A weird day

Yesterday, Friday, was a very weird day at work. I was assigned to clean the dust bin machine twice my height. Inside were 20 cylindrical filters filled with glass fiber dust. I was told it would take 1 day to finish the job. Near noon the especially nice immediate Jman colleague produced 2 small alarm clocks and said I had to finish cleaning the cylinders before 2:30 and had to put them back into the machine by 3pm. I'm not a slow worker nor dilly dally in any kind of work I do way back when I was a school teacher in the Phils. It was weird but I raised no qualms. At around 4, (My work ends at 4:50.) another Jman colleague asked me to throw all the garbage and I wasn't even finish cleaning up all the debris. That would require me to weigh all the fiber wastes and put them outside. All in all the wastes added up to an amazing 106 kgs. Just felt got the ire of someone whose charm is used just to pick on me. To think that the machine I cleaned wasn't used by me. But then just like the motto of Nike, Just do it. And me just a mere 45-kg old lady. sigh
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wow i admire ur patience! i would have long gone said f""k you and left my jobwave
Yesterday Was A strange day
just felt strange all day long
Yesterday was my day off But to day at work is strange
so quiet and everyone is in there rooms cant even hear
a TV Going at night it like this but should not be like
this in the evening and day time I work night at a nursing
home and I am nurse and to day it is strange here ..
@choco, i envy people like you who have options. And I envy them more if they've found the kind of job they love. And just like you said before, yes I'm going to be really stuck here for quite a time until my son can fend off for himself. Right now he's in the night school as he spend his 8 schooling yrs in the Phils. Thanks for taking time to read.bouquet
@Princess, on my way to work, I always stop at a small shrine and sort of meditate. A couple of minutes or so for a sense of quietness and serenity in this troubled world. I'm working in a factory and it's all noise. Yours is entirely different. Maybe the strange silence meant somebody pass away or life is critical or just that everybody is too busy working on the data of their own patients while sorting out at the back of their minds their own pproblems back home.hug Thanks for sharing your thoughts.bouquet
Sounds like they're taking advantage of lil ol' you...
but what doesn't kill you just makes your stronger!
@Sur, taking advantage maybe yes. Here, it's not just about working diligently. It's more of a game. Not sure if it's normal in other parts of the world. Am asian and don't participate in their games and an easy target at that. Stronger, yes but a bit sad why can't people live out what they are saying and just leave me alone. You will never know people well if you won't work with them. Hearing them talk and I'm likely to say alleluyah.sigh Thanks for a wise observation.bouquet
Hey Tatami sounds like your a dedicated mum (and a hard worker) ....... so don't worry for your dedication you will be rewarded later on thumbs up..... but as for your Jman work colleagues whatever they dish out to you they will be treated the same way in the future thumbs down ...... keep up with your meditation it helps to maintain a balance in your life....... take care ..... and all the best ........ lol wave
@phantom, thanks for the very light heartening cheer. Everyday brings hope for a better and newer day.bouquet
Tatami, mu outmost respect goes to you, hardworker and loving mother. I guess, there is time to say no when the work could not be possible done, but if it can then we could try.

Ganun naman yata ang tingin nila (hindi lahat din) sa ating mga galing sa developing countries, kinakaya. Kasi sanay tayo na hanggat kaya ang trabaho, kakayanin at hindi magrereklamo. sana lang din po mainitindihan ng mga nasa taas na posisyun na hindi lahat ay kaya natin dahil may limitasyun din naman.
Ever feel that you just don't want to go to work? Sometimes I use to feel this way, my boss use to constantly give me work so that i would just give up and leave, unfortunately i could not give up since some jobs are hard to get and it payed the bills. Reach on work first and leave the job last and with a headache. I know how it feels and I hope it gets better for you soon. Be strongcomfort
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Inuyama City, Aichi Ken, Chubu, Japan

A simple lady who until now keeps on finding the real meaning of life, its wonders and magic. And by the way, I'm a Filipina who's been living in Japan for around 25 yrs. Been receiving mails insinuating I'm Japanese. Iam not a poser. I'm a Filipino. [read more]

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