Hey, you did great, askye.
That's exactly what you needed to do.
Well done. It's tough facing shit like that.
Wesley: We were fighting on opposite sides, but it was the same war. Fred: but you hated her…didn't you? Wesley: It's not always about holding hands.
'Shells'
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DavidS - Feb 26, 2010 12:22:02 pm PST #11490 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
DCJensen - Feb 26, 2010 12:23:06 pm PST #11491 of 30000
All is well that ends in pizza.
{{{{{Askye}}}}}
askye - Feb 26, 2010 12:24:31 pm PST #11492 of 30000
Thrive to spite them
Well I did cry. Which wasn't the most professional thing to do but at least I got through it.
Nora Deirdre - Feb 26, 2010 12:27:40 pm PST #11493 of 30000
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
You did do great, askye. Go you! I hope you have a nice weekend to reflect on it and your next moves. You should definitely pat yourself on the back for facing down the work demons.
Vortex - Feb 26, 2010 12:27:48 pm PST #11494 of 30000
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Go, you askye! You took responsibility and it's paying off. And your bosses didn't know the crap that had been thrown on you and now they do.
I'm sorry that your first therapist was such a prat, I hate that he planted the seeds of doubt in a really cool person.
Sean K - Feb 26, 2010 12:29:25 pm PST #11495 of 30000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Good job, askye. Showing up on the carpet is tough, no matter what. But stepping up like that is always the better option.
sj - Feb 26, 2010 12:29:49 pm PST #11496 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
{{{Askye}}} You did good. I hope this makes things better for you.
Nora, I am glad the pain is a little better.
lisah - Feb 26, 2010 12:29:51 pm PST #11497 of 30000
Punishingly Intricate
Well I did cry. Which wasn't the most professional thing to do but at least I got through it.
As a fellow cryer, including in stressful work situations, I totally empathize. Good for you for TCBing on this!!!
ChiKat - Feb 26, 2010 12:31:03 pm PST #11498 of 30000
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
You let your boss know what was going on and asked for help. You did the right thing.
And, I've cried at work. We're human. It happens.
I made a student really mad at me today, but I honestly think she needed the wake up call. She made a glib remark about liking Nazis. I asked her if she knew who the Nazis were. She said yes. I asked her to explain who they were and she wouldn't. I'm not clear if that's because she didn't know (unlikely since our 8th graders took a field trip to the Holocaust Museum in Skokie) or if she was too embarrassed to say. I explained who they were. And she said, I know. Someone else said that she must be joking about liking them. I said I certainly hoped so and that if she really did like them, we needed to have a serious conversation. She then clammed up and pouted all class period.
I know she's 14, but really? Joking about liking Nazis?
JZ - Feb 26, 2010 12:32:00 pm PST #11499 of 30000
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
askye, you did the brave thing and the hard thing and my stomach is still all knotted up for you, for what you had to face down to do it.
I'm so glad your boss is so great and is willing to work with you on all of it (and was upset to find out how little training anyone had given you--everything you described sounded like one giant, fraught responsibility piled on top of six others, and throwing you into all that with essentially no training at all was just a world of wrong).