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MayabirdPecking at the keyboardRegistered Userregular
So today, there was employee drug testing that needed to be done. I was to monitor this. Before the urine sample is to be left, bluant (some blue liquid, which in this case was Ty-D-Bol) has to be added to the toilet to ensure that no one is cheating by adding extra liquid. Because the regular bottle is kinda messy to work with for a squirt each time, I had transferred the liquid to a regular spray bottle, for a quick and efficient squirt each time.
Now, there had not been drug testing for several months. Ty-D-Bol though shouldn't go bad, and it was a regular ol' squirt bottle. At no point did I even think, "What could go wrong?" because it's just assumed that a squeeze or two of the trigger will make it work just like all the other times before.
This all being said, I present a dramatic recreation of the events:
I took the 538 quiz. Didn't screenshot my results, but I scored very close to 100 on agreeableness and openness to experience, high on the negativity one, and zero or very low on both extraversion and conscientiousness.
Which is kind of interesting, because while I've always been an introvert, I'm not that introverted; and I've always been told I'm conscientious and reliable. Except my life has been ever so slowly but steadily falling apart for roughly the past decade. I'm always expending just a tiny bit more energy than I can recover, day by day, week by week, and that shit builds up. I feel like I've been asymptotically approaching a complete breakdown for years, even with antidepressants and therapy.
I recently got diagnosed with ADHD (through sheer luck after stumbling across a Tumblr post, of all things), which explains an awful lot and gives me some hope of a way forward. But in the meantime, I'm nowhere near as reliable as I used to be, in any sphere of life; and I've been perpetually exhausted for at least the last three years (which means precious little energy for dealing with people).
Might be interesting to take the quiz again later, once medication and ADD-targeted therapy have had time to (hopefully) start helping, and see if my results change the way I think they will.
Was this the thread where we talked about being to young to get old?
I just leaned forward at my desk and now I have a pain below and under my shoulder blade...
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smof[Growling historic on the fury road]Registered Userregular
Have you checked to make sure you weren't just stabbed by an assassin?
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Librarian's ghostLibrarian, Ghostbuster, and TimSporkRegistered Userregular
I hate having multiple things pop up that are urgent right when you get in to work and a couple of them need troubleshooting because they don't work right.
Me and my wife have been stressing out for a few days after my wife saw her manager had meetings with her HR about her job position.
Her manager was also quite quiet for a few days so we were worried it was bad news about her contract.
Turns out HR had advertised my wife's maternity cover as a full time permanent job by accident and someone had applied. So her manager was unhappy with HR because it was a lot of faff to sort out.
Now we can relax ha.
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Goose!That's me, honeyShow me the way home, honeyRegistered Userregular
I've never been happier to be at work today. No teachers, admins, or students, just catching up on stuff/working on project(s). And home life lately has gone very south.
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Librarian's ghostLibrarian, Ghostbuster, and TimSporkRegistered Userregular
My wife finished her training as a library circ desk person. I'm pretty excited for her to be included in the library club!
PSN: jfrofl
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JedocIn the scupperswith the staggers and jagsRegistered Userregular
Your mission, should you choose to accept it: "Hey, I'm really glad you finished your circ training. Because now you can" *flex muscles* "check this out."
Talking to one of my classmates has me kind of agreeing with something my dad said to me: it's not really appropriate to have graduate student TAs for graduate level classes
One of the group members on this project is the TA for one of my other classes and grades my work
Nice guy, but still kinda weird
Most profs aren't there because they want to teach, unless the uni does a really good job recruiting for those people. Which they don't, because they want profs that pull in grants/outside money, and teaching time generally doesn't do that. Not arguing it's good, just that it's a top down issue, as well as bottom up in the fact that the people at the top of their field generally just want to do more of whatever that field is, not teach people about it.
At least in our program it's like pulling teeth to get most profs to teach a single lecture, much less a class. Which I get, there is always the next grant deadline, and when it's your and others livelihoods, well, that is more important.
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Tynnanseldom correct, never unsureRegistered Userregular
Some of the best learnin' I did in grad school was thanks to grad student TA's, and I mean that in the positive way.
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Goose!That's me, honeyShow me the way home, honeyRegistered Userregular
edited February 2019
Ohh ohh I just discovered the bowling alley in my town is looking for a Front Desk person part-time. I just applied via Indeed. God I hope they call me. I love bowling.
