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I missed out again, but I don't feel badly about it. That's right, I didn't go to the Rio, nor will I. Not because of a boycott, just because I don't feel well enough.
Unfortunately, Peg has lost her job again, this time under nefarious circumstances, I'll explain:
She had told her supervisor that she would be having a LONG awaited surgery on her right arm. She has had severe carpal tunnel syndrome, confirmed by the electrical tests ((twice) She was scheduled to have this surgery right before we were wiped out in Katrina, and then had to go through the horribly painful tests again last month.
One of her supervisors just doesn't like Peg. Now for those of you who know her, I know you'll find that hard to believe because she is very cool, very quiet, and extremely friendly. I don't think she's ever really had an "enemy" in her life. This particular supervisor has had it in for Peggy since she was forced to do a "voluntary" write-up on this supervisor for breaking policy and procedure, and the supervisor had actually been suspended for 3 days on the findings of this write-up.
Fast forward, now this supervisor is Peg's BIG BOSS on her shift (great, huh?) Peg informs the supervisor of the upcoming surgery which was to take place TODAY, after which Peg would be taking her one week vacation and then needed another 3-5 weeks off, and had already cleared that with H.R. under the FMLA and would be receiving her temporary disability insurance payments for the month after the paid vacation week.
Peg's supervisor tried to deny her the time off, but wasn't able to and this infuriated her, so one day Peg goes into work and there is a $30 discrepancy when she counted IN to her drawer (she is a cage cashier) She was assured by this same supervisor that the discrepancy was not real and had "WASHED" with another drawer, meaning she had $30 too much and the other drawer had $30 too little, and they were aware of the situation.
Now here is where I believe Peg made her mistake. Instead of OBJECTING to signing into a drawer that was "over" because she did'nt want to ruffle any feathers with this supervisor, she signed in and went to work as normal.
At the close of shift, Peg counted out and was $30 over. No shock, as they all KNEW that drawer was $30 over before the shift started. All of the sudden, the supervisor lost her memory!!! She wrote Peggy up for the overage, and that was the second write-up Peg had received in a month (the other was a $25 under drawer a few weeks before, write-ups start at $20).
Two days later, after working her whole shift (the same day she went in for her final blood tests for the upcoming surgery) she was called in and the same supervisor put her on SUSPENSION PENDING INVESTIGATION.
Last week, she was FIRED, told she could apply immediately for any other job at MGM-Mirage except cage cashier or any money handling job. Mean time, the surgery center calls and said her insurance had cancelled the surgery. Not only that but now we have to wait for COBRA to send us a certified letter informing us how much it will cost. That letter came today, and Peg is going to pick it up as we speak.
Obviously we won't be attending BARGE, and now we have no idea how we're going to pay for the COBRA, and I'm going to run out of Meds and not be able to see doctors until she gets RE-EMPLOYED and then waits out the 3 months.
So there you have it. I'll post as soon as Peg gets home to let everyone know how much the fucking insurance company is going to charge us so we can pay our (already) outrageous Co-Pays. Meanwhile, Peg can't have her surgery, because we can't afford for her to be off work for 5 weeks, without being able to pay for COBRA, and of course the income.
Basically, we're fucked physically, and monetarily. I hope they have medicaid for 43 year old fuck-ups. That's all I can say.
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