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May 11 HAPPY MOTHER'S DAYHAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO ALL TH E MOTHERS THAT READ THIS...
MAY YOUR DAY BE FILLED WITH GREAT BLESSINGS AND LOTS OF LOVE...
HUGS AND PRAYERS
JILL Racetrack woes and work difficultiesAs you all know, I work at the racetrack as security... I am gathering that I missed a lot the end of last summer while I was laying in the hospital bed in my living room recuperating... but that is another blog.......... I am going to write today about somethings that have been going on with my work so that I can sort out what it is that I am missing.... we will start with last night and go backwards and maybe even go back and forth between the two...
Last night was a pretty decent night as far as work goes... had to get after a couple of kids (actually it was 5) for spitting and throwing pennies down at another group of kids and acidentally hitting some adults that were innocently passing by to get more alcohol... no biggie... the adult that was responsible for them took them aside and had a very serious heart to heart with them and they all came and appologized to me and told me they would not do it again and I told them they should also so the same thing to the other boys without starting a fiight with them...end of that problem...
We had a nasty car crash... a real nasty nasty one... one that requires the medical team and fire/rescue team to respond out too... that means as guards we must keep everyone off the fence and away from the scene so that there is no panic and no outside trouble for those clearing the track and tending to the driver and his car... not an easy task when the crowd thinks it is above the rules and can do what they want... I was called a few names on more than one occasion last night lol.... I must have said get off the hill and get away from the fence in a loud and stern voice over 100 times in a 20 foot stretch of the fence... you would think that after the first 25 times they would all get the idea but nooooooooooooo as soon as my back was turned to move someone else those I just moved would go back to where they were just moved from... nimrods..... I just shake my head thinking about them now... how stupid can one be...... you would think that they would respect that little rule for the sake of respecting the driver and his family, who can go to the officials and get a "piggyback" ride to the pits where they will get more info.... they wouldn't want strangers gauking at them or their loved ones like that would they? who knows...
We had a few MIP's as well... one we had arrested... the others ... well... we blew it on them but shame on the parents that were with them that would not allow us to even deal with the others... but the young lady, and I use the term out of respect, we had dead to rights with a bag full of glass bottles of beer and one she had opened in her hand... she was a mouthy little thing... with little or no respect for her elders.... she wasn't much better when the deputies arrived either... but it was dealt with and in the end it will send a message to others... not that they will heed it...
but back to my job.........
I had mentioned that some things were not quite right since I have been back... I lost my position of being supervisor... my boss has given me four different stories as to why I have lost it... the best one or at least the one that gets my goat the most is the fact that after two straight hours of being on my feet and consequencially my leg I start to limp... well duh.... they told me when I first broke it, it would be up to a year before things were back to semi normal if they ever returned that way... it is a major major major break I did and most people aren't even to the level I am at in recovery for 9 months... so yeah I limp... that is why the doctor put restrictions on me... and told me to move at my pace with the job because I have been doing so well with the recovery...
So I limp... big deal... we have one that just came back from back surgery who stands with his hands on his lower back... we have one that is recovering from a rare form of cancer.... we have young ones that want more pay but do less work and I do mean less work... and I lost my title because I limp??????????? This not only irritates me greatly but it is also highly illegal in the great state of Montana... work related injuries must be put back at the same position as they were when they were injured... so I could fight this if I really wanted to... but..... well let me give you more details.....
but I have been working for a couple of months knowing I am no longer supervisor... I am trying to be understanding about this but am finding it more difficult lately ....
Last weekend was the first race of the season... our loan supervisor for the company (we used to have a couple) was in Denver.... we started the racing season without a supervisor... my boss came to check on us at the track... no biggie... right?????? WRONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
First I was in trouble because I was at the ticket booth trying to deal with the foulup of a new ticketing system and trying to get the people through as fast as possible as the track boss wanted us to do... but my boss does not want me standing at the ticket booth I am to be walking around the entire time.... (hmmmmmmm refer to above please) second thing my boss said to me was that I was to have given one of the officials one of our radios.....(hmmmm sounds to me like a supervisor task) then I was told it was my responsiblility to make sure the other two guards were doing what was needed to be done on top of doing what I needed to be doing which is what the other two are doing as well... (hmmm then again sounds like a supervisor thing to me).... He did tell me that was I senior guard out there and as senior guard it was my responsibility to make sure things ran smoothly and if not inform my supervisor and if he wasn't available I was to remedy it as it occured and then inform the supervisor or my boss as soon as possible... well that is what I was doing... and I could have done that from the ticket area... I can see the guards making rounds... I have radios to talk to them to see how things are going from their point of veiw... I did manage to make my leg swell up and my foot go numb (which I will get to in a moment)... sooooo basically speaking I am to do the role of a supervisor without the supervisor title or the extra pay the supervisor gets...
And it really isn't about the money to me because I like my job... I would ok with not getting the extra pay as long as I got to be the supervisor I once was and the respect of the fact that I am quite capable of doing my job above and beyond needing to have my hand held while the younger ones that are coming in believe that watching the crowd at events means looking at the event instead... or even better being passive and accepting of things that are not only against the rules of those businesses but illegal in the state of Montana... I agree there are certain things that can be dealt with in a passive manner with just a stearn warning and such but some things can not... for the safety of all those around... and I am not just speaking of personal safety but the safety of business too....
So there you have it... I break my leg, lose my title, am expected to do the job that goes along with the lost title, and figure out my leg problems that my boss is forgetting about...(yes he knows about the restrictions, he has the paperwork in my file) .......Like I said, I have to think this all through...it isn't about the money... it is about respect, and honor... it is about right and wrong... and I thought that that was one of the most important things in my job was respecting rules and what was right and wrong... if we do not have those in our job it makes us no better than the company we replaced at several of the locations we work at... I still don't know what I am going to do about it yet.... I do know that on Monday I am calling my doctor about my leg... I should not be hurting as much or swelling as much as I do... My foot should not be going painfully numb... the numb part isn't painful... it is the two toes that feel like they are being stabbed as the rest of the foot is numb... these things should not be happening.... and they only happen after three or more hours of constant walking and working my leg... if I sit for a few moments and am not on it for straight hours then it doesn't happen.... but it is the straight and constant hours of walking that does it... and I know this because I mow my yard and as long as I stop every so often it doesn't swell up and hurt like it does at work... and my yard takes about three hours to mow under normal conditions...
God bless and take care... |
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