A Series Of Miserable Events Leads To A Happy Ending!

So there was a mandatory meeting for all the managers last night. We all knew about it two weeks in advance, and we were all told we HAD to be there.

I'm on my way there, gonna be like 15 minutes early... and the car runs out of gas (gas gauge is broken and I'm bad at math, so I fucked up on the mileage). I call my boss and let her know I'm gonna be late but I'll definitely be there. My fiance and I hike about two miles (at 10:30pm, in January, in Missouri) to get to a gas station.

Did I mention that I injured my foot/ankle the other night at work, while I covered for my store manager because her car broke down, so I closed for her, staying till 1am when I was originally off at 7pm? Yeah.

So hiking, in the cold at night, not dressed for it, we get the gas and get to work. I'm over an hour late, and I'm ready to start spewing apologies.

Until my boss says "Looks like you're the only one who wants to keep their job, since you're the only one who decided to show the hell up to a mandatory meeting."

Seriously. The only one. Some of the others have been there for a couple years, I've only been there less than two months, and I'm the only one that showed up?

The boss lady is PISSED at them, and basically said that I'm getting my 35 hours a week now, regardless of whether the others are willing to share their hours with me. She's going to take away their hours and give them to me, because I was the only one that showed up.

Woo!

It's *almost* worth walking on my injured foot.

--Battery Jesus Girl

Comments

[L]

Congratulations! It's refreshing that your boss is willing to reward dedication and hard work; though I imagine you'll have stories to tell about bitchy complaining coworkers later on...

[The Last Archimedean]

*shaking head*

If a meeting is mandatory, I'll walk through the fiery pits of Hell, or the frozen wastelands, to get there.

Because I value my job.

Looks like you are the only person besides your boss, at your company, who gets that concept. And if you come back with stories about whiny co-workers who were laid off or had their hours cut, I won't feel sorry for them.

[Zyffyr]

Congratulations on your reward for actually having a work ethic. Far to many people today who lack one.

[Skittles]

Apperantly mandatory is too difficult of a word for your co-workers. Their loss is your gain though, right on.

[Jason Thorn]

I only have one caveat--I hope walking was the best way to keep warm, because if I was your fiance, I wouldn't have asked you to walk on that foot. I would have gotten the gas myself and let you rest in the car.