Need some quick advice!

[Kaitlyn]

Ok I'll try to make this as short as possible...

yesterday at work (i work at a barn) my friend and I were closing up and were bringing in the Gator 6x4 you know the utility vehicle.. I asked my friend to bring it in and park it, she's not dumb didn't do anything stupid and then she walks in and says the gator won't go, the gas pedal isn't working. I don't know how it happened but it did, and we weren't doing anything stupid. I left a note for my boss that my boyfriend would be over to fix it. She called me a few minutes ago angry and asking what happened. And she never let's me talk to explain so I'm assuming I'm going to get reemed and I'm getting really upset. I don't know how to talk to her. Also, I'm getting ready to quit this job, I love the horses and facilities, but she's not the person she was when I started and has tacked on more and more chores non horse related and I'm getting frustrated. Any help would be appreciated. Sorry for the ramble.


UPDATE: She called the cops, called my dad and threatened to have my boyfriend and I arrested for breaking her gator. Um. Ok. Can someone say bull?

[alittleoffkey]

That's weird. Sometimes mechanical things break... it's a fact of life. Unless she has proof your friend broke it, she doesn't have a reason to be angry. I don't take well to being accused of anything so... I won't offer any advice. ;)

[WashingtonBay]

I know I always feel bad if I break something that doesn't belong to me, but in life, things break, it's not necessarily anyone's fault.

I would just be apologetic but I don't think you should take responsibility or arrange to have it fixed, machines breaking is part of running a farm.

[Kaitlyn]

I guess that's the thing..things don't just break. They are my fault. It's my fault the gator broke, my fault the front garage door is faulty, my fault her show horse threw a shoe and now is layed up. It's all my fault and I can't take it.

There is no maintenance on that vehicle and things break, but I have a feeling it's MY fault it broke whether it was or not. I don't even know how to talk to her. She'll ask me a question and then not let me answer it, just keeps talking. I don't know how I'm going to explain myself.

[WashingtonBay]

No, those things aren't your fault, she's just not a nice boss. ;)

[gabhainn]

ok this just irked me to no end, as wb said things break period, especially things that are not maintained. Maintenance and repair are the price of doing business and as owner and mgr she is responsible for them, as to how to explain DONT!!, you cannt force someone to listen to you all you will end up doing is frustrating yourself. tell her sorry it broke that is all you know.

[Kaitlyn]

Well, it's come to the point that I'm calling her and telling her I quit. Things have progressively been getting worse and worse and she won't stop pinning the blame. I'm too good a person to have the blame pinned on me.My moral is gone, I never get a day off and never have dinner with my family anymore. The first month was ok...and then it just went downhill from there. It went from a 2 hour a day job to 3-4. I was only supposed to take care of 4 horses, now I take care of 4 horses, a cow, ducks, swans, geese, emus (yes, 4 emus) and 4 peacocks and one that attacks me. Oh wait and the cats, the chicken, the guineas. But my pay never increased. I can't do it any longer.

[lovesfortune]

Wow. Sounds like you are doing the right thing by quitting. Sometimes no matter how much you LOVE a job, the people you work with/for don't make it worth it.

I hope you find something else soon that is what you are looking for and STAYS that way.

[Kaitlyn]

It took me a lot of guts, but I quit. I couldn't take the blame, and not even having sunday off, and not having enough time to see my family, yadda yadda. I'll miss the horses, but I won't miss the boss.

[Tatesgram]

It took me a lot of guts, but I quit. I couldn't take the blame, and not even having sunday off, and not having enough time to see my family, yadda yadda. I'll miss the horses, but I won't miss the boss.


hugs kiddo, that took guts.

[starkitten]

You did the right thing - sometimes the stress of a job is not worth any amount of money

[Kaitlyn]

Update in first post. ridiculous.

[lovesfortune]

That lady is CRAZY!!! Try not to stress out about it. If she does call the cops they will be able to see she is doing this because you quit, sort of like a retaliation, etc. Keep us posted.

[Steelhorserider]

Things break due to being worn out and the owner is responsible, especially if maintainence has not been properly performed. You are being taken advantage of and need to call her and tell that you are not to blame for the gator and that you quit.

[MyHorseBiggs]

Wow! I can't believe it. It just really suprises me on how some people blow up these days! Sheesh!