Forgive the terse wording of this entry, but my job is beginning to affect the house here in a negative fashion.
Steve owes me a huge money debt right now (like Dad says, as long as he owes me money, I'm never broke), and was threatening to add to it last night by requesting a cab from work to home, with me footing the bill later. He's a bonehead, and I told him I would only do it this once, but hey, if it helps the house, so be it.
I made the call about 8:00 last night and gave Lenny the information. This morning, George tells me Steve never got the cab; that he was refused service. Immediately, I got on the two-way with the owner, who's aware of my Thursday incident with the one cab driver.
His response: "We don't take office charges anymore." Nice of him to tell me! I take them all the time; in fact, James from the night shift still owes me $16 from a Ypsilanti-to-office run I gave him last week.
Though groggy this morning, Steve told me the cab showed up 1/2 hour late (no surprise), and then refused him service because he didn't have cash. Steve said it was a charge, and they refused him service. The driver tried to pin all the blame on Steve, who was stuck in the middle. I made that call at 8:00 and thought no more about it; Lenny said he had all the information down. But the owner said he never got it.
Now this is a case of timing... and I wonder if it coincides with any possible fallout from Thursday night. Steve had to wait at the pickup point another hour for his ride to get him home. And this has nothing to do with the fact that Steve needs his own car, which he does. All you need to do is combine this with my recent incidents, and the way they're jerking George around in the service garage, and you have to wonder if they're abusing a good thing, which is the reliable service George & I provide that company.
If they want bad drivers, they got 'em. If they want bad mechanics, they had 'em. If they want good business... they have to turn their heads on their first two wants. More independent cab dealers have opened up around here the past couple years, so there is competition. If they want it, they have to go for it.
Does the owner have a clue? The jury's out on that, but not out on the fact that these incidents are messing up order in this house. And I will not stand for that, employee or not. I should not have to shoulder all the accountability.
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Someone, please, give me the guts to call my stepbrother and wish for a way out of this state. If the older readers remember the old Calgon soap commericals on TV, they'll certainly know where I stand.