EDIT: Should I call them as well? Or just wait to hear back.
Applied for that IT position. Feeling really unfulfilled in my current role. I was hired to do fraud work and I do maybe 2 hours of that a day and then 6 of data entry/office manager work. Today I'm printing and collating and stapling paperwork for my boss to have someone go through looking for stuff. Me? No no. I just get to print and organize it.
Guy in our department put his two weeks in last week, he fully expected to start training me on stuff he does. Nope, they said they don't want me learning that kind of thing because its not where they want me.
I had to leave a meeting today to stop my finger bleeding after I'd cut it open on my beard.
I may need to start using beard oil again.
or stop growing a sword beard?
Hmm. Yes, beard oil it is.
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Librarian's ghostLibrarian, Ghostbuster, and TimSporkRegistered Userregular
I searched all weekend for a trophy I could use for our video game tournament to no avail. Then I had the idea to ask one of our custodians. Turns out she had tons of old trophies and trophy parts stashed away and would regularly use them to make joke trophies to punk staff members.
Now I have a 2006 dance trophy. I'm going to clean it up, take the plaque off the front, and glue a Mario Amiibo to the top!
Winners will get to take their photo with the trophy and I'm going to make sign to keep next to it that lists all the winners.
Drake ChambersLay out my formal shorts.Registered Userregular
Did taxes this weekend and it was good news / irritating AF news.
Good : getting a bunch of money back! Awesome!
Irritating AF : That was not supposed to happen at all. Money is very tight now and I spent a lot of time calculating and formulating last year to make sure I was taking home as much as possible. I was nervous I was going to be hit with a bill.
So, hooray, but it really feels like we're at the mercy of the system and we just can't ever know how much we're going to get hit for.
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Drake ChambersLay out my formal shorts.Registered Userregular
Your mission, should you choose to accept it: "Hey, I'm really glad you finished your circ training. Because now you can" *flex muscles* "check this out."
Update: Her eyes rolled so much.
PSN: jfrofl
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JedocIn the scupperswith the staggers and jagsRegistered Userregular
Glad to hear everything went precisely according to plan.
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StragintDo Not GiftAlways DeclinesRegistered Userregular
I'm the only one in the household that is with wells fargo and I've only ever used my cell phone # with my account. Got a phone call from wells fargo on the house phone and I didn't answer because I couldn't find a phone but I'm worried some how they got the house # and called to schedule an interview for the other wells fargo position I applied for. Stressing me out.
Also trying to figure out what to wear to the in person teller position interview this Friday with a wells fargo branch I've interviewed with before. I wanna go in with a polo and slacks but I feel like I should wear a button up shirt and tie.
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What is the point of being alive if you don't at least try to do something remarkable? ~ Mario Novak
I never fear death or dyin', I only fear never trying.
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EncA Fool with CompassionPronouns: He, Him, HisRegistered Userregular
University president sacked. We have no one in a President or VP position left at the university now.
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Drake ChambersLay out my formal shorts.Registered Userregular
I'm the only one in the household that is with wells fargo and I've only ever used my cell phone # with my account. Got a phone call from wells fargo on the house phone and I didn't answer because I couldn't find a phone but I'm worried some how they got the house # and called to schedule an interview for the other wells fargo position I applied for. Stressing me out.
Also trying to figure out what to wear to the in person teller position interview this Friday with a wells fargo branch I've interviewed with before. I wanna go in with a polo and slacks but I feel like I should wear a button up shirt and tie.
It is practically impossible to overdress for a professional interview, comfort-be-damned. Wear the shirt and tie!
University president sacked. We have no one in a President or VP position left at the university now.
what the shit? Was that expected from the fallout of the other stuff??
Not expected, but part of it. Essentially the state legislature is pissed and is coming down hard on anyone still standing at the top of the ladder and, well, he was the only one left who hadn't been fired or hadn't retired and/or fled the state in a timely fashion.
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EncA Fool with CompassionPronouns: He, Him, HisRegistered Userregular
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Now, there had not been drug testing for several months. Ty-D-Bol though shouldn't go bad, and it was a regular ol' squirt bottle. At no point did I even think, "What could go wrong?" because it's just assumed that a squeeze or two of the trigger will make it work just like all the other times before.
This all being said, I present a dramatic recreation of the events:
Tl;dr employee drug testing is bullshit.
