Must Comply, Must Not Have Brain in 2024

You know, for the most part I’m a pretty good team player.
For the most part.
I don’t like team building activities or group outings.
I don’t like going to other branches to work with other employees. I don’t care if it’s the same company, it’s not MY location.
Other than that, I’ll work my ass off for ya. I’lol be dedicated and loyal to a fault.

Oh, and I abhor micromanagement.
There is nothing that will make me lose motivation quicker than someone micromanaging me.
It’s almost immediate.
Down with motivation, up with The Attitude.

So all the doctors are an hour away farrowing pigs. This should be their last visit there for the season.
This means the other tech and I are at the clinic doing odd tasks that have needed to be done.
I like days like this.
It’s relaxing.
Except for that border that needs to SHUT THE HELL UP!!!

Anywho.
When I left for lunch, our office manager (who is in our sister clinic) sent out a group text saying today would be a good day for cleaning and inventory.
Um, yeah, what do you think we are doing? Just because the Dr isn’t here to supervise doesn’t mean we are just fucking off.
We are, after all, adults….ish.

The other tech replied back that she was going to do one of the task and I was going to start inventory.
Yeah…no. Niki was in the middle of something and I would like to finish what I was doing.
But…that isn’t going to happen. If I don’t jump on inventory as soon as I clock in, the other tech will get really twitchy and stop talking to me.
Why? Because the office manager told us to do that stuff. That means, you drop what you are doing and get right on that task.
No, child, that means she doesn’t think we can supervise ourselves and we need to tell her what we are currently working on. She was just offering suggestions.

It drives me freaking nuts!
Just leave me alone and let me do my thing. There is a reason you hired me, let me do it.

I guess I brought this on us. I sent a video of CleoCatRa, our clinic cat, chasing after a mouse to the group chat.
Oops, my bad. I guess she took that as not working.
The whole 22 second video.

Should I pay her back for the time I wasted? What is it, like, a whole 16 cents? Ok.

Anywho, thought it would be safer to vent here than blow up on the other tech.
Heaven forbid she think I can’t follow orders.
I guess I should apologize for not being a mindless drone like her.
I should learn how to comply and obey better.