FLAKED ON TWO DAYS IN A ROW? REALLY? I'M NOT THE PERSON WHO KEEPS SCHEDULING THINGS AT EIGHT AM. WEIRDLY JETLAGGED AND UNDERSLEPT AND OVEREXPOSED TO DAYLIGHT, I CAN'T RELAX BECAUSE I KEEP EXPECTING PEOPLE TO SHOW UP WITH TOOLS WHEN I LEAST EXPECT IT. GODDAMMIT. I WANT A CIGARETTE.

Miko, that's the first time I've heard you use the word "fuck" in nearly two years of hanging out here.

You are pissed.

Whoa! And I thought I was pissed.

Yeah, I can't even complain after that. You go girl!

You are pissed!

just burnt out!

Wow. I was going to shout, too, but now I feel a little cowed.

Um, but here I go anyway:

A MAXIMUM 3% PAY RAISE BASED ON PERFORMANCE IS LOWER THAN COST OF LIVING! AND WHEN YOU TELL ME THERE'S NO WAY, EFFECTIVELY, OF GETTING THAT ENTIRE 3%, I LOSE MOTIVATION! ALSO, WHERE DO YOU GET OFF ONLY REIMBURSING 31.5 CENTS PER MILE? THE CURRENT RATE IS 50.5 CENTS! ARGH!

ALSO! E.D. YOU REALLY NEED TO LEARN TO DELEGATE THINGS AND TRUST YOUR EMPLOYEES! TOO MANY THINGS DON'T HAPPEN BECAUSE YOU WON'T GIVE UP ANY CONTROL! THE ONE-SHOT TRAININGS YOU HAVE ME DOING ARE NOT EFFECTIVE! WE NEED ANOTHER PROGRAM THAT IS EVIDENCE-BASED TO SHOW POSITIVE OUTCOMES IN KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES AND BEHAVIOR! WE CAN'T DO THAT UNLESS YOU LET ME CHANGE MY JOB TO ELIMINATE ALL THE POINTLESS COMMUNITY EDUCATION I DO WHERE I GO INTO THE SCHOOLS AND SEE KIDS FOR ALL OF 45 MINUTES JUST ONCE! DEPTH, NOT BREADTH, BABY!

WE NEED IRON CLAD DO NOT DISTURB SIGNS.
I THINK I WANT A SKIN PEEL.

I AM FREELANCE SO HAVE NO-ONE TO DISTURB ME APART FROM PEOPLE PHONING TO TRY TO SELL ME WINE, BUT I STILL MANAGE TO DISTRACT MYSELF TO SUCH AN EXTENT THAT EIGHT HOURS' WORK TAKES TWELVE HOURS TO DO! WTF SELF!

I WOULD LOVE IT IF PEOPLE WERE PHONING ME TRYING TO SELL ME WINE. WHY DON'T I HAVE PEOPLE PHONING TO SELL ME WINE?
THAT'S ALL I REALLY HAVE TO YELL ABOUT, BECAUSE, SERIOUSLY? WHY ISN'T ANYONE TRYING TO SELL ME WINE? DON'T THEY REALIZE WHAT A VAST, UNTAPPED MARKET I REPRESENT?

just to clarify that I wasn't shouting about the wine man - had a nice chat with him, in fact. :)

WHEN I HAD TO TELL MY POTENTIAL NEW EMPLOYER MY SALARY REQUIREMENT, I AGONIZED OVER IT FOR SEVERAL DAYS. I FINALLY CAME UP WITH A NUMBER. NOW THAT I'M WORKING THERE, I KNOW THEM WELL ENOUGH TO KNOW THAT IF I HAD GONE UP ANOTHER $5,000/YEAR MORE, THEY WOULD NOT HAVE BATTED AN EYELASH!! LUCKILY, IT IS MY DREAM JOB AND I AM VERY HAPPY THERE OTHERWISE, BUT AM KICKING MYSELF FOR WHAT THAT MONEY COULD'VE BOUGHT!!

SOMEONE ELSE WITH MY NAME HAS PUBLISHED A BOOK. I NEED TO FUCKING GET MOTIVATED AND MY PRINTER IS JAMMED.


Miko, would you get in trouble if you turned off the ringer on the phone?

I AM VERY GLAD THERE IS A SHOUTING THREAD IN PROGRESS.

