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I'm waiting for a meter reader to show up so they can read my electricity meter. I just moved somewhere where the meter is inside of my house, so I have to be home to let them in.

I've gotten three calls from work asking me to come in. We're seriously behind, and they need me. Even though I just worked a public holiday - with today counting as my public holiday - I want to go in and help them. But I can't do that until the meter reader comes in and reads my meter.

Either way I get paid, with time in lieu on top of what I'm already making today. But basically, if I can't get into work in the next hour and a half, we're all fucked.

Edit: the reason it's so important to get my meter read is because I'm starting an account with a new energy provider. Until they read my meter, I can't start an account with them. My landlord is footing electricity rn, but I've already missed one opportunity to begin this account and I don't want to piss off my landlord and the electric company.

My house was built in the 70s and still has remote readers wtf is up with your electricity

is it a massive pickle or are you just partially in it

Man I wish I had a vehicle like the Oscar Mayer weiner mobile but it was like a Vlasic pickle.

What is the dill with that?

Sounds like the electricity company is gherkin you around.

must be agl

Why is it only up to you whether your job is fucked or not?

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MrMallard posted...

- I want to go in and help them

On your holiday? Youd need significant consideration for that.

WankyKong posted...

What is the dill with that?

You tell me my man
Kakapo posted...

Sounds like the electricity company is gherkin you around.

must be agl

yeah it really is.

Ar0ge posted...

Why is it only up to you whether your job is fucked or not?

My job is kind of essential. I work at a laundry and my job is to keep the washers and dryers going. None of the other workers want to do this job - I work with some people with intellectual and physical disabilities, and even the staff members I work with without these limitations are super fucking busy with their own shit. So my job is to keep the washers and dryers running all day.

Without me being there, I doubt there has been a dedicated effort to unload/reload the washers or dryers. When I'm there, that's all I do - I'm an essential link in the chain of the labor we do. Without me, the work slows to a halt because no-one else will step up to do the same work.

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Pickle MALAAAAAAARD! Ftfy

Naysaspace posted...

On your holiday? Youd need significant consideration for that.

Yesterday was a public holiday for the queen's death. I worked 8 hours for time in lieu - it basically adds 8 hours to my annual leave, on top of what I already get every week. Since I worked on Thursday, my Friday is considered a public holiday - I get paid eight hours even though I didn't work.

If I work today, I don't just earn eight hours. I get those right hours in upright pay, and whatever else I work (i.e. an extre three hours at the end of the day) is earned as Time in Lieu.

So say I work 8 hours time in lieu. Then I work 3 hours today.

I get 11 hours time in lieu + 8 hours of pay.

If I don't work those three hours? I still earn 8 hours time in lieu and 8 hours of straight-up pay.

Dude you do laundry , and you're acting like you're a brain surgeon and everything is on the line. Pretty sure those washers will keep spinning without you there .

Rassiter posted...

Dude you do laundry , and you're acting like you're a brain surgeon and everything is on the line. Pretty sure those washers will keep spinning without you there .

I hear you, but I can assure you that fucking no-one at that laundry is keeping the washers and dryers going.

Anyway, the meter reader didn't even fucking come. I ducked into work for a few hours and left a note for the kebab shop to follow up on, no-one showed up. I'm happy I went in, but I'm beyond pissed that the meter reader didn't show up.

Just woke up from a 2 hour nap and I'm drinking, planning to go to the pub once my last can is drank.

MrMallard posted...

I hear you, but I can assure you that fucking no-one at that laundry is keeping the washers and dryers going.

This is a problem if you seriously feel like you and you alone can do this and it requires you giving up your days off to cover for other people being lazy/incompetent

MrMallard posted...

None of the other workers want to do this job - I work with some people with intellectual and physical disabilities, and even the staff members I work with without these limitations are super fucking busy with their own shit. So my job is to keep the washers and dryers running all day.

It isn't fair that you and only you are the sole person who can do this, and that it requires your day off because it's straight up only you

Without me being there, I doubt there has been a dedicated effort to unload/reload the washers or dryers. When I'm there, that's all I do - I'm an essential link in the chain of the labor we do. Without me, the work slows to a halt because no-one else will step up to do the same work.

Again, not your fault, and a problem that requires your coworkers to step up, or even hiring another person to cover for your days off. They can't just have you and only you be responsible for this all the time

I think you're a bit of a workaholic and that it's unhealthy that you feel like giving up your days off just because they refuse to get anyone else to do what you do

MrMallard posted...

Just woke up from a 2 hour nap and I'm drinking, planning to go to the pub once my last can is drank.

Can you really afford to do that? It sounds like your job needs you. Too much laundry wont get done if youre not there.

Now, about this pickle... we find ourselves in. It would appear there's only one thing left for you to do.

Rassiter posted...

Dude you do laundry , and you're acting like you're a brain surgeon and everything is on the line. Pretty sure those washers will keep spinning without you there .

And what do you do for a crust, mate?

MrMallard posted...

Without me being there, I doubt there has been a dedicated effort to unload/reload the washers or dryers. When I'm there, that's all I do - I'm an essential link in the chain of the labor we do. Without me, the work slows to a halt because no-one else will step up to do the same work.

I'm not saying the job isn't important but you yourself aren't essential. It's very easy in some jobs to get that mixed up. "If I'm not there or constantly checking emails, everything will fall apart".

Your coworkers rely on you so they can continue to be lazy. Without you, they'll have to actually put in work. If you are the only person who has knowledge on how to do certain job functions then that's on your boss for not cross training more people. This operation worked before you were hired and it will continue to work after you leave. Your personal time is your personal time and the job will be there when you get back. No one at your job will give a damn if you pissed off your landlord or the electric company. Take care of your personal affairs first.

Do you not get days off at all if you're the only one that does that?

Clearly someone else does your job on the days off. Sound alike everybody there is just taking advantage of you.

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Sure, but I made this topic after work called me three times yesterday asking me to come in. There are plenty of people at my job who stick their noses where it doesn't belong, they try to meddle with the whole system and it's annoying as fuck. I stick to what I do, and the only time I tell other people what to do is if they come up and ask if they can help.

I do feel like I'm an essential part of the business, but someone else could easily come in tomorrow and start doing the work that I specialise in. I'm aware that I'm expendable. That being said? No-one wants to work the washers and dryers. That's why I specialise in them, because otherwise they just wouldn't get done.

If I died or got fired, the laundry would survive. Someone else would step up and get the work done. While I'm there though? I'm the washer/dryer guy. That's just how it's panned out.

Ar0ge posted...

Do you not get days off at all if you're the only one that does that?

Clearly someone else does your job on the days off. Sound alike everybody there is just taking advantage of you.

In theory I do get days off. I've been busting my ass for time in lieu. In practice though, we're always so busy that it's impossible to take any time off.

And as far as other people doing my job when I'm not there - I work eight hours a day, five days a week. And I work for time in lieu every few Saturdays from 7 to 12. I've actually got work today. I'm never not there tbh.