Ugh!

I am surrounded by idiots! ( said with a Sebastian-esk accent. See little mermaid.)
Ok so I know that my goal for this year was to be more positive; however, there are times in a persons life when venting will do one of two things. It will either make the said someone feel better, or it will make them even more frustrated than they were to begin with.
Here's hoping this will make me feel better!
Working as a school lunch lady is a great gig! You work the perfect hours, you get the summer off, (without pay, but you get it off none the less) the kids are for the most part really fun and funny and all that stuff. So truly it is the perfect job for me. I have said for years now, if I had to go get a "real job" I would be in a lot of trouble.
Being a lunch lady does have it's pitfalls though. Such as, it is really hard to get fired from the district. It is relatively EASY to get hired on at the district. Their hiring process doesn't weed out the people that are a) unable to do the job effectively b) those who are LAZY and willing to sit back and let others pick up their slack c) somehow everyone knows that if you do things just right you can get away with almost anything!
Most days I have a pretty good out look about the whole thing. Some days though, the lack of work ethic some people have and the fact that they are allowed to have it just gets to me.
The problem the district has, is they don't want to get sued. And since we live in a sue happy world, that is a realistic fear. You might have good cause to fire someone, but they will try to sue the socks off you just because they can, and even if you win, you have spent time effort and money on something that got you nowhere. So, I see their point to a degree.
What I don't understand, especially in times like these, when there are people out there begging for work, why they can't do just a bit of house cleaning.
Take for example, one person I work with is so lazy, she leans on what ever she can lean on while she is working, and works with one hand while she leans on the other one. It takes her twice as long to do one job as it does almost anyone else. She is ALWAYS having some kind of crisis at home, that ALWAYS affects her at work. I have been told, that she is not capable of doing any better than she does. I guess I am a heartless person, because if that's all she has to give, then she should be down the road. No matter what her circumstances are! If she can't do the job, hire someone that can and will!
Another person I work with is of the opinion that what ever way she wants to do something, is the way it should be done. Even if the Boss has told us to do it another way. She will look right at you and shake her head and say OOOOHHH OKKKAY! Then turn right around and do it the way she wanted to in the first place! Not to mention, she has one speed, and it is not fast. She isn't the slowest person I work with, (see above) but she is not fast by any means.
This is what brought me here to vent today! I have no problem working hard. In fact I prefer it! I don't like though that if I don't pick up the slack that some of the ladies leave in their wake, that in some way it will affect me. If I pick up their slack, then I do more work than is necessary, or fair. If I don't do their work and sit around waiting for them to do it themselves, I would be late getting out of work everyday! And the district DOES NOT pay overtime! So however long we are there after the time we are suppose to be gone, is donated time. I don't know about you, but if I am donating time, it should be something I want to donate it to or something fun.
I am really having issues with this today. I would like to think that if I went to my boss, (whom I get along with for the most part) that things would change or at the very least improve. Alas, this is not the case. In fact I think it could be some of the cause. I can't say that at work though, because that would only make a whole new set of problems. Ugh! What to do?!
The positive of this whole thing, is that, I really like my job, most days. It will get better, even if it's just because I deal with it better.
Who knows, maybe I am suppose to be learning something from this. Maybe, it's that laziness is the ticket. Too bad that just doesn't work for me! Then again, I'm glad it doesn't!
Till next time.