I hate Wednesdays. In my opinion they are one of the worst days of the week , the next being Mondays.
I particularly am annoyed today because I just had to take out the trash at my office. Now don't get me wrong, it wasn't a lot of trash. It's just the actual act of taking it out that I get annoyed with.
Some history might help ...
1) when I first started at this office, I noticed an immediate need for a regular cleaning service
2) I mentioned this need to my superior and was told to take the imitative and get bids on what it would cost
3) I got 2 bids, and sent them both to the "manager" of our office, who then choose one company to strike a deal with.
4) we satisfactorily received office cleaning for almost a year
5) several people were laid off or moved to a different office
6) I immediately made a suggestion, via email to the "manager", that to save money we could cancel or cut back on the cleaning service (I was willing to take up the slack during my time at the office, I'm not doing much else :( )
7. I got no response or feedback to this idea
8. Staff was cut further, leaving only 2 folks INCLUIDING myself , at my office
9. "management" decided that , SURPRISE, a good idea to cut costs would be to cancel the cleaning service.
10. I was tasked with notifying, via phone and letter that we were effectively discontinuing our cleaning service.
11. I picked up cleaning tasks during work hours (on the one hand : at least I'm getting paid to do it, on the other : did I really get a business degree to become a glorified maid??ugh)
12. After an initial cleaning, I was scolded for leaving a clean / empty trash can on top of my sup's desk because he felt I was " sticking it to him" . I just didn't want to trip and possibly kill myself while trying to navigate his disaster zone of an office to put the trashcan back under the desk!!!
So needless to say .. I feel I have good reason to be annoyed at this. As far as I know, my sup has not lifted a finger to keep our office clean since I discontinued the service. Which leaves ME to empty the trash, (potentially, although I have not yet) clean the men's bathroom and women's bathroom, clean the floors including vacuuming, dust, wash dirty dishes and take out the trash.
I realize that in this day and age, the notion of "not in my job description" isn't beneficial or helpful to anyone, and I am glad (most of the time) to have a job.. but seriously!?