SLACKER BOSS, I HAVE HAD IT. I AM REALLY TEMPTED TO CALL IN THE BOARD CHAIR FOR A HEART TO HEART, ALTHOUGH I HATE DOING SHIT LIKE THAT. YESTERDAY I WAS HERE FOR 14 HOURS STRAIGHT AND I HANDLED THE ENTIRE RECEPTION BY MYSELF BECAUSE, SLACKER BOSS, YOU ARE UNDERQUALIFIED AND INEXPERIENCED AND APPARENTLY TOO DUMB OR FEEL TOO DESPERATE OR GUILTY TO DELEGATE. THAT IS WHY YOU INSISTED ON BUYING ALL THE RECEPTION STUFF YOURSELF, IGNORING MY LISTS AND DOING IT SO LATE THAT THERE WAS NO WAY TO RETURN OR EXCHANGE STUFF. WHATEVER. FINE. I'VE BEEN DOING MUSEUM EVENTS FOR 15 YEARS NOW. THEY DO NOT SCARE ME. I CAN MAKE A CHEESE PLATTER AND REPLATE DONATED STALE BALACLAVA FASTER THAN YOU WOULD BELIEVE. AND NOW WE HAVE ENOUGH CUPS FOR THE NEXT YEAR AND A HALF - IT'S TOO BAD THAT NONE OF THEM ARE THE RIGHT SIZE.

SO FINE. WE WERE ALL HERE UNTIL 11. YOU CAME IN LATE YESTERDAY - I DIDN'T, BUT HEY, I AM NOT REALLY POINTING IT OUT. BECAUSE OUR COWORKER, ONE OF THE EDUCATORS, HAS JUST GOTTEN OUT OF THE HOSPITAL, WE ARE DOWN A TEACHER. THEREFORE I LEARNED TO TEACH A CLASS ON METEOROLOGY. YESTERDAY. IN MY SPARE TIME WHEN I WASN'T FENDING OFF YOUR PANICKED PHONE CALLS AND DEALING WITH YOUR MISSED MEETING.

TODAY, AFTER 6 HOURS OF SLEEP, I CAME IN TO WORK AND (AFTER SPENDING 40 MINUTES FINDING STUFF YOU LEFT IN THE THEATRE LAST NIGHT, SLACKER BOSS) I TAUGHT 2 CLASSES. THEN YOU SENT AN EMAIL SAYING THAT YOU ARE JUST TOO TIRED AND YOUR FIBROMYALGIA IS ACTING UP - AGAIN - AND YOU'RE NOT COMING IN. YEAH I BET YOU'RE FUCKING TIRED. I'M SORRY YOU HAVE ALL THESE VARIOUS ILLNESSES AND ACHES AND PAINS AND AN ELDERLY MOTHER AND AN UNEMPLOYED HUSBAND AND SO ON BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? I'VE BEEN RAISING 2 KIDS BY MYSELF AND WORKING MY ASS OFF FOR FUCKING YEARS FOR HALF THE MONEY YOU MAKE. MOST PEOPLE WOULD HAVE BEEN FIRED BY NOW FOR TAKING OFF THE KIND OF TIME YOU TAKE OFF. YOU MISSED 15 DAYS IN FEBRUARY, SLACKER BOSS, AND 6 DAYS IN MARCH AND HERE IT IS APRIL AND YOU'RE NOT HERE. PERHAPS YOU SHOULD CONSIDER STEPPING DOWN AND NOT WASTING THE MUSEUM'S MONEY. YOU'RE NOT DOING YOUR JOB. I AM. AND I DON'T WANT TO DO IT ANYMORE.

I HAVEN'T GOTTEN A RAISE OF ANY KIND FOR TWO YEARS AND I'M MAKING LESS NOW THAN I WAS IN 2001, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, AND YOU CAN'T EVEN FUCKING SHOW UP WHILE I DO YOUR JOB FOR YOU? I'M WAY, WAY, WAY OVER THIS.

MY SO-CALLED PAY RISE WAS UNDER 2% AND IT WAS TOLD THAT IT'S BECAUSE I AM TOP OF THE GRADE. SO PEOPLE WHO ARE NEWER AND LESS EXPERIENCED GOT MUCH BIGGER PAY INCREASES THAN THOSE OF US WHO'VE BEEN THERE FOR YEARS AND YEARS. THEY REWARD LOYALTY AND SERVICE WITH ... WHAT EXACTLY?

AND ALL THIS CAME AFTER THE SHIT WE HAD TO GO THROUGH FOR THREE MONTHS NOT KNOWING IF WE WERE GOING TO LOSE OUR JOBS OR NOT.

THIS SAYS IT ALL.
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mgl, sounds like you have a legitimate gripe. Talk to somebody. There could at least be a raise in it for you.

YOU GO MGL! YOU DESERVE BETTER THAN THAT!

I actually had a great day at work today, and got to wear my awesome power suit, and I've lost some weight recently so I look totally fierce, and thus I've got nothing to shout about. But I'll back everyone else up.

I'M A BIT CRANKY BECAUSE WORK IS TOTALLY BORING AND THIS IS ALLEGEDLY ONE OF OUR TWO BUSY MONTHS (THE OTHER ONE IS NOVEMBER) AND I'M TIRED AND WOULD LIKE TO GO HOME, BUT I CAN JUST MAKE MONEY READING THE LOVELY INTERNETS AND SO I MUST FORCE MY ASS TO SIT IN MY CHAIR IN MY CUBE.

