I promised Dr. A. that I would call a pain management doctor and have an appointment with him on Monday.
Of course, I looked him up and it's going to be a wee bit embarrassing to have this cute guy poking around on my ass. "Does that hurt?"
"No, a little higher, I think."
"Does this hurt?"
Well, you get the idea.
I got pissed off at work about work. For my first year, I can only accrue vacation time. This happens in weird fractions, like every two weeks, I get 0.389 of a vacation day or something like that. The company does not allow anything other than taking a full day or a half day.
Right now, I have 3.3 something vacation days.
My doctor's appointment is at ten in the morning. I imagine I'll be back in the office by noon. I asked if I could make the time up during the week and I was told no, I couldn't. This is at the manager's discretion and the manager discreted no.
So I wonder. With my 3.3 days, minus .5 days, does that take me back to 2.8 days, which of course is not a full day or even half a day? Somehow, this doesn't feel fair. I know, I know, life isn't fair, etc.
I pouted the rest of the day.
In the past, I've been making sure that I have a little extra time lapping over the week like the crust of an apple pie, just to make sure it all seals together. 42.33 hours one week. 40.65 hours another week.
Right now, that is over. I come in. You get my eight hours. I'm blowing this pop stand.
Then again, some other things have happened lately that I won't go into that make me wonder if it might be time to dust off my very dusty and pathetic resume.
Oy.
5 comments:
You don't get sick days, or sick time or whatever they call it now? I worked for a great company no firm limit on sick days and no auto request for doctor's notes unless they felt someone was abusing it. Yes, that does leave it up for a personal opinion sometimes.
When we went to accrued vacation everyone screamed, you could take the days anytime, but if you left or were rif'd it came out of your next check or severance if you were in arrears. As a ten year employee I pouted too.
Count your blessings, not your vacation days. Maybe the doctor will give you some exotic Orthopedic Appliance to wear to bed.....
fmc - When I worked at Mighty Citadel, I was out for two days every month. No one said a word to me about it, although it might have had some impact on my performance reviews. Believe me, I would have been just as happy to have gone to work, feeling well. We have no "sick" days, just "Personal Time Off" days, 2 per quarter, and "Vacation Days" that accrue during the year.
Bench - We have already discussed the butt-in-a-sling and how unfeasible anything would be. If I could walk around with a heating pad taped to my, um, behind, that would be grant.
I bet you lose those personal days at the end of the year. Those are the first you should take.
Queen - Yep. I take those first, but they are only doled out as two at the end of every quarter.
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