I'm Pissed Off and Irritable...Again

Here's why...

I sort mail as a part of my boring job- in the morning and in the afternoon. I find the morning mail awaiting at my desk to be sorted when I arrive at 8:00 a.m. The afternoon mail, however, is taken out of the mail box by our swingperson (we'll call him J) and given to my supervisor, who later gives it to me. Mind you that J walks right past my desk to get to my supervisor's office.

So... are you asking yourself why J doesn't just drop it off at my desk since I am going to sort and deliver it anyway? So am I!

Today, my supervisor was out for the afternoon, and therefore, was not there when J went to drop the mail off to her. He came to my desk to start a conversation about what he had planned to do with the mail, saying "I bet I could just hand it out." I replied, "Well, you could give the mail to me since I sort it anyway." At this point, you would expect him to give me the mail- but he didn't. He argued with me a good five minutes before saying, "I guess you're not sorting the mail today," and locked it away in my supervisor's office.

Naturallly I was offended and thought to myself, "He knows that I am an elementary school teacher; why wouldn't he trust me? Why would he think that I would lie to him about sorting the mail?" I came up with this answer at Subway...

He just wanted to make me feel that he has authority over me. Knowing that I have a bachelor's degree and a good full-time job in the fall, he has to make me feel inferior somehow. I have seen it before when I waitressed and the dishwasher would scream at me for putting something in the wrong spot in his dishwashing area, even though I had no idea what sort of system the dishwashers have, and he could've moved it himself.

I'm frustrated because I do treat everyone at my workplace the same- no matter how much they get paid or how much authority I have over them. I tell ya...some people!!

Vent with me in the comments section.

How does this work?

As all of you have seen from previous posts, I do receptionist work. A part of my job is to help people who come in with appointments to meet with the appropriate person. But, don't you think that the people who made appointments here would make a point to be available at that time? Not here.

For example, a man came in with an appointment to see A.
I called A's office extension- no answer.
I called A's cell phone number- he said he was on lunch and to call R instead.
I called R's office extension- no answer.
I called R's cell phone number- no answer.
I paged R to call my extension- no call back.

I knew that R was in a meeting with my supervisor earlier in the day, so I checked the conference room, and there R was. Growing a little frustrated, I asked R if he had heard my page. And R replied, "yes." Then I explained the situation and finally he met the person sitting patiently by my desk.

How can a person be on lunch when they are supposedly expecting someone? I eavesdropped a little on the conversation between R and the patient man and found out that the patient man had made the appointment with A in April!!! Clearly, these people aren't doing their jobs and getting paid about 70,000/year. Is anyone else outraged?

Job Suck!

I don't like this job. It seems that most of the time that I have absolutely nothing to do, but I feel bad just sitting here. Why? Because, the majority of the times my supervisor comes into the front desk area she yells at me for something or another.

Scenario- Yesterday at 8:00 a.m.
On Monday mornings, my supervisor does orientation for the new hires. The new hires come to the front desk. So, silly me- I decide to show this new hire where to go for orientation and not bother my supervisor because she's always on the damn phone or running around somewhere. Two minutes later she comes rushing through the door and says, "Please don't send them right in. I wasn't ready for him yet." Sorry lady that I did my job and you were running five minutes late for orientation. Completely my fault.

Additionally, many people at work treat me as if I am a sub-human. Being a temp, I understand where they are coming from, but Hey People! I am a full-time general music educator! I teach your children-okay not your children- passion for music! Show some respect! :)