Healthy Alternatives to Homicide.

This is not really me, but I am pretty sure I made this face three times this morning. Well maybe not outwardly but this is definitely what was going on internally. See I have what one would call a flaky co-worker... Basically when she decides to not come to work I have to cover for her. I used to do her job, and I trained her in it, and frankly I hear all the time how people wish I would continue to do it, but the pay scale leaves much to be desired and frankly I enjoy my higher up position much more... But the problem for me, is I can NEVER DO MY WORK. She has literally not been at work for a full week in several months. I am not going to go into the reasons why she has been missing so much work ( she is not actually sick as far as I can tell, or the masses of doctors that she goes to on a regular basis) But when she goes I get stuck with her work. Nobody covers for me and does my work while I do this. I am expected to make that up on my own time. ( aka I work over time but don't get PAID overtime)

So I knew she was not going to come in today. I knew it yesterday afternoon as she hobbled around pretending her back was killing her. Our Boss, who has an actual back injury, has made more of an effort to come in this week. But yesterday I heard her say to our boss " Gee I think that back pain is CONTAGIOUS, HAHAHAHA"... (she laughs like an idiot)

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Really.. a physical ailment from another person is contagious? This is back pain... not the flu or a cold, this is NOT contagious... just stop before I murder you ( PS. I would never really murder someone... just possibly punch them in the throat so they shut up and don't say stupid things like that) 

So she called in sick today.

I covered for her all last week while she was on vacation and now she needs a sick day on friday, the one day I can do my filing... I am getting some work done, but her job requires that I answer the phone, so that is complicating things. Mostly because it won't stop ringing.

I am angry today. I want nothing more than to go into the break room and cut off a huge chunk of the red velvet cake left over from a previous birthday party this week, or to pick up a diet soda. What I really need to do is be able to go to the gym and lift weights, or get on a treadmill and run my anger away. But I stuck at this desk answering this phone, and trying to hold out till my weekend begins. It doesn't make the situation better that I am actually getting sick, but I can't take a sick day because I have to get work done.

I wish I could drop everything and take out my stress and anger another way, but for now, I am sipping water and trying to make the best of the situation.