Is this unfair? “punished” at work for stupid “crime”?
Friday, January 27th, 2012 at
12:10 pm
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Well, you like the job and the people, it took you a year to get this much of a job. You, your mom, and I don’t think the punishment meets the crime. However, I think you have an option besides just quitting or doing what they say. I suggest you calm down, plan your strategy, talk to the manager, or whoever gave you this punishment. Clearly tell them objectively why you think the punishment does not fit the crime. Come with new table cloth in hand and offer to let them have it in exchange for you scrubbing gum off the chairs. Put it in your own words, but in essence talk to management and see if you can negotiate with them. It sounds like they are extremely poor managers and are taking things out on you that are way out of proportion.
The punishment may not fit the crime, but it will discourage others from similar lapses in judgment. Also, it is a convenient opportunity to schedule a distasteful task which is rather difficult to assign and/or fund. Just go in two hours early, turn up the house lights, get it done and and write it off as gummunity service.
As Eleanor Roosevelt said: “Nobody can make you feel inferior without your permission.” Not letting them get to you may be what they least expect.