My office today seemed to be a revolving door of employees for counseling and disciplinary action. Whenever I'm out of the building, my employees are just like kids and they have to act up. One thing that happened Wednesday when I was away being "trained" to save and make more money, two employees were in a very loud verbal altercation in the patients dining room.

Both employees should of been suspended on the spot, but my managers failed to act. Trust me they got their ass chewed for their "save it for Dawn to handle" method.

Of course neither employee really understands their part in it. "So and so made me lose my temper." Yesterday I had to interview 6 employees total who witnessed or was involved in the BS. So I completed the investigation and called Ms. D into my office this afternoon to counsel and give the disciplinary action, the last and final one. While she is in there, I show her employee file and we review her past disciplinary actions since I've been there. The things are minor but everyone of them had to do with her attitude and her mouth getting her in trouble. She's telling me she knows that "her mouth is what always gets her in trouble". She goes on to tell me she wants to go to college to be a nurse. She is a very kind and caring person and I tell her so, but also that if she didn't change her behavior and start acting more professional she just won't make it. She hangs her head and says "I know, I know, I have a big mouth." Of course I start feeling a little bit bad that I'm making her feel bad, so I tell her Ms. D...when I call you in here and discuss these things, and give you these disciplinary actions, it's so you can learn from this, and not keep repeating the same mistakes. Well she brightens up a little and says "well I did learn once, but then I forgot." Okay then. "Well Ms. D, maybe you'd better write it down this time."

I'll probably get a bitch slap from the union over this, but I told both of them by Monday morning I wanted letters of apology to the patients, family and other staff that they scared with their BS. I'm tired of apologizing for assholes, it's time they do it themselves.

A few minutes after Ms. D left my office she returned and said "you know, you are the only person besides my mother that can make me feel guilty for the things I do." I told her to be thankful she wasn't my child, because I would of kicked her ass. I could hear her roaring, and I mean roaring with laughter all the way down the hall as she left my office.

Call it a wild hunch, but I don't think Ms. D is gonna remember this little chat and write it down.