the problem is, it's not until a day or so later that the boss let's you know that your punch didn't go thru. Kent found this out today. the boss asked him why he only punched out for yesterday. he then explains (after Kent says he did indeed punch in) that he'll not only get docked for the whole 10 hours, he'll have to use one of his sick days to cover it...plus he worked the entire 10 hours (triple whammy!). he says he'll talk to HR, trouble is, there's no HR that covers anything but first shift, so he'll have to come back after 8 am...we decided (after hearing this story) that we should either punch in 7 to 10 times each time, or each of us bug the hell out of the boss to make sure our punches took. both would be fun, and prob'ly would quickly make them change their policy (or make it work to both theirs AND our benefit). Mark suggests they should have a boss taking roll call right at the beginning of each shift and make sure everyone who's there, on time, and ready to work, be accounted for on the attendance computer. great idea! then, those who don't show a punch would only be minutes late (at worst) instead of hours, etc.. that'd prob'ly make everyone happy. something's gotta give. I'm not gonna wonder if I'm working for free everyday.anyway, once again, our new boss lady (not the old one from the first paragraph, who now works the next line over, of whom still thinks he runs our line) let us go an hour and a half early (shweet!)
on the way to the stalag, my car was acting like the fuel filter is bad. it was buckin' and chokin' like the tank was bone dry, yet I filled it up just yesterday. I was closer to home then work, so I turned it around and choked and bucked back home [no crazy dummy lights came on or nothing!]. I jumped in my shrimpy truck and made it to work on time. it's good to have a back-up vehicle, even though both need maintenance attention of one sort or another. I got next week off, I'll try and see if I can get both in and up to snuff
the pooperdog and I just got back from a walk, then I made some english muffins with PB&J and a big glass of milk (mmmmms!). now it's off to sleep so I'm a wide awake zombie tonight
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