I warn people in all areas of my life not to get too familiar with me time and time again and lets just say that it was time for those on my job to learn that today too. See, people have this image of me where Im the happy, jokey, campy DaiQuan all the time when the truth is that I can be a very vicious and dangerous asshole when crossed: Both physically and psychologically. And make no mistake about it, I can guarantee you that Ill always be the guy to stand up from the pavement after all the punches are thrown in many contexts. Anyway, theres a patient who has dementia and doesnt walk too good and the suits refuse to provide her with a wheelchair so I have to struggle to get her both on and off of the bus, both in the morning and in the afternoon. Now, get this: The receptionist had the nerve to criticize the way I struggled with the patient this morning and used one of my co-workers as an emissary to do her bidding.... as if shes in any position to tell me anything to begin with, her not being any paygrade higher than myself and all. Sweetheart, answer the phones and leave the real work to the rest of us who dont sit on our asses all day and play the proverbial backseat driver from behind a desk, I thought to myself upon receiving her complaint. But what really got to me was the dude I work with acting as her go-between. See, Im a very direct person and I dont respect that sort of thing. Ive had problems with some in my very own family who Ive had to check into place about that same indecorum because, to me, its simply a matter of integrity to air grievances directly with the person youre aggrieved with. Without saying much, it shouldnt be hard for those of you who know me to imagine that my short fuse got lit, my big mouth didnt stay shut, and I blew a gasket on both of their asses to the point where one of them considered taking the matter to supervision; a proposition that I encouraged! Call them, I said. I got this job at twenty-one without working a day for this agency or waiting a moment on any waiting list to get here like the rest of you because the director specifically recruited me into the program. Then came the pause I was hoping for. So you tell me which side the supervisors are going to be on, I ended. In their mutual continued silence, I wanted to channel CM Punk and quip pipe bomb so badly but I thought it would be too on-the-nose so I didnt. But the entire point still stands: Sometimes its best to keep your opinions to yourself. #BronxStyledAssKicking
Posted on: Wed, 02 Apr 2014 21:46:22 +0000
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