No "I guess" about it, Pyrite. Good on ya. And just remind yourself that most people are far more likely to expend the effort to complain than they are to spend the same effort to compliment or thank. The rule of thumb I was taught in Marketing (pre-internet) was if a customer is unhappy with your product or service, they'll tell about a hundred people. If they're happy, they'll tell about ten. The Internet simply increased the numbers by an order of magnitude or so; it hasn't changed the foundation ratio.
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Well, you sort of expect that a thing should be good, so when it is you just go 'Hmmm' but when it isn't you hulk-out.
In other news: I'm in a quandary. The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (for whom I already work on an retained on-call basis) and the Aberdeen Airport Fire Service are recruiting full-time firefighters. Which do I want more, knowing that I can continue my current arrangement with the SFRS in either case?
'All he needs is for somebody to throw handgrenades at him for the rest of his life...'
Mum always maintained that treating other doctors was hell (although senior nurses were just plain scary). Only made worse by having to try telling a consultant to quit drinking as part of your job (no: brandy and medication don't mix, you know this...).
Nervousness.
edited 25th Jul '13 9:06:12 AM by Euodiachloris
Double post, in case anyone was wondering what happened after I posted previously... I should've gone home by lunch, but my colleague's patient started puking blood all over the place and we were already two down in terms of manpower, so it was back to the ICU for us. Got home after 36 hours of work, passed out in a heap. Sigh.
edited 26th Jul '13 3:40:00 PM by Pyrite
Not a substitute for a formal medical consultation.I don't want to go to work today. But this is one of only three days this week I'm scheduled. Bah.
Fresh-eyed movie blogSo my day job actually kicked back on today. We've got work through this week and part of next, and if another contract comes through we'll have work all the way through the end of the year. Here's hoping, right?
If I were to write some of the strange things that come under my eyes they would not be believed. ~Cora M. Strayer~Well, I noticed a new camera in the snack bar area today. It's positioned to watch the publicly visible work area, which was formerly blind behind the counters by my observation of the security cameras.
I spent a good portion of my shift freaking out about it, since the main thing it would be for would be to keep snack bar workers (including me) under supervision/record our work in case it needs to be called up as evidence.
Now, I have exploited that blind area a bit (mainly for using my phone while on duty if I don't have anything else to do), but since I have a few counts of discipline in the snack bar, I keep picturing my bosses crowded around the monitor cackling about how they'll soon have the evidence they need to fire me.
This isn't the only employee-only area to have security cameras in it. The back storeroom, the front offices, and the front supply room have cameras, but I always figured it was more about catching unauthorized people in those areas. Since this area is visible from at least shoulder height on up from other cameras, that explanation doesn't seem to fit.
Fresh-eyed movie blogbc: Not necessarily true. Sometimes they like to make sure you land on a blacklist and they can kick you while your down.
I have to wonder which employee's exactly are the number one thieves. In my experience it is the supervisors who do the most stealing in one form or another.
Who watches the watchmen?

The good news is... if they try coming after my blood by losing the first name lottery along epic lines and getting the last name hopelessly mangled, I can walk away whistling, as it looks nothing like me.
edited 24th Jul '13 2:54:38 AM by Euodiachloris