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March 11th, 2008
01:57 pm - Job-related Drama
I am a man. I don't like drama. It's like watching someone get kicked in the crotch. I just cringe in empathy.
So, recently, my son became ill with a flu-like illness. My son is 16 months old and had RSV twice before he was a year old. He's been diagnosed with Asthma and has been hospitalized with pneumonia. The poor little monkey pirate's just had a rough time of it.
So, when he became ill just before I was scheduled to go on a staff retreat to a location four hours away from him for three days, I became worried. Then my wife got sick as well. The day before leaving I told me boss I couldn't go. She was peeved. I apologized, but as I said, family comes first and I literally can't imagine spending another pathetic night in the hospital with the poor little guy tied down to the bed and with a needle sticking out of his little arms. I will NOT take the chance of that happening again.
She's a mother. I thought she understood.
So, a month later now, I have my evaluation. And she brings it up. She's disappointed I missed it. Well, shit, so am I. But she thought we could have made some sort of arrangement. (Okay, reality check: I tried to make an accommodation. I told her I'd drive up on the second day so I could be there for two of the three days. She declined.) I could have brought my sick wife and sick son along. What? I told her that was ludicrous, dragging my ill wife and ill child four hours in a car AWAY FROM THEIR DOCTORS. She refused to back down, trying to make my feel guilty and lucky by saying, "Well at least you don't work in an office where they would have made you go anyway. You wouldn't have a choice."
I informed her that my choice would be to resign immediately and file a discrimination lawsuit against that company. She was quiet for a moment after that.
Then she told me that it wasn't that she was mad, but she needed to let me know how she felt. Bullshit. You don't bring this sort of thing up unless you're trying to play guiltmonger and make someone else feel bad. Otherwise you just shut the hell up.
Then she had the gall to ask me what I would have done. I told her I would have understood and eaten the cost of a room because that's what you do when you're a good person. She didn't like that one bit. But at least it shut her up.
So, mentally, during the rest of that meeting I wrote out my resignation. And now I'm actively looking for a new job. And I'm pretty happy to do so.
I hate drama.
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March 10th, 2008
12:29 pm - D&D 4E
I'm not quite sure what to make of 4e. I was originally pissed that they'd sprung it on us after years of denying that it was ever coming and then working on it in the background.
Then I was mad because of the HUGE wait time for the thing to come out.
Then I was mad because the marketing was less than coherent. Here's a preview. Now wait for six weeks until the next one!
Then I was peeved because it was taking so damn long.
Then I took a deep breath and looked at some of the previews. And they looked, well, alright.
Now I'm actually kind of excited to see it. And it's still months away.
Sigh.
Damn it, WoTC. Just give me the crack and no one gets hurt.
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12:24 pm - Brushing off the dust
So, I reserved this space to rant and rave as needed, and then proceeded not to. Because, well, I'm not much for writing down what I think. I'm too much of a talker to confine myself easily to a blog or journal or the like.
But I decided to give it another try. Not because I have much of anything to say, but just to see if I can.
Which, I suppose, is as good a reason as any.
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