Thursday, July 01, 2004



So today I made my first official complaint to the Human Resources Manager.
He is probably having a heart attack right now because Japanese people never complain about anything even when they should.
I didn't complain about work, although I should.
I complained about smoking in the lunch room.

There is a rule in the lunch room, no smoking between 12:00 and 12:30. Basically there is no smoking anywhere on the entire factory property as this is a chemical factory and everything is highly flammable. There is designated smoking areas in the offices but all those on the production line have to wait until they get into the lunch room.
Boooo hoooo.
Sorry I have no sympathy for smokers even my husband.

Well there is a group of guys who inhale their lunches and light up by about 12:15. Then there are the casual maintenance labourers who dont know that the rule is in place. I have finally had enough. Do not mess with a pregnant woman who has gag reflexes at the smell of smoke!!
I asked the Manager to please start to enforce the rule as it was both disgusting and rude I used those words too. I am annoyed. I mentioned that now that the air con and fans have been turned on for summer the damn smoke was being smelt by all.
We will see if there is an outcome. Probably not. There is probably going to be a reaction along the lines of - damn foreigner!
Well I have been here for over 4 years now and there has been a lot of tears and sweat shed in this office as well as blood.
Blood?
Ya cut my leg on a damn prepreg board vacuuming the floor.

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