Y'all are awesome.  I have already started taking your advice. Upon my return to work, I discovered that yet another dog had been sent home without being groomed, courtesy of my arch nemesis, ( let's call her BO  which stands for Burned Out.  But it could also stand for Body Odor, which is funnier).  That is twice in the space of a week that a dog was sent home and a customer was terribly inconvenienced. Twice.

 Ask me how many times it's happened at my salon before this. Go ahead. 

  Never.  Not once.  Argh.

  So I talked to my boss and requested his presence as I write her up tomorrow.  A write up. As in, a document.  My reading comprehension is pretty good, people, and that was the message I took away with me. Document, baby! 

  My boss will be there so that he can see for himself how she responds to reprimands. Which? Not well at all.  She literally whines and will not stop blaming others or making excuses even after I've told her that the matter is no longer up for discussion. 

  Again, thanks y'all. I feel hopeful that I can fix this now.  Oh, and a few responses to some comments:

  Chris, you know I love it when you lie to me. ;)

  Mrs. Chili, good advice about telling the rest of my people to bitch to my boss, instead of me. He has a a much lower tolerance for bullshit than I do, so I actually think that'll move things along. I'm going to go one step furthur and involve him in all discipline concerning BO (hee!) because of the aforementioned driving me up a fucking wall thing.  He'll help me keep my cool when dealing with her. 

  Jo (whom I would link to if she had a link, damnit), I really appreciated your perspective, not only because you've been both peon and management, like myself, but I respect your brains and your people sense and I love you and you're also very cute.  SO glad you can post from work. So, so glad.

  Mrs. Ca, you're diabolical!  Which is a good thing. I can't really take your advice, but thinking about it is lots of fun.

  Mama_Tulip, I agree. She does need to be shown the door.  Oh, and you're awesome.

 MrsFortune, thanks for saying you like my writing.  Who knew I was a compliment whore? (Only everyone who ever met me. Heh.)  Your advice was sound, but rest assured that I have given her verbal warnings and reprimands about all my areas of concern on more than one occasion. It's much like talking talking to a teenager, with the eyerolling and the whining and the "But it wasn't meeeee'. 
    Oh and, your former boss sucks wind.  I had a chance to read a bit of your blog (I like your writing, too!) and I think you got screwed.   Just for the record.

  Jess, my concern is that it might be considered unprofessional to actually tell her not to let the door hit her in the ass on the way out.  Do you think it would be ok if I said it under my breath or thought it really hard? 

  Andy, you really have to be the best stepson in the whole wide world.  I love you for taking my problem seriously and putting such thought into your comment and posting it so intelligently.  You rock, hard.  

 Pookie, I appreciate your offer, but you're needed elsewhere. At home, keeping me sane. It's a full time job, you know.

   Thanks again, Internet.  I appreciate ya.  

 

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