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This is a relatively minor gripe compared to many of those in here, but there's this economist here who without fail comes into my office every day to waste my time. We're working on a paper with a few other people, but he'll send me massive list of series and models he wants at 6:00 pm at the earliest. When I arrive back in at work the next day at 8:30 I begin working on his request. Without fail he comes into my office by 9:30 and I wind up doing the entire project with him sitting over my shoulder, making it take twice as long. Honestly if I just got a thank you, it probably wouldn't irk me as much, but so many people have such terrible manners.
Step one, we can have lots of fun Step two, there's so much we can do Step three, it's just you for me Step four, I can give you more Step five, don't you know that the time has arrived
alright, so here's the deal. I got a call from my office manager yesterday that one of the nurses resigned (I kind of had a feeling it was coming since she's been studying for a certification that is not necessary for this job, but I thought we would at least get through flu season first). so I was like, and I figured, that sucks but we will be ok... we are already short a nurse but it will all work out.
then, I get the text that the nurse we offered our current open job to, who had been gushing about much she would love to work here, and even brought by a portfolio with a list of reasons why she would be a great fit for this office, is considering another offer too and wants until Friday to make a decision. so I was like, but still, I'm choosing to have faith that she will accept our offer.
then, I get the email that all 3 of our labs failed proficiency testing, which has never happened before. and if for some reason we were to fail it again our lab might have to suspend operation, which would basically mean our practice doing the same. so I was like, because that is serious, and part of my job is managing the lab. I know we did the testing correctly, so I have no clue what happened.
thennnnn this morning, I come in, and find out that the medical supply company that overnighted CO2 cartridges (to replace the previous ones they sent that were expired), sent more of the same lot, so these are ALSO expired. soooo we are having to send out cultures, which isn't a huge deal but the physicians are not happy and no one can give me any info on when this issue will be resolved... all the cartridges in the world apparently are on indefinite back order.
so now I'm pretty much like, just, to life in general this morning.
TL;DR: just shoot me
Don't shoot yourself...shoot whomever screwed up at your medical supply company instead.
That sending out lab work thing because one of your suppliers f*cked up would be a significant problem to my family as private health insurance customers because our policy only pays for out-of-house labwork after we meet our deductible. So we'd be paying something like $180 per culture, out of pocket. Anecdotally I understand that's a common practice. So, yeah: work is indeed hell.
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Don't shoot yourself...shoot whomever screwed up at your medical supply company instead.
That sending out lab work thing because one of your suppliers f*cked up would be a significant problem to my family as private health insurance customers because our policy only pays for out-of-house labwork after we meet our deductible. So we'd be paying something like $180 per culture, out of pocket. Anecdotally I understand that's a common practice. So, yeah: work is indeed hell.
well, we bill it to our office so the patient doesn't get charged any additional fee. it is a pain in the a for us though from a billing standpoint.
Don't shoot yourself...shoot whomever screwed up at your medical supply company instead.
That sending out lab work thing because one of your suppliers f*cked up would be a significant problem to my family as private health insurance customers because our policy only pays for out-of-house labwork after we meet our deductible. So we'd be paying something like $180 per culture, out of pocket. Anecdotally I understand that's a common practice. So, yeah: work is indeed hell.
well, we bill it to our office so the patient doesn't get charged any additional fee. it is a pain in the a for us though from a billing standpoint.
Cool that you bill the office to keep the customer whole, but you have my sympathy wrt the billing problem. I have decent relationships with my practitioners and billing complaints are always close to the surface.
Post by Dave Maynar on Aug 28, 2013 13:13:38 GMT -5
My IT person just sent out a reminder that we are supposed to restart our computers or log off when we leave for the day in case they need to log onto it overnight to update drivers. Included in this email were two screenshots showing you how to restart your computer. I still have difficulty believing there are people with this kind of ignorance on the operation of a computer.
Edit: On a related note, my admin was half a second away from sending his "f*cking keyboard through the f*cking screen" this morning because it wouldn't let him name a file with numbers. After teaching him a lesson on the Number Lock key and what it is used for, everything was fine.
