Aiiiiieeeeeeee - work venting

[Veronica]

I always say "I'm dealing with morons"!.

I think if I said that parents might get upset.

I saw a great t shirt the other day. It said: I'll try to be nicer if you'll try to be smarter.

Sadly, I don't think I can wear that to work either. Although it is true. I have lots of patience for kids who really are giving me 80 - 100% day in and day out.

Veronica

[bmccasland]

I get to escape the current batch of idiots!!!!

Sorry, had to gloat a bit.

OK, back down to earth. I'm trading this batch for a different batch, in a different geographical area. But maybe, just maybe, during the "honeymoon" phase, I won't know they're idiots. Maybe?

[Deborajen]

Moving sounds wonderful! Will there be a glass ceiling? Can the smirking, do-nothing/credit-taking boss sit under it this time and get a concussion trying to get through it? I'd drink to that!

[smilingcat]

When I read this thread, I'm glad I still don't have a job except I'm busier than ever and really haven't had the time to be biking full time.

Life is pretty good without the aggravation of work.

[Zen]

I wish I had a job.

[Trek420]

Trade you? But I'm afraid if I really vented here I would be I love my job

But seriously, I don't expect privacy online nor should anyone. Most of you could just show up at my door "Trek420, I presume?" So especially while looking for a new job I'm just not criticizing. I love it here.

There's some funny stuff I could post but even that I'll probably leave for the cartoons I'll do when I leave. I only work for the comic inspirations our managers provide, that and the free post-its and pens.

[jessmarimba]

I'm sure I'll remember those days soon! For right now, I'm excited to be starting work (at home) again tomorrow, since I can't drive for a few weeks and I'm bored out of my mind at the moment. I'm starting to wish I'd moved into a more walk-friendly neighborhood.

[Jolt]

I wish I had a job.

Same here! Or I should say, I wish I had a job in my field (acute care nurse practitioner)--I am working part time at the Y and am in the process of (hopefully) picking up hours doing flu clinics this fall until I find something permanent. I just got an email today from a place where I interviewed twice, for a job that really sounded good, saying I was not selected for the position. That hospital has an opening in another department, so I applied for that today and we'll see what happens there. I also had preliminary phone interviews with three places last week and am waiting for them to get back to me with the next step. I'm tired of waiting! And of course, I'm still looking for other jobs to apply for, in lots of different states (Massachusetts is NOT a good place to be a new grad NP right now, at least for acute care specialties, so I will almost certainly have to move for a job unless something completely unexpected happens here). So far the ones that are in the pipeline are in upstate NY and the upper Midwest. I am SO stressed out with not knowing whether I will be able to find something soon or where I will end up...I think this calls for a long and/or hard run this afternoon!

[maillotpois]

Sadly, I don't think I can wear that to work either. Although it is true. I have lots of patience for kids who really are giving me 80 - 100% day in and day out.

Veronica

Replace "kids" with "attorneys" and that's where I am....

[Bike Chick]

I'm with you, Sarah!

[Crankin]

Right now my "job" is finishing my paper on alcohol abuse in the military.
I could say I hate it at the moment. I sat on my azz for 6 hours yesterday and I am only half way done. What is it with these people who say they can write a 10-15 page paper, APA style the night before it is due? I consider myself to be a good writer and fast reader, but, geez. It's interesting, though.
Who knows what this year's internship will bring? More interesting people to work with. The clients are fine, it's the co-workers who always get to me, as they did when I was teaching. I have learned to smile a lot and grit my teeth; I have found that therapists are ah, always so "nice" that it is hard to gauge what my co-workers are thinking. I tend to be more direct, in a business like way. It worked with 12 year olds...
Veronica, I always loved going to my classroom in the summer, arranging things and getting ready at my own pace. It reminded me why I was teaching in the first place.

[Blueberry]

Me three!!

[ny biker]

One of my co-workers had 10 weeks to do something, admitted to me several times that she couldn't figure out how to do it, then it got re-assigned to me. I finished it in under two days. (Mostly it consisted of copying something that was already done and making a few edits. I told my co-worker that 10 weeks ago.)

I went on vacation for a week and no one did any of my work for me. I did get an email from my boss at 8 pm the last night of my vacation saying welcome back, now make sure you finish all the stuff assigned to you right away. (I was still in the car sitting in traffic on my way home from vacation when she sent it.)

Now the co-worker is on vacation this week and two things that are assigned to her have been re-assigned to me to do in her absence. I know she was working on them last week but she left me no notes on what she's done so I have to start from scratch. I have been told I have to give a status update in 45 minutes.

The status update I would like to give is unprintable.

[bmccasland]

I wonder what they'll say when I walk out the door for the last time on friday? I've inherited messes, and I'm leaving one or two behind myself. Try as I might, some projects just aren't wrapped up neatly. My replacement has been hired but isn't on site yet either.

Next week, I'm on vacation time, on my new office's payroll. Yippee! So even though I'm in town, I can't be pulled in to work (at the office).

[bluebug32]

My boss is 70+ and still working because she "loves it." Though I've yet to experience any sign of love on her grumpy face. If I'm over 70 and still packing my lunch every day and schlepping to the office, kindly put me out of my misery.