The official nightshift thread....

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  • fatjon73
    fatjon73 Posts: 379 Member
    lilaclovebird wrote: »
    I have a problem guys....I have the hots for my supervisor.... :sweat:

    You have not mentioned if he feels the same???....

    If he would too then go for it....if it all goes tits up then blame him....and claim supervisor harassment....get a retirement package out of them....then finish your degree in peace....lol
  • no_pink_skirts
    no_pink_skirts Posts: 914 Member
    @lilaclovebird so I have this rule that I don't *kitten* where I eat...this means no hooking up with coworkers or roommates. It's a good rule for everyone, since the odds of things working out are so much smaller than the odds of them going bad. If you plan on staying in this job longer than the next 2 weeks, I'd say join tinder or something and let this one go. It sucks but it happens.
  • belimawr
    belimawr Posts: 1,155 Member
    edited May 2015
    @fatjon73... lol you have no idea how common it is in my workplace for that to happen. *kitten*, even if there's nothing going on ever a woman will pull that stunt.

    That's why I stay away... far away... from coworkers... could be a headache in the end.
  • sufferlandrian
    sufferlandrian Posts: 8,244 Member
    I really feel for people that are trying to right by their animal but circumstances make money an issue. It's hard to tell them no but if you don't, the business goes under and then you can't help anyone.
  • Frankie_Felinius
    Frankie_Felinius Posts: 1,398 Member
    I watch Forensic Files while falling asleep sometimes. What is wrong with me?
  • sufferlandrian
    sufferlandrian Posts: 8,244 Member
    Oh! Me too! I'm not sure why. I love that show. :smile:
  • BodyByBex
    BodyByBex Posts: 3,685 Member
    lilaclovebird wrote: »
    I am not about to quit this AMAZING job. It's against policy and it's against my own code of ethics.

    Maybe I should invest in a new toy...or go on a date...or...something... BAH! I've actually NEVER been in this situation before. I have had the hots for a coworker before but not a supervisor. At that time I was married and so there was no question about what to do about it: ignore it and take out any and all sexual frustration on the husband. Eventually, it all went away.

    This is SO different. He is my direct supervisor, my coworker, he is single, I am single... This is bad. Recipe for disaster. :s:sweat::astonished:
    no_pink_skirts wrote: »
    @lilaclovebird so I have this rule that I don't *kitten* where I eat...this means no hooking up with coworkers or roommates. It's a good rule for everyone, since the odds of things working out are so much smaller than the odds of them going bad. If you plan on staying in this job longer than the next 2 weeks, I'd say join tinder or something and let this one go. It sucks but it happens.

    @no_pink_skirts Same thing. I'm not planning on following through on ANY of my impulses.

    @fatjon73 Body language and some of the things we talk about (and the way we talk about them) indicate that he feels the same. However, I think we will just enjoy the sexual tension and leave it at that. We ALL know there is no version where this works out well.
    Besides, I am a super klutz. I have such a great relationship with the floor and he has said he doesn't want to mess that up for me. :laugh:
  • belimawr
    belimawr Posts: 1,155 Member
    edited May 2015
    @lilaclovebird well, plus side is the floor's always there for you when you fall

    I can't... believe... I just... came up... with that... so effing cheesy.

    mmm... cheesy nachos... *drool*
  • sufferlandrian
    sufferlandrian Posts: 8,244 Member
    @Belimawr - ROFL!!! That was really good. :smile:
  • BodyByBex
    BodyByBex Posts: 3,685 Member
    edited May 2015
    I want to STRANGLE and/or SET ON FIRE one particular coworker who was supposed to relieve me but called in sick. Now I have to work a mandatory 8 hours of overtime. So now I am pulling a GLORIOUS 16 hour shift, after which, I get to go home and sleep for exactly(I hope) 6.5 hours before coming back to work my regular shift again.

    His illness you ask? Why it is a mere chronic condition known as DIABETES that he has been told by MULTIPLE doctors and nurses(including the ones we have on staff) how to manage and he just REFUSES to do so.

