Loose Ends

Since creating this blog, I've chronicled not only the crazy antics from my boss, but also the "couldn't make this up if I tried" occurrences within the office itself.  Reading back through these posts has reminded me of a few things that I had managed to block out in order to continue spending 40 hrs/wk with this insanity.  At the same time though, I think that writing about all of this has been more therapeutic than anything else.  I still rant in the occasional Facebook status update, but this blog seems to provide the best possible outlet with much less fear of my HR department reading it.  

  Some highlights that didn't necessarily make it into the blog over the past 3 months: 

1) My boss began dating the co-worker who was responsible for picking up all of the bank deposits within the system.  This co-worker was terminated, her job was said to be in jeopardy, former co-worker sued our employer (still pending).  

2) We had a patient come into the office to be treated for the "common cold"--or so that's what she claimed when she called to schedule the appointment--but when she was speaking with the doctor in the exam room, the doctor could actually see her extremely bad case of head lice.  EEEEEWWWW!!!  I know.

3) Good example of my boss and her TMI tendencies being this recent convo:

          boss: "I'm so sore today."

          me (going against my better judgment): "Why are you sore?"

          boss: "Well, I was playing Twister with the kids last night.  It got really competitive, especially when it was me versus *insert her daughter's 16 yr old boyfriend's name here*." 

    Another EEEEWW-inducing story, but for totally different reasons, I know. 

 

  If all things go according to plan, I've got at least another 18 months working in this particular office.  I think I'm going to keep the blog up-to-date as long as I have the material to do so.  Thanks for reading!

Anything and Everything's an acronym today.  Blame it on texting if you want, but it's hard to even refer to the 3 letters used and abused by kids to grandmothers as shorthand.  We're the instant gratification generation, and it was only a matter of time before we simply decided we didn't have the time to utter "I don't know" which of course became Idk.  It's hard to keep up with the constant modifications, but virtually every person has at least seen one of the following: lol, omg, fml, wtf, idk, tbd, tba, etc. 



The acronym around my office that's creating some serious havoc as of late would be FMLA.   If you're unfamiliar with FMLA, it's the Family & Medical Leave Act passed in 1993.  It was passed, undoubtedly, with the intentions of allowing employees to have their jobs protected in the event of a personal crisis.  The idea was that if an unforeseen burden occurred, and you didn't have enough time off built up to cushion the fall then you could apply for FMLA and still have your job when you returned.  My boss did have a personal tragedy this past October.  She was understandably out of the office for a couple of weeks to sort everything out.  The catch now is that the rules that apply to everyone else do not seem to apply to her whatsoever.  Instead of just getting FMLA approved by her boss, somehow she managed to get INTERMITTENT FMLA for a yet to be determined amount of time.  Translation: she can now come into work for a couple of hours and then leave for the rest of the day to get her hair done and it's all covered by the policy.  I'm not judging her way that she's dealing with her personal crisis.  I'm saying that if there's a loophole, she clearly has found it.   It should be one way or the other, you either are back to work full-time or you get approved for FMLA and are still out of the office with someone else filling in your duties.