A while back I got a D-Day cause they said I had been late too many times. No amount of talking could make them understand that I don't have a car & so I take the bus to work. BUT the way I'm scheduled, it's too early for me to take the bus so I was forced to take a taxi to work. & around here, once you call a taxi, you have no idea how soon they'll show up. I've called taxis that have picked me me up within 10 minutes of calling for one. & many times they've shown up well over an hour after I've called for one!
No amount of explaining myself would make management understand my situation. They told me.."It's NOT our fault that you don't have a car"....OR..."Why don't you call a taxi earlier or the night before?" You know what? I shouldn't have to call a taxi the night before. That's no guarantee that by calling them the night before or several hours early is going to make them arrive on time.
AND taking a taxi costs some serious money! I would usually pay anywhere from $15 to $20. Once in a while that's no big deal BUT everyday?? Taking a bus costs $1.75 per ride OR for just $49 you can get a monthly pass. That's far cheaper than calling a taxi.
What's really pissed me off is that the two people I work with gets the schedules that they want that includes hours, days off & what'have-you. & when I tried to get my schedule changed so I can best use the bus system, I was told "They can't do it!"Why can they get what they want but I can't?? ONE word-FAVORITISM! That they REFUSE to work with me knowing that they've bent over backwards to accommodate my two co-workers doesn't make any sense to me.
The incident that made me stop the taxi madness happned two Sundays ago. I was scheduled to start at 7 in the morning so I called a taxi at 6. The taxi guy kept calling me cause he didn't know how to get where I was!! So after he called me for the 5th time I told him.."Look, if you don't know how to get to me then forget it!" Then I called another taxi company who told me that they didn't have any taxis available! That's when something inside me snapped & I had had enough. So I called off!
NOW when I'm scheduled to start at 6 in the morning I take the bus & get there at 7. Had enough of the crap. Nobody has mentioned anything to me yet.
Don't get me wrong, I don't want to be fired but if it happens then I'll look for something else.
EVERYPLACE I ever worked at EXCEPT this one, I've never had any problem getting back & forth to work.
When I got the D-Day, I was told if I'm late again that I'll be fired. BUT that hasn't happened yet even though I have been late since then. I really don't know what they're waiting for. I just wish they'd get it over with.
You'd think that with me making an effort to be there would mean something to someone.
No amount of explaining myself would make management understand my situation. They told me.."It's NOT our fault that you don't have a car"....OR..."Why don't you call a taxi earlier or the night before?" You know what? I shouldn't have to call a taxi the night before. That's no guarantee that by calling them the night before or several hours early is going to make them arrive on time.
AND taking a taxi costs some serious money! I would usually pay anywhere from $15 to $20. Once in a while that's no big deal BUT everyday?? Taking a bus costs $1.75 per ride OR for just $49 you can get a monthly pass. That's far cheaper than calling a taxi.
What's really pissed me off is that the two people I work with gets the schedules that they want that includes hours, days off & what'have-you. & when I tried to get my schedule changed so I can best use the bus system, I was told "They can't do it!"Why can they get what they want but I can't?? ONE word-FAVORITISM! That they REFUSE to work with me knowing that they've bent over backwards to accommodate my two co-workers doesn't make any sense to me.
The incident that made me stop the taxi madness happned two Sundays ago. I was scheduled to start at 7 in the morning so I called a taxi at 6. The taxi guy kept calling me cause he didn't know how to get where I was!! So after he called me for the 5th time I told him.."Look, if you don't know how to get to me then forget it!" Then I called another taxi company who told me that they didn't have any taxis available! That's when something inside me snapped & I had had enough. So I called off!
NOW when I'm scheduled to start at 6 in the morning I take the bus & get there at 7. Had enough of the crap. Nobody has mentioned anything to me yet.
Don't get me wrong, I don't want to be fired but if it happens then I'll look for something else.
EVERYPLACE I ever worked at EXCEPT this one, I've never had any problem getting back & forth to work.
When I got the D-Day, I was told if I'm late again that I'll be fired. BUT that hasn't happened yet even though I have been late since then. I really don't know what they're waiting for. I just wish they'd get it over with.
You'd think that with me making an effort to be there would mean something to someone.
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