Have you ever worked somewhere where every decision has to be made by a committee? The Ministry I work for tends to operate that way. I get it, "In a multitude of counselors is wisdom" like the book of Proverbs says.
But sometimes you just have to decide and act on things!
Talking the horse to death.
I gave my notice to cease at my current job almost 6 weeks ago, and as of yesterday the rest of the staff was still talking about who was going to replace me. The 6 weeks notice I gave will be up next Monday and they were asking me to stay on for at least another week.
I had told them that I would and I was willing to, even though I have my own apartment and have basically moved everything in at this point.
Until this morning.
Another selfish resident.
So one of our residents that has been there for awhile is one of our drivers. We have several Ministry vehicles that we use to transport residents to appointments and required functions. We rely on volunteer drivers and it works out pretty good mostly.
Not today.
Today I needed this guy to take one of our guys to an appointment that he has to do for his probation. He has to do this or he can go to jail. The driver tells me that he has to go get his title transferred for his vehicle and if he has time he will. I explained to him that this guy had to make this appointment or he could go to jail, and on the other hand, transferring his title was not needed to be done right away. He immediately got an attitude and started arguing with me. It soon escalated to the point where we were in each others faces and yelling.
The crazy thing is, the vehicle he is worried about transferring is one that the Ministry sold him! We are covering his insurance too. There was no reason for him to be acting the way he was. It was typical addict behavior, I want what I want and I want it now. King baby syndrome.
Final decision.
After this morning I told my boss that I was not going to be able to stay another week, and as a matter of fact, I was not going to be able to stay another day, I would be moving the rest of my stuff out tonight after class. I called a friend and asked him to help me move when I get out and he said yes.
I am not going to go to jail behind some selfish and childish guy that doesn't want to help others. At this point I don't see how I can do anything else other than leave and get some time away.
I know I say this a lot but please keep me in prayer. Tonight will be my first night in 2 years I have not been at the Ministry.
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