    Honestly, I don't think he even ACTUALLY had a blood sugar spike. I think he just woke up late and thought "Since I'm late I might as well just call in and not show up altogether."
    Something about the words to our supervisor made me think this. The phrase was: "Oh well my blood sugar is a little high and I just don't feel like coming in today." I almost wish he hadn't had it on speakerphone...
    I can not STAND people who choose to not manage their illnesses or those who chose to use a chronic illness as an excuse.

    My dog had dreams of going for a walk today. Will that happen? Nope. I had plans of a glorious workout before coming in to work tomorrow. Will THAT happen? Nope.

    I knew stuff like this would happen when I took this job. Mandatory overtime. Fine. But the fact that it has happened 4 times in the 3 months I have been here? Not cool. That is just counting the times it has happened to ME and we haven't had doubles going(two people working the same shift, at the same campus, on the same day). This has also happened to the 2 other night shift PSOs.

    Our own sergeant is wondering why he still has a job because he doesn't even meet expectations on his evaluations, but the system wont fire him.

    I would rather work all 12 hour shifts and only get ONE day off a week if it meant his termination. I don't mind working the extra hours as long as I am well informed beforehand and can plan accordingly.
  • sufferlandrian
    sufferlandrian Posts: 8,244 Member
    Ummm.... My last wife was diabetic and elevated glucose is not a reason to not get out of bed. It's a reason to adjust insulin and diet and get up and get moving. Lying in bed will not get the circulation to your extremities to help reduce the damage from elevated glucose. I can't believe he still has a job either. I know firing someone with a disability is problematic but so is losing good employees because they can't stand picking up his slack.
  • BodyByBex
    BodyByBex Posts: 3,685 Member
    Seems this is the only truly non-judgmental thread for me. No one seems to understand nightshifters quite like other nightshifters.
  • sufferlandrian
    sufferlandrian Posts: 8,244 Member
    I'm glad my phone has a do not disturb mode. I get so tired of people who know I work nights calling and saying, "Oh, were you sleeping?" I had one that was particularly bad until I started calling him at 3 in the morning.
  • BodyByBex
    BodyByBex Posts: 3,685 Member
    sufferlandrian wrote: »
    I'm glad my phone has a do not disturb mode. I get so tired of people who know I work nights calling and saying, "Oh, were you sleeping?" I had one that was particularly bad until I started calling him at 3 in the morning.

    HAHAHA! :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
  • fatjon73
    fatjon73 Posts: 379 Member
    sufferlandrian wrote: »
    I'm glad my phone has a do not disturb mode. I get so tired of people who know I work nights calling and saying, "Oh, were you sleeping?" I had one that was particularly bad until I started calling him at 3 in the morning.

    I have a few of these in my life.......they know I work perm nights....yet this do not grasp the fact I sleep during the day....I am like WTF when do you think I sleep if I work in the night.....

    My gardener also never gets it....he comes at 3 in an afternoon.....like 3am to me......I sleep 11 to 6......I tell him every time...but still.....3pm ish......he lives over the road from me and does it cheap, so I can really have a go too much...lol....
  • bethanie0825
    bethanie0825 Posts: 1,498 Member
    Just dropped in on my night off to see what was happening. I love forensic files!!
  • MadDogManor
    MadDogManor Posts: 1,542 Member
    My night off, too. Just watched Avengers 2 and am thinking of re watching Daredevil. Oh, and doing laundry. I SHOULD go to the gym, but naw, that won't happen
  • BodyByBex
    BodyByBex Posts: 3,685 Member
    So.... I'm back at work. Weird to think I was JUST here 8 hours ago....bleh.

    *kitten* head better not call in today. Everyone is hoping that when he called in earlier today that it was the last nail in the coffin and that he will be fired. I feel this is a false hope.
  • Muldactus
    Muldactus Posts: 6,972 Member
    Hope no one minds if I join the thread. I work on a rotating shift - sometimes days, sometimes nights, sometimes evenings. Right now I'm on nights for a bit. Anyone have any coffee?
  • RedRockChic
    RedRockChic Posts: 69 Member
    Top of the day to everyone.. Hope all is well on the other side of the clock :)
  • sufferlandrian
    sufferlandrian Posts: 8,244 Member
    Still hear. I hate people tonight. Why do you get mad at the guy that hit your dog with the car when you are the one that let it run in the street. Why to you adopt a dog with known head trauma and a history of seizures and then act surprised with it's having cluster seizures and I put it on Phenobarbital. I should have gone into goat herding.
  • BodyByBex
    BodyByBex Posts: 3,685 Member
    sufferlandrian wrote: »
    Still hear. I hate people tonight. Why do you get mad at the guy that hit your dog with the car when you are the one that let it run in the street. Why to you adopt a dog with known head trauma and a history of seizures and then act surprised with it's having cluster seizures and I put it on Phenobarbital. I should have gone into goat herding.

