#until someone takes pity and scuttles off to inform the supervisor that a real life person wandered down into our domain

[eats-the-stars]

pleased that my new workplace passed a test i have called: can i take off on this day I was scheduled to work?

answer was yes, which sounds like “of course they would say yes that day is like 2 weeks out” but the thing is, it was not immediately followed by “as long as you can find someone to cover your shift.”

however, this day IS part of the weekly shift I agreed to cover during the holiday season, so it is NOT part of my normal shift schedule, and technically qualifies as an extra day. so...this is just, like, test part 1. still happy my workplace passed, though

#work stuff #i am a little paranoid because i used to work in a restaurant so u can imagine how understanding they were about time off #which was not at all #my call center job was a bit better because they gave me a set number of sick days and were like 'do not be sick more than this' #but like i do get sick more than 3 days a year i am sorry but i do not have the immune system of a god #if there are ppl out there who do not get sick more than 3 days a year i do not believe you are real #for real tho whoever designed my immune system did not know what they were doing #but yeah so far i am happy with my new job so i kind of have this feeling like it's too good to be true? #like i am looking for the catch but i also don't want to find it #normally the biggest 'oh no' is 'i have to deal with customers' #and then there are a bunch of smaller rib jabs and shin kicks to follow up the big customer gut punch #but this job...no customers #sometimes one wanders down into the basement and peers wide-eyed into the machine floor like a startled deer #but i do not need to talk to them or acknowledge them in any way we all just bustle around doing our jobs like nice little worker bees #until someone takes pity and scuttles off to inform the supervisor that a real life person wandered down into our domain #and they need someone to lead them on shaky legs back into the light #but yeah the pay is good by my standards #the number of hours i work a week on my normal schedule is good #they asked me to work an extra shift and cover some scattered days for ppl who were sick or had appointments #but i felt like i could easily say no to all those #and i did say no to a few days w/no issue #partly as a test but also if i was busy that day #so yeah...no problems with the job so i am like 'where is it?! where is the problem?!' #hopefully a problem will just not manifest and my gut will accept that in time