AND PEOPLE WONDER WHY I SAY ~THINGS~ ABOUT MY COORDINATOR
AND HI, LONG TIME NO SEE, I HAVE A MILLION REASONS/EXCUSES I WILL NOT BORE YOU WITH. I MISSED YOUUUUUUUU~
(And thank you, reidluver, for the birthday wishes! :D)
END OF JULY: "Oh look, my August schedule! Oh hey, the receptionist at my home base is away, I get to cover for her for over half the month, sweet!"
BEGINNING OF AUGUST: "Wait, what, what do you mean THEY RANDOMLY FIRED SOMEONE without first considering if they have anyone --anyone-- capable of taking over her job until they find a replacement?! ...WHAT DO MEAN, I AM CAPABLE. I DO NOT KNOW THE FIRST THING ABOUT NUCLEAR MEDICINE AND CARDIOLOGY. WHAT. JUST. WHAT."
MID AUGUST: *Has no idea what I'm doing. Accidentally gets stabbed with a syringe filled with radioactive isotopes. Only gets presented with the paperwork for "YOU AGREE YOU UNDERSTAND THAT BY WORKING HERE YOU MAY BE STABBED/BE EXPOSED TO 3 TIMES THE AMOUNT OF RADIATION A PERSON NORMALLY RECEIVES" after it happens the second time.*
END OF AUGUST: "Oh, good, time for the week of vacation I booked off in April, THEY BETTER NOT TAKE IT AWAY, better ask Coordinator to send me my September schedule before I go so that I actually know what I'm doing the first week back!"
ON VACATION: "...OKAY, FINE, I'll just send her an email since I STILL DON'T HAVE IT D: D: D: D:"
STILL ON VACATION: "...FIVE DAYS. ONLY FIVE DAYS OF WORK. LSDKJFSDHFKSDHF FINE. I CAN SET UP STUDY GROUPS AND MEETINGS AND APPOINTMENTS BEFORE CLASS. At least it's somewhere I like. And hey I guess they must have hired someone to fill in at the other place! :D"
FIRST DAY BACK: *working* *working happily at home base* *working happily at home base with only TWO OTHER PEOPLE and no darkroom or typist, so guess what else I get to do? WITH NO LUNCH, SURE, FINE. We can manage!* "Hm, I'm not scheduled to come in tomorrow, the team leader should check if there's going to be someone in." "Really, boss-lady? Another of the floats is in tomorrow? Cool, at least you have someone. I GET TO SLEEP IN, YES."
TODAY/SECOND DAY BACK: *gets call at 11 to come in* *other float didn't show up* *gets email with ~UPDATED SCHEDULE~ saying that, SURPRISE, I NEED TO BE BACK AT OTHER LOCATION BECAUSE THEY ~HAVEN'T HIRED ANYONE~ JOY.* "Hey, Mr.Other-Float, did you get pulled somewhere else today? ...what do you mean, you weren't told to go anywhere? You were supposed to be here! The coordinator said she sent you a revised schedule saying you should be! ...she didn't, huh? Like she didn't check if they had hired anyone? Okay. Sure. They'll see you here tomorrow then, I guess."
Or, long story short: classes have started. I'm downtown afternoons/evenings. Since I only had FIVE DAYS of work originally, I arranged some things because I DO NOT FEEL PREPARED FOR SOME OF THESE CLASSES. (I haven't touched Biology since I was 15. That's EIGHT YEARS. And Discrete and Data Management are not exactly Calculus, gdi.) And then I get put in a position where I AM GOING TO FAIL, DAMN IT ALL, THAT'S IT, LIMITING MY AVAILABILITY.
Soooo... I have to go to the other location tomorrow. And Friday. And I think--besides getting jerked around and making arrangements for getting a car/a ride/going to the nearest station to get transit tokens and then having to rearrange everything because OOPS THINGS CHANGED--that what bothers me the most isn't the personal inconvenience to myself. It's that my coordinator (and her boss, our manager) are basically saying, "All these other locations? They are not important. Not at all. Only this one."
