Or at least that's what the owner said today. She said it creates a negative work environment, and that the only things we should be talking about are the current things going on at work or relating to work. To keep personal stories and 'he said/she said's out of conversations at work. To a point, I understand, because it's true that it can help resentment build up, but..... If the treatment was kind and just by everyone, it wouldn't be an issue anyway. The quality of our workplace has really gone down in the last couple of months. It's pretty sad.
She also said they would have to strictly enforce the no gossip, and implied that people could lose their job if they're caught gossiping. If we have a complaint, we need to go to management, and they'll file an anonymous report. BUT she added something scary to that statement: OR NOT, if we feel we need to know who it is. I'm like (O__________O);; So you're reserving the right to know who said what, based on what they say, and not based on harmful content. And we're supposed to complain to the management about everything, rather than test the waters with other workers and see if it's a common problem or one that's only applicable to us?
For example: Tonight, there were literally NO towels in ANY of the THREE Thai rooms when I went to do a thai. It was my first and only thai of the night, but I had to restock all the rooms simply because I was the last one working. I've been having to clean up after my coworkers a ridiculous amount, and it irritates me because it causes me not to get out until 20-30 minutes AFTER closing. So what they're saying is, even though it could cause the workers I work with some serious drama (probation, fired, 'bad' review), I should report them, rather than let off steam by commiserating with another coworker that has the same problem and then letting it go? I mean, it's a recurring problem so I'm close to reporting them anyway, but still: Is the irritation worth possibly causing someone to get fired?
In a related note, and I just incidentally saw this today, I read an interesting quote. It said "A bad manager can take a good staff and destroy it, causing the best employees to flee and the remainder to lose all motivation." I REALLY wanted to comment 'I KNOOOOOW, RIGHT?!' but my manager is fb friends with me and might see it and ask about it, so I kinda don't wanna do that.....
Which brings me to topic two: I'm considering making a 'work' fb with my legal name, and switching my 'work contacts' to that fb account, and changing my current one back to my maiden name + favorite spelling to differentiate them. I want to do this because I feel stifled, like my coworkers could see something on the account and either change their view of me (in a bad way), or question me on something that wasn't intended for work. What do you guys think? Should it be a simple: 'If you don't want your boss to see it, don't post it'? Or is it 'Keep your work life and your private life separate'? I'm conflicted because it feels like lying to make a new account like that, but I also don't want to be stifled in my opinions and beliefs out of fear of losing my job.
I think that's enough heavy topics for the day. Oh wait, here's one more! I like Buzzfeed, to be honest. Here's a nice video from them!
And here's one that ISNT heavy! But still totally interesting!
On a note that I hope doesn't spoil it for you, do you think the make-up all looks a little..... hooker-ish? It's just REALLY strongly there. My favorite is the girl in black (Macy?) though. I like that make-up. It's not TOO strong, but still Pop-y. I wish I could do those 'wings' that well....
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I think you can also edit facebook settings to control who sees what, but that may be on a post-by-post basis - I don't really use facebook and don't remember. Otherwise, I would have separate accounts, so you don't feel like you have to censor yourself around friends.
Is your blog invite-only? I can see it without being signed in.
Nope! My blog is open to the public, though everyone else's is private. It's really troublesome to edit each post, and you still won't know if anyone can see when you comment on a friend's post or something. Yeah, the second account is sounding better and better.
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