Well, this is an unfortunate setback.
Jul. 27th, 2012 10:37 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lighterthanairI woke up this morning and couldn't hear properly. It feels like I have earplugs in, or cotton stuffed in my ears, even though I don't. They don't hurt; if they did, I'd assume I have an ear infection. But I can't hear well right now, and the ringing in my ears is really loud, louder than normal.
Times like this I wish I didn't work where I do. Working in a call centre means that if I don't have a voice, or can't hear, I'm useless. And I could go in and tell them that I can't hear and can't take calls, but then what am I supposed to do? I don't have any research to do for clients at the moment. People could pass their research off to me and I could do it and send it back, but even if that would work, I highly suspect that if I do in there and tell them my hearing's fucked up, they'll think I'm lying and tell me to take calls anyway. And I can't. Right now even the sound of my typing is muffled, and I'm less than a foot away from what's making sound. Hearing through a headset is difficult enough on a normal day; I dread to think what it would be like today.
So my option, unless it goes away in 2 hours, is to go to the hospital and get a doctor's note. Which means more lost time and pay. And while my next paycheque falls on a 3-paycheque month, I want to stop missing so much time at work! I need this job, at least for the next few years, and since coming back, it seems like I've had just as many health problems as before I left. Just fewer mental difficulties. And work's not likely to understand that, and if I tried to explain, they'd probably decide that I needed another leave of absense or something.
One step at a time. I'm going to drink some tea, and maybe the heat will help my ears get back to normal. If I have to go to the hospital, I'll just remember to ask for a doctor's note, because then legally they can't touch me in regard to my absences. Not now that I'm past my probationary period.
And if they tell me that since end of my probabtionary period fell during the time of my LOA and that it thus doesn't count, I'll remind them that they've been calling me and treating me like a senior agent with as much time and experience as anyone else who started when I did but didn't get forced into 5 months of downtime, so they can't have one without the other unless they want to invite a legal battle. You can't give me all of the responsibility and none of the perks without me upping the accusation of discrimination.
One step at a time. There's no sense in borrowing trouble. I'll do what I can before my shift, and if that doesn't work, I'll go to the doctor, and then go from there.
Times like this I wish I didn't work where I do. Working in a call centre means that if I don't have a voice, or can't hear, I'm useless. And I could go in and tell them that I can't hear and can't take calls, but then what am I supposed to do? I don't have any research to do for clients at the moment. People could pass their research off to me and I could do it and send it back, but even if that would work, I highly suspect that if I do in there and tell them my hearing's fucked up, they'll think I'm lying and tell me to take calls anyway. And I can't. Right now even the sound of my typing is muffled, and I'm less than a foot away from what's making sound. Hearing through a headset is difficult enough on a normal day; I dread to think what it would be like today.
So my option, unless it goes away in 2 hours, is to go to the hospital and get a doctor's note. Which means more lost time and pay. And while my next paycheque falls on a 3-paycheque month, I want to stop missing so much time at work! I need this job, at least for the next few years, and since coming back, it seems like I've had just as many health problems as before I left. Just fewer mental difficulties. And work's not likely to understand that, and if I tried to explain, they'd probably decide that I needed another leave of absense or something.
One step at a time. I'm going to drink some tea, and maybe the heat will help my ears get back to normal. If I have to go to the hospital, I'll just remember to ask for a doctor's note, because then legally they can't touch me in regard to my absences. Not now that I'm past my probationary period.
And if they tell me that since end of my probabtionary period fell during the time of my LOA and that it thus doesn't count, I'll remind them that they've been calling me and treating me like a senior agent with as much time and experience as anyone else who started when I did but didn't get forced into 5 months of downtime, so they can't have one without the other unless they want to invite a legal battle. You can't give me all of the responsibility and none of the perks without me upping the accusation of discrimination.
One step at a time. There's no sense in borrowing trouble. I'll do what I can before my shift, and if that doesn't work, I'll go to the doctor, and then go from there.