I understand it to a certain extent because the cardiology clinic has ACTUAL CARDIOLOGISTS coming in from various hospitals each day to see patients/get tests done, and so there has to be some preference given. And nuclear makes a heck of a lot more money than, say, x-ray, ultrasound, mammograms, etcetera. But it drives me crazy when there is full staff at this location the girl got fired from, except one receptionist instead of two, whereas at the other places I was supposed to be? All the techs are present, but the support staff (reception, dark room, file clerks, typists) are all away/sick/on vacation, and it... they need the help more. Why pull someone from a location where there is no one to fill that role and put said person at a location where there already is someone, plus two others who can help out? I don't understand this logic, and as much as I'd like to ask and/or complain about this to said coordinator or manager, I do, in fact, like having a paying job.
...which is pretty much the mentality that most workers had years ago before unions (or in less developed countries): agree to anything, accept anything, keep your mouth shut and don't anger the boss. It's better to have a crappy job than none at all. Is that really the kind of mentality that is being cultivated in the world right now? God. I feel like a first-rate sheeple. Not cool, man. Not cool.
On a happier (?) note, Canada is heading for another election! Well, Ontario is, at any rate. (I miss Jack Layton. He was beyond amazing. I got to hear him speak at the University last year and--wow--the man had charisma. I might not have always agreed with the policies of the NDP, but I find it impossible to in any way dislike Jack Layton. May he rest in peace.) AND THERE ARE ATTACK ADS and the ones from the Elementary Teachers Federation of Ontario are KIND OF HILARIOUS. And offensive. YET I CANNOT STOP LAUGHING. I JUST. WHAT.
(Apparently there is a "Part Two" to these ads that explain everything, and they're coming out on September 14. In case your reaction is WTH IS THIS HOW OFFENSIVE instead of LOLWTF. So.)
And I have many, many things to say about KHR. Also about Madoka, which means I've spent too long in Tinny's livestreams, but. WHO CARES. I enjoy ~magical girl~ animes. Especially ones that involve decapitation. WHAT I MEAN--WHAT ARE YOU--I SAID NOTHING. OOPS.
So KHR rambling will come sometime soon-ish. And it will be amazing, I am sure.
(ALSO. ASSASSIN'S CREED REVELATIONS. YOU DO NOT KNOW HOW MUCH I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS THING. HOW MUCH. CAN IT BE NOVEMBER.)
(ALSOALSO THE FINAL BOOK OF PAOLINI'S INHERITANCE CYCLE CALLED, ODDLY ENOUGH, INHERITANCE. ALSO IN NOVEMBER. CAN WE JUST SKIP DOWN TO HALLOWE'EN PLEASE?~)
(And thank you, reidluver, for the birthday wishes! :D)
END OF JULY: "Oh look, my August schedule! Oh hey, the receptionist at my home base is away, I get to cover for her for over half the month, sweet!"
BEGINNING OF AUGUST: "Wait, what, what do you mean THEY RANDOMLY FIRED SOMEONE without first considering if they have anyone --anyone-- capable of taking over her job until they find a replacement?! ...WHAT DO MEAN, I AM CAPABLE. I DO NOT KNOW THE FIRST THING ABOUT NUCLEAR MEDICINE AND CARDIOLOGY. WHAT. JUST. WHAT."
MID AUGUST: *Has no idea what I'm doing. Accidentally gets stabbed with a syringe filled with radioactive isotopes. Only gets presented with the paperwork for "YOU AGREE YOU UNDERSTAND THAT BY WORKING HERE YOU MAY BE STABBED/BE EXPOSED TO 3 TIMES THE AMOUNT OF RADIATION A PERSON NORMALLY RECEIVES" after it happens the second time.*
END OF AUGUST: "Oh, good, time for the week of vacation I booked off in April, THEY BETTER NOT TAKE IT AWAY, better ask Coordinator to send me my September schedule before I go so that I actually know what I'm doing the first week back!"
ON VACATION: "...OKAY, FINE, I'll just send her an email since I STILL DON'T HAVE IT D: D: D: D:"
STILL ON VACATION: "...FIVE DAYS. ONLY FIVE DAYS OF WORK. LSDKJFSDHFKSDHF FINE. I CAN SET UP STUDY GROUPS AND MEETINGS AND APPOINTMENTS BEFORE CLASS. At least it's somewhere I like. And hey I guess they must have hired someone to fill in at the other place! :D"
FIRST DAY BACK: *working* *working happily at home base* *working happily at home base with only TWO OTHER PEOPLE and no darkroom or typist, so guess what else I get to do? WITH NO LUNCH, SURE, FINE. We can manage!* "Hm, I'm not scheduled to come in tomorrow, the team leader should check if there's going to be someone in." "Really, boss-lady? Another of the floats is in tomorrow? Cool, at least you have someone. I GET TO SLEEP IN, YES."
