Introspection

Stir it up? Pick your battles! November 10, 2005

Well last night was interesting non the less. A supervisor of ours decided to rant at us workers about appropriate uniform wear. The issue at hand was that the old issued fleece jackets we had were zipped up around our necks to keep ourselves warm due to cold weather at night. Now granted our policy states “only approved and company supplied uniform items are acceptable to be worn while on duty. Non-issue clothing shall not be worn etc,” Ok taken to the literal sense we are wrong for even wearing a non-issued item. Looking at the broader picture our uniform issues are in complete disarray. Does the fully zipped up fleece under our issued jackets look un professional or sloppy, possibly if the sack like jackets we now have are left unzipped. It is acceptable to wear a scarf but not the fleece. Okay time to by a scarf. Our new uniforms are sorely lacking in quality in my humble opinion but I am trying to make due and  be able be outside for my 10 hr shift and be comfortable.

So the challange was issued with comments like “if you don’t like it then speak to my boss!” So I did via an email that neither complained nor pointed the finger at anyone. The email was merely an question if situation A arises then can option B be done. Well option B is ok with the bosses for the time  being. So who won this battle? I say no one because we all look like children and unable to work together, What a waste of bandwidth as my specific question was posed to two people yet the response was fanned out to all field management and now I’m ranting here but mind you this is a blog .