Not work, but yesterday in a class full of Electrical and Computer Engineering grad students the professor handed around a CD, flash drive, floppy disk, keyboard, etc. as examples of computer components and accessories. Ya know, in case we weren't sure what a keyboard is used for, she wanted to clear things up.
My IT person just sent out a reminder that we are supposed to restart our computers or log off when we leave for the day in case they need to log onto it overnight to update drivers. Included in this email were two screenshots showing you how to restart your computer. I still have difficulty believing there are people with this kind of ignorance on the operation of a computer.
Edit: On a related note, my admin was half a second away from sending his "f*cking keyboard through the f*cking screen" this morning because it wouldn't let him name a file with numbers. After teaching him a lesson on the Number Lock key and what it is used for, everything was fine.
Haha, maybe they included the screenshots so people wouldn't fully shut down their computer?
My IT person just sent out a reminder that we are supposed to restart our computers or log off when we leave for the day in case they need to log onto it overnight to update drivers. Included in this email were two screenshots showing you how to restart your computer. I still have difficulty believing there are people with this kind of ignorance on the operation of a computer.
Edit: On a related note, my admin was half a second away from sending his "f*cking keyboard through the f*cking screen" this morning because it wouldn't let him name a file with numbers. After teaching him a lesson on the Number Lock key and what it is used for, everything was fine.
Haha, maybe they included the screenshots so people wouldn't fully shut down their computer?
And you would be surprised...
I know how some people are because of stories I have heard from people that do IT stuff and tech support, but there's just a part of me that refuses to believe it like all the stories are a test to see how gullible I am or something.
My IT person just sent out a reminder that we are supposed to restart our computers or log off when we leave for the day in case they need to log onto it overnight to update drivers. Included in this email were two screenshots showing you how to restart your computer. I still have difficulty believing there are people with this kind of ignorance on the operation of a computer.
Edit: On a related note, my admin was half a second away from sending his "f*cking keyboard through the f*cking screen" this morning because it wouldn't let him name a file with numbers. After teaching him a lesson on the Number Lock key and what it is used for, everything was fine.
I think you should start secretly filming this guy, create a documentary and post it on the interwebz. it would be fantastic
My IT person just sent out a reminder that we are supposed to restart our computers or log off when we leave for the day in case they need to log onto it overnight to update drivers. Included in this email were two screenshots showing you how to restart your computer. I still have difficulty believing there are people with this kind of ignorance on the operation of a computer.
Edit: On a related note, my admin was half a second away from sending his "f*cking keyboard through the f*cking screen" this morning because it wouldn't let him name a file with numbers. After teaching him a lesson on the Number Lock key and what it is used for, everything was fine.
I think you should start secretly filming this guy, create a documentary and post it on the interwebz. it would be fantastic
He's actually calmed down a lot after he had a sit-down with his supervisor where they went over the expectations on him and such which is why I haven't posted much about him. This is really the first time he has gotten fired up in a month.
Post by crazykittensmile on Aug 30, 2013 15:05:36 GMT -5
The people on either side of me had horrible coffee breath this morning. And neither would stop talking, so there was relief for my nose no matter which direction I turned. UGH.
Post by Dave Maynar on Aug 31, 2013 23:36:20 GMT -5
I forgot one. The other day, I had to step outside to make a phone call. When we do this, there is a window near our corner of the office where we tend to pace so people can see us outside if they suddenly need to find us. I am waiting on hold when I hear someone smacking the window. It's my admin smacking the window then pointing up and to the right. I give him a confused look then continue pacing. When I get close to the window again, he starts smacking the window and pointing again. I keep walking past the window. When I get back to the window again, he starts up again. Rather than look at the sky (since the only thing I had previously thought of was he wanted to know if it was going to rain), I look at the windows. There is a medium sized yellow jacket nest with a good amount of pissed off yellow jackets buzzing around it. I then walk around the corner of the building and finish my call. When I go back in, I go over to his desk and ask him what that was. He said he wanted to make me aware that there was a nest there. I then asked him jokingly if the best way to do that was beat on the window the nest was attached to. With a grin, he leans back and says "well, I will admit it would have been pretty funny if you got stung." I have to admit. He got me on that one.
