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> ______________________________________________ > Sent: Monday, December 07, 2009 7:10 AM I promised a post on the Epic Fail of Today…well, call me a gal of her word. Word. Today we had a FIRE DRILL. We have these often enough where I work; combine a ton of highly flammable chemicals/gasses/metals/machines/jet engines/etc. with humans and, well…you have to be safe, right? They are, for the most part, unannounced. Todays [...] I found out I might be laid off last week. I thought at first I was in shock, since I had no reaction; but after a few days, when the “yes, The Man and Big Brother, Inc. are cutting outsource employees from our company by 50% next year and you’re part of that 50%” statement [...] This is a common theme for me, and I wonder how often other people deal with this sort of thing. I’m at the point where I’m tired of constantly accommodating people’s lack of planning, and I refuse to hurry for any deadlines other than my own now. Current scenario: I actually had to say the following to someone this week: “Please do not do that [fart] in my face. If you need to do that [yes, fart], please remove yourself to the bathroom, where that [he was doing it in my face!!] is considered appropriate. Or at least walk a few feet away from [...] The Man & Big Brother, Inc. strives to maintain a safe workplace…objectives: eliminate injury; reduce pollutants; conserve natural resources; yadda yadda. Every year in order to get a new sticker on my badge for access to the plant, I have to take a refresher EHS class. What’s EHS you might ask? Environmental Health & Safety. Now, [...] I’ve been really sick this week, and so have been working from home. Bronchitis, sinusitis, and conjunctivitis; no, I’m not joking. I’m one big walking itis bomb of doom, and my boss didn’t want me infecting everyone right before the holiday. Good for them, but I’m the one who will end up taking time without [...] Yesterday I was commiserating with my DBA about the lack of common sense everyone in my building seems to have. I mean, we’re brilliant here in The Engineering Building, but some of the stuff that happens just makes you wonder. Take for example John Dilbert, who has been complaining to facilities for weeks that his area [...] Back in this post I mention some of the annoying habits people have of not reading their email. I think it’s becoming a pandemic, and it’s getting worse. Reading email apparently takes too much time so it’s easier for people to just call me and essentially ask, “can you please tell me what you emailed [...] You’ll notice in my blogroll that I have a few medical-type blogs that I read (they’re great reads, check them out). I’m actually fascinated by medicine, and my family is full of medical-type people; my mother and aunt (father’s little sis) are RNs, my aunt (mother’s little sis) is a pediatric intensivist (her 2nd career [...] |
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