manlycornhusk's blog post - The hardest day to go to work

Tuesday, April 3, 2007, 2:12:54 PM

Each year, at this time, we recieve 50hrs of credited sick time to use throughout the 12month period. It happens on a Monday, 1 hour into the shift. The following Tuesday is the hardest day of the year. Temptation......A full moon.....cool but not too cool evening.....and the worst case of spring fever....

I did it...damned if I didn't. I climbed out of my truck, walked into that plant, clocked in, got some coffee, went to my work area and gave them 8 hours of exactly what they deserved..making me come in on the hardest day of the year.

What did I give them, you might ask? I gave them "squat" Jack Squat, to be exact. There I was, inventory sitting on pallets around me, none of the parts needed to make new ones and a supervisor that doesn't have a clue as to what I do in a days time. OH, I filled my time in a productive manner...yesiree! I read a new paperback cover to cover and had lunch. Maybe I should feel guilty for getting paid for a full shift while contributing nothing to the companies bottom dollar.

Let's see. I didn't help their profit margin for the stockholders..(they took our profit sharing away the last contract) I didn't give them an honest bang for their buck..(my gross income has dropped for the last 3 years because of increased costs passed on to the worker) while the company itself makes record profits year after year.. Hmmmm...I guess I do owe them something for my insurrection.

Tonight, I'll hand in a book report on that paperback. Maybe my supervisor will give me an A+.

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mdguy on 3-Apr-07 14:38:27

If you're lucky, I'll give your A a really good F? :-) (j/k). Hope your week goes better. xxx

lovitt on 3-Apr-07 14:43:15

You'd think they would understand how the front line guys feel. But they don't. And they don't care.

depotguy on 3-Apr-07 14:59:52

And I had to deal with a CEO who earned nearly half a BILLION dollars over 6 years while the company dropped 30 per cent of it's value. I tell everyone I'm willing to do 30 per cent less work FOR THE SAME PAY! Missed ya

flcamfan on 3-Apr-07 16:14:06

At least you have NN! Think of the poor schlubs working near you that have no clue NN exisits! Ahhhhhh...every cloud has a silver lining!

juicy on 3-Apr-07 17:03:35

doug!!! MWAH!!

jphiggins on 3-Apr-07 18:37:01

They owe you more than that Dough boy. I hope you enjoyed your day. :)

valleybud on 4-Apr-07 0:14:28

ok.....am I the ONLY one here that is curious as to the title of the damn book!? :P~

good to see ya pal!...I do hope that book report is at least 10 pages long....double-spaced....in the correct font....and that you've put your name on the front of it! ;)