Luna's Adventures in Payroll

[Jenne]

Oh I'd be pissed as hell.  But at least now you know who to blame.

[Luna]

Oh I'd be pissed as hell.  But at least now you know who to blame.

Somebody gimme a sword.  I'm going down there to teach them whole new definitions of the word "postal."

[Jenne]

  Mailroom flunkies!

[Luna]

 

I HATE it when payroll is delayed by the stupidity of others.  If I hose it up and have to work late, it's my own damn fault.  When someone asks me, "is it okay to do this tomorrow," and I respond, "no, I have to have this done as soon as possible, it's holding up payroll," that's sort of a clue that I need it NOW, right?

You'd think "holding up payroll" would be the magic phrase, right?

Apparently not.  I call back an hour later, and it's not done.  "I can't go home until this payroll is finished.  I need it NOW."

"Oh, sorry, I'll get right on it."

[Luna]

Bloody.  Fucking.  HELL.

I had ONE thing to do, today, around all the other bloody shite I have to get done on a weekly basis around here.

Doing this thing required I get a password from a specific person in IT.  Boss and I tried this yesterday, but said IT person left at noon.  Boss is off today, so he told me "do this."

Okay.

I'm aware that I left both a voice and an e-mail message for this IT person, AND the boss left voice messages on both her work phone and her personal cell phone.  Not wishing to drive her bugshit, I patiently await her return call.  She's good, she knows me, she ALWAYS returns messages.

Lunchtime comes and goes.  Nothing.

3:00 rolls around.  Still nothing.  Is she in today?  Maybe she took a long weekend?

Better check.

Nope, she's at her desk.  "What, you didn't get the message?  I called at 10:00, <name redacted, idiot coworker> answered, said you'd stepped away from your desk."

No.  No, she didn't tell me she called, despite the fact that she was FULLY aware that the boss and I had spent all afternoon yesterday trying to reach her, and she MUST have heard him tell me to get this done today.

                

[BabylonHoruv]

I HATE it when payroll is delayed by the stupidity of others.  If I hose it up and have to work late, it's my own damn fault.  When someone asks me, "is it okay to do this tomorrow," and I respond, "no, I have to have this done as soon as possible, it's holding up payroll," that's sort of a clue that I need it NOW, right?

You'd think "holding up payroll" would be the magic phrase, right?

Apparently not.  I call back an hour later, and it's not done.  "I can't go home until this payroll is finished.  I need it NOW."

"Oh, sorry, I'll get right on it."

Sounds like you know who's payroll needs to take last priority.

[Luna]

I HATE it when payroll is delayed by the stupidity of others.  If I hose it up and have to work late, it's my own damn fault.  When someone asks me, "is it okay to do this tomorrow," and I respond, "no, I have to have this done as soon as possible, it's holding up payroll," that's sort of a clue that I need it NOW, right?

You'd think "holding up payroll" would be the magic phrase, right?

Apparently not.  I call back an hour later, and it's not done.  "I can't go home until this payroll is finished.  I need it NOW."

"Oh, sorry, I'll get right on it."

Sounds like you know who's payroll needs to take last priority.

I will not say that the thought of accidentally his direct deposit did not occur to me.

[LMNO]

You're a good person not to think or do that.

[Luna]

I swear, I'm out of here.

First, an employee comes in yesterday, saying that he got two direct deposits on the 2/25 pay date.  I can't look into it, my coworker had a "migraine" (read, most likely, "job interview") and left me to deal with finishing payroll on my own.

He comes back today with more information, specifically, the exact amounts of the deposits, which means I can actually look into it.

I'm digging into it.  I get an e-mail from the receptionist stating "Here is the contact number for "John Smith" whenever you get a chance to look into that for him," because he came back in to see what was going on.  I keep looking...  Walk up front for something unrelated, pass behind her desk...  And see, open on her screen, a response to that message from my boss stating, "thanks for telling me, let me know her response, I know I won't hear it from her."

So, now I ALSO have the receptionist trying to get me bloody fired, in addition to my idiot coworker, who CAUSED the problem in the first place (and I can TRACK that, she entered a change in "John Smith's" direct deposit to deposit somebody else's check into his new account, and left his old account active.)

[Luna]

Aaaand, the boss forwarded our entire conversation to the co-worker, including me informing him (with the paper trail he requested) that she screwed up, and chewed her out, copy to me.  THAT is gonna make life comfy around here.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

Aaaand, the boss forwarded our entire conversation to the co-worker, including me informing him (with the paper trail he requested) that she screwed up, and chewed her out, copy to me.  THAT is gonna make life comfy around here.

Your only option is to run with it.  Don't apologize, don't bat a fucking eyelash.

If she confronts you on it, tell her to fuck off and do her damn job.

[Don Coyote]

Aaaand, the boss forwarded our entire conversation to the co-worker, including me informing him (with the paper trail he requested) that she screwed up, and chewed her out, copy to me.  THAT is gonna make life comfy around here.

Your only option is to run with it.  Don't apologize, don't bat a fucking eyelash.

If she confronts you on it, tell her to fuck off and do her damn job.

This

Or blunt force trauma.

[Dysnomia]

rail that bitch Luna.   

[Suu]

You need to apply for that job at Brown.

[Luna]

You need to apply for that job at Brown.

The one she's looking at?  I'm seriously tempted.  That'd be funny as hell.

She didn't say a fucking word about it before she left.