Well, as any of you who follow my life 
roll: ) know, I work as a Community Assistant for an apartment complex near my university. I have two other people on staff, read this thread and this thread for descriptions of the two and descriptions of my job.
I was spending time with some friends in the plaza of my apt. complex and apparently we got a noise complaint, well, at least my friends did (I had been having a conversation with a few different people for an hour before this happened), my male coworker responded and asked them to be quiet - saw me, and he got angry. I spoke with him later and apologized. He apparently spoke with my other coworker today about it, and he's still angry. This other coworker came to speak with me a few minutes ago and apparently she's frustrated because of my "inconsistency".
There are three incidents about which she's upset:
1) in January, I had a small party with friends, we drank a bit; later in the evening (I had not drank for about three hours at that point, but was still tipsy) we went out to smoke some cigars; as we were smoking this female coworker walked by with some PD officers as they were busting a party. She came to ask me later why I hadn't offered to help, I replied that I had drank earlier and that it wouldn't be appropriate for me to assist at that point in time. She replied that regardless it seemed inappropriate for me to be outside with alcohol on my breath as a minor.
2) about a month ago, I let someone into their apartment (lockout); we are usually supposed to keep track of the lockouts in a duty binder, and the lockouts get charged a $25 fee per occurrence. This particular time I wasn't on duty, the guy just lived across the hall; the guy on duty was a ways away so I took care of the lockout, but I didn't have the binder, so I told the guy he'd be contacted later and charged; naturally, I forgot about it. He locked himself out a week later, this woman responded, informed him that he would be getting a fee, he made some comment like "well, Nate let me in and he never charged me", and she felt put on the spot because of that.
3) and, of course, this most recent incident with a noise complaint.
She has a point - I have signed a contract which I agree to abide by and enforce. However, with the first case, it is neither our job nor our duty to concern ourselves with alcohol, and if the PD had saw fit to cite me, they would have come and talked to me. With the second incident, I will plainly admit that I screwed up and forgot to record it; I am sorry for her loss of face but plainly state that there are worse things to be worried about. The third case - I honestly don't give a sh!t. We're being too loud? Good. Come and tell us to be quiet. Now if it's 3AM and we're playing bass that's audible at the other end of the complex, that's another matter, same as if I'd been rude or disrespectful. I've covered for my coworkers in the past when they've failed to respond to something or some other aspect of their duties.
I'm going to talk with my boss on Monday morning and lay this all out, get my side across before these other two people get worked into more of a froth than they already are. I hold by my belief that I've done an exemplary job with regards to my duties, and that I am capable of making minor mistakes, but not once have I put my colleagues in a situation of embarassment or disrespect, not once have I been derelect.
Bah. Always nice to hear other peoples' thoughts.
Nate
roll: ) know, I work as a Community Assistant for an apartment complex near my university. I have two other people on staff, read this thread and this thread for descriptions of the two and descriptions of my job.I was spending time with some friends in the plaza of my apt. complex and apparently we got a noise complaint, well, at least my friends did (I had been having a conversation with a few different people for an hour before this happened), my male coworker responded and asked them to be quiet - saw me, and he got angry. I spoke with him later and apologized. He apparently spoke with my other coworker today about it, and he's still angry. This other coworker came to speak with me a few minutes ago and apparently she's frustrated because of my "inconsistency".
There are three incidents about which she's upset:
1) in January, I had a small party with friends, we drank a bit; later in the evening (I had not drank for about three hours at that point, but was still tipsy) we went out to smoke some cigars; as we were smoking this female coworker walked by with some PD officers as they were busting a party. She came to ask me later why I hadn't offered to help, I replied that I had drank earlier and that it wouldn't be appropriate for me to assist at that point in time. She replied that regardless it seemed inappropriate for me to be outside with alcohol on my breath as a minor.
2) about a month ago, I let someone into their apartment (lockout); we are usually supposed to keep track of the lockouts in a duty binder, and the lockouts get charged a $25 fee per occurrence. This particular time I wasn't on duty, the guy just lived across the hall; the guy on duty was a ways away so I took care of the lockout, but I didn't have the binder, so I told the guy he'd be contacted later and charged; naturally, I forgot about it. He locked himself out a week later, this woman responded, informed him that he would be getting a fee, he made some comment like "well, Nate let me in and he never charged me", and she felt put on the spot because of that.
3) and, of course, this most recent incident with a noise complaint.
She has a point - I have signed a contract which I agree to abide by and enforce. However, with the first case, it is neither our job nor our duty to concern ourselves with alcohol, and if the PD had saw fit to cite me, they would have come and talked to me. With the second incident, I will plainly admit that I screwed up and forgot to record it; I am sorry for her loss of face but plainly state that there are worse things to be worried about. The third case - I honestly don't give a sh!t. We're being too loud? Good. Come and tell us to be quiet. Now if it's 3AM and we're playing bass that's audible at the other end of the complex, that's another matter, same as if I'd been rude or disrespectful. I've covered for my coworkers in the past when they've failed to respond to something or some other aspect of their duties.
I'm going to talk with my boss on Monday morning and lay this all out, get my side across before these other two people get worked into more of a froth than they already are. I hold by my belief that I've done an exemplary job with regards to my duties, and that I am capable of making minor mistakes, but not once have I put my colleagues in a situation of embarassment or disrespect, not once have I been derelect.
Bah. Always nice to hear other peoples' thoughts.
Nate
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