#work things

[xiaq]

[toppermostpoppermost]

MACKENZIE DAVIS as Mindy "I Just Work Here" Park

THE MARTIAN (2015) dir. Ridley Scott

[abberwockyy]

gonna poll the entire internet. what do you think this note says when you first look at it

[abcd-adventures]

Was very honest with my client that it was a rough day, and I'm so glad I did. It's interesting the assumptions people make about others. The client told me that I'm always so cheerful and "serene" and that it seems like nothing bothers or upsets me...and we had a good laugh about that! And, then it was followed by a wonderful discussion about humanness, and vulnerability, and how we see others, etc. It ended up being such a great session and was meaningful for me, too.

Extra heavy things below the cut.

It's been such a heavy week. The PD did NOT tell my client's family that he had died--I purposefully waited over 48 hours to reach out to his daughter as he'd asked, and worked hard to craft the email. In the message, I did not say that he had died, I just said that her father had asked me to reach out to her if anything ever happened to him--something like that. Well, she called me immediately and was like, "What's going on with my dad!?" LIKE, WTF?! So, I talked with her, and the call went well, and I gave her time and space and resources and helped her locate his body, but afterward I was just SO PISSED at APD. Like, I'm sorry, how long are we waiting these days before we contact people's families after they die? I called my brother who used to be a cop and asked if it was normal for family not to be contacted in over 48 hours and he said no, so I felt better about that, but still angry at this situation! It's not that I had to tell her--she actually told me when we spoke again later that she was glad it had been me, and I'm happy to do it. That's not why I'm angry...just...wow.

Then, I've had two KIDS grieving just terrible things. A 24-year-old who had to make the decision to remove life support for his dad, and a 17-year-old who found his mom after a suicide. Babies. My son's ages or younger. The world is tough, man. Hug your people. And...I guess, have a coffee.

[stonysfree]

Just got off. The place is a soul sucker

[bbydollx36x]

✨Two versions of me at work✨

[rhysintherain]

Getting maintenance requests from our students is fun, because sometimes it'll be just normal things, like a clogged drain or burnt out lightbulb.

But other times we'll get one that's like "the table leg fell off our table, which is really annoying, because for the last 2 months any time we want to eat dinner we have to put it back in place and balance it just right and then hold it there with several dumbells before we can eat."

My guy, you absolutely did not need to do that. You needed to call us and tell us about it. That's literally all you needed to do. The rest is all you.

And others are like "my bed frame makes a squeaking noise when I roll over. This concerns me greatly, because I sleep there every night and I can never be sure that squeak isn't the sound of my bed frame failing structurally, and I might plummet to my unfortunate death at any moment. I consider this to be a grave threat to my personal safety. Please have this addressed immediately!"

Alright buddy, I don't think that's ever happened and probably never will. Your request will be marked as medium priority with all the other annoying furniture.

Or my personal favorite, "hey, our lights burnt out over the semester and so we basically don't have any working lights in our apartment. We're all pretty okay with that, but Ted's mom came to visit and she says we need lights, so I guess if somebody could fix those that'd be great?"

Do you... Wear headlamps around the house? Feel your way around anytime it's dark out? Echolocate? Please, please give me further information about how you're "pretty okay with that", I'm dying to know. Also shout out to Ted's mom for putting her foot down that lights are kinda important.