It was hard, but I kept my mouth shut!
You don’t know how hard it is for me too keep my mouth shut at times! I had to keep telling myself it isn’t really my business! For those of you that know my hubby and I work for the same company. I am a bus monitor for special needs children and my husband is the dispatcher/office supervisor. I don’t go into the office very often. I live right on the way for the runs I do. I am picked up and dropped off by my driver every day! I have issues with things that go on in that place and I would rather not be there for the most part! They have a real issue with workplace harrasessment both sexual and just a hostile workplace in general. It has gotten a lot better since it was taken over by a larger company, but still not where it should be. There are people there that run there mouths about things that are none of their concern and I have been a frequent victim of these attacks. Some of my co-workers claim I get special treatment because my husband is a member of management! Believe me I don’t, if anything I get held to a higher standard. I do my job and I do it well and I hold myself to my own personal standards as well as the companies. I follow the rules as should everyone. If I witness something that is wrong I report it. I am a member of the safety committee and the employee committee and I take the responsibililties serious. I go in once in awhile for meetings or just because I am going to have lunch with my hubby.
My hubby is off work right now recovering from surgery. He goes back to work on Wednesday. I had not been in there while hubby has been off until yesterday when I went in for a safety meeting. I prepared myself or so I thought. I had been getting feed back from co-workers I see every day about the things the woman who is doing my husbands job while he is off! For three days she was questioning my driver on the times she was leaving to come pick me up. My driver finally showed her the sheet showing the times she leaves base. My driver finally blew up at her and had to talk to the branch manager. She was running her mouth about how I should be coming in there instead of getting picked up at home. I had been told how she had rearranged my husbands desk and files. I saw what she had done, and boy is he going to flip when he goes back to work and sees his office area! She is questioning everyone on there times and trying to change things. The boss is not a good boss and he is allowing this! I just couldn’t handle the crap I saw when I was in there, she has let her subbing for my hubby go to her head and acting like she is doing a much better job than him. I wanted to rip her head off yesterday! I kept my mouth shut, but she kept popping in the room while we were having our safety meeting. We had to stop talking every time she came in because it was private information we needed to discuss. We had to go over all accident information for the past year and decide if the accidents were preventable or not and what should be done, like more training etc. She is not on the committee, but she just kept hanging around!
Everybody thanks for listening! I just had to get this off my chest, and I sure can’t discuss it with hubby!! Grrrrrrrrr!
Bad week but I maintained and it is better than a gain!!
Hope you all have a great weekend!!
HUGS
i work at the same company with my husband also. He is also a manager and i let my emotions come in at work way too much also. whenever i feel like they screw him over it just makes me so mad!! and then i hate those people. so i have learned the best thing for me to do is not know whats going on. Because its never my husband that tells me , its always some one else . so i try to keep in mind if jonathan was not the one telling me then dont worry about it. It can cause some big problems between people because thats your husband and you love him and dont want anyone doing him wrong.
Girl, I’m sorry that all this is going on–just a bunch of crap from people that should really be just working.
Hope things get better-hugs.
Bet that felt good to get off your chest! My mom used to tell me, all work places have their faults. It just sucks that this place seems to be so bad! Im sure the important people see how much of a good worker you are. And YOU know you are good! So does your hubby. So who cares about the rest!!! You keep doing your thing, be strong, and dont let this crap get to you! Youre better than all that!
But I do hope things get better for ya! Just keep your head up and dont stress the small things!
Boy…talk about some stress!! I am sure that was hard keeping your mouth shut!!!!!! WOW! The lady sounds like a sh** stirrer…there always has to be one.
I can tell you for sure that if somebody rearranged my office & my files…sh** would hit the fan. I feel for you when your hubby returns to work! Hang in there Bette Jo!
OH my oh my that is stressful!!! I would NOT keep my mouth shut because you know I’m a loud mouth myself.
Yes, do hang in there.
Some people have way too much time on their hands! I admire you for keeping your mouth shut!