A few years ago we had a fire that was 6 about miles out of town as the crow flies; transforming the air into a dark, hellish sky that would only allow us visuals of a red sun or moon every so often, in what was otherwise a smoky unforgiving abyss. There were days where I would go to work and you couldn’t see 20ft in front of you because of all the smoke. In order to make my job easier (read: not pass out on the floor) the company that I work for issued me a P95 mask (I originally wanted to pay for it myself but my boss offered on behalf of the company, which was a kind gesture), with COVID-19 becoming more and more serious, plus having to work and live around people (and pets) that could be susceptible to it if I drug it home somehow, I figured it was time to ride with the mask again.. that was until I found out that I can’t anymore. :zorak: Why you may ask?
I’ve been pulled aside and told by the main store manager, that the store sanctioned P95 mask I received is against store policy… Let me repeat that for some of you that may have missed that the first time. I’ve been pulled aside… by the head honcho who is in charge of micromanaging all of the micromanagers, to tell me that the store sanctioned P95 mask that was given to me… IS AGAINST STORE POLICY. HOW THE FUCK DOES THAT EVEN WORK?!?!?!?!?!
In case you haven’t noticed lately, or haven’t read my posts in awhile… I’ve been under a lot of stress to the point of wanting a throw a 65″ television at someone’s face while plugged into power. My work partner is out on stress leave because of how much management is slow walking safety procedures such as using masks and not even paying attention to social distancing guidelines, and he takes care of his elderly parents and brother with COPD. Another manager is out due to being a high risk (medical problems and medication that leaves her with a vulnerable immune system). Those were the only two people higher up in the chain that had… any form of sanity in them. To everyone else you wouldn’t know we were having a pandemic.
Tomorrow morning when I go in I’ll be handing my mask back to the manager who gave it to me and thank him. It just pisses me off that I’ve sacrificed things like my time off to work while someone else is on stress leave doing what used to be the work of three separate people, while also being pulled wherever they want me to be, and working to the best of my ability and even going as far as changing my schedule to help more and get things done faster, just to be forced to jump through these stupid assed hoops provided to me by who I would otherwise consider a walking tumor of a human being. as someone who might have a network of tumors in his head.
I’m getting to a point where I might have to contemplate getting a hold of my doctor to get a note to go out on stress leave. I really don’t want to, I’ve never been in a situation where I would even THINK I would have to take a break… but these people are sucking the life out of me while also wanting me to sacrifice my well being and personal time just so they can get shit done and make sales… because that’s totally worth sacrificing people and pets over. It would be really unfortunate though given that I’m the only other person who knows how to run the department and where things are kept, or what keys to use to access what products.
If anyone gets COVID-19 at work I really hope the upper brass gets a taste… If you’re going to put my livelihood at risk or possibly becoming a carrier (if I’m not already) or catching it myself then you’ve earned a permanent spot on my shit list, and karma has a really bad habit of coming back around… and these people, much like a lot of people in this town and throughout the country are about to get some serious karma.