The Garden Fence - proper Old Style support and chat!

Nargleblast

Helebore - two words. Observe. Document.

Keep your head under the radar whilst you are a newbie, in time you will have the full horror story.

Helebore

Thanks Nargleblast. Will do.

nursemaggie

It is not legal to work 6 hours without a break. There should be somewhere for you to get a drink of water. We are still under EU working time directive.
This does not seem to be followed buy all employers. Amazon do not allow a toilet break during a shift and most people do not have time to go during breaks because they have to turn round an come back before they reach facilities.

I think your problem is working conditions and the bully rather than the care of the residents. Frankly this is best pursued through a union or the health and safety commission. I am not very up to date on this. If you work even one minute over 6 hours you are entitled to another break. I don't understand why Amazon does not get prosecuted for the way they treat their workers.

I actually got an email from Environmental Health saying they would investigate today, rather puzzled though as they dismissed me yesterday and handed it back to the housing association. The housing Association think they have settled it buy doing the following.

The changed some of the fences to higher fences and put in new gates with locks. They have separated the back from the front with high fences. The grass cutters are not coming because they are locked out. The grass is just over knee height already. They locked the gates some time after the dustmen came but did not empty any bins. They gave us keys to the gates two days after the next bin collection that never happened.

I fail to understand the benefit of locking the rubbish in? Am I going mad?

I thought I heard a child run across the floor several times yesterday and stamping in the kitchen. Today I have only heard stamping in the kitchen for a few seconds. I do not think it is possible to not hear people above a bit as it sounds no different to someone in a bedroom above with normal walking as opposed to doing everything sounding at maximum volume. I'm thinking it is my imagination the little noise I have heard. I have been so used to such a racket all the time.

I have been out the back and the windows are still open. I think they must have been moved out but the agency have not told the Housing association. In my previous experience housing associations have inspected within 24 hours of vacation or if at weekends on the Monday. You would be amazed what can happen when someone vacates a property.

Helebore

Unfortunately it IS legal. Things change, I always thought you were entitled to a break after four hours.
Oh no it's not the residents that are the problem, I have stated that in one of the posts, it's the idiocy of washing cups et al in a sluice area. And the fact there is obviously not enough decent crockery although it has been stated that more is on order! Early days. But will get it sorted!

Softstuff

Monna, what a coup, sell the house and you can leave Millie without even the price of postage!

Fuddle, I await chicken stories eagerly. It's something I occasionally consider but still feel too immature for :rotfl:

Oh gawd Helebore, sounds like you've opened a can of worms in that place. And ew with the cups. The last time I worked in a care home many years ago (also rated "good" incidentally), I had issues that I wished I'd had help with, so great that you're being so proactive.

camelot1001

Poor Millie, although it does sound like she had fun while the viewers were there.

I had hens at my last house, they were hilarious. They were very free range and we regularly had folk knock on the door to tell us that the hens were out, even came home to them locked in their run one day, some kind soul thought they had escaped. The hens were not happy!

Keep taking notes Helebore, and take your own water bottle!

We need some sunshine!

Islandmaid

Our old ex gun dog, a beautiful lab called Rosie would regularly bring our hens into the kitchen (alive I must add) and be very pleased with herself. She also was fond of collecting their eggs :rotfl:

Helebore

I have taken water but cannot carry it with me! Ah well, now to see what today brings.
Such simple/ easy things like water or a tea but no, so bloomin difficult.

Helebore

Well, that is the shortest I have worked somewhere. Manager wanted to talk to me. She was concerned about stuff I had allegedly said whilst on a mandatory training last week. I was shocked, I most certainly did not say stuff that her own daughter said I had. Or if I did I certainly was not rude about the manager. Very odd. Then apparently because I was bemoaning re bully yesterday, she's not apparently. Really. Still direct. Hmm. It all got back to manager. And 'we are a close knit community' well with that I thought I'll never be 'good enough'. And I'm not fast enough. So here I am. Back home. Thankfully.

monnagran

Hellebore, I bet you are not the only one who has seen what is going on and expressed concern. I do think that someone ought check up on the working conditions there. Anyway, I think you have had a lucky escape.

Islandmaid, our hens used to wander in if the back door was open and have a drink from the cat's bowl. The cat was bemused. My friend's hens and dog used to eat from the same bowl. At the same time.

Well, Millie will be staying with me. Yesterday's viewers adored the house but thought it would be difficult to sell on because of the subStation. Interesting, as he had already said that he had some sort of electrical supply pole in his garden.
However, on with the waiting game.

Today I am going to try to write a few letters that have been nagging at my conscience for far too long. Ridiculous really because I love writing, but as you might have realised, I have plenty to say and am not particularly economical with words. Also I write the old fashioned way with pen and paper. I think that there are few pleasures to beat finding a handwritten letter plopping on to the doormat.
Each letter takes me a good time to write, so I may drop in here from time to time for a bit of light relief.

THOUGHT FOR TODAY

It's easy to love the rose, harder to love the leaf. It's ordinary to love the beautiful, but beautiful to love the ordinary.