12.19.1996

Man, work bites my dick. I hate all those scumbags on dayshift. Lately they've been complaining about stuff that doesn't concern them at all. It's none of their business. They have been complaining in meetings and to management that I'm working too much overtime, they don't like me working on other production lines when our area is slow, and they are angry I come in late enough in the afternoon that they never see me. In general all this petty shit annoys the fuck out of me.

When our area is slow it's always a good idea to loan yourself out to another line that might be slammed. You end up learning more about our products that way which makes you valuable as an employee. Cross training in multiple areas has served me well over the years here. Most importantly you get networked with more people and different management teams. By helping them out in a time of their need you can frequently call in an important favor when you need it the most. Many people here haven't caught on to that concept. We are all part of the same team so there isn't any reason not to help other areas when we don't have any work to do. I think the real reason my dayshift group doesn't like me working in other production lines when we are slow is because maybe our boss will realize that's a great idea. He will make them go work in busy areas instead of letting them sit around and bullshit all day. The last thing those idiots want to lose is their eight hours of paid sit around and do nothing break time.

Now it looks like Squirmy is going to eliminate swing shift thanks to all of dayshift's crying. That means I'm going to have to get up early in the morning every god damned day again and see those stupid fuckers Monday through Friday. The worst part of it won't be the fact that I'll be losing my shift differential hence losing 10% of my pay. The worst part will be having to listen to them whine all day long, because that's all they do. I'm starting to really dislike being back at Bill and Dave's. I don't understand why our managers tolerate these chronic non-performing employees. There's no reason for it.

The Drunk is hardly ever around anymore, which is very cool with me. I think she is being groomed for some important R&D lab management job for a new product platform. I'm keeping my fingers crossed and hoping like hell that rumor is true. I can't wait to be rid of her. She's one of the all time worst supervisors I have ever run across here.