Great day at work

I have been copping it a bit lately at work by a colleague- Dreadful D! She and I seem to just clash as we are both strong women. For a while, everything I did would get picked on by her- towels weren't folded correctly, I was rude to colleagues (what the- everyone I asked about it said they didn't know what she was on about), I didn't do this or that correctly. You get the picture. It all came to a head a few weeks ago when I went to one of the senior management team in tears and said I felt I was being bullied. I spoke to someone else the following day and we decided to keep it all unofficial (fine by me- I am a coward really) and she gave me some strategies for dealing with D and also reminded me to think before I speak as I can be very forthright too. This I will agree with and it has been something I have been working on.

Anyway, this week most of my shifts have been in kitchenware. I love kitchenware! Although my kitchen at home is usually in a mess, I love making the department neat and ordered. Today I was responsible for glassware and totally overhauled the displays. My supervisor, R, told me what a great job I had done. It actually felt good!

Two other things from work... First when I arrived, one of the senior manages came up to me and said 'Congratulations'. I couldn't understand why! A million thoughts rushed through my head! It then turns out that mine was one of two names drawn at the staff meeting this morning. We have an ongoing raffle. Team Leaders (supervisors) can write team members names on raffle tickets for customer service, good sales and safety. Now in reality, you only get a ticket if you make a good sale. Well a couple of weeks ago, I sold over $1600 of linen to a customer. I didn't even realise Dreadful D knew about it as she wasn't on at the time, but she found out and wrote my name on a ticket. So even though I wasn't at the staff meeting (I started later today) I won a $5 scratchie. And lo and behold I scratched it and it has given me $10. So I will be the good gambler and go and get a few more tickets in the hope of winning at least $1000 and taking a trip somewhere by myself!

The other thing was a lady I know from WW (P) called in. SHe has been looking after her ill husband for a few months and hasn't seen me. She came up to me and was lovely. I asked after her hubby etc etc etc. Anyway, then she says to me "And by the way, F, you have lost a lot of weight. You look fantastic and you have the loveliest tits." I said pardon! And she repeated that she thought my tits were nice! LOL! She would be closer to 70 than 60 too. I said thanks and went beet red! It was classic really! I think she was honestly trying to pay a compliment and told it how she saw it! LOL! I wouldn't say I have the nicest tits, but they obviously look ok to some people! The lunchroom exploded with laughter when I told them about it. One lady almost choked on her sandwich!

Now I am home. Seems W has been a bastard to the kids all day. Miss I had a tin of tuna for lunch as he didn't want to walk across to get a loaf of bread. I don't know what J had. Then after he said he was going to cover books with them, he stayed in bed all morning and Miss I has done most of her own and they are all bubbly and she hates it. Of course now he is doing J's and they look great, so Miss I is very upset. Oh and he has told the kids that I want him to move out. When Miss I asked me about it, I told her that Mummy and Daddy were fighting a lot and we had to work out how to make home a happy place again. She then told me that Daddy was very angry and when she was helping him hang out the washing, she dropped one of his shirts on the floor, so he punched her in the head. They will be so much better off without him. I just want him gone.