The Plauge

Don't try this at work...

If you are genuinely a friendly person, and you get along pretty well with everyone, including the "office folks" don't try selling anything for charity at work.

Evidently because I sold red bandanas to help raise funds for Relay For Life, I am now 'off-limits'.

I was informed, that is solicitation.

Hmmm. Okay, look it up.

No solicitaion for everyones favorite cause during "working times".

I can see how that might have been a violation.

However, people sell girl scout cookies, bring in school fund raisers, hand out avon books, and sell plants and teddy bears....I have given to all of them.

Google it.

Ah, there it is, a policy that is not consistently enforced.

Interesting.

I am told "You cannot sell bandanas for now, until we review our policy on the proper way to get approval."

"Okie-dokie, just so ya know, they are having a bake sale tomorrow.", I politely inform them.

"We will be having a bake sale before work and during lunch tomorrow." is announced over the intercom shortly after my discussion.

I see, got that covered now. Someone else has been edjumacated, I suppose.

All day long salaried employees will not look at me, literally circumvent me and I get this odd feeling, they cannot speak with me.

Now the best part of that is I wouldn't notice at all if I didn't normally say "Hi" to absolutely everyone in my path, and am friendly with all the salaried folks as I go in and out of their offices on a regular basis.

Ah, well, perhaps they now think I am trying to be the team leader of a union. That is a hoot!

Anyone who knows me and my background will understand I am generally against unionization, I was an assistant manager with Wal-mart for God's sake, I know this. I understand the "ins" and "outs" of them generally, with a Human Resource Management minor, and I don't really like the idea.

We have an excellent plant manager, an anonymous ethics hotline, and make excellent wages with good benefits. Who on earth would want to pay fees and not be able to help do whatever job is available or have management work right along side of them, instead of having to go through a "process", feeling distanced from management, and not being able to work at a different position if that "wasn't your job"?

Sometimes Unions are necessary, but not here.

Facinating, really.

I am tempted to casually inform them I don't really care for unions, but I suppose they will relax after a while.

For now I guess I have the "Plauge"