Humorous Wedding Speech: Co-Workers In The Workplace

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Good evening, Around 1:50 today (2/13/2017), I asked Angela, my direct supervisor, if I could leave for the day around 2:30 since the work was slow and everything that I was assigned had been finished for the day. She then informed me that the entire team would be staying today to do put backs. There was immediate resistance from the entire team since Angela had expressed to us all last week that "put backs were no longer a concern for our team and that the burden had been lifted and the responsibility had been given to Bob." That is a direct quote from Angela. I then expressed to Angela that I had some things planned for the afternoon and she immediately expressed that the things I had planned were all personal and they were of no concern to her. The entire …show more content…

One said that she was ready to go and there was nothing else for her to do today. The other said that there was nothing else for her to do and she had to pick up her daughter. Both, being contradictory to what Angela told me before going on break. After my break, I return to my work area, finish up a few rescan emails and gathered up some put backs, leaving an equal amount on the table for my co-workers. One co-worker in my area expressed that he was out-right refusing to do them. That was not a concern of mine--at that point. Upon returning to my area after completing the put backs, Angela suggests that I pick up the rest of the put backs on the table if I wanted to leave for the day. At this point is where I begin to express my concerns: 1. Why was this co-worker allowed to sit idly on the clock and not do the put backs that we ALL were instructed to do? 2. Why did she allow the two co-workers that I mentioned earlier leave if the work was not done? 3. Why were there inconsistencies in her instructions? 4. Why did she wait until the very end of the day to let us know that we had to do put backs? I could have made accomodations for my day had I known that I would be staying

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