I am a tech in a urology floor, I have had my ups and down and made my intention to transfer floor known to my HR and director. I agreed to work until the end of the current schedule. On 25th December, the Xmas decorations are already being taking down and hanging in the nursing station are socks filled with candy with dr names. Walking the hall way I saw a nurse with unit secretary eating candy and taking it away from the socks and I joined the party. They had pen in them and being in nursing school, I went hunting for the pens. We shared the candy among some nurses and kids that came visiting the patients. I took some candy for any kid I see and I honestly don't eat them at all.
Fast forward to 30th dec, rumors started that they are about to fire some worker for stealing candies and I was shook. I said I took some cos I didn't know it belongs to any and decoration are already being taken down and candy was inside the Xmas socks.
Called the HR this morning and he said " your manger said you can't transfer cos they caught you camera stealing candy, you need to settle that because is a big problem".
I dont even even know how to defend my actions, the nurse with me has gone to face panel about this and tomorrow they wil call me. How can I explain being fired over candy???
That may be the most petty thing I've heard of. Threatening jobs over stockings of gummy bears? That were left out at by the nurses station by the way. Though apparently lowly nurses are not entitled to such things, those gummy bears were obviously meant for the Docotors !! I would get a different job ASAP. And bring a giant bag of gummy bears as a parting gift your last shift.
Some places really need the doctors to choose them to admit patients to. Nursing staff is in the expense column, MDs are in the revenues column. It's really all about accounting and nothing more. I hate places like that.
I'd love to say this must be BS but I can't. I've seen petty write ups and feuds which have escalated through HR and all the way to the courts over such things as; appropriate footwear for office workers, how much makeup get worn, how much perfume, "stealing" a public parking spot, locker assignments, refusal to speak to / acknowledge another nurse, lack of donation to the pizza fund, eating too much pizza, refusing to help a doc carry stuff to her car (written up by a nurse), the previously mentioned cutting in front of somebody at the coffee shop, requests for "reasonable accommodations" so two nurses fighting over the same love interest wouldn't have to work together, the never-ending yakking about a dirty staff fridge (my suggestion has always been to take it away) the list is never-ending. I love being a nurse but some of the bad raps we get for simple pettiness and plain childishness are often more than deserved
Find a new gig at a new unit or facility. That's all ridiculous. Doc's boo-hooing about candy, and it sounds like unit leadership is up their backsides. No good.
amoLucia
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Bah humbug!