Does anyone else have any idea how it feels to be given more work than you can handle, and then venomously hate yourself for not being able to do it all? Especially because it's very detailed and HAS to be right, and it HAS to be done within the deadline. And I can't do it all. I certainly can't do it all make sure it's 100% perfect and correct. And I'd almost rather kill myself than not be able to do my job. Then there's my husband at home calling and wondering when I'm gonna be home. Then there's my kids who want me to babysit my DGD on the weekend when I really should be working. I hate this. I hate me.

WHY do you call my office and dial my extension... only to ASK FOR SOMEONE ELSE?!?!?!?!?!?! *Jackie Chan meme*

Would it bother you if you found out that a person who works at your tax office and sees all your personal financial information was dumb enough to fall hook line and sinker for an email scam to the tune of 30k, complete with driving to their bank and providing information to the scammer via cellphone WHILE at their bank? (thankfully the bank manager was cued in that something weird was going on and prevented the 30K transfer from actually finalizing)

When I worked in nursing I had a patient grab my ponytail and slam my head repeatedly against his chair tray. He was about 50, a big dude and a veteran, and had advanced Huntington's. He was in a high chair type restraint because he was non-ambulatory but kept trying to get up and walk around. I leaned in to talk to him and he lunged at me, grabbed my ponytail, slammed my head into the tray three or four times and then threw me across the hall where I slammed into a wall and fell into a heap. FROM HIS CHAIR. It was nuts and very scary. Your post brought the whole incident back in full force. *shudder*

20% of school staff was absent, most with Covid. The Principal had to run the front office. Classes being split up because there are no subs. A little girl fell asleep on the Kindergarten rug. Her hair was soaking wet with a fever. I sent her home. I'm working 1:1 with a kid who won't wear a mask most of the time and who blows raspberries in my face like PFFFFFFT! He's also pushing me, hitting me, and pulling my head down by grabbing my ponytail. The first week back from Winter Break was a month long, lol

Here, do something impossible today. But you won't KNOW it's impossible until you've been working on it for four hours. Then, when you realize it's impossible, and the only people that can help won't talk to you because your boss didn't add your name as an admin, that's when your boss won't be available. OH- and do this same impossible thing a thousand times before the month is out. All by yourself. With no help, and no one to even answer the phone or the door or go get the mail for you. And HAHAHAHAHAHAHA if you think you're going to get anyone to care that you're crying at your desk all day every day for a full month.

I can barely believe it, but I had an actual good day at work today. I mean, there are still 15 minutes left so I probably shouldn't say anything but I'm pretty happy at the moment.

I wasn't panicking about the new variant but now I see cases rising in NYC, classes going remote, and I just can't imagine doing that again. I hated distance learning. So. Much. Just the thought of being asked to "pivot" again is awful, but I'm also cancelling our dinner reservations for NYE, so...how safe do folks feel? Honestly? How safe do you feel about your kids being at school? No wrong answers, obviously

My boss is awesome. I work for the VA, so a gazillion people in our organization. Some jackass manager just hounded me via email about a document that we are totally on top of and have done everything we need to do with. Just very condescending to me with things like, "It's not that hard, just read the document." (I don't have authority to speak to the contents with him because, ya know, federal gov't, secret information kind of thing). Forwarded it to my boss asking for guidance. My normally mild mannered boss, who outranks the shit out of Jackass Manager (don't think he realized that he was my boss AND that we also happen to be work besties) just laid TF into him AND copied every single person Jackass Manager reports to. That's going to ruin his day. I love my boss. Did I mention he's awesome?

I wrote a referral for a kindergarten student who threw a chair today, and documented all of my interventions. Admin suspended the student. Parent asked me for documentation. I told her that I documented the incident but for other documentation to contact the admin. Admin called me at 6:30 me because parent is PISSED. I gently remind admin that I didn't suspend the student; he did. He asks me what I am doing to support the student and I list literally everything that could possibly be done. I'm following his Behavior Plan to a T. Sorry dude. You suspended him, not me, and it's not my first trip to the rodeo, LOL