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Soul83 asked in Family & RelationshipsMarriage & Divorce · 1 month ago

Late to work and worried about being placed on a warning?

I went to drive out from my apartment complex tonight and someone had interfered with the garage door. I couldn't find the emergency lever. So there I was panicking and calling work to let my colleagues know I would be late.

I was more than 15 minutes late. I was going to order a taxi but the wait for that would've meant being late anyway. I found an umbrella in the car and reached up to switch the door back on.

I typed an email to the boss but I think the excuse looks so bad and I don't even know what to do. I feel really embarrassed. It's not the first time I've been late. And I hate to be so late on such an important shift.

What should I do now? I think I'm going to be placed on a performance management pathway...

Is there anything in terms of psychotherapy that can help me? All of my life I have been struggling to be on time for things.

Update:

My union rep can only do so much to help.

There are several contributing factors to my lateness to night shift. One is that my 2 year old son has no one at home to help look after him and my wife sometimes comes home very late.

Second, I get over tired from trying to commit to classes after work and then have to pick my son up in the evenings. So I go for a nap and wake up at the last minute for work.

Update 2:

I have been in the same stable job for more than 5 years now. I worked stable jobs prior to that. However my last appointment as an assistant manager didn't go well because I had punctuality issues. I ended up leaving for my current job before they could put me through the whole for Al warnings process. I wasn't going to stay to be fired.

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  • T-half
    Lv 6
    1 month ago

    I lose track of time every day.  Unless I look, I don't know what time it is, what day, year, or even what season it is.  I was told it's something to do with the way my eyes communicate with my brain.

    To get around this medical condition, I must create schedules to do things.

    I check the weather the day before (yay internet).  I gather all my clothes and shoes for the next day.  I prepare my breakfast and lunch for the next day.  Any paperwork or anything I need to bring to work the next day, I put in my car.

    My goals are to get to work 20 minutes early, eat my breakfast in my car or at my desk. 

    In the morning, I grab a water bottle, handful of nuts and dash to the restroom.  I chomp on the nuts and drink half the water. I brush my teeth and hair.  Back in the bedroom, I dress.  then I go to the kitchen to pick up my food and leave the house.

    I'm not totally awake yet, but still, I drive.You need to get everything ready the day before. Strive to be 20 minutes early.  Then when you have a true emergency they will cut you some slack.If I don't get ready in this manner, then I get distracted.  I've gotten up partially dressed and realized I had a tear in my pants.  Need clean pants. Go to the laundry room.  Forget why I went there and start folding towels. Then I put in a load to wash.  Go to the kitchen and load the dishwasher to start in one hour.  Get a bowl of cereal and start reading a book.  My boss calls, are you coming in?  Oh darn, I thought it was Saturday. He's not happy.  I tell him about my medical condition.  He's still not happy.I'm not happy either.  I'm going to get a bad parking place.

  • i + i
    Lv 7
    1 month ago

    We've told you hundreds of times how 

    to fix this situation, but you insist on 

    remaining and suffering in your current 

    domestic mess, apparently just so you 

    can endlessly come here to whine about 

    it. You keep complaining about your wife... 

    but since you won't do what is necessary, 

    this mess is now all your OWN fault. 

  • ?
    Lv 7
    1 month ago

    This isn't brain surgery, leave early. This isn't high school, this is real life. Future employers will see you have several different jobs in a year and think you are a flake and not hire you.

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