But not after, 'cause Caterpillars are pretty handy for clearing that kind of mess.

And there was all that wet concrete just sitting there...

They have an OTC painkiller for UTIs? Blessed day!

Yeah, I was very happy when that stuff went OTC.

Nora, I think pure cranberry juice is still good at making an inhospitable environment for the bacteria.

On the memememe front:

Man, people are either clueless or fucking insensitive here. I was in the kitchen. Also in the kitchen were two editors and a production person. Me and the production person were among those laid off. One of the editors went to the production person, said how sorry she was and said she wanted to take him out to lunch somewhere fancy. Then the other editor went over and condoled with him. He pointed out that I was laid off too and the second editor said “No! What are they going to do about customer service now?” This is someone I thought I got along with but instead of exhibiting much sympathy for my personal situation, she was thinking about out loud about how it was going to affect them. Then she turned back to the production person and concurred that she and the other editor would take him out to lunch at some fancy restaurant. (Just as an additional point of information – I’ve worked here 3 years and he’s been here 1.5)

I think I should call in sick.

Sick to my stomach.

Or as my sister calls it, "sick of you bitches."

Good lord, Spidra. Could your coworkers be a little more self-centered?

That is just awful, Spidra. How insensitive.

Dude, whatever happened to lay off, and out the door? I couldn't fucking deal with all that. People suck. How much longer is your Dead Man Walking act?

I will have to make my UT inhospitable to bacteria by LAYING DOWN THE MOTHAFUCKING LAW WITH BACTRIN, because I have no way to get decent cranberry juice all day today.

{{{Nora}}}

I'm glad it wasn't layoff and out the door. As awkward as it is working here right now, I really need the time to marshall my jobhunting resources. Of course, I'm having a hard time putting aside time for that during the workday when I still have to answer the phone, user email and deal with the front door. I'm going to try to be a little less dutiful. It's hard.

March 31 is my last day. If I land another job before then, I'll take some of my vacation time. Otherwise, I'll need to save it and cash it out for survival purposes.

I hope the pain lets up, Nora. I had a UTI so badly I was bleeding once and all I wanted to do was sit on the toilet all day so that I could let the PC muscles rest and not burn.

I gues I don't understand, from their POV, why they just didn't give you 6 weeks severance, and get you away from systems that you could totally mess up if you wanted to, and eff up customer relations, if you wanted to, and not really focus on stuff. I guess they just want to squeeze as much labor out of you as possible, despite the potential liability?

But, yes, it's easier to get soemthing else lined up if you're currently employed, I think. So I can see the shiny side of that particular situation for you.