Another (Black) Witch Hunt!

Well, they're at it again! My supervisor called me today in reference to two "incidents" that happened in the last two nights.

In the first "incident," I contacted my boss (at 330am) to notify him of what happened and, in my aggrivation, I misspoke and asked him what he wanted us to do with the situation. The min I said it, I knew he was going to use that question against me, but there was no way to take it back. I had already told my shift what we were going to do, so I didn't need him to tell me what to do. However, I knew that one question, "What you want us to do?" was going to give him more ammo against me. He told me to do the exact thing that I had told my shift we were going to do, but I had been waiting for the hammer to drop because of what I said. He's always said if we have a question, to ask it, but what's the point of asking if it's going to be used as ammo against you?

In the second "incident," my supervisor said a complaint was filed against me, because I saw something happening and did not act on it. I told my supervisor what I remember seeing and I told him that there is video showing the situation and to pull the video. He contacted our computer guy and they were going to pull the vid to see if it showed what the complainant said happend or what I said I saw. I let my supervisor know that if the vid showed what I said I saw, I was going to go and file a complaint against the person that filed a complaint against me. I am now up waiting (at 1020 am, after getting off from a 12 hr shift at 6am) waiting to hear what they observed on the video.

Since my boss has returned (he was my boss several yrs ago, but left for greener pastures that he couldn't handle, so now he's back), he has been on a witch hunt for me. Our first go-round, he did not want me promoted to the supervisory position I am in, but the final decision wasn't his. He has tried and tried to get ammo against me to prove that I'm not "supervisory material." Everything that he has pointed out, I have countered, but he views that as "making excuses" and "not taking responsibility." He says he wants to know why we do things, yet when we try to explain, he doesn't want to hear our explinations. When he was gone, our department was running very smoothly. Since he's been back, we have had 6 people (all minorities) quit! One quit in lew of being fired, but the other 5 quit because of unfair treatment. Since he's been there, no white people have quit. He's one of those bosses that do unfair things, but you can't exactly gather evidence about it. There have been a few instances where I have known of incidents that occurred and were handled differently for different workers, but overall, you can't quite put your finger on the unfair treatment. He's also on a witch hunt for my supervisor, who's also black. I am totally against "playing the race card," but when it's obvious, it's obvious!

This new year, I have been doing great at thinking positive and staying upbeat, but it seems this man is trying his hardest to bring down my positive attitude. When I screw up, I don't like to admit it, but I do, if my way was totally wrong. However, if I do something and the outcome is the same (and it's totally legal), I don't see a problem with doing things a different way.

Well, I guess I've vented enough for now. I'll probably post another blog once I know what's the next step he's gonna take. I'm starting to think I need to find a good attorney that isn't affraid of my "company" and is willing to take a look at how things are going and what I should do. I guess I'm being stubborn because I can leave and go into another profession, but I have a feeling his only goal is to do two things. Get rid of me and my supervisor, and I don't want him thinking he's running me off! So, until I decide what I wanna do, I'll watch my back, play his game and meditate so I don't explode!!!

There goes my relaxing weekend off!