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She was home sick and was surfing Facebook on her iPhone while she was lying in bed and she was spotted by her employer, so they fired her.

The circumstances for the firing are really stupid in my opinion, (That you’re entitled to) because I’ve been home sick from work and I get up out of bed every once in awhile to go on the computer. It’s just to keep from getting bed sores.

The woman said she could not work in front of a computer as she needed to lie in the dark but was then seen to be active on Facebook, which insurer Nationale Suisse said in a statement had destroyed its trust in the employee.
via Yahoo news.

To me this seems to be really sneaky of the employer. It sounds like this is a cheap excuse just to get rid of her.  Even if she was actually sitting at a desktop computer, it’s a big difference from working a full 8 hour shift and dealing with the usual work environment and dealing with people while sick, than being at home sick and poking into Facebook for about an hour or so while in the comfort of your home where you can go lay down when you need to.

All this Facebook vs. Work news I’ve been hearing about lately is crazy. Of course it’s a stupid idea to bad mouth co-workers or your work place on Facebook, because that’s just going to get you in shit. But to be fired for simply being on Facebook is ridiculous.

This is just my opinion, and you’re entitled to it.

I’m flat broke for missing work due to nasty flu and that nasty chest infection.

I missed work yesterday because my usual drive didn’t want to chance driving in that nasty Blizzard we had last night, and I can’t blame her, it was really bad.

Today, I have no idea how I’m getting into work again. I’m trying to get a hold of Mom to see if she can lend me some money for transportation. It’s getting close to my shift starting and I have yet to get a hold of her. There’s no answer at their house.

If work wasn’t so fucking far away from here I would have started walking awhile ago. But the thought of walking on the side of a busy and slippery highway actually scares the shit out of me anyway.

I don’t know what the hell I’m going to do. I’ve miss way to much time as it is.

I’ve never been so finincially fucked up in my life. This is really getting depressing.

Pretty soon I can see my supervisor coming up to me saying that I’ve missed to much time and that I’ll have to pack my shit and go. Why the hell not!? Everything else seems to be screwing me!

*sigh* 

UPDATE: Mom called. She’s got some cash for me. Phew! I was getting worried.

I wrote a post yesterday but this POS computer went and decided that it would like to make a bunch of noise and run a bunch of system shit all at the same time causing my system resources to plummet to zero and after waiting for about 5 to 10 minutes for it to finish doing whatever the fuck it was doing I gave up and shut it down. Unfortunately, losing everything I wrote.

So this is my second attempt, now that I have had time to cool down.

Went to the hospital the other day because the coughing has gotten worse and I’m spitting up blood now. The blood is because the coughing has caused sores in my throat. Since it is hamburger by the way.

The Doc says I have a touch of Pneumonia and the Yellowish Green Phlegm that isn’t pink from blood is actually the infection. I am also lucky that I went to them when I did or I would be out of work for several days, possibly even a week or two.

I’m home again today. Although I can’t afford to be, it was recommended because apparently at this stage of the infection that I’m at the mercy of practically ANY infection that could make things terribly worse if I were to catch another bug from work if I did go in.

I’m on some weird antibiotics which are supposed to help clear up the shit in my chest. Thankfully it feels like it is working. I was told to stay home for a couple of days, yesterday I was off anyway and today is the second day. So hopefully by tomorrow afternoon it’ll be OK to go back into work.

When I called my drive to let her know that She didn’t have to wait for me because I wouldn’t be going in she told me that along with all the great cold and flu viruses going around at work, the latest new thing was PINK EYE. Yea, really! Some fucking fucktard thought it was an alright idea to go into work with fucking PINK EYE! Fortunately, they sent their infected fucked up ass home, but what about all the shit they touched and people they came in contact with?

Anybody know what it cost to own a hazmat suit?

I haz it!

It never fails. When ever I get a cold or a flu I always end up with a bad case of Post Nasal Drip.

Last night I had to leave work early because I couldn’t stop coughing and because of all the barking and coughing my throat turned to hamburger. Working a job that requires you to actually speak and having to deal with the hamburger throat and coughing, I was better off throwing in the towel and get my sick ass home.

That’s a day and a half of pay that I’m going to loose because of this fucking flu. Thankfully I’m off today and I can deal with it.

While at work, all I heard all over the entire production floor was coughing, nose blowing, and sneezing. There were several dozens of people sick. Some trying to be hygienic, but most were not. 

The employer has even supplied the employees antibacterial cloths along with the anti-bacterial hand wash located throughout the building’s walls to help combat the ever growing viral infestation.

I only witnessed a few people actually using them, including myself plus I had a bottle of Purell Hand Sanitizer Gel (with Aloe so the hands wouldn’t dry up and crack to shit.), but most of the sick were not. Which really pissed me off because it’s poor hygienic practices like that which is most likely the cause of why everybody is fucking sick in the first place.

