Last Minute Decisions
I have to confess I'm the Queen of Last Minute Decisions. At least when it comes to my personal life. Ask me to a movie and I'll flip flop right until the last possible minute before I make my final decision. Same goes for dinner. If Stacy or Marcus call and suggest we go for dinner and heaven forbid they ask me to pick the restuarant we could going hungry for an awfully long time.
But when it comes to work, I hate last minute decisions or change of plans. Especially when it involves my team schedules. They like knowing where and when they'll be working at least three or four weeks in advance, that way if they need to make appointments or plans they know when they have days off or get to leave early or come in late. So when the boss asked if we were opening this Saturday, I felt the need to point out it was Remembrance Day (Veteran's Day to you Americans). She shrugged and raised that eyebrow as if to say 'So?'.
I helpfully pointed out that by law we couldn't open until 1 and since the Saturday shift only going until 4, there really wasn't much point to opening for three measly hours. She just looked at me again and said she'd let me know.
Well she'd better let me and the rest of the team know pretty soon, after all already Wednesday and if I make someone work that day, I'm going to have to give them another day off. She came out three more times during the day to ask if I was positive we couldn't open until 1 so I finally printed out the info I found online about the Remembrance Day Act and provided her with written proof and she still didn't give me a definite answer.
Oh what I'd give to be able to pull rank and just tell her what I plan to do. But darn, I really do need to keep this job, it helps me pay the mortgage.
But when it comes to work, I hate last minute decisions or change of plans. Especially when it involves my team schedules. They like knowing where and when they'll be working at least three or four weeks in advance, that way if they need to make appointments or plans they know when they have days off or get to leave early or come in late. So when the boss asked if we were opening this Saturday, I felt the need to point out it was Remembrance Day (Veteran's Day to you Americans). She shrugged and raised that eyebrow as if to say 'So?'.
I helpfully pointed out that by law we couldn't open until 1 and since the Saturday shift only going until 4, there really wasn't much point to opening for three measly hours. She just looked at me again and said she'd let me know.
Well she'd better let me and the rest of the team know pretty soon, after all already Wednesday and if I make someone work that day, I'm going to have to give them another day off. She came out three more times during the day to ask if I was positive we couldn't open until 1 so I finally printed out the info I found online about the Remembrance Day Act and provided her with written proof and she still didn't give me a definite answer.
Oh what I'd give to be able to pull rank and just tell her what I plan to do. But darn, I really do need to keep this job, it helps me pay the mortgage.
