Soooo....

[Prudence]

I hatehatehate my job. Much evilness. Boss constantly sets me up by giving me one set of instructions, then revealing once completed work has been passed along that "real" instructions differed, thus making me look incompetent. I hatehatehate that. And deciding not to replace the 1.5 FTE staff we're missing, because I'm overtime exempt so she can just assign all that work to me. And then sits on a 4 week jury and doesn't even pass her work on to me at the time -- but now that she's back she's "too busy" to do her work that piled up so she's giving it to me -- only now it's overdue and she tells people it's my fault for not doing it while she was gone. She tells me to shut my door so I can work uninterrupted and get work done faster -- then five minutes later knocks and orders me to open it because people are seeing the closed door and going away, thus not interrupting me. And I need to be available to all people all the time for whatever they need. I'm an overtime-exempt, salaried employee, the only other such employee there (besides her), and I'm the one filling people's printers with paper, taking documents downstairs for them because they're "busy," and making photocopies on demand because apparenly everyone else's arms and legs have been amputated. I used to love it there but now I resent all of them. I get indigestion every Sunday evening because I dread Monday morning. Yesterday I actually felt what I'd have to call a small stirring of homicidal rage. Today was better, but only because the boss was in a meeting most of the day and I didn't have to look at her or feel her presence across the suite. But then as I was leaving she complained again about how busy she is, assigned me work I know full well the dept. chair gave to her because I already had a full plate, then when I told her I couldn't meet the competing deadlines said "I don't care about that" and walked away. Wants me to skip classes that start well after the end of my scheduled work day so that she can attend her kids' mid-afternoon sporting events, because I don't have kids and therefore my after work life is irrelevant and she can require my presence any time that suits her. I spend all day seething at her. I'm so happy to have a three day weekend. Although she wants me to work on something Monday that the chair said she wanted Monday, knowing full well that the chair only said Monday because she forgot about the holiday and won't be in herself on Monday.
Hatehatehate. I have so many applications out. Please oh please interview me and let me not reek of desperation.

[MerryPrankster]

^^^ I'm sending you good vibes for finding a new job, Prudence! Your boss sounds like a total psycho. Ewww...I hate it when that happens! Just reading your post gave me knots in my stomach.


Anyway... I'm watching Vanity Fair and eating Conversation Hearts. Must stop eating CH, I'm feeling ill.

[Scrooge McSam]

Prudence,

Sending best best bestest wishes your way for some good news on the job front.

I've had bosses try to pull crap on me like this. I wish I had advice for you, but I realize not everybody is as likely to jump up and yell "Oh HELL No!" as I am. I would suggest documenting assignments via email though, if that's possilble.

[wendybeth]

Originally Posted by Not Afraid

I woke up, turned the coffee backo and sat down to check up on the boards and who hops up on me but my sick boy, Buster. I think the antibiotics must be working (I still don't have test results but we think it is a UTI) because he attached himself like a koala to a tree and started purring loudly. He just left, so it's coffee time for me.

I'm glad he seems to be better!!! I've been worrying about him. Have you heard back from the vet yet?

[Not Afraid]

No word from the Vet yet.

[Bornieo: Fully Loaded]

At home. Packing up the old suitcase. Getting ready to head up to San Francisco tomorrow for a weekend of fun!

Nothing to watch on TV but Michael Jackson.

Blech!!!

[Baileykat]

I'm heading to bed! ALONE!!!!

John is out of town and usually when he's gone, Kat just moves into my bed! We always joke when we buy our house this summer, we'll only need Two bedrooms...one for Bailey and one for Kat, me and my husband!

BUT..I actually cleaned her room for her today...moved her furniture around..threw out tons of stuff...washed her comforter, clean sheets, put away her 400 stuffed animals so she can actually get into her bed.....


and what thanks do I get.........SHE ditches me for her bed!

"MOM..I haven't slept in my bed in forever!"

Yeah..but that never stopped you before!

Who's going to hog all the covers..who's going to sleep half-way down the bed, who's going to increase the heat in the bed so that I'm sweating halfway thru the night...who's going to wake me up at least twice for water?

Huh...how am I supposed to get any sleep tonight without all that?

Guess I'll just sleep alone!

[Gemini Cricket]

Originally Posted by Baileykat

I'm heading to bed! ALONE!!!!

I love it when I have the bed to myself when what's his name is gone.


No snoring.
No cover stealing.
No elbows in my back.
No weird pillow configurations.
No talking in his sleep.

Yay! Celebrate having a liberated bed. Made for one for tonight. Ya Hoo!

[Baileykat]

BUT it's lonely!!!1



"No bears in the bed and the little one said..."I'm lonely...come back!"



I just love Kat and me snuggle time! I cherish every single moment cause I know it's going to be gone before I know it....Like tonight!!!

Wahhh!



BUT...I'll get all the pillows to myself...tee hee hee!

[Mousey Girl]

**yawn**

Goodmorning!