Holiday schedule strife, AGAIN!!!

akcarmean, LPN · Nov 4, 2004

I think you were very considerated and trying to help her out. What is the saying you reap what you sou (sp?). anyways. I can't believe her rudeness. Angelia

SmilingBluEyes · Nov 4, 2004

bless your kind little heart, fergus. They are just plain rude!

Shed13911 · Nov 4, 2004

Some people are never happy when they do not get their way! :angryfire You were really sweet to try to work with her to get what she wanted but it was her fault that would not work out. I agree, I wouldn't offer to trade either after that!! :imbar

Tweety, BSN, RN · Nov 4, 2004

Amazing. I doubt that person would work six 12's in a row for anyone. Shame on whoever does your schedule for scheduling 5 in a row. That would kill me. :)

sharon08 · Nov 4, 2004

You just can't please some people! I think that us nurses as a whole have the "I want to please everyone" type personalities. I wish I could not let people make me angry and feel bad for not doing something I want to do. We just have to learn to say "NO", and not feel badly! Hope you have a nice holiday with your family.:)

Sharon

Oh my God. I can not believe how nuts some people get at work when the holiday schedule comes out. Now, I am in a new city where I don't know many people and I have no family nearby so I had volunteered to work every holiday except labor day 2005 because I want that off for a vacation (maybe Scotland, who knows?). I thought I was being more than generous.
I am scheduled to work 5 night in a row ending on the morning of Thanksgiving. That is ok with me even though 5 shifts in a row is a little rough. One of my coworkers just b*tched me out on the phone because I don't want to pick up her shift on the night of Thanksgiving. 6 12 hour shifts in a row? Not likely. I offered to work it for her if she did the first of my 5 so that I would still be doing only 5 in a row, but that wasn't good enough. Then I said I would do 4 hours for her that night and she could come it at 11-7 but that wasn't good enough either because she would be tired from the turkey!!! Then I basically told her to &*#$#@ off and not call me for a switch again. What is wrong with people?! I would love to spend 8 hours working on a holiday if it meant I could spend it with my family. :angryfire

saskrn · Nov 4, 2004

Don't sweat it! Let her burn her bridges and have her own little psychotic episode! :chuckle

fergus51 · Nov 4, 2004

i'm over it now. I really don't mind doing the 5 in a row and I didn't mind being scheduled for the holidays since I can't spend them with my family anyways, but man was I mad at her for being so demanding. I have never been someone who feels guilty for saying no to switches, so she can suck it.:)

saskrn · Nov 6, 2004

I have never been someone who feels guilty for saying no to switches, so she can suck it.:)

ROFLMAO! :rotfl: Are we related? :rotfl:

fergus51 · Nov 6, 2004

ROFLMAO! :rotfl: Are we related? :rotfl:

Anything's possible, I've got family in Saskatchewan, but no nurses among them as far as I know... I miss saskatoon berry pie and jam....

SarasotaRN2b · Nov 6, 2004

That really bites...here she is calling you for a favor and instead of her trying to work with you or suggest that maybe she can do one of the five days for the trade, she balls you out. Good for you and stand by your conviction.

Side note Fergus51: what is the translation of your signature...my french is pretty rusty!

fergus51 · Nov 6, 2004

Kris, roughly translated it's "The stone has no ambition to be anything other than a stone. But working together with other stones, they come together and become a temple" (Imagine what we could do through cooperation with others who are just simple, ordinary people like ourselves!). I have never been able to translate and convey the same beauty of language. The french version is just poetic, my English translation is coorifice.