After the last three weeks of what was probably the worst time period for me in quite a few years, I'm still pretty much in control and feeling good (though feeling 'good' for me is not breaking into tears every five minutes, heh). I'm still dealing with a lot of stress from work, but I guess that's to be expected when you deal with idiots. For example, observe this little exchange that occurred today. I'd expect this from the people I take urine from - not a gubmint worker.
Coworker: "I need your help, please."
Myself (wandering over unwillingly): "Yes, what is it."
Coworker: "Look at this paper for a second, please, I need to make sure this sounds okay."
Myself (looking down at paper and seeing nothing wrong): "It's fine."
Coworker: "Yes, but how do you abbreviate the word second?"
Myself (looking at the paper and noting that it's clearly marked '2nd' on the paper): "Uh. It's there. On the paper."
Coworker (looks down): "Where?"
Myself (now speaking very slowly, as to a six year old): "Two....en.... dee."
Coworker: "Ohhhh! I see it now, thank you."
Myself (trying not to mutter 'moron' under my breath): "You're welcome."
Coworker (calling after me as I start to leave): "So how do you abbreviate the word floor?"
Myself (resisting the urge to bang my head against a doorway): (complete silence)
Yes, ladies and gentlemen, this is the caliber of person that is working for your government. And yes, ladies and gentlemen, this is the caliber of person that is responsible for your safety in the nation's capital. Reassured yet?
(/sarcasm off)
Anyway, other than the usual idiocy... things are fine. One note, though - I did decide to take my real name off of the profile here. Why? Because although I no longer go by a 'persona' as I did in the IRC days, this is still my blog and my personal business. Yes, it's on the web, I'm well aware - "How personal could it be?", I bet you're thinking.
Here's the thing, okay. I write in here, 99.9% of the time, on my personal time. I don't write in it at work, I don't bitch and complain about my coworkers when I'm there - I'm there to do a job. As far as I'm concerned, however, when quitting time comes around, what I do is my business. If that includes talking about how idiotic everyone I work with is, that's again my concern and my business. I'm sure that the gubmint's already 'watching' me to some extent - they may know all about this blog. That's okay by me, because as far as I know, expressing my opinion is still perfectly legal. And I'm not 'afraid' of any of the people I work with - believe me, if they ask me what I think of them, I'll tell them outright and frankly enjoy it, too, heh. Good thing they haven't asked me, isn't it. But there's no point in muddying the waters, so to speak. My "colleagues" have no reason to look me up on the Internet - and even if they did, my real name is disgustingly common, anyway. Still, I'd rather just keep my blog as my personal outlet for my frustration, you know?
No, I'm not chicken, lol. I'm sure some might think that - to which I say, "Fuck you." :)
Couple of things in the works tonight - my Dell Mini shipped today and I'm looking forward to it, very much. Will post pictures when I can get a hold of a camera that works, heh. I may be buying a camera very shortly as well.
And... I'm looking for a new apartment. Might have one lined up, I'm going to see it over the weekend. Will keep everyone posted.
And th-th-th-that's all, folks. Thursday at the drug unit again tomorrow, blehfuckgawddamnsonofasyphiliticbitch. I'm so looking forward to that, sarcasm off again.
Off to watch Mythbusters. More later.
4 comments:
Just as an FYI, your facebook badge on the left-hand side has your real name on it.
I know. Actually, after I wrote this entry, I went about changing everything and found out that I can limit who actually sees the FB profile, so I'm not too worried about that. I can also limit the Twitter lookups. And I doubt anyone at work has the intelligence to even know a word like 'mordacious' exists, never mind look it up or know what it means, lol.
And if they do, no big deal. They finally get to find out what I really think of them. :p
i know i looked it up the first time i got your link and thought it was brilliant! LOL
we work with mainly educators, and sometimes when they call or are in our office, they open their mouths, and i think.... we're doomed! THIS is what is educating our children!! yikes!!!!
i think going by your first name is great. gives it more realism and doesn't make you feel like you have to hide who you are. kudos on that!
C, you're right. I'm done with hiding who I am. I'm not "Cathalain". Or "Fireball". Or whatever people once knew me as. They're personas that I hid behind for years to mask the real me. Thing is, I've learned in the last couple of years... what's wrong with the real me? Uh, nothing?
You're right. I've come such a long, long way in 3 years' time. I'm pretty proud of myself, actually. :D
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