    I remember my Uncle asked if I let Tessa off the leash when I take her for walks. I said straight up, "No, because I lover her." It's also why I get SO upset about her escaping the fenced area.... As soon as I get a real day off I plan on finally fixing that. Poor dog doesn't know what's good for her. :(
  • Frankie_Felinius
    Frankie_Felinius Posts: 1,398 Member
    edited May 2015
    Rotating shifts are the worst @muldactus. Ick.

    @lilaclovebird I don't mind working overtime either...if I'm prepared for it. Being stuck somewhere for DOUBLE the time without knowing ahead of time makes me irate. I'm the only one here so I can't leave if I need something. Ugh...

    My ex-bestie is a type 1 diabetic. I had been friends with her since kindergarten but her b*%#@ing about it constantly made me cut off our friendship...among other things. All she ever did was complain about her illness. I understand it consumes her life and finances but it was just ridiculous. She and her husband make more than my fiance and I and still live above their means and that just pisses me off. They buy new cars all the time, buy stuff they can't afford, she works for her dad, who is going bankrupt and buys a motorcycle off him for her husband and can't afford to pay him for it...and then whines about all her medical costs...and buys a new house. She had the audacity to ask me to commit welfare fraud to provide formula when they had their baby two years ago...after remodeling their old house and buying a new car. I told her not only could I NOT get food stamps for formula because my kid was 3 by then but WE never used food stamps when we probably could have qualified for them at the time of our daughter's birth because only my fiance worked during the last trimester of my pregnancy/for the first 4 months after she was born! We budgeted and lived within our means so we didn't NEED them. She also complains about other people abusing the welfare system! I just couldn't do it anymore. Unfriended. She still contacts me every few weeks begging for friendship...even messaged my fiance's step-sister on FB asking for her to talk to me! Let it go, sister...
  • Muldactus
    Muldactus Posts: 6,972 Member
    sufferlandrian wrote: »
    Still hear. I hate people tonight. Why do you get mad at the guy that hit your dog with the car when you are the one that let it run in the street. Why to you adopt a dog with known head trauma and a history of seizures and then act surprised with it's having cluster seizures and I put it on Phenobarbital. I should have gone into goat herding.

    We've actually got a Great Pyrenees who has seizures. She's on Phenobarbital and Potassium Bromide. One of them (I believe it's the Potassium Bromide) isn't good for her kidneys, but when we tried to ween her off of them, she started having seizures again. We've got her down to about half a pill a day, but that's as low as we feel safe going right now. :(

    @Frankie_Felinius Yea, it's not my preference either. But it's what I've got to pay the bills, so I guess I just gotta grin and bear it. Sorry to hear about your ex-friend. Tho you're right - that doesn't sound much like a friend at all. Some people just don't ever grow up and insist on blaming anything and everything else and refuse to even consider that it might be their own fault.
  • BodyByBex
    BodyByBex Posts: 3,685 Member
    @Frankie_Felinius I remember when my father was unemployed and we were on food stamps and welfare and then when my dad got a job and we finally got on our feet again we threw a party because we were SO happy to be self-sufficient again.

    I remember there was no shame in what we had to do, but I REALLY remember celebrating being able to support ourselves.

    I have no problem with people who have chronic illnesses like diabetes and they are managing it and trying to keep things under control and maintaining their health. But this guy doesn't even TRY to manage it.

    I am ready to tell my lieutenant that I will work 12 hour shifts with only 1 day off if he will fire this guy. I swear, if I am prepared for an extended shift then I am all for it. But to have it just dropped on me like that? Not cool. I mean, it's okay but, I don't like it.

