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Wednesday, October 18, 2006 So this last weekend we met another wedding planner considering the last one wants 15% of every contract we sign with her...ie: location, flowers, dj, photographer, etc. plus another $1750 for day of services...which came out to $5000 something. I'm thinking NO!!!! So we kept her in mind as far as day of services only and that would have been it, nothing more where she would get the 15% from the contracts. So with that said we met with Gil (pronounced Jil) on Sunday last weeked. She lives in Ladera Ranch and owns not only a wedding planning business but a invitation business. We met her at her REALLY nice townhouse, this is where she runs her business out of, and had a nice chat with her. I will say I was very pleasantly surprised with her, and how she is set up. Not only that but all she includes for a set price.... She normally charges $3550 for all of her services including day of (that's not an extra charge like it is with some). We actually got that down $1150 because of all the work we've done on our own so far. Not to mention she won't have to be at our rehearsal dinner since it will be all of 14 people...big whoop lol! So needless to say I'm very happy about that.We're looking at another photographer now, cheaper with more options and I like his work a lot better. This weekend M and I are going to SanDiego with my mom and Walrus for a weekend vacation. After this week I really need one....If you're asking why, well here it is! I was called into work on Monday. It would figure that the only other day they are having me come in this month is the day I'm as sick as can be. When I get the call and ask the woman when she wants me in she replies NOW.....I'm like I'm in bed because I'm sick, it will take me a minimum of 30 mins to get there, I'll be there as soon as I can be. She replies with "Fine" and I say good bye. Now I've talked to my union reps a couple times about my direct supervisor not meeting union guidelines by having me scheduled a total of 8 days a month (now that's 8 full time days not part time) and she has yet to meet that except the first month of my employment. So when I get home (a couple hours later actually) I notice I missed a call and have a voicemail. It's one of my union reps S asking me to call her back. When I call her she says she's talked to F my supervisor and tells me that the reason I haven't been scheduled is because my availability isn't what she wants. This infuriates me because this isn't my fault it's hers. I told her in the beginning (when she interviewed me in July) that I was in school and it was no problem working my schedule around hers. She said that was fine. When I was told I got the on call position and not the part time regular I said ok what do you want my class schedule to be because I have to register on July 25th. She said.... F: "Well for the first 3 weeks you have to be available from 6:30 am to 8:00pm. After that I don't know what to tell you." Me: "Well then I'm going to register for classes I'll let you know my schedule." F: "Ok!" So I registered on the 25th of July, and let her know my schedule the next day. She had no problem with it and has not once said she had a problem with my availability. So this just pisses me off to no end. Now I have to go in today to talk to her with one of my union reps, because apparently when I called and left her a message saying...."I'll drop all my classes since they're not imperative to my major to make myself available as much as you need me to be. I can't afford to loose this job, it means to much to me. It took me 2 years to get in here and I'm not willing to let it go over a misunderstanding"....well when I called her yesterday she said it was all a huge misunderstanding and she wants me to come in blah blah blah! I think this is all a bunch of crap....she wanted to let me go because of my lack of availability and now that I've said I'll do this to make myself available she can no long blame me. Not only that but the girl she hired after me is doing nothing but fucking up majorly and she's having to face all of that. So if you'll please say a little prayer for me I'd appreciate it. I need this job to pay for my wedding among a house....fuck can't I ever find a job where people aren't trying to go after me one way or another. |
About Myself
I'm a newlywed who got married on March 15,2008.
I'm currently living at home with my mother, husband,
2 dogs, 3 cats, and 5 tortises. We're saving up for
our first how which we'll hopefully buy soon. I'd
love to start our family, but that like everything
comes in it's own time.
I recently lost my father, and am dealing with his
death the best way I know how. Surrounding myself
with the people I love, and enjoying life like he
would have wanted me to.