Mad as a termite
Boy, I'm seething. That **** tax man. New tax coding but reduced. Why? Something about car use. What the hell are they on? Of course I use my car for work, I'm a community midwife. No. The trust do not pay my mileage for going to and from work, where did they get that idea from? I work for the NHS. You know, those people who say we will pay you this and everything else you do you do for nothing cos you love the job. Oh yes, we know you are supposed to have a pay rise but - we'll give it to you in so many parts and spread over a couple of years, and during that time you will get another pay rise, and by the end of all their machinations everyone has completely lost track of how much and when so you just give up and trust you got it. Then you find the Inland Revenue also want a piece of you so you might just as well work for sweet fanny adams and be grateful for having the job. I'm PAYE, how do they work out that I have underpaid tax as well as the car thingy. I can't underpay tax, I have no choice, I never see the money in the first place.
Whilst I'm whinging I read some blogs yesterday that included comments about community midwives. All bad comments. Grumpy, fat, unsympathetic, out dated hairstyles. Well I'm sorry. I try my hardest. I give my job my all. I visit in heatwaves, gale force winds, blizzards etc. People grumble if my clinic is running 10 minutes late, but then expect to talk to me for half an hour when they know the system allows for a 15 minute appointment. Thats why I run late. Sometimes they will have to see another midwife, I do have holidays, I do deliver babies. I can't say to someone having a baby 'sorry, I'm off now, got a clinic to do'. If I've been up all day working and then all night delivering a baby, or working in the hospital because they're short-staffed, do people really think that I should be out and about the next day making judgements about their pregnancys or babies?
I'm not normally so negative. Please don't give up on me. I can be quite lovable (even if I am fat with an out-dated hairstyle)!
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(5.2.04 20:01) Well, I'm having a baby in May and so far the community midwives that I've seen have all been lovely - with very respectable hairstyles! I think people can expect too much. As far as I'm concerned, I'd rather not spend too much time getting to know the woman who's going to be yanking a baby out "down there". There's a lot to be said for the company of strangers in that situation! With all your experience and your new blog at 20six - would it be Ok for me to drop by from time to time and pick your brain - or would it make blogging like a busman's holiday for you ;o) JoJo x |