    In addition, I called the evening shift guy to ask him to come in early to relieve me and he said he was having car trouble and wouldn't be able to make it in early. According to the commissioned officer on duty, this 'car trouble' has been going on for 3 months.

    Then, when the guy comes in at his scheduled time, he starts bitching about how horrible this was to happen to me and that it sucks that we are supposed to be a team but no one wants to step up and help out when things like this occur.

    I kept my mouth shut but man I wanted to tell him, 'Yes it is a shame when no one wants to help out. When you call someone and ask them if they can come in just 3 hours early and they wont step up and come in because they still haven't gotten around to fixing their leaky radiator for 3 months!'
  • Muldactus
    Muldactus Posts: 6,972 Member
    @lilaclovebird I admire your self-discipline in not saying anything. I wouldn't have been nearly as diplomatic. I would have told him "If you want people to be a team and step up and help out when things occur, then YOU need to be ready to step up and help other people out instead of always dropping your problems on everyone else's laps and refusing to accept responsibility for your own problems."

    Then again, I've never been known for being very diplomatic.
  • sufferlandrian
    sufferlandrian Posts: 8,244 Member
    @Muldactus - It's too bad it's a Great Pyrenees. The size would make Kepra way to expensive for seizure control. Zonisamide is not too expensive and although it won't replace your Phenobarbital or Potassium Bromide, it can make them more effective if it comes to that.

    @lilaclovebird - How long does it take to fill a leaky radiator? Even if he could have come in a couple of hours early that would have helped. I'm pretty sure you can fill a radiator from empty in about 15 minutes. I know. I've done it.
  • Muldactus
    Muldactus Posts: 6,972 Member
    sufferlandrian wrote: »
    @Muldactus - It's too bad it's a Great Pyrenees. The size would make Kepra way to expensive for seizure control. Zonisamide is not too expensive and although it won't replace your Phenobarbital or Potassium Bromide, it can make them more effective if it comes to that.

    As long as she's on both the PB and PB, she's fine. She very rarely has seizures when she's on both. We're grateful for that and take what we can get. She's a bit small for a GP - only 85 lbs, and the doc thinks she's about 15 lbs too heavy. She was the runt of her litter. She's also the biggest sweetheart in the world. We love her dearly.
  • Frankie_Felinius
    Frankie_Felinius Posts: 1,398 Member
    She doesn't manage it well either. Wears a pump but eats cake, bread, ice cream, candy etc. Now I'll be the FIRST to say I have ZERO self-control with food...if I was diabetic, I guarantee I'd be terrible at managing it. I'm such a carb addict and I know I'd be eating carbs too...but if that is your choice...don't *kitten* about how hard it is to manage it! She also was just dumb about it. I was on the phone with her one night and she was going to eat cob on the corn (as my daughter calls it). She was flipping out over how many carbs were in each ear of corn. How in the *kitten* do you not know SWEET corn is loaded with carbs? After being diagnosed with it for 10+ years, you'd think she would have a grasp on what is carb heavy or not. Granted...I'm a fat chick but I UNDERSTAND nutrition...I just don't abide by what I know is ideal most of the time. Be educated about it before you complain how "terrible" yours is.

    We're plagued with a dog with medical issues as well. Before he was a year old, his hips had already nearly crapped out on him. Wouldn't jump into the car/on the couch or beds. When he got off the couch it took an eternity for him to actually get off, he was in so much pain. We started him on glucosamine/chondroitin and within a few months, he seemed good as new! Now we've been battling some kind of allergy for the last year or so. He went nearly bald on his underside. Changed foods, put him on different meds, bathe him once a week and it is barely under control. He currently has an inflamed spot on his neck that is bald and pink...looks like he has a neck vagina. Sheesh...he is lucky he is such a good dog...he just turned 3 and he already has put a dent in the pocketbooks...but he is nearly perfect besides that.
  • BodyByBex
    BodyByBex Posts: 3,685 Member
    WOO! Productive night. I have completed 2 online training courses and 2 citizen contact cards. I've done all my building checks, the emergency phone test, and a perimeter check. I am on a ROLL! :mrgreen:

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