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Old 11-02-2012, 09:30 AM   #1
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What blindsided you today?

Really, less of a blindside to me than to the blindsidees.

The other top two Poobahs in my department have been released from duty.

I can't say much, as always...but that was a HUGE shocker in staff meeting this morning.

They've been given an option to stay in a lesser role. I hope one of them does, my supervisor, who has invaluable knowledge but, like me, was always in a position of reacting instead of innovating. And also had to toe the line in the Old Regime.

I think all day I'm going to be going "wow" because it's going to take some time to sink in.

And with the restructure I do wonder if there might be some opportunities that would benefit ME and use my unique (in this office) skill set.

I'm not celebrating this one. I am glad the change is happening and I know change is hard...but this one isn't a celebratory situation. The last one was.
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Old 11-02-2012, 09:38 AM   #2
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Wow. They are really shaking things up there.
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Old 11-02-2012, 09:41 AM   #3
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Guests reading this makes me nervous. I think it's someone following my posts to see if I say something I shouldn't, like everyone knows exactly who I am.

Well, living in Wyoming and working on the railroad...these things happen.
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Old 11-02-2012, 10:50 AM   #4
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[Michael]I think it was the left defensive end[/Vick]
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Old 11-02-2012, 11:27 AM   #5
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Does anyone have anything to cheer me up?

I just witnessed a group who all of a sudden consider themselves some sort of omniscient inner circle all pull into said circle to talk loudly about some issues in order to be heard and let it be known that any open positions should be reserved especially for them.

So you get rid of the evil, and more nastiness steps up to power struggle.

This is why I hate the rat race. Why I wrote what I want in the what I want thread.

What I want to say to a certain few is 'be careful who you trust.' When I offer to keep confidences and to keep your best interests at heart...I actually mean it.

But throw me under the bus if you get a chance. Otherwise you may never rise to the level of your incompetence.



I want to go home for the day. I'm sad for the whole fucking planet. Yes things needed to change but I didn't expect such a quick 180 from certain folks and I certainly didn't expect that I would become even less.

Maybe I'm too empathetic. Maybe I care too much. But I do dammit and I have just lost respect for a handful of people I cared about very much.

Will this godforsakenshitcrap of a world EVER stop disappointing?
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Old 11-02-2012, 11:48 AM   #6
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Hopefully, the folks who got rid of the evilness recognize the new evilness, and won't put them in a position of authority.
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Old 11-02-2012, 11:49 AM   #7
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Yeah. Have you met humans?
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Old 11-02-2012, 12:24 PM   #8
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Yeah. Have you met humans?
*laughs*
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Old 11-02-2012, 12:49 PM   #9
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Old 11-02-2012, 03:53 PM   #10
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This blindsiding that occurred, did they use science?
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Old 11-02-2012, 05:51 PM   #11
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Yes. Science fiction.
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Old 11-02-2012, 06:57 PM   #12
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So, it was Doubly?
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Old 11-03-2012, 09:58 AM   #13
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when a vacuum is created - well, you know: nature abhors a vacuum. Of course the evil Others will be offering themselves up. Of course they will! Hey, I worked in health care. ONLY the SuperEvil moved up the ladder. Nasty business.

Concentrate on your 'want' thread dream. Concentrate on it every day, in detail.

You just might get it.

Love you, monkey.
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Old 11-03-2012, 09:17 PM   #14
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Thanks. I feel better now. I'm a bit melodramatic (NAH, you say, not YOU!) but usually for a reason...in this case total shock, and empathy. It's all forward from here and I think it will all work out for the better.
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Old 11-05-2012, 01:54 AM   #15
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...

could go in the wtf thread--CERTAINLY qualifies as a wtf in my lifetime....
I have been asked to do a solemn service for some friends, a request never made of me before. it will require some special work on my part, and I believe I will say yes to their request.

more soon.
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