oooooh another post - i'm on a roll!

blurg. so i just ate my inaugural timmy's breakfast sammich. the only word that comes to mind is blech. seriously. it was cold, and greasy and the bun/biscuit doodad was gross. also, there was something kinda chunky and hard in my "egg". my tea was super good. timmy's should stick to what they do best - brewin' coffee, steepin' tea and defrostin' donuts.

new post! now with 10xs more hate!

so my current workplace is going through some rough financial hoo-ha. basically, we're not getting paid. due to some spectaulary poor decisions by upperest management, canadian employees are behind at least 3 paychecks. yeah - it sucks the big one. for the most part, employees are obediently bending over and taking it in the corn-hole. some are grumbling quietly - in darkened corners, whispering and glancing around to make sure no one heard them. others are grumbling out loud - hoping someone hears them. and some have checked out altogether. yours truly was dicked over for a promotion and had a superbly timed 'migraine' for all of tuesday. this excuse at least seems plausible. some coworkers have giving up making up believable excuses. case in point t today. everyone's favorite slacker has come up with another gem of an excuse as to why he can't be at work today. keep in mind, that this jerk regularly avoids work and with the lamest excuses - so its not just the 'not getting paid in a month' that spurring him on. anyway - i thought i'd share today's excuse:
"I feel like Im teething. I lost a lot of sleep last night, and slept
in this morning. Im on my way now.

*fingers crossed they prescribe me a large bottle of oxycodone today*"

sigh. and this guy is still employed. i know. go figure. what other workplace lets its employees get away with this shit? but this is just one of many awesome examples of work slackery. i will paste the gems below for your amusement.

"Last night, I ate too much. lol. I stuffed my face and went to bed
right away. haha. Long story. Anyways, I have major gut rot this
morning, go figure =P. Im going to work from home today."

"Im walking home to consume some "magic pink syrup""

"I went to my cousins wedding on saturday, which in itself was fun. Lots
of eating / dancing / laughing / crying. Something there wasn't right
though as I got really sick by the middle of the night. Feeling a lot
better this morning than I did yesterday, but Im going to stay in bed
again this afternoon and sleep it off."

"*ahhh*! Everything is going completely horribly wrong this morning!!
I woke up, got ready for work, almost to the point of completion, when it
came time to put my glasses on....... not in the bedroom, not in the
bathroom, not in the living room, not on my computer desk ( the usual
spots ). wtf.....
Last night I fell asleep on my parents couch while brandon and my sister
were taking a dip in the hot tub. I was only half awake when brandon woke
me up; Not realizing it until this morning, I left my glasses on the
mantle at my parents house....... in richmond =*(
*&^%&$*
Im bussing out to the far corner of richmond to get them now......
freakin pain in the ~
By this point I expect to be at work both Saturday and Sunday =("

"In a series of unfortunate events, I injured myself this evening....
long story. Im going to the doctors tomorrow morning to get my chest
looked at... just to make sure nothing is seriously damaged. I
should be in the office by noon."

"I was at work late last night... came home and went right to bed; As sad
as it is, I don't have any clean clothes to wear..... I barely managed
to find clean clothes to wear yesterday actually. Im going to work from
home today so I can sift through the sea of boxes during compile time and
locate something to wear!"

"Il be leaving work early friday afternoon. As of yet I don't know
what time that will be. Brandon is going into surgery at 2pm, and
seems to believe he doesn't need someone there to drop him off / sign
him in. He seems to think he only needs someone to pick him up /
sign him out. I find that a little hard to believe... but we will
see. He is loosely scheduled to be ready to go home sometime between
4pm - 7pm. I wont know when Il be leaving to pick him up from
surgery until he is actually ready to go home. ( its not serious;
he is just getting his tonsils out )"

"Im going to work from home today as I am deadly tired, and should
stay home to monitor brandon anyways. We had an unscheduled trip to
the hospital ( again ) =( . Fingers crossed this is the last time;
Brandon started bleeding in the middle of the night, for the second
time. A needle down the back of the throat, some heat to burn the
flesh shut, and several missed hours sleep later........... he's
doped up on pain killers and sleeping right now. I dont want to
leave him."

" Brandon came down with a wicked and slightly unusual migraine
yesterday ( unusual as in peripheral vision blury / fading, and very
intense ). He went to a medical clinic where they told him to go
directly to a hospital, and not to stop in any public places. They
did a bunch of blood work and looked him over, but couldn't figure
out what it was, but did think he was not contagious, which is good.
Possibly a parasite of some kind (?), which is odd as we were so
careful with what we ate in the DR. He is slightly improved this
morning, so its probably nothing serious."

yeah - that was all from one guy. as i went through my email - i noticed that he was away from the office for stupid excuses 62 times since oct 2006.

and these are form another model employee.

"I seem to have misplaced my bus pass, so I will be working from home
today."

"With a mixture of feeling ill and avoiding a few hour bus ride (because of
the snow). I will be wfh today."

there was also an excuse about him twinging his back - but i guess i deleted that one.

so basically, teh fact that people are allowed to get away with this shit and the non-paycheck situation makes for a very cranky kylee. a cranky and ranty kylee. eff.