the guy in the neighboring cubicle likes to whistle.

which also brings me to my second annoyance, this time with myself: I have tried very hard over the last few months to find the whistling charming, but it's still just grating. I guess I have to face the fact that I'm crotchety.

You see? That's crotchety for you.

"Cubicle" is used in the office context intended (we also say "carrel"), but I am afraid toilet stalls are also known as "cubicles", hence the dancing rooster's enthusiasm.

Micromanagers.

WHY oh WHY is it always the way that...

there's NEVER time to do it right

but

there's ALWAYS time to do it OVER???

(when it screws up, which it invariably does...)

Flyfish

You are so right.

And there's also the opportunity to do the whole thing all over again because people can't remember what they did with the results the first time around.

NAEP!!!!!!!!

Urge to kill rising.......
First the fucking programmers and now the statisticians.
ARRRRRRRGGGGGGGHHHHHHH!!!!!!

I'm getting a migraine. I can feel it, creeping up on me.

Supervisors who don't do their job,
tell me that I am doing mine wrong even though THEY were supposed to train me and never did
both of which lead to my getting the crap beat out of me (yes literally) for the last two days.


Oh, and people who drive with their turn signals on for blocks and blocks.

A micromanaging-manic depressive-suicidal-doesn't-know-how-to-manage-complaining-manager

My boss on a weekly basis "I hate my job! I can't take it anymore, I'm leaving. That's it, I quit."

The next week; "I have another migraine, I can't deal with this pain anymore. That's it, I'm going home and taking a bunch of pills and just going to sleep." (I suffer from chronic daily migraines and never ever complain about them. I have a headache of some sort every single day. Bite me bitch!) This happens a couple times a month and has apparently been going on for years. The only really sad thing, she did attempt this 20 years ago and was in a coma for something like a month.

The next day, everything is peachy with her, but she's in my office every five minutes; "Is this schedule done? Have you called so-and-so? have you emailed.,....? Have you sent memo's?"

AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

FFS the weather

v

Bending over to fill my water bottle at work just now, I felt a majorly sharp pain directly in my lower spine.... I had to walk very very slowly back to my office and now can only stand, or sit all the way back in my chair... anything that requires an angle is causing me pain. Did I just "throw my back out"? Does this go away? Or do I need to see a doctor? Please don't say I need to see a doctor, its such a pain to get appointments in this country.

You should be able to get an appointment with a oesteopath fairly quickly. My husband has been seeing someone down in Sydders who's been fantastic - he does a combo of oestopathy, physio and accupuncture that's done wonders for B's back. I think the average cost is around £25 per session.

Violent thunderstorm after the snow this morning

v

Everyone giving me advice and sympathy is making me feel better already

[/QUOTE]You should be able to get an appointment with a oesteopath fairly quickly. My husband has been seeing someone down in Sydders who's been fantastic - he does a combo of oestopathy, physio and accupuncture that's done wonders for B's back. I think the average cost is around £25 per session.
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I may have to get the details from you tonight.

You all should see me trying to walk. I can't help but laugh at myself, which makes everyone in the office think I'm not just in pain but crazy...

There is (or was) a School of Osteopathy somewhere not far from the bottom of Charing X Rd where you have a chance of an emergency appointment - I seem to remember a boss of mine doing that years ago when his back suddenly went as we were meant to be driving down to South Wales. I'll do a bit of digging now to see if I can find details. I'm not convinced that osteopathy will help this, I suspect time is the healer, but you never know.

v

Akiko

This sounds perfect for you!

v

Yes, naproxen for arthritis. Of course, I wouldn't know about gout.

Why oh Why... (a continuing series of work-related gripes)

are the superiors who assign you a task and then neglect to share pertinent information with you, always so keen to criticize you for not doing the task the way THEY would have done it (with their superior knowledge of the subject at hand, which you first hear about AFTER you complete the job)?

Fly