I swear, I wish I could have a fridge and microwave in my office so I never had to go in the staff lounge. I bring my lunch to work every day, usually leftovers from the night before, and not a day goes by that SOMEONE doesn't have to comment on my food "OOO, what are you eating? Are you a vegetarian? Are you going to eat all that? Oh, that's so healthy. Is that how you stay so tiny? That smells good. Is that fill in the blank?". It really annoys the crap out of me. People, it is rude as hell to comment on someone's weight and/or eating habits. It just is.You really don't know who might have/had some kind of an eating disorder or something so it's really best to just not go there. My eating habits are not your business. You don't see me telling you that your food is unhealthy, so please don't comment on mine.
The other thing I hate is when people start talking about work issues, like asking me a question about an email they sent, while I'm down there waiting to heat up my food. I am ON MY BREAK, people. DON"T talk to me about work!!! Don't talk to me about stupid stuff, either. I just want to get my food and spend my break having an actual break, not being forced into conversation with you!!! UGH!
~All the accumulated knowledge, experience, and suffering of mankind is inside you. You must build a huge bonfire within you. Then you will become an individual. There is no other way.
~~~U.G. Krishnamurti
"I don't know whose water this is, but I'm drinkin it so F you."~~~Dale
"He is a wook in sheep's clothing."~~~Popsicle Sarah
"You know the feeling when you're in too deep, and when you make it out, the taste - so sweet." ~~DMB
just got an application where someone listed the following under the previous employment section: Employer: Unemployed Reason for leaving: See resume May we contact this employer? No
(there was a resume attached with multiple employers during that period, BTW)
she also listed one reference, personal, with the contact email listed as an address at facebook.com
oh, and the best part? she states in her resume that she is "a trustworthy person" who "loves to use book knowledge"
Post by krunchykat on Sept 8, 2013 21:14:26 GMT -5
We lost 7 kids at the daycare to kindergarten almost a month ago and I'm still surprised at just how hard I took it. I have spent a lot of time with these kids for the last year and a half and now they are just gone. I spent a week crying because I felt like I had my kids taken away from me, and I'm still sad when I think about it. I really had no idea I was that attached to my daycare kids.
One of our new kids is a 3 year old who we are pretty sure is being abused. After talking to our licensing consultant and some higher ups with the Indiana DCS, we are waiting for some actual proof that it is happening. Basically if we turn the parents in to Child Protective Services and there are no marks or physical signs of abuse/neglect, nothing will happen. Then this child will get yanked from our daycare and who knows where she'll end up or what will happen to her. At least when she's with us we know she's safe. This is the worst waiting game I've ever endured.
We lost 7 kids at the daycare to kindergarten almost a month ago and I'm still surprised at just how hard I took it. I have spent a lot of time with these kids for the last year and a half and now they are just gone. I spent a week crying because I felt like I had my kids taken away from me, and I'm still sad when I think about it. I really had no idea I was that attached to my daycare kids.
One of our new kids is a 3 year old who we are pretty sure is being abused. After talking to our licensing consultant and some higher ups with the Indiana DCS, we are waiting for some actual proof that it is happening. Basically if we turn the parents in to Child Protective Services and there are no marks or physical signs of abuse/neglect, nothing will happen. Then this child will get yanked from our daycare and who knows where she'll end up or what will happen to her. At least when she's with us we know she's safe. This is the worst waiting game I've ever endured.
that is so, so hard. I don't know what CPS is like in your area, but after years as a Guardian ad Litem and a year as a school nurse in a Title I school, I have had enough dealings with our version (DSS) to last me a lifetime. it is frustrating, heartbreaking, and can be absolutely infuriating. I saw caseworkers close out cases leaving children in homes where they were being physically abused (choked with a belt, beaten on the arms with a "hickory switch", punched in the stomach hard enough to leave bruises), emotionally abused, neglected (no food, no running water for three months where the children were made to use the bathroom in plastic bags and bathed once every two weeks at a friend's house, no medical care), and left home alone (this was a 7-year-old with multiple developmental delays who rode the bus home and stayed by himself until his mom got home around midnight).
so, all that to say, I agree with the advice of being cautious. I would be sure to have a fairly solid case before reporting, because a lot of these parents will just run once CPS is involved, and once they are out of the jurisdiction, that is the end of it and the case would be closed. I hope it all works out in your case. it's the hardest when you are dealing with such a young child because they are considered unreliable reporters so it usually rests solely on tangible, objective evidence.
