The inevitable safety concern fallout.
May 16th, 2016
The other shoe, it has dropped.
Shortly after I came in to work today, I was cornered by the building's maintenance man, who was more than a little bit perturbed by the safety concern I filed back on Friday. Naturally, he wasn't vexed about the fact that there is a problem in the building that could cause the death or disability of people working in my area, so much as he's mad that I submitted the thing in the first place.
I was informed, in no uncertain terms, that he wants me to stop making safety concerns, and to instead send him an e mail to tell him when I discover something isn't working and/or simply broken. Which is funny, because the workplace safety lady, she gave me the exact opposite directive, and wants me (and everyone else, for that matter) to file concerns at the drop of a hat.
And then on top of that there's my boss, who told me to write that safety concern in the first place, but got mad that I was sarcastic in my verbiage. Which I find hilarious, considering that she knows I cannot speak, let alone write, without pouring a gooey dose of smarm on top of it all. Because I guess it's all right if we work in a death trap, as long as we're polite while we're doing so.
So yeah, apparently simply trying to work under safe conditions has embroiled me in a six way tug of war where the management's egos and ambitions are concerned. Which you would think I'd be used to by now, as long as I've had to deal with pissing contests of this stripe, but there you are. So I guess it'll be interesting to see how this latest drama shakes out.