PLUS, THE PHONE JUST RANG AND I ALMOST JUMPED OUT OF MY CHAIR. (FIRST, AND PROBABLY ONLY TIME IT WILL RING AT ALL TODAY.)

I'M CONTEMPLATING ASKING MY COWORKER IF HE WANTS TO BRING SOME CARDS FOR NEXT WEEK SO WE WILL ACTUALLY HAVE SOMETHING PRODUCTIVE TO DO IN THE AFTERNOONS AFTER THE BOSS LEAVES AT 230.


I'M TIRED AND THE PISSY AUNT THAT I HATE IS IN THE HOSPITAL AND EVERYONE WANTS ME TO BE ALL BOO HOOEY AND SO I HAVE TO FAKE THAT SHIT WHEN IN REALITY, I JUST WANT TO SIT IN MY ROOM AND READ TWILIGHT FANFIC ALLLLLL NIGHT.

(ONLY GOOD THING IS THAT THURSDAY IS MY SHORT DAY. WHICH MEANS LAUNDRY. AND AN EARLIER JUMP ON READING MORE FANFIC. BECAUSE THAT SHIT IS LIKE CRACK.)

DEAR STUDENTS:
WHEN YOU WAIT TILL THE ABSOLUTE LAST MINUTE TO ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT A SENIOR PORTFOLIO YOU'VE KNOWN ABOUT FOR FOUR YEARS, AND THEN GET UPSET IF I DON'T ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS WITHIN THE HOUR, THINK OF THIS: YOU HAD NOT ONLY THIS SEMESTER TO ASK ME, BUT FOUR YEARS TO ASK SOMEONE. YOU ARE ASKING APPROXIMATELY 207 WEEKS TOO LATE FOR TIMELY ANSWERS.

I CAN MAKE A CHEESE PLATTER AND REPLATE DONATED STALE BALACLAVA FASTER THAN YOU WOULD BELIEVE.

Balaclavas are really, really dry and unpalatable even when they're not stale.

I don't have a job, and I'm too depressed about job hunting to shout about it, so I'm just going to be a brat.

DRAT! WHAT A DIFFERENCE AN L AND AN A CAN MAKE!
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I FEEL LIKE YOU KNOW I'M A DO-NOTHING INTERNET JUNKIE, SO WHY DO YOU TORTURE ME BY KEEPING ME HANGING ON! JUST DO US BOTH A FAVOR AND FIRE ME ALREADY!! GAWD!

NOT TO MENTION:
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MY DAD JUST SENT ME THIS AND IT IS EXCEEDINGLY APROPOS. I BET YOU CAN ALL USE IT, I RECOMMEND MANIC MODE

NINJA DESERT OMG!

NINJA DESERT OMG!

The cacti are fucking killer. They sneak right up behind you and silently thorn you to death.

/bratty

My attempt at ironic spelling goes awry.

I have only one thing to shout about work, but I wish to shout it as loudly and as forcefully as I possibly can.

DEAR AUTHORS/CURATORS/FREELANCERS/ET AL.: THIS IS TO NOTIFY YOU THAT POOR PLANNING ON YOUR PART WILL NO LONGER CONSTITUTE AN EMERGENCY ON MINE! PLEASE MAKE A FUCKING NOTE OF IT!

Miko, print your rant that opened this thread, then tape it to the outside of your door next time you close it to work. Should do the trick. It's perfect.

Ha!

Tie a scarf on the door knob, and at least the staff members who've ever had roommates will think you're having sex in there - and leave you alone.

uh Miko, the sound isn't working

I FINALLY CAUGHT THE SHOPLIFTER WHO HAS BEEN HITTING US SEVERAL TIMES A WEEK. SHE'S WELL DRESSED, AND REALLY, REALLY GOOD AT WHAT SHE DOES. IT WAS PERFECT TIMING; I WAS STILL IN STREET CLOTHES AND SHE DIDN'T EVEN LOOK TWICE AT ME. I FOLLOWED HER, AND WATCHED HER STUFF ITEMS SHE'D DROPPED OFF ON A DISPLAY IN A PLASTIC STORE BAG SHE'D HIDDEN IN HER PURSE. CAUGHT HER AS SHE TRIED TO NON-CHALANTLY WALK OUT THE DOOR. THEN OUT CAME THE EXPENSIVE THINGS SHE'D STUFFED IN HER PURSE. SHE TRIED THE WATERWORKS "I'M SO, SO SORRY, MY HUSBAND JUST LOST HIS JOB...I HAVEN'T HAD ANYTHING TO EAT TODAY." REALLY? WELL, ME NEITHER, AS I'VE SPENT MY BREAKFAST TIME FOLLOWING YOU!!!! SHE WAS ESCOURTED OUT TO HER CAR FOR HER I.D., AND YOU KNOW WHAT? SHE'S DRIVING A NEW LEXUS SUV!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WITH A STACK OF CREDIT CARDS. DON'T COME BACK, YOU P.O.S.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!