Professionalism

The second half of my shift last night was a nightmare. When I had got to work the supervisor who I took over from advised me that he was off for the next 2 days. He hadn't got any permission or told anyone in authority. He had however arranged for two of our regular guards to come in and cover, while the regular guard from his shift was arranged to cover the supervisor slots. At 01:35 I got a call from one of these guards saying that he had changed his mind and wasn't coming in. Thanks for the 5 hours notice mate! This meant that I had to phone head office and advise them of the situation, effectively dropping the supervisor in trouble (I guess he would have been found out anyway!). When 07:00 came along we only had one of the day shift guards in. The guard who had been sorted to cover the supervisor shift called to say he had just woken up. He turned up at 08:00 (an hour late) five minutes after the relief guard turned up (and he wasn't much use either. He phoned from the tube station to ask directions to site. When I asked exactly where he was he said "where the bus dropped me off!"). I hate working with idiots and unprofessional people. The only light at the end of this tunnel is that I should get an extra hour of money because of this (I say "should" as my employers are notorious for getting wages wrong and that's before there are last minute changes!). Two more nights to go!