Boxlids (506 hits)
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Submitted by Stacey <woplover.at.hotmail.com> (View user info) at 2004-09-24 23:15:31 EDT
It was Friday afternoon, at 11 am. Thank God--only a few more hours, depending on how much I could get done before 5:00 pm struck. Well, nothing strikes in any resounding manner here, except for the bell that strikes at noon every day in the jail, which is located behind my building. Nothing really interesting happened today, as I sat and delved through file after file in search of information. Then came the mail lady, lurking around the corner of my office door like the creature from the Black Lagoon. Her black bug-eyes peered at me above the rims of her thick glasses, and her scraggly, long, black hair slung over her shoulder as she called into the room, "No mail!" Like I gave a shit. Why didn't she just pass by? She never delivered things on time or correctly when she did have mail. The thought of the gray roots on top of her head made me wonder if she'd ever seen a mirror. By the way, where were the fucking files I needed? They couldn't bring those down in a timely manner, but they could take time to open a door and yell into a room. I had even posted a note on the door asking for the files to be placed on the floor in case I was not there.
Three hours passed. I had researched at least 20 files, and played a computer game as a break.It was time for another mail installment! Oh goodie. I braced myself for the Creature, but this time the head of the mail floor came in. My boss and I were standing near the entrance, close to a stack of brown storage boxes containing files that had been researched. They needed to be taken by the mail clerk back up to storage. Next to the boxes that were full was a stack of box lids that neither my boss nor I ever use. We simply cram the files in the box and forget about the lids. The conversation that came next was the most ludicrous waste of time ever.
Mail Room Guy (MRG): We came by earlier. "You weren't here, and we didn't leave the files like the note on the door asked us to." There are many bailiffs around that could assist the mail deliverers with getting into the office if necessary. But no, that was too difficult.
Me: "Why not? You have done it before. And you did not take the box lids."
MRG: <With a 'that's not my job' attitude>: "Because you weren't here. I came by twice." That twice meant during a 10 minute time frame in which I went to the restroom and then to the café to grab a soda. My boss had probably gone outside for a smoke. We lock the door to keep the public out of our office, which is located by the main entrance to the building.
Me: Well, I'm sorry, but I cannot schedule my trips to the restroom around your mail route."
MGR: "And we are not responsible for box lids."
Me: "Well, who is? You bring the mail down in these boxes, complete with the lids. Why can you not take them with you?"
MRG: <sucking his teeth> "Whatever." He turned to walk out. My boss had witnessed the attitude of this employee.
My boss: <faking sincerity>: Are you angry or something?" Her question was directed to the mail guy.
MRG: "Nah. We just don't carry box lids back up to the mail room. And I didn't like the way SHE talked to me." He pointed at me. My boss is a judge. She wasn't about to hear any of his crap.
My boss: "You know what, we will call YOU when we want our mail, and you can bring it to us RIGHT THEN. That way, you know we will be here."
MRG: "I'm still not taking the lids." He left.
My boss and I laughed a while about the lids. I personally have never gotten into a "discussion" over box lids. Who the hell would? I never had a problem with it before. The one other mail lady always takes what I leave her and never complains. Next, my boss decided that I should email HER supervisor about the mail clerks. So I did. And you know what her response was? Keep the door unlocked so everyone can get in. Wrong-o, Head General Magistrate. Let's just keep the door unlocked and let all the derelicts that come through the front door into our office with confidential files and computer hardware. Good idea.
I cannot believe the inefficiency of some people, even some of the higher-ups. But I solved my box lid problem. I "ingeniously" put them back on the boxes, lifting each one from the top of the tower created by my boss after further sorting, to the floor and placing the lid back on. This took about 10 minutes, the time it took the mail guy to make a couple of trips to our door and get nothing done. More time gone, and the later I would have to stay this afternoon.
After I lidded about 15 boxes of files, each weighing about 40 lbs each (I am not that big, so it's heavy for me), the mail guy returned. My boss had left for the day, and I was sitting at my computer. The mail guy and I said nothing to each other. But he took the boxes with the lids on them, after he explicitly said he would not take up lids to the mail room. What a jackass.
The amount of time that guy caused me to waste today could have been spent researching so I could go home a little earlier on a Friday, even if it was just 10 minutes. (It was more, because of our stupid converstation). The mail people get to leave at 3:30 no matter what. I don't. I guess I will have to disguise the box lids by putting them on the box. HA. It's really an unnecessary waste of time. And I will leave the door unlocked for people to steal confidential files or whatever else they might want. This really wasn't the kind of behavior I was expecting in my work environment. I guess when it comes to the waste of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen atoms that make up the mail clerks, I cannot expect the best. I learned that today.
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Submitted by I_Have_a_Kristen_Fetish (user info) at 2004-11-07 19:24:10 EST (#)
Ranking: -2
You mean I missed this?
Submitted by Kent_Weirdo (user info) at 2004-09-26 01:30:07 EDT (#)
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Good.
Submitted by Pingu (user info) at 2004-09-25 20:07:07 EDT (#)
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A decent read indeed.
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Congrats on a decent first post, and good job on not camwhoring on the first one. You can feel free to camwhore now however, and if you need help selecting pictures why don't you go ahead and send me a few topless photos and I willl help you pick one out.
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Submitted by bargled (user info) at 2004-09-25 04:16:51 EDT (#)
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this was alright
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