Another Day from Hell at Work

Today was uneventful. Yesterday, though, was a Day from Hell! It started off with only one call-off. That should have been my first clue.

The afternoon shift is the best bunch in the world. Except for yesterday. Antonio, my Hispanic worker, was on time. (Actually, he was early because he had a wreck over a month ago, and can't get his police report so he can turn it in to the insurance company. I appear to be his secretary AND interpreter, and I don't understand nor speak Spanish! I make his calls for him.) And Nikolay, my Russian worker, was on time. Cho, my Chinese guy, called off. His girlfriend........ or his fiance'...... I get them mixed up.... had to go to the hospital. Vinny, my Kentucky guy ( I consider that another country, therefore an alien) called off because his sister was mugged in Meijer parking lot and they were calling credit cards, changing locks, getting keys made, etc. That left me, Nikolay and Antonio.

While I was helping get the event rooms set up, they called housekeeping on the radio. (I want to blow up all radios) Apparently there was water leaking down from the ceiling in the ladies locker room. Now, a guy can't go in there. So, I got to play repairman. I knew the leak had to be the a/c unit and caused from condensation. Well, it was partly that. But mostly, it was because our HVAC company was clearing the block in the a/c unit over the Pilates Studio which is next to the locker room. He blew the water out, which ran over to the locker room and found a place to escape.

Our maintenance man told me what to do. I listened. He said get a wheeled barrel. Get a chair. Climb up on it, tilt the tiles and let the excess water run out into the barrel. Sounded simple. So I did it. First one went smooth. I pushed up from the center to pop the ends. Water cascaded down into the barrel. I moved the barrel and the chair, and smugly attacked the second tile. Evidently the water had gathered to the BACK of that tile. When I pushed up from the center, the back popped up, and all that water cascaded all over me! Head, back, down to my feet! Water moves fast!

I did manage to empty the tile of water though. Then I had the ladies wait while the HVAC guy came in and tried to remedy the problem. When its humid, the pipes sweat. When there is no outside outlet, its gonna go somewhere... usually down! Andy climbed up, used his CO2 tank and blew the water back toward where he blew it from. Two of the old women came in and watched. I think they got a thrill out of seeing a man young enough to climb a ladder. He Is cute. Too bad he's young, bald and married. lol

After the "fix", I came home and changed clothes. Then I went back and told my boss I was resigning from female areas maintenance. The area can sink for all I care.

And you thought I had a hum-drum job! One of the teachers kept saying, I'm soooo sorry! She asked me later, Do you drink a lot? I told her no, but I was seriously thinking of remedying that!

I Love My Job, I Love My Job, I Love My Job......... click, click.

I'm still here. How come it worked for Dorothy?????