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InverurieJones '80s TV Action Hero from North of the Wall. Since: Jan, 2010 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
'80s TV Action Hero
#1276: Jun 22nd 2013 at 6:24:10 PM

Todays headlines: It turns out that running into burning buildings is one of the most amazingly awesome and exciting things one can do with one's time. I'm surprised more folk don't do it.

'All he needs is for somebody to throw handgrenades at him for the rest of his life...'
TuefelHundenIV Night Clerk of the Apocalypse from Doomsday Facility Corner Store. Since: Aug, 2009 Relationship Status: I'd need a PowerPoint presentation
Night Clerk of the Apocalypse
#1277: Jun 22nd 2013 at 6:35:09 PM

That whole might die because we don't have the protective gear may be part of that.

Who watches the watchmen?
InverurieJones '80s TV Action Hero from North of the Wall. Since: Jan, 2010 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
'80s TV Action Hero
#1278: Jun 22nd 2013 at 6:37:29 PM

Pah. Excuses.

'All he needs is for somebody to throw handgrenades at him for the rest of his life...'
TuefelHundenIV Night Clerk of the Apocalypse from Doomsday Facility Corner Store. Since: Aug, 2009 Relationship Status: I'd need a PowerPoint presentation
Night Clerk of the Apocalypse
#1279: Jun 22nd 2013 at 6:38:40 PM

I have enough burn scars someone else can collect em.

Who watches the watchmen?
Nohbody "In distress", my ass. from Somewhere in Dixie Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Mu
"In distress", my ass.
#1280: Jun 23rd 2013 at 4:09:35 AM

Following up on that "mandatory party", it turns out that the "party" is another store meeting... which does precisely dick for third shift, as it's always been about direct customer service that stockers don't do unless they're running behind (store is closed with the stockers inside, who fill and/or straighten up the shelves while customers aren't present).

On the up-side, though, the meetings are on the clock, so that's an extra hour or so on the paycheck, in exchange for practicing sleeping with your eyes open. tongue

All your safe space are belong to Trump
Pyrite Until further notice from Right. Beneath. You. Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Hiding
Until further notice
#1281: Jun 24th 2013 at 5:02:13 AM

I guess the break was too good to last.

I had my performance evaluation today, and given that certain shenanigans occurred in the last posting (more than one event, which I've talked about ad infinitum), my report was, shall we say... less than satisfactory. I'm allowed to pass and move on to the next year of the programme, on the condition that I see a counsellor / psychiatrist about my social anxiety disorder, which was apparently more problematic than I realised if the feedback was any indication. The problem's not with my knowledge, but it appears that what we've got here is a failure to communicate. (That, and my tendency to panic while under time pressure or stress, which is also related.) This also means that I'll probably need to delay my exams - not that I was actually on a fixed timeline, but I need to get my head on straight before wasting my money on an exam-induced nervous breakdown.

...Funny. I should be happy I passed in the first case, and yet I'm still the same scared little !@#$ that I was 20 years ago. Or maybe I've just been burned by so many families and patients and other doctors recently that I've given up talking reasonably to people anymore. And not that I'd ever dare to do it, but if it comes down to the crunch, I don't know whether to quit this course or this occupation or this existence. It's not like I know how to do anything else.

edited 24th Jun '13 7:25:25 AM by Pyrite

Not a substitute for a formal medical consultation.
blackcat Since: Apr, 2009
#1282: Jun 24th 2013 at 6:05:14 AM

Pyrite: A friend of mine once described law school as having your personality taken apart and then put back together as a lawyer. I went to grad school as an mature adult and had the same kind of experience, except in my case, it didn't take. I didn't come out of the experience a shining example of what the school wanted its grads to become. But then, very few of us did.

I think the reality is that every profession has an idealized version of its ultimate practitioner. Some people hit a little closer to the mark than others, but it isn't unattainable. It also never hurts to remember that you are dealing with one particular institution's rules and practices. Another reviewer may see completely different things in you.

Social anxiety sucks. I've had erratic success dealing with it my entire life. One of the things that helped me (believe it or not) was acting class. But, a counselor may be a more sensible approach.

Pyrite Until further notice from Right. Beneath. You. Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Hiding
Until further notice
#1283: Jun 24th 2013 at 7:18:43 AM

That is true, but the trouble is that when articulating coherently under pressure is a problem, it's not just the academic aspect that I get penalised on, it's also the cause of complications with laymen - and the problem escalates to the societal rather than the professional scale. And it's even worse when you can't act coherently. The vultures will swarm.

For a person with a lifelong fear of screwing up - knowing that it's potentially a matter of life and death on one hand, and knowing that you're always one screw-up away from ending up on the wrong end of a malpractice / negligence suit on the other, and (running out of hands here) the remnants of a "perfection or nothing" attitude which I've struggled with all my life - this mess is a !@#$ing pain. I think the paranoia's getting to me, because I'm almost afraid of talking to people these days because every damn time I open my mouth, I get into trouble.

