Just My Luck

LadyMarchHare started a blog post Just My Luck
January 18, 2011, 05:07 PM
Just My Luck

My karma needs to get its act together. Either that or someone enjoys seeing me upset/in a flying rage.

First off I hadn't been able to get hold of Hattie since my birthday, which was the 7th, so for nearly 2 weeks I've been texting him every other day or every two days, with no reply. Last night I got mad and texted at around midnight "you know I feel like I'm texting a brick wall" and went to sleep mad as could be and hurt that he wasn't replying. At 8 this morning I get a reply and turns out somewhere along the line my messages are being eaten and he never received any of my text messages save for the last one. We tried talking for two hours but I kept having to resend my messages and wait for his "did you send something back?" messages. I THINK we got it cleared up by him turning his phone off and on again as I had to do that before when I wasn't receiving a friend's texts, but we'll see.

But just when I thought everything was A-OK, I get a text at lunch saying he may not have Valentine's Day off. I'm gonna be there between the 8th and 16th so him not being off is a big deal. For one, it's gonna ruin everything I had planned for him since he's told me all his V-Days have been bad. Two, it ruins his plans to take me out to make up for forgetting my birthday. Three, IT'S VALENTINE'S DAY. I understand the park gets busy with couples that day but surely they could do without him, right? I wish I could talk to his manager, it's not fair that I spent so much money on a ticket and am flying 623 miles to see him for only a week and they want to waffle on his requested off time. That's bull.

I'd ask what else could go wrong against this trip but I'm scared of the answer.
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  Lumos commented
  
  February 14, 2011, 09:24 PM
  
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  What does your SO do for Disney? I just got done doing a semester internship at WDW. I did Quick Service Food & Beverage at Magic Kingdom. The way it worked for me was they put a permanent mark on your record every time you called in. If you called in more than three times in 30 days, you'd get a reprimand. If you got three reprimands, you were terminated.
  
  There was no way they could force me to come in after giving me days off though O_o That would have been ridiculous. A few times they called me in the morning of my day off and asked me to come in, and I happily said no every time.
  
  My trouble was getting days off in the first place. Since I was a CP, we were last in line to get days off. Full-time people have it easy, I think :P
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  LadyMarchHare commented
  
  February 14, 2011, 09:29 PM
  
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  Originally posted by Lumos;bt7811
  
  What does your SO do for Disney? I just got done doing a semester internship at WDW. I did Quick Service Food & Beverage at Magic Kingdom. The way it worked for me was they put a permanent mark on your record every time you called in. If you called in more than three times in 30 days, you'd get a reprimand. If you got three reprimands, you were terminated.
  
  There was no way they could force me to come in after giving me days off though O_o That would have been ridiculous. A few times they called me in the morning of my day off and asked me to come in, and I happily said no every time.
  
  My trouble was getting days off in the first place. Since I was a CP, we were last in line to get days off. Full-time people have it easy, I think :P
  
  He's in Cast Support in the main park. I remember similar terms when he started out as a temp at the beginning of last year but I guess either the staff he works under are very strict or the higher in the ranks you go in some areas the worse it gets for you. I know I've had people call my SO a liar when I relay the things he's told me about his job but they worked summer jobs, nothing permanent.
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  Lumos commented
  
  February 14, 2011, 10:23 PM
  
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  It wouldn't surprise me, to be honest. Disney is not fun to work for. I know different lines of work have different rules and managers often have to work horrible hours and holidays just like CPs.
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