Bottled Up in Current Events

My patience is as thin as I am since I quit coffee. I couldn’t stomach witnessing Linda stand around, distracting others instead of working. I called her out and she told me that I’m not the boss so don’t worry about it. That’s all she had to say for herself. She knows that once I’m worried about it she is going to have to worry about it. I’ll let this eat away at her.

I was thinking about when she got the full-time position over me. The drama I had to start. Before I even had my interview, she was telling people that is was promised to her. Those people told me because they didn’t think it was right. It wasn’t, I am supposed to have equal opportunity. I got HR involved and in the end, she gave it to Linda. So either my boss lied, Linda lied, or the people on my team lied but I came out of that the liar. I complained about the double standard and Linda got me written up for saying mean things about my boss. That conversation didn’t happen in the building, for starters and I came out of that the bad guy, Linda and my boss were the victims. I’m not over it.

A couple of weeks ago, my boss informed of us that our punch-ins have changed. It will not round to fifteen minutes but pay us to the minute. I asked her if they change the times we clocked out late and she said that they do not. I was gagged. She then explained that the overtime would be flagged and there would be a conversation about it with that associate. I was gagged because I watched Linda steal time every day that I drove her home. I had to wait for her to get ready. She would clock out 10-15 minutes after her shift ended. Ensuring she got paid for getting ready. Looking over her shoulder to make sure that there was no management to witness.

My boss is protecting this woman because they’re besties at work. Resentment is a function of envy and I, of course, am envious of these extra privileges that Linda has. I could start drama but I don’t have the energy for it… yet.

I don’t want this to bother me so badly and some days it just does.

Anyway, I was scheduled 9 hours this week but I’m picking up shifts again. My boss is sick. Ronnie is off work now for six weeks because he injured his ankle at work. I don’t know if I should send him a get-well card or a thank-you card. I say that in jest. I rejected staying late today because I want to study for my final exam tomorrow. I want to do my detox bath and coffee enema first. I should get on with it then. I just had to vent. That minor altercation with Linda got my adrenaline pumping. Nobody calls her out, she is going to spiral.

Last updated January 23, 2023