Ooh, have fun smonster!

Oh it’s almost certainly sexist but the biggest issue is that it’s all other women, so they expect “niceness” as something of a performance. And the client expects it even if they aren’t, of course. But at this point I’m stretched super thin trying to cover “vaguely competent” and “please read my mind and say “great, thank you!” afterward and be sure you include an exclamation point” is really pushing the bounds of my abilities right now

Somehow, I've become responsible for the calls that come in to our main number. Our voicemail tree sucks swamp water, which callers complain to me about. A lot of the calls are cold calls for various things and I often jus hang up on them. One guy called, wanted to speak to our Executive Director, so I hung up on him. Then he called back and wanted to know why I did so, so I said we don't take cold calls and hung up again. Then he called back AGAIN and complained. Then there was the man who called repeatedly and wanted to speak to someone in such and such a team and I transferred the call ... but he called back within five minutes to complain that there was no answer and he didn't want to leave a voicemail. I'm really, really tired of it.

Yeah, client's unreasonable expectations cannot be called out as such. Sucks.

Your situation also sucks, Toddson! Boo.

You guys, I stopped working before 8 for the first time in...three weeks? I have no idea how lawyers and investment bankers and whatever do this on a regular basis. 12 hour days plus several hours on the weekend? Stupid Canadian client.

Yikes! Is it over now or just paused?

I'm on two separate projects for these people that unfortunately collided at the worst possible time. They were also supposed to get me help, but the other writer hasn't been real useful.

My boss did ask at our last meeting how much I was working and made noises about comp time.

Well, I hope it eases up and yes to comp time!

I am thinking about planning my giant train trip around seeing the eclipse in Cleveland. Ooh, or Rochester? Buffalo? Mom suggested San Antonio but it looks like I would have to get somewhere other than the train station to see totality, so I'm not sure about that. Cleveland and Buffalo and Rochester are more central to the path. That seems to be everywhere that intersects easily with the loop I had in mind.

Thanks, -t! Alll glammed up and on the streetcar.

Oh it’s almost certainly sexist but the biggest issue is that it’s all other women, so they expect “niceness” as something of a performance.

Somehow I am not surprised.

Toddson, that sounds miserable. Is there any relief in sight?

Sheesh, Dana, I hope you get lots of comp time.

-t San Antonio is only going to have a few seconds of totality in April. I've been looking for astronomical clubs and such, trying to find an event to the NW where the maximum coverage will be.

Shir, thanks for the reminder there are also forces pulling us together.