I’m back at work after a four-day weekend and I’m having trouble getting into the groove of things. Yesterday was Canada Day and so a public holiday, and Monday I was told not to come into work because I should use up my accumulated sick leave before leaving.
Leaving date is confirmed for August 14th. Yes, that is only 45 days away.
Looking at my calendar, only about five of those days are free; although it’s not all craziness. This weekend BF and I (along with some close friends) are going canoe camping (something that I find incredibly relaxing and fun). Next weekend I’m flying out to Thunder Bay to see my dad come in to Fort William after canoeing across Canada. Yup, you read that correctly. He left from British Columbia on Mother’s Day (June 16th here) and he arrives in Ontario on July 12th. I’m really proud of my dad for doing something like this because it’s been his dream to canoe across Canada his whole life. I guess it’s inspiring to me that at 56, he’s still following his dreams.
On Monday, a cable guy was supposed to come over and disconnect the cable seeing as we’re not going to be home much anyway in the coming weeks. He was supposed to be there between 5 p.m. and 8 p.m. We left the house for a dinner party at 8:15 p.m. and he still hadn’t shown up. I called today to set up a new appointment and the young kid at the call centre tells me that there’s a note on the account saying that we weren’t home and that we missed the appointment. Unless the guy showed up at 8:30 p.m. he wasn’t there at all and on top of that, there was no “Missed Appointment” card at the door when we came back later in the evening. So I’m trying to reschedule the appointment and the kid tells me all he has is appointments during the day. Well, excuse me but I’m not taking time off work for the stupid cable man. To get my hair done, yes. Priorities, people!
Finally we settle on on a date late in the month. “Oh, by the way, I hope I won’t be charged for cable during that time. I mean, it’s not my fault that your cable man didn’t show up when he was supposed to.”
He put me on hold, probably to write a note on my account saying what a bitch I am, and then comes back on the line, “Of course not. I’ve updated your account. If you get charged, just call us back and we’ll credit your account.”
Great. I can foresee a big mess coming. I know they’ll charge me and I’ll have to call and spend half a day on the phone trying to sort it out. So frustrating.
The only thing that’s keeping me going right now is the three-week layover in Thailand we booked for ourselves before going to Random Asian Country. Three weeks of beaches, good food, and BF. Absolute heaven.
6 Comments
July 2, 2008 at 9:58 am
Oooo the three weeks sounds good! Just hang on to that thought!
July 2, 2008 at 10:25 am
A three week layover? Good call!
July 2, 2008 at 11:14 am
I so want a holiday!
July 2, 2008 at 11:56 am
Sick leave obviously works differently there. Here, if you’re sick you take the day off. If you’re not sick at all during the year then you don’t get any days off to make up for it
July 2, 2008 at 12:03 pm
Yay holidays!
Dom – But I work for government, you see. My mom has one whole year of accumulated sick leave (also works for government) and when she is close to retiring she will get her doctor to sign a note saying that she is stressed and needs to take the year off. Government rocks.
July 2, 2008 at 3:52 pm
A year of accumulated sick leave? That is insane, simply insane!