Why One Should NOT Drink Energy Drinks

So I know I promised to write about what was going on, and you're probably wondering what the beverage pictured above has to do with it...so here it is..

I was just exhausted the beginning of this month for whatever reason, so I decided I'd try one of those energy drinks. It was nice it gave me the boost I needed just enough to get through my entire day. I was drinking one to two max per day and being productive. Between finals, Logan, Jayk, and work I was getting pretty worn out.

Now a little history about my performance at work. I have been with my company for three years now. The first two years were kind of rough but I was performing. This year I have just been plain kicking ass. Due to Logan needing me because of multiple times of being sick I ended up on corrective action for attendance at work. My corrective action falls off on December 26 of the year. This means my raise will be fat, my bonus will be fat, and I can post for other positions if I choose to.

How does this all tie together? Well we have a "big-brother" system at work that keeps track of our time on the phones. We refer to it in our performance agreements as schedule adherence. Yes I live in a world of scheduled breaks and using badges to get into different parts of the building.

Well drinking these drinks did give me the energy I needed by the second week of drinking them, they really started to bug my stomach out. I mean really bug my stomach out. My stomach was constantly hurting and was making me have to take multiple bio breaks, if ya know what I mean. (I know, I know..too much information right?)Well after I stopped drinking them, my system was still pissed and it took about a good two weeks for my stomach to heal.

So if you're paying attention to the math, that's almost a full month of having tummy issues. It only affected me at work for about two weeks. Never once in the previous ten months have I had a problem with schedule adherence. But then my supervisor pulled my adherence report for last week and confronted me as I was walking out the door in front of other people. Not cool at all. (I had told her I was having tummy issues throughout the month, but not to the extent of me having to sign off under personal therefore effecting my adherence.)

So as embarrassing of a situation as it was, she told me we would just talk about it on my one on one the next day. Great feeling to go home with let me tell you. The only reason I was so worried is because that place is so twisted and screwed up I was worried right before I was to be off of corrective I had just given them a reason to put me on some more which would then lower my raise and my bonus. I need that money.

I have really put forth an effort this year to be leading so I could reap my benefits, so I was really stressed. Basically all that happened was once I explained myself (that was fun and rather personal) she just made me sign the report and put it in my file. No corrective action. PHEEEWW!

Moral(s) of the story: energy drinks are bad and make you poo a lot, and not the pleasant kind. I lost 8 pounds in 7 days, sounds great, but not my choice way of losing weight. Do not drink them regularly. The company I work for sucks and so does any company that treats their employees like convicts in a maximum security prison. Ten more months until I finish my associates. Ten. That's it, peace out VZW.

I know it's kind of silly, but I was really upset and stressed about this and the lack of professionalism this company and its management continues to display to myself and all employees for that matter. We may have the best service, but internally that place sucks.