I spent 8 hours Saturday, and 8 hours Sunday, being trained how to locate a utility that I already know how to locate.
I admit, I did need a refresher on how to read the prints. But the rest of it, I've been there, and done that. But in the day and age of people getting laid off, and companies cutting back...16 hours over a weekend is a small price to pay lol.
I knew both trainers, one was from our country, and he's a really good guy. When our old company was bought by the current one, he trained us on how to do things the current company way. He immediately remembered me, and I wa stunned by that, because he trains a few hundred people a year, and that was 5 years ago.
The second trainer was from the company we recently merged with. When that company first came in the state, we all signed a non competitor contract, and if we did, we got a big bonus. This guy signed it, took the bonus, then went to a lawyer, found out it couldn't stick, and jumped to the competitor. In my eyes, he's worthless, and can't be trusted. And after this weekend, he isn't much of a trainer too.
He, unfortunately, remembered me also. I am not sure why, but he was of the opinion that I was a troublemaker. So he spent the whole weekend riding me, telling me every little bit that I did wrong.
Saturday was an in class day, and I brought everything I needed. We got no email tellin gus what to wear, and since it was in class, I wore flip flops and shorts. I had my compuyter. I had a notebook. I had a writing utensil.
He was immediately pissed. I had backup clothes in my truck...jeans, stell toed boots...I could change if I needed to. "How could you wear that to class, do you work in that?" And I do wear shorts. I work outside. It's hot. We have a policy that we can wear shorts.
But it's Saturday, we're in a classroom, why not get comfortable? And I didn't bring a safety vest. I rode over with my boss. It never said we needed a vest to sit in a classroom. So he was pissy about that. Then I heard him commenting behind me to people..."How could someone wear flip flops to class" Little kid stuff.
I don't recall pissing him off in a past life, but who knows. I did spend the rest of the class and field time answering all of his questions first, just to let him know I was paying attention, and doing what I was supposed to be doing.
And also let him know that our half of the company is two days ahead, and their's is a day and a half behind, working minimum ten more hours a week. After that, he called everyone else by their first name, and me by my last. Which is Roach, which I think he thought was demeaning, but it is my last name.
I love the politics of work. Happy Monday everyone, six more days, and I get Sunday off!
