3:00 is the worst time of day for me any day of the week. It's the time of day that I'm most sleepy and it doesn't matter where I am... exhaustion hits me like a brick.
Right now I'm trying to stay focused on microbes and bacteria, but this lecture isn't all that captivating. I got 11/10 on my last quiz (YAY for extra credit questions) and I'd like to keep the trend up, but alas the sleepiness is prevailing.
My tiredness is not the point of this blog today though. Today I want to talk about something that is affecting my life directly, and that is diabetes in the work place.
As stated in previous blogs I have two jobs. I am treated very differently at each job. At the bookstore I'm treated like everyone else if I have to take a break due to low blood sugar.
But at the Pastry Shop my boss thinks I'm incapable of doing my job. I come in 15 minutes late and he asks me if I'm sick, when I say no he asks me if I'm sure. One time I got a bloody nose and he told me to just go home.
If I look the least bit tired my ability to work is questioned. I don't appreciate that my boss seems to think that because I'm a person who just happens to be living with diabetes that I can't do the same amount of work as everyone else. For a while I'd jump at the chance to do something extra just to prove that I could I was "worthy" and a good employee, but have I ever been chosen for such a job? No I haven't.
I'm an honest and hard worker but it really feels like no matter what I do he just doesn't seem to think I'm capable of anything. At first I thought it was a sexist thing, but deeper investigating proved otherwise. Co-workers agree that he doesn't treat me as equally as he treats everyone else.
So what is the cause of my boss' severe D.D (Diabetic discrimination)? I have yet to come to a definitive conclusion, but I do believe it may have something to do with education. Could it possibly be that this small business owner has never encountered a diabetical? Does he confuse low blood sugar as an addiction to marijuana or laziness?
My father, in his infinite wisdom, has claimed that he has the mindset of all small business owners and thinks that everyone is slacking at their job.
For a while I thought that maybe I should've kept my diabetes a secret. If no one had known about my diabetes, would my boss appreciate my existence? Then I thought I've been living with this for years and I'll be darned if I'm going to let one guy, boss or not, intimidate me to the point of quitting.
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