...You know, now that I'm actually typing this out, I guess I really do need a counsellor after all.[lol]

edited 24th Jun '13 8:52:20 AM by Pyrite

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blackcat Since: Apr, 2009
#1284: Jun 24th 2013 at 8:52:35 AM

True enough about the "acting coherently" part. Mr. Bean in the hospital in real life would be terrifying. There are some areas of medical practice that aren't quite so "life or death", would one of those be acceptable if you find you just can't do this kind?

I keep thinking of Nick Wallenda crossing that canyon last night. [1]

Pyrite Until further notice from Right. Beneath. You. Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Hiding
Until further notice
#1285: Jun 24th 2013 at 8:55:52 AM

Oi, now I'm offended. The day I reach Mr Bean levels of incompetence, I hope I'll have enough residual dignity to choke myself to death with my license. evil grin Jokes aside, I'm angling for a less high-stakes specialty, but one has to pay the price to get there, and I'm not sure I can afford it at this rate.

Tightrope walker: Brave man, even if it's not for everyone.

edited 24th Jun '13 9:12:06 AM by Pyrite

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Euodiachloris Since: Oct, 2010
#1286: Jun 24th 2013 at 9:33:04 AM

[up]Uh... I think hanging by scrubs is a lot easier than death by trying to swallow a licence. [lol]

blackcat Since: Apr, 2009
#1287: Jun 24th 2013 at 10:13:24 AM

Pyrite: I doubt that anyone could get to where you are and actually be a Mr. Bean. But he is the poster child for acting incoherently. You can do this you know. Self doubt is normal.

Pyrite Until further notice from Right. Beneath. You. Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Hiding
Until further notice
#1288: Jun 24th 2013 at 10:41:24 AM

I know. Just trying to get by with what little humour I have left.tongue

edited 24th Jun '13 10:41:42 AM by Pyrite

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TParadox Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: The captain of her heart
#1289: Jun 24th 2013 at 12:03:01 PM

Oh yeah, I guess that canyon cross was a success, since the internet wasn't plastered with "Nik Wallenda RIP".

I thought it was rather silly that Mythbusters devoted an entire episode to being Man vs. Wild in order to promote the special. Discovery Channel: everything is Mythbusters, a bad clone of Mythbusters, hosted by the Mythbusters, or cross-promoted with a Mythbusters special. Discovery: we've got all our eggs in one basket.

Fresh-eyed movie blog
blackcat Since: Apr, 2009
#1290: Jun 24th 2013 at 12:46:05 PM

The total discussion of the event between husband and self last night was:

"Boy, I'm glad I wasn't born a Wallenda."

"Yeah, not the family business I would pick."

I do not understand the chairman of my department. She emailed me this morning to offer me two classes for the fall semester that are already on the books with students enrolled. I'm trying to shake her down for a third class.

Nocturna Since: May, 2011
#1291: Jun 24th 2013 at 1:12:04 PM

[up] They offer classes for enrollment at your school without having secured the teacher first? -blinks- That sounds like a recipe for disaster and frustration.

Best of luck getting that third class.

edited 24th Jun '13 1:12:32 PM by Nocturna

blackcat Since: Apr, 2009
#1292: Jun 24th 2013 at 9:07:27 PM

That is part of why I am confused. She offered me the two sections in April. And I know she mentioned them when she had to cancel my summer session in May. So, yeah, another thing I don't get about the school.

Pyrite Until further notice from Right. Beneath. You. Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Hiding
Until further notice
#1293: Jun 24th 2013 at 11:47:48 PM

Day two of my return to the wards: patient's family comes up to me, complains about something my consultant said last week (Note: I WASN'T AROUND), and threatens to - you guessed it - raise a complaint case.

...I give up.

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Galeros Slay foes with bow and arrow Since: Jan, 2001
jedimaster91 Since: Sep, 2010
#1296: Jun 28th 2013 at 8:38:32 PM

Just spent a week in the woods with fifty-something teenage girls. Actually was pretty fun.

jedimaster91 Since: Sep, 2010
#1297: Jul 2nd 2013 at 10:24:13 AM

Ok, which one of you jinxed me? Yesterday one of my patients kicked his catheter bag off the table and we had to get a nurse to check and make sure it was still ok. And today one of ou outpatients coded on her way out the door.

edited 2nd Jul '13 10:28:24 AM by jedimaster91

Euodiachloris Since: Oct, 2010
TuefelHundenIV Night Clerk of the Apocalypse from Doomsday Facility Corner Store. Since: Aug, 2009 Relationship Status: I'd need a PowerPoint presentation
Night Clerk of the Apocalypse
#1299: Jul 2nd 2013 at 7:30:14 PM

Well found some of those delightful paper balloon lantern fire hazards had drifted onto the property last night. I am not looking forward to tomorrow or thursday when the nuts start blasting off every firework they can.

Who watches the watchmen?
dRoy Professional Writer & Amateur Scholar from Most likely from my study Since: May, 2010 Relationship Status: I'm just high on the world
Professional Writer & Amateur Scholar
#1300: Jul 3rd 2013 at 2:37:14 PM

I sure would like to get a job next semester. Maybe a position in the school library or something.

Continuously reading, studying, and (hopefully) growing.

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