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Here's another good one. This happened today.
A woman from the benefits department came in looking for a letter that had allegedly been overnighted and delivered Friday (it was now Monday). She had a store employee on the phone (I work at the home office for a local chain) who was freaking out that benefits had t gotten the letter yet. She was upset because she "spent $16 to overnight it!" And if she didn't get the money she was requesting by the next day, she'd "get thrown in jail!"
We had no such letter. We checked everywhere, and could not find anything. Finally I asked for a tracking number. Turns out neither the benefits lady nor the "freaking out employee" had thought to ask for/give one.
She called Employee back and got the number. Turns out it had been given to The AR department, because was just addressed to "Company" without bothering to add anything like HR, Benefits, "Alice in HR" or any other clue. My coworker who sorts the mail thought it was a check, because seldom are otherwise-unmarked overnight envelopes anything but a check.
So it worked out in the end, but COME ON!! If the stakes really are So high that you're GOING TO JAIL if this paperwork doesn't arrive, why the hell didn't you put ATTN BENEFITS or SOMETHING to make it clear who needed to get it???? And why the fuck did t you call on FRIDAY!!! Why are you waiting until the DAY BEFORE YOURE GONNA GET SENT TO JAIL??????
Damn....talk about dumb!
All together now.....FAILURE TO PLAN ON YOUR PART DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AN EMERGENCY ON MY PART!!!!!
A woman from the benefits department came in looking for a letter that had allegedly been overnighted and delivered Friday (it was now Monday). She had a store employee on the phone (I work at the home office for a local chain) who was freaking out that benefits had t gotten the letter yet. She was upset because she "spent $16 to overnight it!" And if she didn't get the money she was requesting by the next day, she'd "get thrown in jail!"
We had no such letter. We checked everywhere, and could not find anything. Finally I asked for a tracking number. Turns out neither the benefits lady nor the "freaking out employee" had thought to ask for/give one.
She called Employee back and got the number. Turns out it had been given to The AR department, because was just addressed to "Company" without bothering to add anything like HR, Benefits, "Alice in HR" or any other clue. My coworker who sorts the mail thought it was a check, because seldom are otherwise-unmarked overnight envelopes anything but a check.
So it worked out in the end, but COME ON!! If the stakes really are So high that you're GOING TO JAIL if this paperwork doesn't arrive, why the hell didn't you put ATTN BENEFITS or SOMETHING to make it clear who needed to get it???? And why the fuck did t you call on FRIDAY!!! Why are you waiting until the DAY BEFORE YOURE GONNA GET SENT TO JAIL??????
Damn....talk about dumb!
All together now.....FAILURE TO PLAN ON YOUR PART DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AN EMERGENCY ON MY PART!!!!!
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