A colleague of mine phoned the office at 06.50 yesterday and announced that she would not be in for her 08.00-20.00 shift due to the ‘hazardous road conditions’.
I tried to reason with her and presented her with two decent suggestions:
1) The guy she would be working with (07.30-19.30 shift) could stop by her house and pick her up.
2) She could book a taxi thereby negating the need to drive herself.
She didn’t seem to listen and kept gobbing on about ‘not being willing to put her life at risk’ (direct quote!) by driving in the snow.
It wasn’t that bad and presumably she was fine with the concept of me and her other colleagues ‘putting OUR lives at risk’ (not that they were).
Then she really took the proverbial by stating that she was also scared that the person relieving her from her shift might not be able to make it to work, in which case she would be stranded. ie: Exactly what she was doing to us!
I’ve just been phoned at home due to another colleague freaking out about driving from Poole to Bournemouth (4 miles). The upshot of this is that I’ll be working the 20.00-08.00 graveyard shift tonight…my sixth night shift in a week.
Doubtless, it’ll come as no surprise to learn that these winter weather averse types are the exact same people who call in sick at the drop of a hat throughout the other seasons of the year too.
Anyway, I’ll have worked 72 hours this week and getting on for 250 this month. These lazy/cowardly bastards are really boosting my income so the question is…..what full suss should I buy?!