"I don't want my work ethic to be misrepresented."

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Have you ever had occasion where you had to say these words or similar words? I found myself saying these words last night when talking to the manager that is OVER the manager of our department. That is, he is my boss's main boss. So technically he's my boss.. but ya know, he's not bossy... Anyway... I knew that said boss would be in last night and so took that opportunity to express some grievances about my direct supervisor. I spoke to this boss about how I felt and what I wished to accomplish. I even said that I felt uncomfortable talking about my manager but that it needed to be done. One of the last things I said was "I don't want my work ethic to be misrepresented." What does that mean exactly? Well for me it means that I do not want the uppers to think that I am not working as hard and efficient as I can. You see, I can't truly trust my direct manager to represent me or my co workers anymore. He, well he hasn't ever really worked hard. Not since he's been our manager. I told my boss's boss this and even gave examples. He (if he so chooses) can even go back and look at the camera's and see that I am telling the truth. I told him of a truck night where my manager litterally took everything off of a well organized pallet and put it on a cart INSTEAD of taking the pallet to the floor. He made more work for himself by doing this. Of course this also made him look busier. I told the boss's boss this and that the pallet he was taking things from was so well organized as is. I should know, I'm the one that breaks down the trucks. I was mighty impressed with how well it was organized that night as well... So yeah I was a little peeved when he took everything off to work it instead of taking the pallet to the floor as is. Oh, and he tried to give the excuse that he "didn't want to bother anyone to get a pallet jack." Uh.... There was one that NO ONE was using. Ugh.. Anyway, to make a long story short... I hope that my days of complaining about work here will come to an end.. I am hoping that there will be some changes made. I will no longer let my work ethic be misrepresented, and I won't let my manager get away with only LOOKING busy.