Well later on when I was home I passed out watching TV only to be awaken by massive coughing fits and trying to catch my breath. If anybody has experienced a bad case of Post Nasal Drip then you know that sleep is something that is rare when you have a case of it. You are constantly awaken because of the gaging and coughing caused by it. There is absolutely no sleeping position you can position yourself into in order to prevent the barking and coughing caused by the Post Nasal Drip.

Causes of Post-nasal Drip

The inside lining of the nose produces large amounts of mucus to clean the nose, trap foreign particles (e.g., dust), and to fight infection. Post-nasal drip can be caused by various medical conditions including sinusitis (inflammation of the sinuses), viral infections such as the common cold, rhinitis (a runny nose that may be acute or chronic), allergies, or bacterial infections. In some cases, post-nasal drip can be caused by reflux, or gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD).

Suffice to say, I didn’t get much sleep last night. I knew I had a bad case of Post Nasal Drip because I’ve experienced this all to many of times. So I made a run next door to the drug store. I usually have my doctor prescribe me some Flonase but that shit is way to expensive and I didn’t think I could manage getting an appointment with her and get a drive into Oromocto which is about a 25-30 minute drive from here.

I asked the pharmacist what would be a good over the counter drug to help combat this damn pain in the ass symptom and he suggested the Same thing I normally use for my allergies in the summer. He said that Aerius should help dry the fuck out of my face and stop the Post Nasal Drip.

$20 for a box of 20 tablets! OMG! But I was desperate and grabbed a box.

They say they start to work within 45 minutes. It’s been 3 hours and my face is still draining and that fucking tickling in the back of my throat from the Post Nasal Drip is still there. I’ve went through half a roll of TP from blowing my nose and my waste basket is due for another changing because it’s getting full.

The side effects from the Aerius are about the only things that are working, and that is the headache and the drowsiness, even though these are non-drowsy. I’m tempted to take another even though it says no more than one in 24 hours, but I’m desperate.

I’ve tried all the other home remedies before too. Like the warm salt water solution shot through the nose. Yea’ that’s right. Snorting warm salt water in the nose. It actually does work, but only provides temporary relief for about an hour or two and having to do that every couple of hours is just about as annoying as the chronic coughing.

I’ll just give this Aerius a chance. Maybe it’ll kick in later on or something. (Crossing Fingers) Hopefully I can get some sleep tonight. Hopefully by tomorrow, I’ll be able to do my job also. I can’t afford this time off.

[While writing this post I have sneezed about 30 times, blew my nose about 60 times, filled my wastebasket, emptied a roll of TP, lost count of the coughing fits, spit up about 8 times.]

Contagious Cat

That LOL Cat’s Pick is just perfect for this post.

I stayed home from work today. I am in no condition to do anything today. I was just barley able to walk next door to go pick up some flu medicine. Every move I made hurt like hell. Every joint in my body aches.

The nose is starting to run like crazy now, so my waste basket is full of TP and overflowing. Throat is still very sore and my chest is also still congested. And yet the fever is still making me burn up and then have the chills. The constant change between the chills and the burning up is already past the point of annoying.

The cats are getting pissed off at me because I keep moving around on the bed and have to keep getting them to move when I keep going under the covers and removing the covers. The aches also have me moving around a lot and they keep getting a foot in the face, or  a back rolling over on them.

Buddy will occasionally cuddle up behind me and give me a back and neck massage, he a good kitty. Knows when to show pity for me. Or maybe it’s his way of trying to get me out of bed to go fill their dinner bowels.

What really sucks about having to lay in bed all day is that there is absolutely fuck all on the TV. There is nothing to watch, nothing interesting that is. I rented an On Demand Movie, “HANCOCK” just to have SOMETHING to watch. Even though I have already seen it.

This Robitussin: Cough & Cold (Extra Strength) stuff is doing very little. It just tastes like shit and causes my GERD to flare up. So I had to also pick up something for that too.

It’s to bad that I’m feeling so crappy, or I would be enjoying a few cold beers right about now. I’m not scheduled to work tomorrow, so that’s going to be great for an extra day to recover. 

Hopefully by Monday, this will all have passed, and find out that Overtime is allowed again at work. But mostly I hope that I feel better.

I’ve got to go back to bed. The longer I sit up, the shittier I feel.

TTFN

All day long I’ve been trying to do the whole ‘mind over matter’ thing but as the day went on, the worst I felt and in the end, it was all futile.

I ache all over, I have a fever, my throat is sore, and my chest is congested.

Yup, I have the flu.

All week at work there were people sick and coughing all over the place. Some trying to be hygienic and others not.

