Grrr

Sometimes, the people I work for just REALLY PISS ME OFF.

Earlier this week, D and I confirmed that he would be coming to town the first week of May for the Dead concert in Chicago.
This might be the next chance we have to be together, because of the expense of travel.
Yes, it's true...we might have to wait 5 full months between visits this time.

SO, I put in a request for that week off from work, and I was turned down.

It seems "the princess," the one I had to cut my effing HONEYMOON short for--because she could not be asked to come in on a FRIDAY-- already had that week off.

It wasn't just that simple,though....the boss called me into his office, and sat me down at his desk and showed me the calendar.

Just like he did when he ALMOST took away my one day off around the holidays, when my husband was in town. I had to beg my boss to let me take ONE EXTRA DAY, while others were off the whole week. I explained to him that I had not seen my husband for three months, and that it's the holidays, and that there are 3 other managers working that day, and many others who could pitch in to help on that one day....

So, anyway....because I had already requested the Tuesday and Wednesday of that first week of May, before the princess put in HER request, he "let" me keep those days, just like he "let" me keep ONE extra day off during the holidays. But the rest of the week? No way. Even though there will be two other managers working that week.

THEN, this morning, I was outside, in LITERALLY 20-below cold, trying to get my car drivable, so I could go to work.

The clock was ticking, and, even though my car started fine, and I had started out with PLENTY of time, there were other issues that made it impossible to drive it, and I was running the risk of being late.

First of all, the windows were covered with what I refer to as "perma frost."

This is the kind of frost that forms in sub zero weather that is virtually impermeable. No amount of scraping removes it from automotive window glass! In fact, the scraping only seems to make it more opaque, and does not remove ANY of it.

Seriously!

Anyone who lives in a climate where the weather does this can testify!

So, I was waiting for my heater to "loosen" it a bit, so I could get a start and scrape it off.

Can't see out? Can't drive! Period.

Not only that, but my car door also froze OPEN. The grease that lubricates the latch was, literally, frozen. As I said, it was twenty degrees below zero, that's fahrenheit!!

Let's see, 20 below, 40 below wind chill....car door won't close....Hmmm.....nope, not going to drive 10 miles to work with an open door!!

So, it was past 7:30, and after 20 minutes outside in these conditions, I was still not yet able to drive my car, so I called the office to tell them I'd be late.

The woman who takes these calls is sort of an enigma.

She's our version of an "h.r." person, and she's the boss's secretary, and she's also someone who just seems to believe that she's above ALL of us.

She doesn't really have a title, but she is, in effect, "over" all of us. If she DID have a title, I guess it would be office manager.

So, there she was, in her warm office, having gotten out of her warm gas-guzzling S.U.V., after her short commute.
Said S.U.V. was in her warm three car garage all night, which is attached to her warm multi-million dollar McMansion, with the freakin MAID!!

...and there I am.... outside, quite nearly freezing in 20 below cold, TRYING to get my car so I can drive it to work.....calling to tell her I might be late....

and she chooses that moment to question my ability to manage one of my jobs at work.

WTF??!!

Now, I have noticed, in no uncertain terms, that I have been treated differently at work ever since I got married.

They have taken work away from me, and have given me SHIT jobs.
They have either refused to grant me my vacation days, or argued with me about taking them....and now this???

I was LIVID!!!

I have changed NOTHING about how I do my job. I still show up, and work my ass off, and do the best job I can, because that's who I am.

I just don't get it.

Reviews come up next week, in theory. THIS ought to be interesting.....