Originally Posted By 999HAUNTS This is a little story to tell you how my week has gone so far. My boss is out this week. That makes me very, very busy. I go around to the other side of my cubicle at about 2:30 this afternoon to ask my temp to do something and.... Hello?????? The computer is dark, the chair is tucked in...nobody home! I ask the CEO - he doesn't know anything about it. He checks my boss' desk for a note from the gal...nothing. He checks the lunch room...nothing. I check my boss' email...nothing. Now what? I ask around to take a poll as to when she was seen last. I know she was at her desk when I came back from lunch at 2pm. Funny, but that's the last time anyone has seen her today. It is policy to loudly exclaim "I'm at lunch!" or "I'm on break!" so we know who's desk we need to cover. No verbage from this gal..just the quarterback sneak into the endzone and out to the parking lot.
Originally Posted By avromark It's not like you really need any help or anything, heck why doesn't everyone just leave early, who cares about the sap left at the office huh?
Originally Posted By PlainoLJoe we had one of those. But he was a regular employee. LOL. The same day he put in his 2 week notice he just bolted. Didnt say anything to anyone and he was gone. Its a pretty shifty thing to do and really unprofessional. Alot of agencies would see that as assignment abandoment and drop that employee.
Originally Posted By Kala I hope she is safe. Maybe someone should call her home or go and check on her. If she just left without telling anyone, no that is just rude. I hope everything turns out okay.
Originally Posted By Ursula Wow, good help is hard to find. The gal in The Husband's office didn't show up for work on Monday because... she thought it was Sunday!!!!!! Seriously, I can't make this stuff up if I tried.
Originally Posted By 999HAUNTS Oh, am I mad!!!! Not crazy mad, but angry mad! First let me explain that I cannot handle perfume if it is strong. I don't know if you would call it an allergy, but it really affects me as if I am allergic. The temps we hire are nicely asked to please tone down the perfume while they are at work. They can wear it, just dont bathe in it. We released the temp from duties yesterday since she decided to show up a couple hours late. She wasn't told until after I've left work. Well... When I came into work this morning, everything on my desk was sprayed with perfume. I thought I was going to be sick. I scrubbed and scrubbed and scrubbed but it's in the cubicle material, and it was even sprayed INTO the mouthpiece of my phone! I got so dizzy that I had to move to another desk, which is quite difficult because all of my files and such are at MY desk. I guess she thought I recommended she be let go, but my boss is the one who decided. How's that for maturity at it's finest?
Originally Posted By cstephens Wow, that sucks. I have the same "allergic" reaction you have to perfume. I run past the perfume counters at department stores while holding my breath. If you hired her through a temp agency, I'd definitely recommend letting them know, though I guess you might not be able to prove that she's the one who did it. /cs
Originally Posted By CrouchingTigger If it's the same perfume she routinely wears, you'd have a pretty good case. Get some of the other people in the office to sniff it and see if they remember it on her. I think you'd have a case for not only repoting her to her agency, but billing (or suing) her for cleanup costs as well. That's outright sabotage.
Originally Posted By 999HAUNTS I feel the same way. I have brought it to the attention of the HR manager and they are investigating it now.
Originally Posted By JazzCat Having two co-workers who are very allergic to perfumes (one is deathly asmathic to it), I can empathize. I hope it gets taken care of soon!
Originally Posted By jdub I almost died at dinner tonight because of the proprieter's b.o. Not that I'm recommending he attempt to mask it in perfume/cologne. I'm just saying.
