Holidays From Hell & What's In A Name?

Ok so there are a few things annoying me today so I'll just dive right it.

1) I can't take my main holiday in September coz my boss J & E like to go then which is sort of fine but they are looking at a cruise for 28 Sept thil 14 oct. The last time I checked there were three other weeks in September. Please correct me if Im wrong. Anyhow that just narked me. What did the pissing off was JK saying he'd probably go away for his main holiday in September & J never warned him off at all. She made such a song and dance about it towards me. God Im so peeved.

2) On a related subject, Im pissed off that I keep getting overlooked for my increase in annual leave. IE everyone else gets between 25 & 27 days off & I only get 21, which was because when I joined it was on a six month temporary contract. However I have now been here for eighteen months & should have had it increased to 25 for 2007 but so far nothings doing.

3)Sick of R calling me "shorty" today, which I hate. Now I know Im vertically challenged but its beginning to grate as you don't go round calling a fat person "fatty" as a term of affection. Not unless you want to be sued. He is the only person ever to usually get away with calling me that because I can normally forgive him anything. But not today. Even one of the girls, S I was away on holiday with insisted on calling me Nadz when drunk. A nickname I have fought over for many years with my dad while i was growing up.

I hate it! God I have a name that can't be shortened to anything decent so don't bother. It's either TJ or a pet name like darling, sweetie, hon / honey pie. Or in the case of my bosses E, Flower & J, Love. In fact no one at work uses my name unless Im getting wrong or a Director is present. Hell even the clients calle me darling or sweetie, which technically means I can be sued under the Trades Description Act coz I am anything but sweet. Just ask the boys: whose afternoon tea I spiked with salt instead of sugar. Hehe.

Finally I am not amused that I have to avoid bumping into R who is out clubbing down the town tonight to save myself from anymore torturing come next Monday.

Ciao for now.

TJ