Working 9 to 5...or Thereabouts
I review the hourly employees’ timecards every Monday. We do not have a time clock, so the times are filled in by hand.
Here’s the conversation I had with my secretary this morning.
Me: Are the hours you filled in for Friday correct?
Secretary: Yes.
Normally, I am not in the office on Friday afternoons, and so I cannot observe whether or not she is in the office. Guess what: last Friday, I was in the office for a short time.
Me: I was here from 2:45 to about 3:15. I didn’t see you here. When I left, I locked up your computer and the copy room. They were still locked when I arrived Sunday.
I work on Sunday, but the secretary doesn’t, and she almost never locks her computer or the copy room.
S: I was here. Maybe I took my lunch at a different time, but that’s when I thought I took lunch.
She had marked her lunch as 1:30-2:30pm.
Me: When it comes to your timecard, you can’t think you’ve got it right. You must fill it out accurately.
She was lying through her teeth.
Additional note: my e-mail inbox has 666 messages. Could that mean anything?
Here’s the conversation I had with my secretary this morning.
Me: Are the hours you filled in for Friday correct?
Secretary: Yes.
Normally, I am not in the office on Friday afternoons, and so I cannot observe whether or not she is in the office. Guess what: last Friday, I was in the office for a short time.
Me: I was here from 2:45 to about 3:15. I didn’t see you here. When I left, I locked up your computer and the copy room. They were still locked when I arrived Sunday.
I work on Sunday, but the secretary doesn’t, and she almost never locks her computer or the copy room.
S: I was here. Maybe I took my lunch at a different time, but that’s when I thought I took lunch.
She had marked her lunch as 1:30-2:30pm.
Me: When it comes to your timecard, you can’t think you’ve got it right. You must fill it out accurately.
She was lying through her teeth.
Additional note: my e-mail inbox has 666 messages. Could that mean anything?
posted by Lefty at 10:32 AM
6 Comments:
nice catch!
I could have been caught so many times. What is it about feeling the need to skip out early when the boss is out. Man it's like a drug.
Now what?
You're mean.
mel--since she gave a semi-plausible excuse that could explain why I didn't see her, I'll merely put a note re: my observation and her explanation in her file, and I'll watch her more carefully. Part of me wishes I could fire her right now, but I don't have that authority. I could only recommend it.
dover--I'm mean because I'm pissed with my secretary for lying to me and essentially stealing money from the company? Or I'm mean because of the 666? Or both?
i think it means you are evil.
she was SO lying.
I don't think you're being mean. In fact, there are few people that would address that situation directly. You did a good thing.
In re: to your email messages...I think the devil is trying to tell you to clean out your inbox.
It could mean that it's time to go crazy with inbox sorting!
As for your secretary, I'd say she's lying through her teeth... maybe you should install a "nanny cam" just for the heck of it :-p
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