I knew I'd have to be the one to fire the first shot and just a few minutes ago I did.
The workplace war has begun!
What's weird is the enemy doesn't even know I started it. Not yet, anyway. They'll find out soon enough, I'm certain.
The factions are basically loosely divided as such. My placement among the troops was cemented just now as I fired off my scathing email.
The Fascists:
Helen and Susan
The Fascist Informers:
Charmaine, Theresa and now, I guess, me.
The Fascist-leaning Independents:
Aurea, Stephanie and Chris
The Junta:
Phyllis, Evelisse, June, Katherine, Mikisha
The Junta-leaning Independents:
Josh, Marquis, Enjoli and Alma
The Clueless Newbies:
Ryan, Jeremy and David
Here's a reprint of my email. Surely a declaration if I've ever seen one. We'll soon see where it takes us. BONSAI!!!:
Susan,
I have to let you know that it's gotten quite uncomfortable for me working with Katherine. I've spoken to her on several occasions about sleeping on shift but she continues to do so regardless. It started a while ago when she began getting in the habit of kicking off her shoes and propping her feet up on another chair she pulls over from the other room. She then started to nod off and I'd have to call out to her to not fall asleep. Now, it seems almost every time I'm on shift with her she gets into position and proceeds to fall asleep, even to the point of snoring. Last night she actually went into the break room, turned on the TV, shut the light and slept there. When I needed her help, I had to shout out to wake her. She's again snoring in her double chair set up as I type this.
I'm at wits end. I hate to communicate this to you and if it were just a one time thing it might be understandable but I pride myself on trying to do a good job and I have, though it can be difficult, made all necessary adjustments to my personal life even before I started here in order to accommodate an overnight work routine.
If you feel this behavior of Katherine's can be corrected by some action on your part I'd look forward to it since as it is it's like I'm working alone and I'm concerned for the safety of the residents.
Sincerely,
Michael