Reasonable

I like to consider myself a reasonable person. I do a really good job at keeping my anger in check, and usually am able to diffuse my temper before I make any rash decisions. This is a considerable feat considering the lack of sleep I have been having lately.

I am generally able to remember everything that I need to do--homework wise, and work wise--at least when I am not tired. Lately I've been really tired. I work from 6 am to 8 am (cleaning bathrooms if the truth be told), and then am constantly on the go until usually between 10pm and 12 am, only to go to bed and be up at 6 to do it all over again. Because of my homework load, I have been getting to bed a little later than I would have liked. And being tired, this makes me a little more forgetful than I would like. So two days ago, I forgot that I was to submit my hours for my job online.

Now today, since I forgot to mention anything to my supervisor yesterday, I picked up a late hour submission form. And to my dismay, my supervisor informs me that (and I'm not sure exactly who) someone in administration was not going to be accepting any late hour submission forms. What this means is there is a possibility that I will not get paid for 23 hours of work. I find this very ironic, since I am on work study, and that those hours I am cleaning bathrooms is not because I enjoy it, but because the government pays part of my paycheck and SUU only pays a small portion of it (since I am not elligable to receive any grants, but am left to pay for school out of my own pocket because the government believes that I cannot provide for myself until I am 24 and that my parents are expected to pay for half my schooling until that time).

For clarification, I do not do this job for fun. It is, by no means, fun. It is a useful job since it is through the school, and it is a good job because of my coworkers and supervisor. But it is by no means fun. The fact that since it is workstudy, if I do not get paid for those 23 hours of work that I put into the job you can bet I will be writing letters not only to the school but to the newspapers in and around town, not only the school's paper, but the papers for Cedar City. It may very well be my last day of work soon if I don't get paid for my time. It pisses me off that the administration thinks that they can cheat me out of my money. It may be true that I should be more attentive to submitting my hours on time. I can understand their frustration at having to deal with the extra paperwork. However, wouldn't it be to their advantage to take a look at how many people are forgetting to submit thier hours and give us an extra day or two? Do they think that we are doing this on purpose?

Anyways, that's all that I really wanted to say at this point.