Day eighty-five

When I began the day, I had a sense of something being very bad today. I didn't know exactly what it would be, but somehow I felt something was coming, and that it was work-related.

Maybe about an hour and a half ago (8:32 pm as I write this), it was brought to my attention that I accidentally packed the item for one job together with another job that was sent out yesterday. Apparently, the client contacted the company about what happened, and from what I could tell, didn't seem upset about it.

I can tell that the company definitely wasn't happy about it. The telling thing is, two different bosses came to talk to us about it and each had two different attitudes.

The quality control guy was the one who first brought it to our attention. While he wasn't angry, he certainly wasn't thrilled. When he mentioned that "they" (whoever they are) were laughing at us, And I was thinking was, "I don't care if anyone's laughing." I have enough things go think about when I'm working.

The shift manager came in a little later and talked to us. I told him that  the problem was my fault, which was true. He said that he understood that we were under a lot of pressure to get things done. In the second shift, this is especially true since we are responsible for making sure everything gets sent out for shipping on time. Anyway, I appreciate that he understood the pressure we're under.

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It's 11:09 pm and I'm home. I got asked to stay for overtime and I said no. I couldn't wait to get home.

Pray that God would grant me patience as long as He intends to keep me there. I really want to find something else now. I want to get out of there. It's an escalating level of aggravation, and frankly, it's pretty unrewarding. Today, I was sorely tempted to put down every piece of equipment the company gave me for work, walk out, and not come back. Of course, doing that would've been a very bad idea. I'm glad I didn't do it, but I've just about had enough.

Today was worse than yesterday, and I dread thinking how Thursday, our busiest day, is going to be.