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treeskinI've made it through my first faculty inservice, which was sitting through meetings I'd already sat through, listening to long-winded people expound on various things. At least I remembered to take knitting to the one yesterday afternoon. Got about a foot knitted on a scarf for By (which I'd started months and months ago).
According to the computer, my class is full. I've had two students email me already, because they can't make the 5pm class time, and can them come late every time? NO. Not just no, hell no. Hopefully, they'll drop.
Got my contracts turned in yesterday, so I'll start getting teacher pay Feb 15th. Woo hoo.
Talked to Mom on the phone last night. She's still recovering from the flu last weekend, but is otherwise ok. (Still recovering = is still at the "only jello and crackers stay down reliably" stage.) She said Grandma sounds better on the phone, and she'll know more this weekend, when she goes to visit.
So now, apparently, I'm the wicked witch of the west. Or so DG says. I'm trying to get rid of her, constantly make her feel stupid, etc etc etc.
I guess Bri got to listen to much angst Monday morning, while I was gone. Silly bastard also talked DG out of quitting Monday. He says it was for two reasons--first, she'd written a nasty resignation letter about how mean I was to her, and second, he figured she's better than no help.
Donna talked to her Monday morning as well. D told me that she'd told DG to look for another job, because she's not going to coddle DG anymore. No more lifting things down for her, no more lifting things that are too heavy, DG will have to work outside like the rest of us, no matter the weather...and Donna told DG that she's just not healthy enough for the job. Which is just being honest.
I'm rather vexed that, back when I started, DG was happy when I stopped and explained things to her, because she got to work and learn at the same time. But she was complaining about it last week, because I was "trying to make her feel stupid". After questioning, she did *finally* admit to Donna that I had been very nice about it last week. **shakes head**
I told Donna and Bri that I was not, in fact, trying to make her feel stupid, nor was I trying to chase her off. If I was, she'd know. Really. I'm that way. And you know, I don't have to make her feel stupid. She is stupid! She's your standard low-rent, white-trash, dropped-too-many-times-as-a-baby, either-been-kicked-too-much-or-not-enough, chain-smoking and has undiagnosed emphazema (but says her health is fine), lies about things and "I don't understand why we have trust issues" sort of woman. I have not figured out how she made it to 50 years of age, let alone raised 5 kids, she's barely competant to take care of herself. (ANd it says something that two died before the age of 25. One of SIDS, which happens, one from suicide, and a third child has tried it several times.)
And after all that, really, I don't *dislike* her. I just don't have a use for her. I tend to get irritated with her when I or Donna have to do things she was supposed to do but didn't, or claimed she couldn't, or she called in sick to get out of. I get really irrate when she just doesn't follow instructions (and I do try to make those simple). But I really don't dislike her. Much.
She's on a "doing better" kick right now. If she could maintain that, and develop into a useful employee, that's fine. But she's done this before--screwed up enough times to get hollered at, been all angsty and upset and repentant, and then better, for about a week, then she backslides again. I've seen it three times since October. So, I doubt she's going to turn into the employee that we need.
I've been asking when we hit a break-even point, where the time we spend babysitting her, and making sure she only gets the jobs she can't screw up, outweighs the pain-in-the-ass of going without help for a while, and then hiring someone new. Haven't gotten an answer yet.
**sigh** And she's here, and 15 min early today. At least she's speaking to me today. Easier to get things done.
The office stinks of cigarette smoke now, just from her being in here.
According to the computer, my class is full. I've had two students email me already, because they can't make the 5pm class time, and can them come late every time? NO. Not just no, hell no. Hopefully, they'll drop.
Got my contracts turned in yesterday, so I'll start getting teacher pay Feb 15th. Woo hoo.
Talked to Mom on the phone last night. She's still recovering from the flu last weekend, but is otherwise ok. (Still recovering = is still at the "only jello and crackers stay down reliably" stage.) She said Grandma sounds better on the phone, and she'll know more this weekend, when she goes to visit.
So now, apparently, I'm the wicked witch of the west. Or so DG says. I'm trying to get rid of her, constantly make her feel stupid, etc etc etc.
I guess Bri got to listen to much angst Monday morning, while I was gone. Silly bastard also talked DG out of quitting Monday. He says it was for two reasons--first, she'd written a nasty resignation letter about how mean I was to her, and second, he figured she's better than no help.
Donna talked to her Monday morning as well. D told me that she'd told DG to look for another job, because she's not going to coddle DG anymore. No more lifting things down for her, no more lifting things that are too heavy, DG will have to work outside like the rest of us, no matter the weather...and Donna told DG that she's just not healthy enough for the job. Which is just being honest.
I'm rather vexed that, back when I started, DG was happy when I stopped and explained things to her, because she got to work and learn at the same time. But she was complaining about it last week, because I was "trying to make her feel stupid". After questioning, she did *finally* admit to Donna that I had been very nice about it last week. **shakes head**
I told Donna and Bri that I was not, in fact, trying to make her feel stupid, nor was I trying to chase her off. If I was, she'd know. Really. I'm that way. And you know, I don't have to make her feel stupid. She is stupid! She's your standard low-rent, white-trash, dropped-too-many-times-as-a-baby, either-been-kicked-too-much-or-not-enough, chain-smoking and has undiagnosed emphazema (but says her health is fine), lies about things and "I don't understand why we have trust issues" sort of woman. I have not figured out how she made it to 50 years of age, let alone raised 5 kids, she's barely competant to take care of herself. (ANd it says something that two died before the age of 25. One of SIDS, which happens, one from suicide, and a third child has tried it several times.)
And after all that, really, I don't *dislike* her. I just don't have a use for her. I tend to get irritated with her when I or Donna have to do things she was supposed to do but didn't, or claimed she couldn't, or she called in sick to get out of. I get really irrate when she just doesn't follow instructions (and I do try to make those simple). But I really don't dislike her. Much.
She's on a "doing better" kick right now. If she could maintain that, and develop into a useful employee, that's fine. But she's done this before--screwed up enough times to get hollered at, been all angsty and upset and repentant, and then better, for about a week, then she backslides again. I've seen it three times since October. So, I doubt she's going to turn into the employee that we need.
I've been asking when we hit a break-even point, where the time we spend babysitting her, and making sure she only gets the jobs she can't screw up, outweighs the pain-in-the-ass of going without help for a while, and then hiring someone new. Haven't gotten an answer yet.
**sigh** And she's here, and 15 min early today. At least she's speaking to me today. Easier to get things done.
The office stinks of cigarette smoke now, just from her being in here.
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Date: 2006-01-18 02:31 pm (UTC)