I believed I emptied the hand sanitizer on the wall beside the desk I usually sit by, plus I went through two small bottles of anti-bacterial hand wash. I would also wipe the stuff on my workstation, mouse, and keyboard.

I tried to keep my distance from all of the infected, but I eventually succumbed to the bug that was making it’s way through the production floor.

I am sick, and from the way I’m feeling at the moment, I don’t think I’ll be going into work in the morning. 

My throat is literally stripped and raw as if I had a wire brush scrubbing  the inside of it. Then there is the body pains and aches that feel like I have just had the shit kicked out of me, or as Dragon Lady would say, “I feel like hammered poo.” I’m burning up with a fever and feel like shit.

I hope I wake up and it’s gone, but that’s probably not really going to happen.

Work Doodles

I’ve been wanting to post this for awhile now, but as most of you are probably aware, the Hosting service’s database hardware went FUBAR.

I wanted to post about my first night  in full time production on the floor, so lest start there shall we?

I believe I pretty much fucked up every persons account that got through to me. I didn’t know what the hell I was doing. Apparently I was a good trainer on paper, but in the real world, I was not such a good one after all. LOL

The job is actually really easy and I like it since it’s really laid back. As you can tell. I have a lot of time on my hands with the doodle to the left.

There’s nothing to do while you’re waiting for a call to come through, so I end up sitting there doodling on scrap paper. It is obvious that my mind seems to wander into the world of the weird.

I continued to screw up people accounts since there was next to no floor support, or the ones that were doing floor support were to fucked up and stoned to be of any use. Yea, there are a few people there that wreaked of pot and other narcotics. (A little more on that later)

The second night wasn’t as bad. I was learning from my mistakes and things were getting easier. I only screwed up a few accounts, they’ll be calling back in a few days to rip somebody a new one. Hopefully I get them. I like getting the assholes.

The third night was really easy. I was in my niche. I had control.

Last night was a good one. Some bitch called in and right from the word ,”Hi!” she started ripping away. Demanding that I convert her bonus money (Cant say what the real name is) into air time, and when I told her she didn’t have enough to cover the taxes, she still demanded that I do it anyway.

She was screaming and going hysterical because she was short 2.50 from the minimum amount. She really wasn’t eligible for the exchange, and although I could have done it anyway, I didn’t.

Now if she would have called me and stayed sane and professional and asked me politely, I actually would have. But the tone she took at me was unnecessary and rude, and I felt she didn’t deserve it. Let that be a lesson to those who want to have customer service reps bend the rules.

Well anyway, while she continued to holler and scream , I turned down her volume and poked into her history, and as it turns out she has tried this before, she even used her father as an excuse. She said her father was dying. It would have been a pity if it were true, but you know what they say about the boy who cried wolf right?

She then demanded to speak to a supervisor, and I was happy to bring one on just to hear them tell the hag that she can’t have her exchange again. As I was in the transferring process, she hung up. I guess she figured she was barking up the wrong tree and I wasn’t about to cave.

WHAT A RUSH THAT WAS!   Fucking bitch!

The Job is actually pretty easy like I said, I just don’t like the environment and some of the people that work there, and how things are run.

First of all, they say they have a zero tolerance with drugs and alcohol use during working hours, they don’t want people dressing like slobs and want you to be in business casual dress, no hats on the production floor, no cell phones on the floor, no food on the floor, and to treat property with respect, and no swearing.

I have yet to see these policies followed though, or see somebody implement them.

Some people there you would think need helmets to protect their heads from when they accidentally bump their heads. Spent more than one day in a public school, or have had any type of education for that matter.

There was this one idiot that was running up and down the isles and jumping in chairs and then asking people to spin him around in one. I’m thinking WTF? There wasn’t any supervisors working obviously, or they don’t care.

I can’t wait till they hit their people volume so they can start canning a lot of these idiots. They’re distracting, obnoxious, and every second word they say is the ‘F’ Bomb.

The place is full of sick people too. People blowing their runny noses, leaving tissue all over the place, getting their germs all over the computer keyboards and mice. Tomorrow I’ll be going to the store to pick up some of them disinfectant wipes to wipe the workstation down before I use it.

I’m not shocked when I’m in the washroom to see some of the dirt bags just walk right past the hand sinks after draining their bladders in the urinals. That just fucking grosses me out to think that they’re going to be handling workstations that others will be using. It’s no wonder there’s a lot of sick people there. It’s no wonder I’m always washing my hands and using the hand sanitizers located all over the building walls. I’ve only seen one other person use them other than myself.

Once they get things set up there and kill off all the useless junkies and immature dumb asses, that place won’t be all that bad.

I think that’s all I wanted to say, or all I can remember what I wanted to say. To bad the server was down all that time and I could have been more informative.