or it wasnt the job…only this could happen to me!
OK well here is a story for you….So I want to say thank you for all emailing me with congrats and good lucks!!!! BUTso I went to work on Tue day and it was great, I was already being thrown into the job and learning stuff and then around lunch time the roof of my mouth is itching so bad…this means that I know I am allergic to something… I was thinking that it had something to do with my trainer smoking…(since I am allergic to smoke) but I wasn’t around his smoke only his smell, so I didn’t think that was it.
so anyways after the end of the day I went home and started to feel terrible. My throat was hurting and felt like it was closing up. My mouth was itching, my eyes watering, I was coughing alot and I just felt bad. So that night I was talking Allegra D and cough drops and all the good stuff to make you better. well it didn’t work, I didn’t sleep at all that night.
I went into work on Wed. and I looked up above my work station and there it was…I was surrounded by 6 -8 air ducts that looked like they have NEVER been cleaned. So I went to my boss and politely asked her if they ever get cleaned or if they could get cleaned bc I was miserable after I left work. She told me she would look into it….(note she has no personality)
So later that day she came to me and asked me if I were taking any med’s for my allergies. I told her yes but that I was due to see my Dr. She pretty much told me that I needed to see what he said by the end of the week bc if my allergies were not going to get better then they didn’t want to waste $ and time on training me…and that she could not guarantee that the working environment would ever be better…. sounds harsh right?
So I worked the rest of the day on Wed. went home and same story…still sick. I made an appointment to see my Dr on Thurs. morning. I went and pretty much YES I am allergic to my work place. my Dr put me on 5 different meds that cost an arm and a leg. I talked to him to even see if all this would make me 100% better and he said no if they dont change the work environment.
So guess what, I talked to my boss on Thursday after my Dr appointment and told her what my Dr had said, and she told me, this is a printing mill, it will always be dusty…we have no control over that….so I had to tell her, even with me being on this medication if the area isn’t cleaner and you cant guarantee me that it will be any cleaner, then I will not be physically able to work under these circumstances.
So guess what I am ALLERGIC to my job, so now I am starting all over again. Yes this stinks, but I had to do what was best for me, and after only being there 2 days working and having the worst attach that I have had since I cant remember when….was not worth it to me.
So please keep me in your prayers again as I keep looking for a healthy job place…
Thanks, Gilly
