Ms Elizabeth's Journal, 08 January 2015

Apparently I am an emotional eater. It doesn't matter what emotion I'm having if I'm emotional I'm an eater. It's a miracle I'm not bigger than I am. Anyways.. cross your fingers! Hopefully I stop wanting to eat everything in sight soon.

A couple weeks ago my boss pulled one of her stunts. Long story short I worked from home during a snow storm and she made me take personal time because I didn't clear this with her. Sure.. I left her an email the night before saying "Just in case is this ok?" and sure.. I called her that morning and left her a message. "There is 13 inches of snow here and we're in white out conditions. I'm going to work on X, Y, and Z. If you need me for anything call me at ###-####" and Sure... I sent her emails throughout the day, I sent her boss emails throughout the day, heck I even sent funny emails to co-workers. Apparently I needed to do some sort of snow dance and a ritual that involved killing livestock.

This was too much for me. After 4 yrs I dusted off my resume and posted it everywhere. Applied for the ONLY other job in town doing what I do and applied for anything I didn't do but thought I could do. I can milk cows. I can do anything. Heck I could be plumber.. pipe.. water.. pipe gunk.. We do it all the time in the barn.

Monday after yet another event where she got mad at me for one thing (she wasn't cc'd on an email asking for data) then took it out on me throughout the entire freaking day. The woman actually came into my cube 4 times within 2 minutes about the same project, each time throwing her arms in the air, looking pretty much insane, repeating the same thing, telling me I cannot communicate, because I asked a co-worker to look at a program I had built and verified it made sense to her.. the end freaking user. Took 1 minute but she saw it before the boss. OMG. Ritual killing of paperclips demanded. I was ready to snap and quit or get fired. Anything to get away from this woman.

Yesterday I get an email from the ONLY other job in town for a writer. They want to see my writing samples! They want to know more about me! Me! Granted this doesn't mean crap. It isn't an interview. It sure as crap made me absolutely freaking delighted though. So cross your fingers they want me. Everyone should want me. I'm fabulous. Now I just have to send the email back with the samples to show them of fabulous I am and stop hunting down chocolate so I'll fit into my slacks if they do call for an interview. So cross your fingers. Cross my sleeves behind my back so I can't reach my mouth. Cross something.. anything.

Diet Calendar Entry for 08 January 2015:
2007 kcal Fat: 79.23g | Prot: 71.62g | Carb: 278.46g.   Breakfast: Dunkin' Donuts Coffee with Cream and Sugar (Large), Dunkin' Donuts Chocolate Frosted Donut, Instant Coffee (made from Powdered), Quaker Old Fashioned Oats, Dunkin' Donuts Extra Extra Coffee Creamer, Domino Sugar Light Brown Sugar, Country Crock Shedd's Spread Original. Lunch: Lean Cuisine Culinary Collection Traditional Deluxe Pizza, Polly-O Part Skim Mozzarella String Cheese Sticks, Red Delicious Apples. Dinner: Dunkin' Donuts Turkey and Bacon Club Sandwich, Dunkin' Donuts Coffee with Cream and Sugar (Large). more...

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Crossing for you! 
08 Jan 15 by member: abbadabba
I KNOW you're a writer, based on some of your journals! <hehe> Good luck on the job hunt. 
08 Jan 15 by member: LittleRedFlatBack
Wow! that's nasty about the boss! You go get'em tiger!!! Fingers crossed. 
08 Jan 15 by member: aggie95
Hopefully a change of work environment can eliminate so much of your stress. Good luck!  
08 Jan 15 by member: Morrison6
Hopefully a change of work environment can eliminate so much of your stress. Good luck!  
08 Jan 15 by member: Morrison6
Good luck mama! 
08 Jan 15 by member: Socolova
Fingers crossed! 
08 Jan 15 by member: jessabridge4444
consider me crossed! Hope you get this new job and get away from that insane person. Doesn't mean the next won't be insane - but a new field of insanity is always nice. 
08 Jan 15 by member: FullaBella
Just remember during interview only good about last jobs.... I know you are in a place you do not want to be but airing that would be bad..... go for it as another farmer's wife that commutes to work in the city  
08 Jan 15 by member: NeedSupportCK
Crossing fingers and toes  
08 Jan 15 by member: SherrieC
Wow - I didn't realize there were two of her! And I used to work for her double. She was going through a nasty divorce and what she didn't deal with at night (with food) she brought her bad attitude to the office to pile on me! And at the time my first husband was dying of cancer and she still never cut me any slack. At least make a ritual out of leaving her at the office when you go home - like washing your hands before you leave work and changing clothes when you get home. Light a candle, take a breath, let it out slowly and give yourself some love with positive affirmations. I used to pray for my boss because I couldn't hit her :) 
08 Jan 15 by member: Bellamomm
Doesn't it make you wonder how people like that get into positions of power? Seems as though no one bothered to find out what her people skills were like. I abhor managers like that. I work in the same office with one of those, and although I don't report to her, I hear horror stories. Anyway, fingers crossed and good luck to you! 
08 Jan 15 by member: Slibell
Can I just suggest: document, document, document. Save emails, tape meetings. Then, when the time is right, turn it all over to H.R. Do not discuss it with anyone. Just do it. 
08 Jan 15 by member: farmlife4014
i'm an hr manager and if an employee told me about this, i'd hot foot it over to that manager and rip pieces off her for putting the company at risk for a lawsuit! to say nothing about the fact it's illegal for an employee to work and then be made to use personal time for those hours. you're a great writer, they'll love your samples! they'll love you!! 
08 Jan 15 by member: berley1
What an awful work environment!!!! best if luck on a new position!!! 
08 Jan 15 by member: wholefoodnut
My idea of hell is working in a cube! Just the thought This means technically you can NEVER think outside the box, unless it is on your own time..  
08 Jan 15 by member: beasty1
My idea of hell is working in a cube! Just the thought This means technically you can NEVER think outside the box, unless it is on your own time..  
08 Jan 15 by member: beasty1
My idea of hell is working in a cube! Just the thought This means technically you can NEVER think outside the box, unless it is on your own time..  
08 Jan 15 by member: beasty1
Good luck! Keeping fingers and toes crossed. I thought many times while reading your journals, wow this woman has a way with words. I always feel like I am right there with you while reading your journals.  
08 Jan 15 by member: Tracy L Trivett
I worked for her evil sister. I got fired. I'm so happy I got fired. I still think bad thoughts about her and it's been 2 years. ESCAPE!!! 
08 Jan 15 by member: Instantcrazy

     
 

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