Morning, all. Very sorry to hear about the many asshat bosses. Ass 'em in the ear!
I just had a visit from the infection specialist. He thinks I likely have a typical pneumonia and will probably be able to go home today! Yay! The only bad news is that my left lung is starting to crackle a bit (that's the good lung), which the nurse thinks is due to lack of exercise. So I am going to need to start moving around more actively. That's fine, and all, but dear gods not before I have a shower. I reek.
The nurse is kind of shocked that they may let me go home. She's worried.
Yay Kristin - go you with the typical pneumonia! or something....
I think Aims should use the next few days to set up the computer and some cameras so that we can all log on and watch when she tells the asshat boss she's resigning. It would be best if it was a set up that allowed us to contribute our thoughts by yelling at him. ::crosses fingers for a new job for Aims::
lifetime at Disneyworld!
This sounds panic inducing to me.
Like some hell induced by the SG-1 "Gamekeeper" episode in Season 2
KT, Glad to hear of optimism from Doc! Um. It still sounds like you have a lot to recoup. Take it easy. I should have this weekend off. Let me know what I can do to help.
FTR, my boss is not an asshat. I loves my boss.
ETA stupid trying to be cutesies was screwing things up I think. I said more, can't recall now. Back to work for me.
Sounds like my best friend from high school, whose first out-of-college job involved teaching science to 7th graders. He decided to be easygoing, they jumped all over him. He survived the year, then went for a master's in library science.
But do we really "decide" that? I actually decided to be a hardass, but it turned out not to be something I could just choose to do. Maybe everyone (who isn't naturally hardassed) has to have that learning experience before we have the experience to toughen us up.
At least that's my theory -- I'm just not sure I could have been strict these first couple years, as it's contrary to my nature. Next year, I'll be tougher, because I know exactly WHY you can't do that, no, not even if you're going to be very careful, not even if you've done it before and nothing happened, no it's not fair, argue with me one more time and you're out.
In my defense (because I'm starting to worry you all must think I'm a big milksop that they run all over), I do have a good "Absolutely not and stop right now" voice/face*. I just save it for special occasions.
(*Or so all my dates tell me. Ha!)
But do we really "decide" that? I actually decided to be a hardass, but it turned out not to be something I could just choose to do. Maybe everyone (who isn't naturally hardassed) has to have that learning experience before we have the experience to toughen us up.
I don't know. I always pretended to be a hardass in the beginning of the semester, but eventually my students realized that (for the most part) I wasn't. One student even confessed at the end of the semester that he knew someone who had dropped the class because I was so mean and it was going to be "so hard", all while laughing because that so obviously wasn't the case.
I do think it was a choice to be tough in the beginning, knowing that it's hard to keep control of things if you don't at least start that way, but I also think it played into the natural tendency many people seem to have meeting me--that I'm someone to be feared.
My doctor can't find my test results, my furnace wouldn't work for the oil guy, and I didn't bring the landlord's number with me. Can I have a do over today?
Dear Friend And Editor:
Stop being so cool. I'm not supposed to be in love with you anymore. Telling me I'm brilliant is not helpful.
Platonic love,
Me.
P.S. If you really admire my brain, how come your gf is such an idot? I'm just saying.
sj, come sit in the grumpy corner with me! I'll bring pie!
< sits in the corner with Glamcookie & erika >
