Learning How To Live Life

The hardest and best workers are always the ones chosen for the extra jobs and the most difficult ones. Always. They know you will take it on because it is the right thing to do. Been there so many times until one day I refused. And a few months later, I quit.
 
MarciKS said:
In the ER it doesn't work like it does on the floors. We have one housekeeper...me. And there's too much traffic for me to go in and clean the rooms top to bottom between each patient. The nurses use sanitary wipes to wipe the mattress and the crap they hook up to you and the bedside table and counter. Just the basic surfaces.

I can only go in and wipe the sink and check the paper towels and mop if the patient says it's ok for me to do all that. If not I hafta wait til they get discharged. So if I'm over cleaning room A top to bottom and meanwhile BCDEF get discharged, I can't clean fast enough to get all those done when there's lets say 20 people in the lobby waiting to be seen as well as ambulances bringing in more. It's not that they are being placed in a room that is never cleaned. It's just not possible to clean the entire room between each patient.

I hope that makes sense.
Click to expand...
It makes perfect sense. The very few times I was even in the ER, once as a patient and once when my hubs was taken there, it was total chaos. Kudos to you, my friend.
 
GoodEnuff said:
The hardest and best workers are always the ones chosen for the extra jobs and the most difficult ones. Always. They know you will take it on because it is the right thing to do. Been there so many times until one day I refused. And a few months later, I quit.
Click to expand...
Well he ain't that bright. If it had been me and she had called me with that BS I woulda told her to just get her cart and come back down and clean it. There's two carts. One stays in OR cuz it has to be sanitary. But the other one can be brought outside. She even told me she didn't know what else to do. What a bunch of dumb a$$es.
 
When I got home last night the neighbor had turned off her porch light and there was light in the living room but I don't know if she was there or not. I haven't seen or heard anything yet today. I still have no idea if she will be living alone or if she has a kid or man or anything yet. I know her first name. That's all. When I get a chance I will likely say hello and welcome her to the neighborhood. 🤷‍♀️

I'm always awkward around new people anymore.

Tonight when I get home, I'm either going to bed early or I will play my shooter games. Depends on how I feel.
 
MarciKS said:
View attachment 501696
Not feeling much like a Jedi this morning. I wish I could swallow a bottle of melatonin and sleep for a week. Maybe 2 wks. I'm definitely pumping myself with caffeine today.

Yesterday I was in a nasty mood at work. I was ok until a few minutes in. I went down to the linen room to get linens for CT and the ambulance bay. The charge was gonna take linens to the sleep house. I didn't know he had picked a cart. He wasn't there when I came in so I grabbed the one with the insert that keeps them at my level instead of me practically falling into the other one to reach the bottom.

First thing he does is walk in and ask me if I'm taking his cart. I said I took A cart but I had no idea it was his. I said there's another one right there and pointed. He said well I wanted that cart so I don't hafta bend over. I said so I'm supposed to just give you this cart so I hafta bend over? I said sure. I guess I'll just hafta get over it since you called subliminal dibs on it. Then he was all wanting to give me the cart and I was like nope.

Then about an hour later I called him to check the lobby and make sure it was clean enough cuz we hafta do that every day. And he tells me he got a call about the closet down the hall where they keep a UV light that the floor was dirty.

I asked him who called him and he told me it was one of the other housekeepers. I said well if she's a housekeeper why can't she clean it? He said well she didn't have her cart with her. I said well she can go get it and come back down the hall and clean it like I did that one night. I was like why do I hafta clean it? But I did it but I was getting madder by the minute.

Then I was gonna swap the linen carts out but the dayshift gal writes down that she is giving them 40 top sheets for the beds when in reality she's only putting on 20. Then I end up having to give them 3 carts a night. Or go down and bring up extra top sheets.

So between all that plus not being able to get into the rooms to clean I was so mad last night I was about ready to just throw my crap on the floor and leave. I'm hoping today will go better.
Click to expand...

You sure have your problems but "subliminal dibs" made me chuckle. Heres to a better day.
 
Babs2u said:
You sure have your problems but "subliminal dibs" made me chuckle. Heres to a better day.
Click to expand...

I agree, that was an excellent word phrase!😀

They might not know what it meant though, and might wrongly guess that you'd cursed at them. 😄

Seriously,
That's a very tough job and work conditions, that you've got, Marci.🫣🙄😵‍💫
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top