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It's really only about time. And energy. I was finally struck this weekend by the unavoidable fact that my present employer is a total loss (insults yet pending) and that in order for me to retain my mental health, I imperatively need to switch jobs. Which is sad too because I love what I do and I enjoy working with more than half the people there. She says I have a problem with authority. That's partly true. I have a problem with HER authority.

What brought this decision really wasn't even a long drawn occurrence. This sunday, a woman came in to buy books for her daycare center. Usually, schools and such come in during the week, with a list and a bill pad and once they've picked what they want, we bill it to them and deliver it later. Nobody taught me or Caths to do this. So she comes in and wants to buy books. I try and explain to her that her books will be delivered on monday sharp and that unfortunately, we can't access the system to bill her today. "Oh no!" she says, "(insert boss name here) usually writes them on a simple pad you have under the register and I give her a post-dated check." Real reassuring lady. So I end up doing as she says, carefully calculating the 10% discount she has and then the 7% tax on books. She writes the check and leaves with the books. I don't punch anything in the cash register, just in case.

My boss comes in later and I explain the situation to her. She says its all fine, I can put everything in the cash register and it'll add up. Okay. One problem. The total I got from the register is different than the one I got from my previous sums. How is that possible? I was especially careful to do all the sums following the steps that were instructed to me when I started working and I even double checked in our little employe handbook. So I get my boss and show her the hitch. She starts punching numbers on one of the calculators and either gets my original total or some random number I don't get at all. She shows me this and tries to explain to me something she doesn't even understand herself (I'm not making this up, you could see on her face she was totally nonplussed) and ends up saying I made it wrong somewhere along the line.

Which makes NO SENSE at all!! Whether you use 7% or 1.07 comes to the same thing and the results, in both cases where the same, I checked. Her own sums didn't add up to anything remotely close to the register's total. She either only got mine or something way off. So how can I be wrong if you can't even show me what's right? My gut feeling is that her cash register has a faulty parameter somewhere along the lines of tax calculation... anyhow. It's total crap. But yet, I did something wrong. Obviously.

I let it slide as a mystery but this little incident undermined the rest of my day and brought me to the decision that I needed to quit this job. This situation has had similar encores through the year I've been there and my boss has recently taken a liking in telling me how my "initiatives" or actions are always wrong. And she's just picking on me, seriously because other people do the same thing as me and yet, certainly don't get the cold shoulder for it. Damn her. I know she'll be mighty pleased when I announce I'm leaving. I expect she's anxiously waiting for it.

And I could be a real bitch about it. I could leave with barely no previous notice, make sure she's going to struggle for a few weeks before I'm replaced, all this sorta junk. But honestly, I believe in doing things the "proper" way and if ever she's called to testify about my leaving, I want her to have nothing concrete to say (in the negative sense of course). Oh, she can lie if she wants and make things up but I also believe that in the long run, it'll hit her right back in the face. So I don't really mind. Furthermore, my implication with this place will cease the moment I'm not on their payroll anymore. So what do I care? It's only sad for Caths and Michele. *sigh*

So, let's keep looking! Chin up, of course!

Aaridys
'Chevaliere en armure, pour vous servir!'
Center your mind in the one glimmer of a new moon night, only then will you see everything that is hidden behind. Ryu Ue

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