Here we are again

Great week off in the sunshine and then back to the same old same old. Just because I'm back behind the desk my fellow co. workers "idiots?" seem to think they no longer have to think. "How much is this? how do I do that? Have I done this?" they cry. How on earth do they actually manage when I'm not here to ask I sit and wonder. Yesterday one of the "idiots?" asked if a fellow "idiot?" could ring him when he returned. The "idiot?" was duly asked and for once carried out the request. Out he wandered with the "idiot?" in questions phone in his hand "I can't phone ***** because he's left his phone here." The "idiot?" who requested the phone call was not working alone so the solution was simple phone on differant number, this seemed too difficult for my fellow co. worker to grasp. A short while later he wandered out again "have you seen my scale rule I've looked everywhere." "Have you looked on **** desk" I enquired No he hadn't and there it was. I see myself now as a problem solver, and I see the "idiots?" as the problem!!

Still too early

Both yesterday and today my fellow co. worker "idiot?" with the new start time of 8.30 in the morning has been late. Yesterday he said he had overslept. Today I enquired if he had overslept again or had his wife lost her umbrella? -Avid followers of my blog will understand this, others will think I've lost the plot- He informed me " I don't see the point at starting at 8.30" I shouted!! After I shouted I tried to explain more calmly there was a point to the 8.30 start. The point is at 8.30 we all arrive and start work and that applies to you too. I still don't think he's got it though.

New year New start.

In we came last Tuesday. One fellow co. worker "idiot?" had received a letter to inform him of his new working hours in December ready for January. His new start time came and went. In he ambled at the start time he wanted NOT the start time stated in his letter. Great start thought I. When questioned at first he denied the new start time. I informed him I knew the new start time because I typed the letter. He let slip "I don't see the point in starting that early." "Ah" said I. "So you knew the time you were supposed to start. You just didn't want to." The next day the start time was adhered to. EXCEPT instead of coming in and getting started he gets a cuppa and either sits or stands in my way. As I see it he's trying to go back to a start time he chooses. I'm not going to play the game I'm just going to work around him for as long as it takes for him to get the message. Start 8.30 means start 8.30 not come in at 8.30 get in the way and start work about 9.15!
The real fun started about last Thursday. "Have we got a new holiday calender?" the "idiots?" enquired. This was bad news as soon as it was produced they all started booking weeks off. I was in despair. I informed husband boss "idiot?" that we would never get any time off if we didn't sort it quickly. Today he came up trumps. Holiday booked flights booked apartment in sunny climate with garden sorted.And guess what? I'm going on Monday. I'll show the "idiots?" New year New start I'm coming first for choosing holidays and not last.