TODAY/SECOND DAY BACK: *gets call at 11 to come in* *other float didn't show up* *gets email with ~UPDATED SCHEDULE~ saying that, SURPRISE, I NEED TO BE BACK AT OTHER LOCATION BECAUSE THEY ~HAVEN'T HIRED ANYONE~ JOY.* "Hey, Mr.Other-Float, did you get pulled somewhere else today? ...what do you mean, you weren't told to go anywhere? You were supposed to be here! The coordinator said she sent you a revised schedule saying you should be! ...she didn't, huh? Like she didn't check if they had hired anyone? Okay. Sure. They'll see you here tomorrow then, I guess."
Or, long story short: classes have started. I'm downtown afternoons/evenings. Since I only had FIVE DAYS of work originally, I arranged some things because I DO NOT FEEL PREPARED FOR SOME OF THESE CLASSES. (I haven't touched Biology since I was 15. That's EIGHT YEARS. And Discrete and Data Management are not exactly Calculus, gdi.) And then I get put in a position where I AM GOING TO FAIL, DAMN IT ALL, THAT'S IT, LIMITING MY AVAILABILITY.
Soooo... I have to go to the other location tomorrow. And Friday. And I think--besides getting jerked around and making arrangements for getting a car/a ride/going to the nearest station to get transit tokens and then having to rearrange everything because OOPS THINGS CHANGED--that what bothers me the most isn't the personal inconvenience to myself. It's that my coordinator (and her boss, our manager) are basically saying, "All these other locations? They are not important. Not at all. Only this one."
I understand it to a certain extent because the cardiology clinic has ACTUAL CARDIOLOGISTS coming in from various hospitals each day to see patients/get tests done, and so there has to be some preference given. And nuclear makes a heck of a lot more money than, say, x-ray, ultrasound, mammograms, etcetera. But it drives me crazy when there is full staff at this location the girl got fired from, except one receptionist instead of two, whereas at the other places I was supposed to be? All the techs are present, but the support staff (reception, dark room, file clerks, typists) are all away/sick/on vacation, and it... they need the help more. Why pull someone from a location where there is no one to fill that role and put said person at a location where there already is someone, plus two others who can help out? I don't understand this logic, and as much as I'd like to ask and/or complain about this to said coordinator or manager, I do, in fact, like having a paying job.
...which is pretty much the mentality that most workers had years ago before unions (or in less developed countries): agree to anything, accept anything, keep your mouth shut and don't anger the boss. It's better to have a crappy job than none at all. Is that really the kind of mentality that is being cultivated in the world right now? God. I feel like a first-rate sheeple. Not cool, man. Not cool.
On a happier (?) note, Canada is heading for another election! Well, Ontario is, at any rate. (I miss Jack Layton. He was beyond amazing. I got to hear him speak at the University last year and--wow--the man had charisma. I might not have always agreed with the policies of the NDP, but I find it impossible to in any way dislike Jack Layton. May he rest in peace.) AND THERE ARE ATTACK ADS and the ones from the Elementary Teachers Federation of Ontario are KIND OF HILARIOUS. And offensive. YET I CANNOT STOP LAUGHING. I JUST. WHAT.
(Apparently there is a "Part Two" to these ads that explain everything, and they're coming out on September 14. In case your reaction is WTH IS THIS HOW OFFENSIVE instead of LOLWTF. So.)
And I have many, many things to say about KHR. Also about Madoka, which means I've spent too long in Tinny's livestreams, but. WHO CARES. I enjoy ~magical girl~ animes. Especially ones that involve decapitation. WHAT I MEAN--WHAT ARE YOU--I SAID NOTHING. OOPS.
So KHR rambling will come sometime soon-ish. And it will be amazing, I am sure.
(ALSO. ASSASSIN'S CREED REVELATIONS. YOU DO NOT KNOW HOW MUCH I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS THING. HOW MUCH. CAN IT BE NOVEMBER.)
(ALSOALSO THE FINAL BOOK OF PAOLINI'S INHERITANCE CYCLE CALLED, ODDLY ENOUGH, INHERITANCE. ALSO IN NOVEMBER. CAN WE JUST SKIP DOWN TO HALLOWE'EN PLEASE?~)