you know who i don’t miss hearing about… evanescence…
the weekend was…uneventful. spent the day sat at my parents while my dad changed my coolant and oil. went to work. today was spent getting new wipers, since yes, it’s not even winter yet but i already broke my wipers. went to work.
big time stuff is going down at work right now. the teamsters are trying to unionize the dealers, and apparently got enough signatures for it to go to a vote. there is a hearing on the 10th to see if they will be allowed to come in for a vote, with that probably happening after christmas. bad bad bad stuff. so the casino is panicing as they should be, and people are being stupid and thinking a union is a good idea. so we’re getting bombarded with propaganda from both sides now. and i, in my current dual rate position, get screwed. the union will not allow me to vote for whether or not they can organize at the casino, but they more than likely will make me pay dues if they do get voted in. or they will eliminate my position and i’ll be forced to return to dealing full time, or forced to move up and floor full time. and i. do. not. want. to. work. under. a. union. i really don’t want to work under it either way, but i most definitely do not want to be IN the union and forced to pay them when i’ll get nothing, and most likely less than i get now, in return. so ug. people are so blinded by the union saying they will get us a raise…and it’s complete crap. time and time again unions have tried to organize in casinos and it fails. it has ruined the detroit casinos, and idiots at work apparently don’t care that detroit dealers had vacation time taken away, charged more for insurance, got a raise that didn’t cover union dues so they’re actually making less, and ultimately ended up being laid off, because HELLO casinos make their money from slot machines, not tables. they could fire all of us tomorrow and go to a straight machine casino and be just fine. i just wish people would open their eyes to all this. hopefully this anti-union paperwork we’re getting thrown at us will get through to people. depending on what happens with the union, it could have a very strong influence on if i decide to stay here longer or move elsewhere….
done with shop talk now. i’ve got no one to tell it to.
this week is shaping up as, flooring mon, tues haircut and flooring, movie night hopefully wed, ctrc xmas party thurs, dealing fri.
maybe i’ll do my u2 post tomorrow…i’ve been telling myself that all weekend
and oh yeah, tony named the cat on the way home from work tonight… chairman meow LOL
there is this guy at work, erik, who is relatively new to our casino. there is this girl colleen who i’ve talked to before about why the 2 of us are so intimidating to men, and why we don’t get asked out blahblahblah. so we asked erik why we are so intimidating. he said he didn’t find us intimidating at all, and couldn’t figure out why guys are afraid of us. he said “i don’t know how anyone could look at you in that red fur coat and not think ‘wow that girl must have an incredible personality and i definitely need to get to know her better'”…and i think that is one of the nicest things anyone has said to me in a long time…