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[fiferpig]

Originally Posted by jennie622

I feel your pain, didn't realize so many were in the same position. As stated above, try not to stress out about it Hey, I said try! I do it everyday. I come in right on time and leave exactly at 5. No more, no less. I do my scheduled activities and I do them WELL. The work, or in your case, patients, will be there regardless. If they must wait, let them. If they growl, let them. It will make them feel better to vent. Let them know you are understaffed, because you are.

It does shock me how, in such lean times, some have no respect for others and do not take pride in their work. What gets my goat even more, is that they are allowed to get away with it!

I understand your frustration and I'm grateful for this site for the opportunity to vent. It helps to know others are in the same boat. Vent away!!! I'm hear to listen and not judge you. You could go out and find another job, true. You could also throw her under the bus(figuratively), take her out back and beat her with a wet noodle, cry like a baby, scream you head off. OR, you can just get it off your chest here and feel a wee bit better about it. I hope.

Here's a stress releaving trick I have used over the years...
Stand up straight, feet shoulder widith apart, arms out straight in front of you, take a deep breath and choke the living daylights out of the person annoying you!!!

Thanks for the giggle!! I really like your stress relieving technique too! Thanks for the ear!

[fiferpig]

Originally Posted by njsmama

As long as the super knows about it, then there is nothing you can do except find another job. If you gripe about it too much than you will become the bad guy. I have been where you are and it stinks. I wish you the best!

I try really hard not to gripe about it at work. But when the other's start in I kind of join in. I probably shouldn't do that and I really try and make a conscious effort not too! My poor hubby has to listen to me vent all the time and I know that I could vent here and get some of my frustrations out! Thanks everyone for listening and letting me gripe!

[home4us123]

[Huntermom]

A couple of suggestions. Talk to a supervisor about having a staff meeting and setting up some rules for calling in and vacation time, etc. You can also try to have a group discussion about the problems the group (not you) encounter when you are short staffed. These may not work because the supervisor doesn't seem to be concerned about the problem and until she is, you are stuck. But if she hears it from several people at once, she will have a harder time ignoring it. Do not point fingers, just focus on the issue. Getting your colleagues on board may also be an issues.

I would also not get in to a discussion with her when she calls in sick. If you are the one answering the phones, put her through to a supervisor as soon as she calls. Hello, this is XYZ medical. Hello X, I am going to transfer you right now. Do not let her suck you in to doing her dirty work. She knows you are not the one she needs permission from, you don't have to tell her. She is using you. You can't stop her from being unreliable, only her superiors can, but you can extricate yourself from it.

Good luck. Who knows, her friend may decide to leave and be replaced by someone who wants to run an efficient office.

[Cam22]

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[DrDolphin]

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[jbd]

I hope you find a way to cope with this. I've been in similar situations and have felt your frustrations. I wish I could tell you what to do, but I could definitely tell you what NOT to do. So here are some instead.

[Marybeth]

I also agree with other posters in this is not your problem. If and when she calls again and you answer the phone, tell her that she will have to talk with the supervisor and tell her to call back to speak with her if she is not at work.
I also agree that you should do your job, but don't rush to pick up the slack with the slouch missing. If your co-workers do the same, the supervisor will have to pick up her slack and maybe smarten up that she is also being used by this person.

[Charlie97]

I join the ranks of most of you...and I blame the behavior of these people on poor work ethics. I too have co-workers that go out the night before and get just a tad bit too happy; to the point where they cannot go to work in the morning. There was one guy who called in sick because his back was hurting. A few hours later he bumped (seriously, they physically BUMPED) into a supervisor on a dance floor. Nothing was done to him, and to this day, the supervisor laughs it off.

Sad sad sad, no wonder this country is in the shape it is.