Which is kind of interesting, because while I've always been an introvert, I'm not that introverted; and I've always been told I'm conscientious and reliable. Except my life has been ever so slowly but steadily falling apart for roughly the past decade. I'm always expending just a tiny bit more energy than I can recover, day by day, week by week, and that shit builds up. I feel like I've been asymptotically approaching a complete breakdown for years, even with antidepressants and therapy.
I recently got diagnosed with ADHD (through sheer luck after stumbling across a Tumblr post, of all things), which explains an awful lot and gives me some hope of a way forward. But in the meantime, I'm nowhere near as reliable as I used to be, in any sphere of life; and I've been perpetually exhausted for at least the last three years (which means precious little energy for dealing with people).
Might be interesting to take the quiz again later, once medication and ADD-targeted therapy have had time to (hopefully) start helping, and see if my results change the way I think they will.
I just leaned forward at my desk and now I have a pain below and under my shoulder blade...
It really feels like it. Breathing deeply hurts and I can feel it in my teeth.
Already made a doctor's appointment for later today. Luckily he's literally 2 minutes away from my workplace.
Her manager was also quite quiet for a few days so we were worried it was bad news about her contract.
Turns out HR had advertised my wife's maternity cover as a full time permanent job by accident and someone had applied. So her manager was unhappy with HR because it was a lot of faff to sort out.
Now we can relax ha.
Most profs aren't there because they want to teach, unless the uni does a really good job recruiting for those people. Which they don't, because they want profs that pull in grants/outside money, and teaching time generally doesn't do that. Not arguing it's good, just that it's a top down issue, as well as bottom up in the fact that the people at the top of their field generally just want to do more of whatever that field is, not teach people about it.
At least in our program it's like pulling teeth to get most profs to teach a single lecture, much less a class. Which I get, there is always the next grant deadline, and when it's your and others livelihoods, well, that is more important.
EDIT: Should I call them as well? Or just wait to hear back.
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because i am "meets expectations" which is generally where i always am because i coast by on mediocrity
and i guess my pay was already on the high end of the pay band for this role
i need to stop being mediocre and be better
Screenshot it first, though ...
You know ... reasons.
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I may need to start using beard oil again.
or stop growing a sword beard?
Guy in our department put his two weeks in last week, he fully expected to start training me on stuff he does. Nope, they said they don't want me learning that kind of thing because its not where they want me.
Yeah time to work in another department
Hmm. Yes, beard oil it is.
Now I have a 2006 dance trophy. I'm going to clean it up, take the plaque off the front, and glue a Mario Amiibo to the top!
Winners will get to take their photo with the trophy and I'm going to make sign to keep next to it that lists all the winners.
Oiling your sword beard seems like a good idea, you don't want it to get rusty. The cuts would be alot worse.
Like...a leather scarf?
Oh, wait. Probably more like a Hannibal Lector mask?
Good : getting a bunch of money back! Awesome!
Irritating AF : That was not supposed to happen at all. Money is very tight now and I spent a lot of time calculating and formulating last year to make sure I was taking home as much as possible. I was nervous I was going to be hit with a bill.
So, hooray, but it really feels like we're at the mercy of the system and we just can't ever know how much we're going to get hit for.
I'm assuming that said subject had just been told by you that he or she could not continue being where they were, doing what they were doing?
Update: Her eyes rolled so much.
Also trying to figure out what to wear to the in person teller position interview this Friday with a wells fargo branch I've interviewed with before. I wanna go in with a polo and slacks but I feel like I should wear a button up shirt and tie.
What is the point of being alive if you don't at least try to do something remarkable? ~ Mario Novak
I never fear death or dyin', I only fear never trying.
It is practically impossible to overdress for a professional interview, comfort-be-damned. Wear the shirt and tie!
Chaos is a ladder Enc.
CLIMB
what the shit? Was that expected from the fallout of the other stuff??
Not expected, but part of it. Essentially the state legislature is pissed and is coming down hard on anyone still standing at the top of the ladder and, well, he was the only one left who hadn't been fired or hadn't retired and/or fled the state in a timely fashion.
~sits on the Throne of Dissertations~
NOW I AM KING OF UNIVERSITY.
A) I love where I work.
That's dirty as hell. I never get personal calls, I panicked and thought it was bad news about my granny.
How could they ever think that's a good idea? Urgh.
but they help people get jobs and money so I give them at least a little bit of credit for that