Why do you have to be like that?

Something happened at work again today that got under my skin. It really isn't that big of a deal, but it didn't have to happen, so it was kind of annoying.

Long story short, they had two guys from perishable department working in the freezer, when two guys from the freezer were working in perishable...because at the beginning of the shift, there was no freezer work. So, when work came down for the freezer, the guys that are posted freezer (applied for that department) should go over in the freezer, right? You would think so, but things don't work that smoothly at your friendly neighbourhood Loblaws. They just started at the bottom of the FT list of order pickers. So, one of the guys that was in the freezer mistakenly asked me if there was a union steward on our shift (he just came from perish. afternoons). I said, "Yes, but he is on vacation. And the grocery union steward just went home. Why, what's up?" So then he told me, and then I told him I would speak to a supervisor about it.

The supervisor that looks after the freezer was filling out a couple of accident reports, so he said that he would look after it when he was done...That was about an hour later (so part of what bugged me was that the guy who, by rights, didn't have to be in the freezer ended up being in there for another hour - - they took the temp. in the back of the freezer a couple of weeks ago and it was -32C...that is pretty cold.....would you want to be in there if you didn't have to be??) So, when he finally made the switch, he made another mistake...he took out one of the perishable guys, but then took out a freezer guy too. So, the other perish. guy drove by me at break and I asked him if he got switched yet......this was when he told me what switch had been made. So, I talked to the supervisor again, and he corrected things the proper way.

I guess my point about this whole thing is that the supervisors aren't stupid (although sometimes we wonder.....I guess it's like when you're kids and you don't think your parents are too swift sometimes...I don't know) so they know how seniority, and postings work...so why can't they put people in the proper places. Then they wonder why guys give them attitude, etc. Maybe it's because of the way you handle your workforce???

Anyway......that was my day.