Kristin was called into her boss’s (Sandy’s) office one Tuesday afternoon.\u00a0 Kristen walked into Sandy’s office and had a seat.<\/p>\n
“Why hasn’t that report been finished yet?” asked Sandy.<\/p>\n
“Well, you gave it to me only yesterday,” said Kristin.<\/p>\n
“Was it yesterday?” asked Sandy.<\/p>\n
“Yes, it was yesterday,” said Kristin.\u00a0 Sandy either can’t remember things or she used that excuse to crack the whip, thought Kristin.\u00a0 “I’ll do my best to get it done.”<\/p>\n
‘You know, I’ll be out of the office for the next three weeks,” said Sandy.\u00a0 “I’m going to have Sharon supervise in my place when I’m gone.”<\/p>\n
Sharon was Sandy’s sister.\u00a0 She wasn’t that good of a supervisor.\u00a0 She really didn’t know the work and was mean.\u00a0 Sandy loved to blame the mistakes caused by her sister’s lack of knowledge on the co-workers.\u00a0 She refused to see Sharon’s incompetence and laziness.<\/p>\n
Kristin thought, not only was this nepotism, Sandy using her sister to even work here, which is so unfair.\u00a0 I think I’m going to go behind her for the next three weeks when Sandy is out to show that I can be a\u00a0better worker than both supervisors.\u00a0 Kristin saw the pictures of Sandy’s family displayed on her desk.\u00a0 It seemed like Sandy would only be happy if her own family members were employed in this whole company, thought Kristin.<\/p>\n
The next day came, it was Wednesday, the start of Sandy’s vacation.\u00a0 Kristin passed by Sharon’s cubicle and saw her polishing her nails.\u00a0 The phones were ringing off the hook.\u00a0 There was a ton of work on her desk.<\/p>\n
Sharon grabbed a package of work from her desk when she saw Kristin.\u00a0 “Here, this is for you.”<\/p>\n
Kristin took the packet.\u00a0 She looked perplexed.\u00a0 Her jaw dropped to the floor but she didn’t say anything but took the work and went back to her desk.<\/p>\n
It seemed like Sharon had a great idea after Kristin walked by.\u00a0 Sharon took several packets of work and distributed them to each employee.\u00a0 Now, there was nothing on Sharon’s desk.\u00a0 When she went back to her seat, she surfed the internet, powdered her face and made some personal phone calls.\u00a0 She then got up from her desk and walked around to each of the employees in their cubicles.\u00a0 She was observing what they were doing.<\/p>\n
“You’re supposed to pick up the phone after only the first ring,” said Sharon to Angela.\u00a0 Angela was another clerk\u00a0in the office.<\/p>\n
Angela said nothing.\u00a0 She was too stunned and too busy to acknowledge the presence of Sharon, Sandy’s sister to do what she said.\u00a0 She had picked up the phone on the second ring and put it to her ear and said, “Marlee Enterprises.\u00a0 This is Angela speaking.”<\/p>\n
Sharon walked to her next victim in the next cubicle.<\/p>\n
“Oh, Sharon” said Mary.\u00a0 “I’ve got a question about the package of work you just gave me.”\u00a0 She tried to explain but Sharon cut in.<\/p>\n
“You’re supposed to know that already,” said Sharon.\u00a0 Mary’s face dropped.\u00a0 Mary thought, do your job lady.\u00a0\u00a0Sharon then went on\u00a0to the next cubicle.<\/p>\n
Sharon approached Sally as she was getting up to leave her cubicle.<\/p>\n
“Where are you going?” asked Sharon.<\/p>\n
“I have to go to the lady’s room,” said Sally.<\/p>\n
“It’s not your break yet,” said Sharon.<\/p>\n
Oh, my God, thought Sally.\u00a0 What am I going to do?\u00a0 I guess I’ll wait until the witch disappears around the corner.<\/p>\n
Sharon, aka, the witch made her rounds to each of the other cubicles then went back to her own cubicle.\u00a0 She sat down and streamlined a TV show through her mobile device.<\/p>\n
The telephone rang at Kristin’s desk.\u00a0 It was a co-worker, Mary.\u00a0 Kristin answered the phone.<\/p>\n
“Oh, could you help me?” asked Mary.\u00a0 “I’m so confused about this work I received from Sharon.”<\/p>\n
“I’ll be right over,” said Kristin.<\/p>\n
Kristin finished up with helping Mary answer her questions.\u00a0 Then Angela called Kristin from her cubicle.<\/p>\n
“Oh, I’m having a lot of dropped calls according to the stats,” said Angela.\u00a0 “Could you help?”<\/p>\n
“Surely, I’ll help,” said Kristin.\u00a0 Kristin went back to her office and opened her phone line to the incoming calls.\u00a0 Kristin answered ten calls.\u00a0 Then Sally called on the phone.<\/p>\n
“I can’t get my computer to screen print,” said Sally.<\/p>\n
“Okay,” said Kristin.\u00a0 “I’ll be right there.”<\/p>\n
Kristin went to assist Sally at her desk.\u00a0 Kristin was well liked and looked up to by the other employees.\u00a0 She was friendly and believed it took team spirit to run an office efficiently.\u00a0 In spite of this, Kristin still managed to get all of her own work done.<\/p>\n
Later, three weeks had gone by when Sandy was supposed to be back from her vacation.\u00a0 Kristin overheard some talking from the higher level managers.\u00a0 They had forgot to close the office door.<\/p>\n
“Well, Kristin sure helped to keep the office going during these last three weeks.” said one manager.\u00a0 “The productivity with all of our staff has really improved.\u00a0 Kristin is showing herself to be a real asset to the company.\u00a0 She is helpful and she produces a lot of her own work.”<\/p>\n
“I noticed that too,” said another manager.\u00a0 “Nothing has moved from Sandy’s office when\u00a0Sandy is here.\u00a0 It’s like Sandy is not here when she is here.”\u00a0 Then the manager closed the office door.<\/p>\n
Kristin’s ears had been burning.\u00a0 Kristin thought, I wish they hadn’t shut the door.\u00a0 If they were talking about me, let me have an earful too.<\/p>\n
Things usually were kept secret in the office.\u00a0 Kristin was never told how she was rated among other employees but one thing was for sure.\u00a0 When Sandy came back from vacation the next day\u00a0Sandy was called into her boss’s office.\u00a0 This time the door was closed through the whole duration of the meeting.\u00a0 An hour later, Sandy was packing her things and moved\u00a0to a regular cubicle, not in a room with a door.\u00a0 She had been demoted.<\/p>\n
Then Kristin was called into Sandy’s boss’s office.<\/p>\n
“We would like you to “help” Sandy with some of her work,” said the manager.\u00a0 We’d like to see how you do.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Kristin was called into her boss’s (Sandy’s) office one Tuesday afternoon.\u00a0 Kristen walked into Sandy’s office and had a seat. “Why hasn’t that report been finished yet?” asked Sandy. “Well, you gave it to me only yesterday,” said Kristin. “Was … Continue reading