it's been too long

My dear public it has been entirely too long. Yes, I know I left you but I'm back in action. Not a whole lot has happened to me in my departure but let's talk and see where it takes us. LOL, fa real, let's get it.

As yall know I have started a new job. I love what I do and I tend to think I'm pretty good at it. That being said, I also know that there are some people in my field who do it for the check and benefits. That's cool. I have worked jobs I couldn't stand because, well, da kid has to eat. So, I understand, but dammit don't make my job harder cause you don't wanna be here. Where is all this coming from? I'm glad you asked.

I have a co-worker who is lazy as hell. Let's call him Ed. Now, Ed is a forty something year old Black man. He has a wife and kids. He is a pastor and a bishop. Needless to say, Ed has a lot going in his life. I don't know what bought Ed to my workplace, but since you here, do your job. Ed is beyond lazy.

In my job, we have pagers (shut up!). We answer all Codes and Trauma 1 pages. At my old job, we answered all pages. I was talking with another co-worker when I stated that I hope I remember which pages to answer because I'm used to answering them all. Ed states, please note I was not talking to him, that I don't need to answer all the pages because then they will expect everybody to do it and he don't want extra work. O__o I wasn't talking to you and if we answered every page we would still have it easy.

I understand that I am a bit of an eager beaver at work. I'm just happy to be gainfully employed. I also understand that not everyone shares this enthusiasm. But, dammit do your job. We have on call rotations. That means that we are at the hospital for 24 hours. We can't leave until we hand the pager to the next person. My first on call was the day after Ed. I get to work 30 minutes early and Ed is gone. The pager is sitting on the desk. I have no clue how long he has been gone. :-/

It gets worse. When Marvin Sapp's Wife, Malinda, passed away, Ed went home early because he was distressed and grieving. He stated that they used to be close back in the day. Ummmm, unless you can pick up your phone and call him personally, yall ain't that close and this ain't back in the day. Do ya damn job.

We all have areas of specialization. Mine is neurology. Whenever and wherever there is a code stroke, I answer. Oh, but Ed. If he gets a consult in someone's area, he will pass it off to them. That's like your cardiologist not looking at your heart because your room is on the neurology floor. Granted, we aren't doctors, but dammit I'm not doing your job because your patient is on my floor.

The list goes on and on. He is not the only lazy one I work with. One chick just didn't show up for her on call. No call. No show. What kinda shit is that? I see now, I'm going to need to watch my back and mind my p's and q's. I'll be damned if I lose my job because someone else ain't doing theirs. Being lazy at work really

Makes. No. Sense.