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[ravena_kade]

My commute has been hell since July 1. The new company manning the medical area shuttle busses has drivers that don't know where the hell they are and that are alway 20 to 45 minutes late. It takes over an hour to get to the train. It took almost 3 hours to get home yesterday. Twice this week I got in too late to want to make dinner in this heat and cannot go out to eat because of my Dad's restricted diet... I made him salads and I was too mad to eat.

I understand the first few days being difficult, but once you have made the same run for 8 hours for 9 days you should know what urns you make. The heat has been too much to walk the mile to the green line, but tomorrow a coworker said he would show me another station on a different line that is closer.

It is also month end reporting time again. While training the boss says that she likes my work ethic and she likes how I handle myself and she likes how I blend in with a racially diverse team (she had issues with another worker once) and how I offer ideas that will grow the credit union, but she is disappointed that I cannot do the reports yet. She feels I am a good fit so she will have patience with me. Sigh. Just fucking show up and answer my questions instead me doing the same report over and over and over and over again without giving me a clue where I am not understanding a field in the report. Sigh.

Yesterday I did the report and was off. I emailed her telling her where I think my issue is and how I proved all of the other fields. I sent along the calculations I asked her to review then call me and we can go over what I failed to grasp.... Her answer was Don't follow the notes. Just follow the balance sheet. Ummm.. I did and I notated where on the balance sheet I got my numbers. She said she wants me to think about it.

THAT REALLY ISNT AN ANSWER.

I spent 2 hours again with it and annotated my report even more...and I am still off. I can't use previous months because the old bookkeeper did the reports differently than she wants it done and I found errors in the 3 months she has done.

I have bought a 12 pack of different colored sharpies so I can highlight different fields with different types of account balances.

I am not really sure what words to use to get her to even give me a hint. I am getting frustrated .

I can do bookkeeping. I already do the daily books and pay all the freaking bills. I just need to be shown the special credit union reports... because I have not worked in a credit union before.

and today there was human feces spread all over the ladies room. Like when one of the shelter dogs is sick and shits and walks all through it. Sigh. On the floor in the stalls and on the mirrors.

Comments

[disneydream06]

Your boss is an IDIOT and should not be orientating people. :o :o :o

WOW, that is super gross. :o :o :o
Hugs, Jon

[gwendraith]

As I read your post I could feel your frustration and anger and how upset your are about your boss and the situation you find yourself in with the spreadsheets. I don't know what the answer is. I don't suppose there's anyone else there that is experienced that can help you out? You are probably tired out with the commute and that will just make everything feel worse.

The situation in the Ladies Room is gross. What the hell is wrong with people?

[fbhjr]

I’m sorry that is all so awful for you!

[kaishin108]

With that commute on top of the job struggles with her, have you thought about looking for another job while you still have one? Sometimes it can be easier, not that you have a lot of time to do that.

I am so sorry to hear of your work and commute struggles. :(

[chris_warrior]

ok, for the bathroom incident alone i'd be interviewing at other places. the reports, and how bad your boss is at training? the fact that it seems quite obvious she doesn't know what's going on either? please keep looking - just see what else is out there. preferably closer to your house.

[palusbuteo]

UGH. ugh ugh ugh

I feel for you. Is it possible to explain to your boss that you are frustrated and why? Yes I know that means telling her that she is part of the problem.
With the numbers being off every GD time you run through them with a fine-toothed comb, as you're being asked to do, I dunno, there's a red flag up on my radar there. I'm not sure if it's possible to seek outside law/investigations. I really just hope it's down to her being really difficult to deal with and communicate clearly because she's so standoff-ish being remote most of the time, etc. I wish I knew how to help you.

I also wish I could help with the stupid commute but I'm in a similar situation. I really hope you can find a different way in that won't cost you 3 fucking hours of your life. That is beyond ridiculous and inexcusable.

as for bathrooms and people who literally can't handle their shit. Yeah. I dunno. But out of the above, this seems to be the "easiest" to deal with and hope there's a good custodian. I just don't understand people. Although I wonder if it's a situation where they were held up on the commuter buses and trains for so long they literally couldn't hold it in anymore.

Also wonder if it's an elderly person where it just got out of control and they're too embarrassed so just went into "escape" mode or whatever.
Or, a homeless person who just doesn't....yanno...give a shit anymore.

[malterre]

The bathroom...shudder
Good on you for plugging away, I'm not sure I'd have that cussedness left in me.