We lost 7 kids at the daycare to kindergarten almost a month ago and I'm still surprised at just how hard I took it. I have spent a lot of time with these kids for the last year and a half and now they are just gone. I spent a week crying because I felt like I had my kids taken away from me, and I'm still sad when I think about it. I really had no idea I was that attached to my daycare kids.
One of our new kids is a 3 year old who we are pretty sure is being abused. After talking to our licensing consultant and some higher ups with the Indiana DCS, we are waiting for some actual proof that it is happening. Basically if we turn the parents in to Child Protective Services and there are no marks or physical signs of abuse/neglect, nothing will happen. Then this child will get yanked from our daycare and who knows where she'll end up or what will happen to her. At least when she's with us we know she's safe. This is the worst waiting game I've ever endured.
that is so, so hard. I don't know what CPS is like in your area, but after years as a Guardian ad Litem and a year as a school nurse in a Title I school, I have had enough dealings with our version (DSS) to last me a lifetime. it is frustrating, heartbreaking, and can be absolutely infuriating. I saw caseworkers close out cases leaving children in homes where they were being physically abused (choked with a belt, beaten on the arms with a "hickory switch", punched in the stomach hard enough to leave bruises), emotionally abused, neglected (no food, no running water for three months where the children were made to use the bathroom in plastic bags and bathed once every two weeks at a friend's house, no medical care), and left home alone (this was a 7-year-old with multiple developmental delays who rode the bus home and stayed by himself until his mom got home around midnight).
so, all that to say, I agree with the advice of being cautious. I would be sure to have a fairly solid case before reporting, because a lot of these parents will just run once CPS is involved, and once they are out of the jurisdiction, that is the end of it and the case would be closed. I hope it all works out in your case. it's the hardest when you are dealing with such a young child because they are considered unreliable reporters so it usually rests solely on tangible, objective evidence.
What complicates this even more is that we're in Indiana and they live in Kentucky. If we ever get enough evidence to call in CPS Indiana will have to investigate then hand it over to Kentucky CPS. Both sides of the river here are overloaded with cases based on meth abuse/production that if it's not serious they don't do much. Indiana's CPS is mostly on top of the cases they handle, but I know of some times they've dropped the ball. I hate sending this child home with her dad everyday, but there's not anything I can do about it.
that is so, so hard. I don't know what CPS is like in your area, but after years as a Guardian ad Litem and a year as a school nurse in a Title I school, I have had enough dealings with our version (DSS) to last me a lifetime. it is frustrating, heartbreaking, and can be absolutely infuriating. I saw caseworkers close out cases leaving children in homes where they were being physically abused (choked with a belt, beaten on the arms with a "hickory switch", punched in the stomach hard enough to leave bruises), emotionally abused, neglected (no food, no running water for three months where the children were made to use the bathroom in plastic bags and bathed once every two weeks at a friend's house, no medical care), and left home alone (this was a 7-year-old with multiple developmental delays who rode the bus home and stayed by himself until his mom got home around midnight).
so, all that to say, I agree with the advice of being cautious. I would be sure to have a fairly solid case before reporting, because a lot of these parents will just run once CPS is involved, and once they are out of the jurisdiction, that is the end of it and the case would be closed. I hope it all works out in your case. it's the hardest when you are dealing with such a young child because they are considered unreliable reporters so it usually rests solely on tangible, objective evidence.
What complicates this even more is that we're in Indiana and they live in Kentucky. If we ever get enough evidence to call in CPS Indiana will have to investigate then hand it over to Kentucky CPS. Both sides of the river here are overloaded with cases based on meth abuse/production that if it's not serious they don't do much. Indiana's CPS is mostly on top of the cases they handle, but I know of some times they've dropped the ball. I hate sending this child home with her dad everyday, but there's not anything I can do about it.
I will be thinking about you and that little girl and sending up some prayers and good thoughts.
