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Told the GM that's leaving that I can't keep up anymore. He said I should make a task list and present it to my manager.
Let's see if they'll be reasonable or not.
Wishing you the best and hoping that something can be worked out with your manager.
Thanks mate :)
I did this to myself because I work my ass off and they just kept piling it on!
Standard employer behaviour
Document! clockify is a good app with a free level that lets you break up and track work. Even a week or two of that broken into projecta/projectb/ admin/staff management/adhoc queries etc is enough to give you something to point to and ask how to change things. Or if you are asked to do something you can point to it and ask which thing should slide.
(I mean this is totally a do as I say not as I do situation!!)
Amazing day today - drove down to Goolwa and caught an old/heritage "SteamRanger" train run by a Redhen railcar (the steam loco wasn't operational, apparently) down to Victor Harbour. Amazing views out the window - it pretty much drives along the beach for about half the route
View:
And those of you who pay attention to my ramblings may recognise this little guy:
In case you don't, that's a Vline H Set, the kind that used to run the afternoon/evening peak trains from southern cross to Wyndham Vale/Melton (or Bacchus Marsh)! I think it may have gotten a little lost, seeing as we're in a teeny little town in SA! I don't actually think the Victor Harbour line is still connected to the main Melbourne-Adelaide line like it used to be, but in any case, that's a broad gauge line (for broad gauge H sets), while Melb-Ade has been standard gauge since the 90s
Speaking of the junction with the mainline, this morning we stopped at Mount Barker Junction station, and managed to find a way inside. Pretty neat:
We also went to a little station called Littlehampton which seems to have seen better days:
Then we topped it all off with a trip on the Victor Harbour horse drawn tramway!
hehe I walked to the shops and survived.
I won that war.
But the neurologist long term neighbour rocked around to say g'day to mum and dad. Wasn't a check up just hello. Fark me get two docs like that in the same room you are gonna get a lotta latin.
fucken' hell, saw a guy on the tram in the seat across from get out his meth pipe and fill it up. His gf was already pretty manic and jumping around the tram.
How do people lose sight of what is acceptable and what is not? π£
I hope don't jinx myself with this.
This morning I had more little meetings voicing my concerns and problems and my mental state and initially they decided that they'd assign extra staff to aid me at the end of the day,
It's now been decided that the problem I've been having at work has escalated enough now after a serious meeting today that the person will not be able to use the service that I look after and therefore will not be interacting with me at the end of the day.
If that is true and holds true for the rest of the work year I'm really relieved finally, it may not stop everything but it will certainly mean I don't end the day feeling super crappy and stressed about everything.
One thing at a time but at least that's a load taken off me from a work perspective.
Edit: And thank you everyone here for your support and warm words of encouragement.
First world problem : pizza or fish & chups? Cbf cooking tonite. And no meat in the fridge. Or freezer. Bad me. Must go shopping this weekend.
monSOOOOOOOOOOOOOOON
Here too. All hail to .... to somebody.
e: and it will wash off all the secondhand pizza off the pavements of Richmond. Yesterday just softened it up a bit and made it fragrant.
I love thunderstorms so much
Holy shit I had some weeeeeird dreams.... calling Gina Rnehart about a rotted out power pole that I pushed over indoors at the Northcote Automotive Museum (?? It had a network of indoor roads...), having a tooth rot out (my dental hygiene is bad tbh), and @Force_majeure123 appeared out of nowhere with a comment saying everything's going to be alright π
Everything is going to be alright π€
We are all in kittenβs dream
It's kitten's world, we're just living in it!
Also I need that museum to be real...
Sorry, it double posted before, then I deleted one, and both vanished
I have a task in my change this afternoon to execute a release pipeline called "Order 66". The task has been worded as "Execute order 66".
None of my colleagues thinks this is funny. π
Hate getting public transport late at night. Train from Collingwood to city, then train home from Flinders didnβt line up, 20 minute wait. Then another 12 minute delay on top of that. Feels like I went in a voyage to get home.
Travelling at peak - no problem. Outside of peak, not fun if you need to catch more than one mode of transport.
The kid and I are deciding what toiletries we need to take and are only allowed one 20cm Γ 20cm ziplock bag each and everything has to be 100ml or less. What!!!! This skin needs a lot of before, during and after treatments if it wants to step outside in the elements.
Ahhh time to relax finally. What a day.
That's a wrap on a really intense work week. Who thought taking 4 hours off last week would be so hard to make up over 3 days. Some weeks are cruisey but it feels like I've done a week's worth in 3 days. And then I've got to get cracking on uni tomoz. Have dinner at a friend's and no time or energy to make anything. Then dinner out with another friend Friday. I hope to be able to get everything unpacked over the weekend and just blob out a bit. I sure will tonight after seeing the psych.
GRRRRRRR the drainage I put in is draining, but it ain't ocming out the hole.
If weather permits I'm gonna stick my endoscope on some yellowtongue and shove it up 'er
Fantastic day - finished it off with American ribs (I've never tried them) and tiramisu
The tiramisu is very alcoholic. The bottom sponge later is dripping with it. I thought it was meant to bake out, but it absolutely has not - super strong. But enjoyable besides that
My grass was yellow and looking dead on Saturday, now it's green and looks like it's going to need a mow soon. Also left my indoor plants outside for a couple of days after not watering for a little too long and they look revitalised. Amazing what rain and humidity does for plants.
mines gone FERAL too.
Can't wait for the rain to stop so my neighbour can go out and water his grass.
Bleh, even after the roofer turned up today the rain that swept through has caused another leak from the skylight and an area close to it.
Turns out from what I was told that there was a broken tile up there and something related to the skylight had to be patched up, guess that didn't work though or wasn't fully fixed.
Every now and then someone does a cover that is just exceptional.... Stand By Me - Stephen Wilson Jr.
Doomscrolling, American politics, a second apology
Iβm really sorry once again for my tasteless joke.
My doomscrolling had consisted of the wild suggestions that RFK junior had been kicking around for Americaβs health system. Such as removing fluoride from water and vaccine skepticism - but also the proposal of having βwellness farmsβ (labour camps) for people who used illegal or legal drugs including antidepressants or adhd meds.
Iβm quite concerned about suggestions like that which slide easily into fascism. Hoping that none of the really crazy stuff actually happens over there - or filters down into Australia. As American culture or conspiracy theories can tend to do. Iβm worried for the future. What happens to anyone outside the norm if that idea gets legs.
But even as dark humour and worry for the growing fascism in America and Australia, it was hurtful and not ok for me to say. Iβm very sorry to survivors and relatives of people who did actually endure internment.
I just have to stop looking at or worrying about this stuff. And not smart off about painful serious things.
stares furiously out window the fuck is this shit?