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gateslackerWell, this is the first time Dish Network has ever gone out due to the weather so I guess I really can't complain. But did it have to be on sci-fi Friday!?!
Waaaaaa, I have none of them recorded.
I didn't work last night because the roads were really getting bad and the road between here and the hospital isn't really that great on a good day. It is curvy and if you go off the road, you are likely to either be in the river or rolling down a steep embankment. So, as much as I hated to do it, I called in at 4pm, to give them plenty of time to find a replacement who lived closer. Now, the thing with me is that I rarely call in. I continue to plod on many times despite the usual bouts of illness and the like. My immediate supervisor was out of town so I called the charge nurse, who didn't really have the time to handle calling a replacement. So, she did what she had to do and let the hospital administrator, who has a nursing degree I might add, handle the calls. It wasn't even two minutes after I got off the phone with Lisa that the administrator called me and told me that there was no one to cover and that I would have to come in. How she managed to discover this in less than two minutes I have no idea. I was totally amazed, especially in light of the amount of call ins they get from some of the other staff. I mean, really, there are some who call in at least once a stretch if not more! And who covers these frequent call-ins? Reliable staff such as myself and others. I told her that I would NOT be in. That I wasn't risking the life of my son and me to get there and that she knew good and well that I wasn't one to call in at the drop of the hat. She then went on and on about how the roads really weren't that bad and that I could bring Brandon with me and let him sleep in one of the sleep study rooms!?! I told her that the roads were pretty well covered from where I was sitting and they were likely to be worse at 5:30 when I was due to leave and that she could do whatever she needed to do, write me up, whatever but that I WOULD NOT be in!
Now, I understand that some locales deal with snow and ice on a regular basis. We do not. Plus, it would be different if, when I skidded off the road, I ended up in a field or something. Not gonna happen on Hwy 49. Your choices are rock wall, river, or bluffs. Not very good odds if you ask me.
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Date: 2006-02-12 12:03 pm (UTC)And I find the higher up the ladder superiors get, the more they forget the grass root stuff. Also common sense goes out of the window.
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Date: 2006-02-12 01:46 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-02-13 09:19 am (UTC)