I'm so angry
I got a letter a few months ago from the Elections Division asking me if I would be an Election Judge again. Sure I said and signed up for both the primary and general elections. It's kinda fun to get to know new people plus you make $150. We are self employed and $150 is big time money to me right now. Specially because it goes into my "Extras" fund. Besided I've done it a few times before.
So anyway, to be an Election Judge you've got to sit through 4 hours of the most painfully boring training you've ever been to. It's even worse if you've been through it several times before and only a few little things change. But I kept thinking, it's ok, it's worth $150.
Well today I get a letter telling me that they have too many election judges and won't need me. Hello, didn't they know this before the later training days. (I had to go to one of the last since I went to visit my mom who had surgery) So I sit through 4 hours and they don't need me.
They asked me to do this, I didn't answer a newspaper ad. I have lots of past experience I can even set up the machines in my sleep. Unlike 90% of the others. I had to reschedule and set the days aside for training and the election and I was really counting on that money.
The will pay me $25 for my time to go to the training class, I guess that's something but gee whiz they should have had a clue long before I went to the training session. Now I'm not sure I'm going to want to do the General session. I'll have to sit though another 4 hours at less than Min wage and then maybe not get used again.
GRRRRRR! Sorry for the long Rant, I'm just really mad right now.
So anyway, to be an Election Judge you've got to sit through 4 hours of the most painfully boring training you've ever been to. It's even worse if you've been through it several times before and only a few little things change. But I kept thinking, it's ok, it's worth $150.
Well today I get a letter telling me that they have too many election judges and won't need me. Hello, didn't they know this before the later training days. (I had to go to one of the last since I went to visit my mom who had surgery) So I sit through 4 hours and they don't need me.
They asked me to do this, I didn't answer a newspaper ad. I have lots of past experience I can even set up the machines in my sleep. Unlike 90% of the others. I had to reschedule and set the days aside for training and the election and I was really counting on that money.
The will pay me $25 for my time to go to the training class, I guess that's something but gee whiz they should have had a clue long before I went to the training session. Now I'm not sure I'm going to want to do the General session. I'll have to sit though another 4 hours at less than Min wage and then maybe not get used again.
GRRRRRR! Sorry for the long Rant, I'm just really mad right now.
