Okay; as some of you know, my job has been getting increasingly frustrating. We've had a couple of new lows recently. First off, on Friday we were told we have to bring in written excuses for any time we have off; sick days, personal days, what have you. A doctor's excuse or a written explanation of precisely why we took a day off. We were also told we must schedule doctor's appointments and the like for after-hours, so as not to miss work... when most of these places don't let you schedule appointments for that time, because they're closed too! It's like they're breathing down our necks, treating us like grade-schoolers, giving us no room to breathe or, for that matter, respect as adults.
Now on to part two. We got a lot of snow yesterday; everything was a royal mess, to put it bluntly. We had several people miss because of this. In the afternoon, we were told, and I quote, "bad weather is no excuse not to come in to work." This on a day where there had been constant steady snowfall, the roads had never been plowed and were a veritable slog... and one of the people who missed tried to come in, made crawling minimal progress for two hours, and only turned back when she narrowly missed wrecking her car! So yeah, apparently personal safety comes second.... Needless to say, my entire department is stewing, by now. And most of us want out.... So yeah, because of their "Big Brother is watching you" policies and ever-tightening fist, they're likely going to lose themselves most of a department in the probably not too distant future.... If I can ever get interviews, of course.
I can hardly put THAT down as my excuse, after all. I'd probably get fired on the spot.... And as much as I want out of there, I need to have something else lined up first.