Am I really on vacation???

[TR Custom Parts]

By day I am in charge of the maintenance, housekeeping and laundry depts of a 120 bed nursing home. (Wish the Buick business was enough to live on by itself but it isn't.)

I have been on vacation since last Friday and am not supposed to return until Monday. So far this week I have been called three times and I have had it.

My assistant (who is having his hours cut back due to budget crap when I get back) has got a case of "stupidity" all of a sudden. Just got a call that our elevator motor has taken a dump. Been warning the powers that be that we had a problem but no one has listened to me about it.

Haven't called back on this, (he just left a message) Got things planned with my family so should I just ignore. I am not one to BS people and they know that I did not go away but sh!t. Doesn't vacation mean time away from work??????????

 

[JoeNational]

Well do i know what you feel. I am a computer tech for the city. and well i have my regular cell phone (personal) and then i have the nextel with phone service. so i deal with plumbing inspectors who are using these new handhelds for inspections and since i lead that project i get calls ranging from 6 in the am to sat. morning calls. what kind of crap is that. then when i take a day off it is like all hell breaks loose. i was in the hospital back in august and can you believe i still was recieving calls, and they all knew i was in the damn hospital. so i agree shut the phone off. then when you return and they say i throught you werent going say ah last minute decision i decided to go away for the weekend.

I am suprised that the GN business isn't enough everybody knows about your products
Advice:
fall infront of some big business complain about your back being out, sue the crap out of them and then retire from your job
Or
just wait till the nice weather and deal with the crap and enjoy driving the GN on the weekends

 

[bishir]

Is that other job still available that you talked about awhile ago?

 

[salvageV6]

Mark, let them hang for a day.

Actually see if they can figure something out for themselves.

What would they do if you were having surgery for that triple bypass you are driving yourself towards?

F'em for a day and call back after the snowstorm, way after.

Once they learn they can survive without you they will call less and stop bugging you, less job security but I'm sure most of what they will do will be patch jobs until you get back to straighten out the mess anyway.

Also if it costs them double when you are not there or they get burned a bit from vendors, then that will show them your worth in managing costs etc.

I'd also go with a Dirty Harry answering machine message.

 

[TR Custom Parts]

Originally posted by bishir
Is that other job still available that you talked about awhile ago?

James! That was 6 months ago. They have some old guy in there right now, probably will go right into one of their beds within a couple of years. LOL Every time something like this happens I wonder what could have been. Oh well, shoulda, woulda, coulda.

Damned if I am calling them back. They'll see my sorry butt on Monday morning unless someone shows up on my doorstep. (that has happened before. )

Besides, I don't fix elevators. My assistant will probably screw things up by calling out tomorrow. I am betting on it. No triple by-pass here. Will probably just have a massive coronary. With my luck I would end up getting admitted to the nursing home I work at.

 

[NJTurbo]

Mark

For starters I love your Sig, I am glad we fired that option up maybe it will get you some more business

It will tear at you if you do not call them as you seem like a very dedicated employee. I would call them in the am and direct them the best way you can, after that I would tell them loose THE PHONE NUMBER for the rest of the week. The phone will be off the HOOK.

Hello people VACATION, FAMILY, WIFE!!!!!

The place will be there when you get back, and it will be there when you are gone

I use to have this happen all the time. I am in the Bahamas, cell phone rings.

Me...Hello
Them...Boss the truck lift in the shop is broke
Me...Okay well wait, I will jump on the plane I see flying over my head from the beach and be there in 3 hours.
Them...Cricket Noise
Me...I am on vacation with my family, DO NOT CALL ME UNLESS THE BUILDING IS ON FIRE GOT IT
Them...Okay boss, have a nice time.

The phone never rang again

 

[Inneedofabuick]

Ha Iam only 18 and work a crappy job but I feel your pain. Just today my work calls me after i get home from school just as iam settling down for a good long nap thinking i finally have a day off and then proceeds to tell me that i have to work till 10:00 tonight. Nothing pisses me off more than when they call me at the last minute and tell me I have to work. Especially when i have made plans to cram fro the test for friday later on lol. Just tell them you cant.