Yeah, my job is not really working for me. It's a big thing.
Hey, I know this feeling!
Lee, Dana! My sisters!
I really just want to travel and see friends and family. And a cool place or two.
Fred: So you don't worry that it's possible for someone to send out a biological or electronic trigger that effectively overrides your own sense of ideals and values and replaces them with an alternative coercive agenda that reduces you to a mindless meat puppet? Shopkeeper: Wow. People used to think that I was paranoid.
'Time Bomb'
Natter 74: Ready or Not
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Maria - Aug 05, 2015 9:02:46 am PDT #2681 of 30003
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift
meara - Aug 05, 2015 9:05:13 am PDT #2682 of 30003
Ugh I know that feeling too. Am not at all looking forward to the next two weeks at work, which will be stressful and difficult. I did a couple things wrong and am not happy about that, but feel like I've had so much on my plate that they should be happy about what I have accomplished. I really want to throw my hands up and say "screw you all I'm out" but know that's not a realistic option. Where is my winning lotto ticket?
-t - Aug 05, 2015 9:05:32 am PDT #2683 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I am frequently grateful that my job, while perhaps not my ideal, is fine. Fine is pretty good!
Sue - Aug 05, 2015 9:14:34 am PDT #2684 of 30003
hip deep in pie
Where is my winning lotto ticket?
Yes, where is my winning lotto ticket? I just want to be a lady of leisure, get a dog and many cats, move to London and go to theatre all the time.
Zenkitty - Aug 05, 2015 9:25:34 am PDT #2685 of 30003
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Sister is being released from hospital and will soon be on her way home. Whew.
I did a couple things wrong and am not happy about that, but feel like I've had so much on my plate that they should be happy about what I have accomplished.
RIGHT?! Geez, all the crap I take care of and make all better, and nobody sees that.
I really want to throw my hands up and say "screw you all I'm out" but know that's not a realistic option.
So much.
Most of the time my job is fine. I just have to try not to lose my shit on the days and weeks when it's not fine. I'm talking to my boss today about reorganizing how my work is done to make it more fine more of the time (I hope). I can't realistically quit, but I can't keep going like I have been anymore, either.
brenda m - Aug 05, 2015 9:26:25 am PDT #2686 of 30003
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Here's a new one. We are considering rescinding a job offer.
Pro-tip: when you are hired for a very junior role, commensurate with your very junior level of experience, sitting on the offer for several days and then calling to exhaustively review whether you will be able to impact strategy, what guarantees you had that your work would be "high level" and not tactical stuff, how you might move into a different and more visible role if that were what you decided you wanted, how quickly you could expect to be able to do that, what steps would you need to take to move into other areas of the firm, etc etc? For 45 minutes? Not the greatest idea.
I assume there was also a request for more money buried in there somewhere, but my manager was so flabbergasted at all of this it probably barely registered.
I mean seriously, who has time for that? You know every three days would be some new complaint about being asked to do stuff that was in her job description beneath her.
brenda m - Aug 05, 2015 9:26:49 am PDT #2687 of 30003
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
I'm glad your sister seems to be doing better Zen.
Dana - Aug 05, 2015 9:29:34 am PDT #2688 of 30003
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
That person sounds like a nightmare, Brenda.
Sue - Aug 05, 2015 9:29:34 am PDT #2689 of 30003
hip deep in pie
Good news, Zen.
Brenda, wtf? Entitled much?
tommyrot - Aug 05, 2015 9:38:21 am PDT #2690 of 30003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Brenda, is she leaning in?