Thursday, January 22, 2004
And no, I'm not going to take it any more. I'm NOT going to take it any more!!!!!
I am thirty years old. I'm intelligient. I'm ambitious. I've done shitloads of cool things. I have a fair amount of experience and THIS IS THE YEAR I GET PAID FOR MY WORK.
I have enjoyed my time at Acme English but I am tired of getting this feeling: "Mel Will Deal With It." And I am tired of not being able to spend more than £20 the two weeks before pay day. I would like to TREAT people, for god's sake!!
Mark my words. I will have a new job. In London. Easier than TEFL. Or at least easier than the TEFL I'm doing now. Double my salary or near double. (It actually isn't that hard kids, my pay is shit.) I'm all ready looking. And look out world here comes miss cherry.
I just wish I had it NOOOOOWWW!!!
I am thirty years old. I'm intelligient. I'm ambitious. I've done shitloads of cool things. I have a fair amount of experience and THIS IS THE YEAR I GET PAID FOR MY WORK.
I have enjoyed my time at Acme English but I am tired of getting this feeling: "Mel Will Deal With It." And I am tired of not being able to spend more than £20 the two weeks before pay day. I would like to TREAT people, for god's sake!!
Mark my words. I will have a new job. In London. Easier than TEFL. Or at least easier than the TEFL I'm doing now. Double my salary or near double. (It actually isn't that hard kids, my pay is shit.) I'm all ready looking. And look out world here comes miss cherry.
I just wish I had it NOOOOOWWW!!!
Yes. It's true. I DO normally edit this when I'm in a bad mood. But I'm here, I'm at home and I'm just thinking about this.
So, at the moment I'm working very hard. I'm working the shittiest shift - ok, there could be a worse shift, and I'm glad I'm not on it. Basically instead of working straight through and going home, I work a "split shift," which means I work, then I have some time off, then I work again. I have begged and begged to be switched to a "normal" shift. But my boss has kept me on this shift, for various reasons. Anyway, I really can;'t go home in the break so I'm sort of stuck there, and I may be doing work, but I'm not getting paid for it. Not getting paid, but occasionally getting sniped at for "not doing work" during my break.
So there's some new policy that says I can't take my students out without leaving a note. Fair enough. I write out my note, leave a note and a reason, and am told that taking my students out on a Friday is now suddenly "skiving." Now, I have to wait to see if it will be approved. I can't just make up my mind any longer.
I also can't have a dictionary (even though I teach English) unless someone in the "big house" is in. I can't have any pens for the board unless someone in the office is there. This is just another in a series of humiliations that I'm tired of having to endure. Certainly for this little amount of money.
And this is what I can't take any more. I'm mad as hell and I'm not gonna take it anymore.
So, at the moment I'm working very hard. I'm working the shittiest shift - ok, there could be a worse shift, and I'm glad I'm not on it. Basically instead of working straight through and going home, I work a "split shift," which means I work, then I have some time off, then I work again. I have begged and begged to be switched to a "normal" shift. But my boss has kept me on this shift, for various reasons. Anyway, I really can;'t go home in the break so I'm sort of stuck there, and I may be doing work, but I'm not getting paid for it. Not getting paid, but occasionally getting sniped at for "not doing work" during my break.
So there's some new policy that says I can't take my students out without leaving a note. Fair enough. I write out my note, leave a note and a reason, and am told that taking my students out on a Friday is now suddenly "skiving." Now, I have to wait to see if it will be approved. I can't just make up my mind any longer.
I also can't have a dictionary (even though I teach English) unless someone in the "big house" is in. I can't have any pens for the board unless someone in the office is there. This is just another in a series of humiliations that I'm tired of having to endure. Certainly for this little amount of money.
And this is what I can't take any more. I'm mad as hell and I'm not gonna take it anymore.