We can hit a fucking ant with a bomb fired from hundreds of miles away but we can't do anything more than wait and see with child abuse. I'm not a government hater like some on this board, but shit like this makes me livid.
I hope everything works out for the best eventually.
it could always be worse, buuut the nurse we just hired decided to announce on her first day (yesterday) that, oh, by the way, she is pregnant and due in January. our other new nurse, whom we hired in April, is due in December.
so we will be down at least two nurses in the middle of flu season, when everything gets crazy. plus, we still have an open position so it's possible we will actually be short three nurses. I'm thinking good thoughts, and I have faith in the staff we do have, but we are really due for a flu season this year, and trying to finish up some difficult classes in the middle of all that is potentially going to be a little bit nuts.
I realize you don't have to disclose a pregnancy to a potential employer, but it just seems like the right thing to be up front about it.
Eesh, I feel for you.
But if she had been upfront about it, would she still have been offered the position?
But if she had been upfront about it, would she still have been offered the position?
well. that's where it's maybe a bit dicey, because honestly, probably not. we had several other equally qualified candidates we also really liked, and she just barely edged them out. because, realistically, knowing that you will be investing around $70,000 and 3 months to train someone who will then be out for 2-3 months almost immediately and may not even return after that time (but you are required to hold their job until they decide)? that's a tough sell.
As a frequent hiring manager, I wouldnt want to know if she's pregnant or not. I dont even want it in the air that I made my decision based on that. I'd rather take the lump of finding coverage.
But if she had been upfront about it, would she still have been offered the position?
well. that's where it's maybe a bit dicey, because honestly, probably not. we had several other equally qualified candidates we also really liked, and she just barely edged them out. because, realistically, knowing that you will be investing around $70,000 and 3 months to train someone who will then be out for 2-3 months almost immediately and may not even return after that time (but you are required to hold their job until they decide)? that's a tough sell.
It's definitely rough for the employer (and also her coworkers), but hopefully it's just a temporary leave and she'll be worth the investment.
As a frequent hiring manager, I wouldnt want to know if she's pregnant or not. I dont even want it in the air that I made my decision based on that. I'd rather take the lump of finding coverage.
I get that, but it's difficult at my practice because we are so restricted by hospital policy. we can't use temp agencies, we have to pay out as much of the leave as the employee has PTO to cover, and there is no extra money in the budget to pay a second person to cover that position at the same time. we can't hire someone just to fill in or on a per diem basis, and there is no floatpool to tap for back up. we do have a few nurses who work for us PRN but they have extremely limited availability and can't do anything close to covering a full-time position. there pretty much has to be a nurse to cover every doctor, it's fairly impossible to run the practice any other way with a patient load of 20-30 or more per physician. plus telephone calls, labs, immunizations, etc... at my practice, the RNs work up the patient from waiting room until check out so there is no clinical support staff.
I can see in other fields where it wouldn't be a sticking point, and even for us, at a different time of year, like summer when it is slower and the doctors are out on vacations, it wouldn't be such a big deal.
anyway, lest I betray my inner feminist, I shall abandon this topic. I don't even see pregnant bellies. or breasts.
I swear I read this, but then you said breasts and I forgot everything else.
Oh and it's much easier being the hiring manager. You're not the one who gets screwed when you're short-handed in these situations with little to no coverage options. So, yeah, it does suck for you. Sorry.
Post by gardenfresh on Sept 15, 2013 8:50:12 GMT -5
After two years and six days of being classified as a part time temp/intern at my office (whilst performing duties of a full-time job).... I was finally offered a full-time position.
For two years, my morale was so low thinking "it's never going to happen". I still haven't processed that after all this paid slave labor, I finally got promoted.
Anyways, work is about to get a lot more busy for me... so I am expecting regular visits to this thread. This news is half "Yay!" and the other half "Oh shiz! What have I gotten myself into..."
Edit: this also shelves any thoughts I had of moving out to the South. Maybe one day in the future.
and I figured, that sucks but we will 
but still, I'm choosing to have faith that she will accept our offer. 
because that is serious, and part of my job is managing the lab. I know we did the testing correctly, so I have no clue what happened.
just, to life in general this morning. 
I really had no idea I was that attached to my daycare kids.
