Great bodily harm....

[lilghstygrl]

I am going to (not really) start tossing people from rooftops. The co-founder of my group decided to go to a party last night, and drink and lose track of time. We were supposed to have an investigation last night, at a private residence, where a family has moved out of the home due to the paranormal activity going on. We've investigated there before, a few times, but this would be the first with no running water, no kids in bedrooms that we couldn't go into, no tv on.... Pure silence. So the kid calls me at 11:30 to tell me he'll be at my house in about an hour. :| Uhhhh... I'm not going to start an investigation at midnight. We supposed to get to the house at 10:30. So that we could leave by 1, because myself and another group member had to work today. AND I was not about to do an investigation with only two people. One group member was working and another decided not to go on the investigation because (like I did, and another investigator who sat at my house waiting for my co-founder) she had to work in the morning. Yeah, lets try to juggle all of our equipment between the two of us. It would probably result in something being dropped, and besides that, we have digital voice recorders with mics that clip to our shirts, all the noise that would be created by us switching equipment, moving it from hand to hand.... Well, #1 we wouldn't be able to catch any credible audio, #2 I don't want to sit and listen to 5 hours of equipment being clunked together. (2 1/2 hours from each recorder). So we didn't go. I was and still am sorta pissed. Even just about drinking when he KNEW we were going on an investigation. He knows that's not allowed! Grrrr... Thgen work... Nobody seems to want to put ANY extra effort into the place, and it pisses me off! Why the hell wouldn't you spend 5 mins doing a little extra when it's going to let you make $20 more? I don't get it, I like to make money. More than that, I like to have something to do while I'm at work. Instead of scrub walls. It's an ongoing theme in my life and I'm getting really sick of it. When will the people around me learn to make an effort towards something they supposedly want to do? I didn't draft them into my group, the asked to be in it! They took tests and were interviewed! They went through training! Why would you do all that, and hen just say, eh, whatever. I'm not going to do a dam thing. I don't get it and They keep doing it and it makes me want to literally throw them. Just pick them up by an ankle and toss them like a frisbee. AAaaaaAAAAaaaAAAAaaaaaaa   aaa   aaa   aaa! CRASH! (giggles at how it might sound)

[Shmop]

Aug. 16, 2008 at 11:15 AM

I think one of the hardest things to do is work with someone (or several someone's) who doesn't share your work ethic.  Been there done that - don't envy you at all!  Chin up! 

[massagegiftmom]

Aug. 16, 2008 at 9:29 PM

There are a lot of people who for one reason or another do not have the proper communication skills, do not have their #(*@ together, and/or do not have a tangable work ethic.  It takes patience.   Keep your chin up keep focusing on you and you'll be the one who gets ahead and what they want.  I'm sorry you got let down.