The Continuing Saga...

THE CONTINUING ATTEMPT TO NOT GET SCREWED OVER BY THE PEOPLE I WORK FOR
By Zon


SONYA enters ZON's office.

SONYA: I got your email, asking for a letter. 

ZON: We had spoken about a letter months ago, and you said you'd get something to me, and I was just checking back with you because I hadn't heard anything and I still haven't received a letter.

SONYA: Did Rose send you any paperwork about your promotion?

ZON: No.  Not yet, at least.

SONYA: Okay.  See, what it is is that you haven't been officially promoted yet.  You've been placed on what they call a Detail to Duty.

ZON: Right.  I knew that.

SONYA: And what that means is they work you for some months before they officially give you the promotion.  Did your pay increase?

ZON: Yes.  So far, everything is fine except that I was told I would receive a letter or email saying that I had been placed on Detail to Duty and that's when it would become official.

SONYA: Okay.  See, what it is is that there is no paperwork for Detail to Duty.  You actually fill out your paperwork when you get made official.

ZON: Well, I understand what you're saying.  Except that my supervisor told me there would be a letter, Amy told me there would be a letter, and one of my colleagues showed me her letter telling her she had officially been placed on Detail to Duty.

SONYA: Okay, according to Amy there is no paperwork.

ZON: When I spoke with Amy personally, she told me there was paperwork.

SONYA: Well, I have never seen any letter telling anyone they've been put on Detail to Duty.

ZON: I have.

SONYA: Who?

ZON: Let's go see her.

ZON and SONYA walk to COLLEAGUE's office.

ZON: Hey Colleague.  You were sent a letter telling you that you'd been placed on Detail to Duty, right.

COLLEAGUE: I sure did. 

SONYA raises her voice and is obviously defensive.

SONYA: Who sent it to you?  Who was it?  Who, when did you get it?  It wasn't for Detail to Duty!

COLLEAGUE pulls out her letter and shows it to SONYA.

COLLEAGUE: Whoa, whoa, whoa!  It's way too early to be speaking like that!  Here's my letter that I got telling me I had been placed on Detail to Duty.  Sent to me by Rose.

SONYA: Was it sent through the mail?!

COLLEAGUE: It's okay.  Everything is okay.  I'm pretty sure it was in an envelope placed on my desk.

SONYA: It wasn't sent through the mail?!

COLLEAGUE: No, I don't think so.  And this is the letter I got, also placed on my desk, telling me that I had officially been promoted to a level 4.

SONYA: I had never seen anything like this before.  I had never seen this kind of letter.

COLLEAGUE: Well, there it is.

SONYA (quickly turning to ZON): I'll get you something to ya.

ZON: Thanks.