Oh brother do I need a vacation. I know it's time to consider this when I get to my last nerve and I can't take people anymore! Haha..that's right. I can't take people. They're getting on my nerves big time! I know myself well enough to know that it's that time of year for me The weather is starting to break and I'm looking forward to getting out in the sun and see some sights.
But people are really bothering me! Take today for example...we have a program at work that manages some clients money who are getting Social Security benefit but, because of their disability, are not able to understand how to manage it for themselves. There is one lady in that program who literally runs it all. She doesn't like talking directly to our clients. (Kind of strange since we are a community mental health agency and helping people is our game.) Anywho...
She wont take their calls or talk to them so she has created this system where my case managers must be the middle man in all of the clients transactions. Say one client comes in asking for $30 of their own money. The case manager has to contact the payee lady and ask for it. Her system, right? But, whenever a case manager asks for it they get a tirade about irresponsible spending and how the client it probably going to just get drunk and how the case manager has to be strict with the client, and so on and so forth. So, last week, we had a meeting with her to see if we could come up with a way to make this easier on all of us. She was there with her immediate supervisor. After much ranting and raving about how busy she was and how she has more to do than anybody on the face of the planet ever, it was decided we would create some kind of money request form. So, today a client came in and requested $20. Now the new form is not in its final draft, mind you. I knew that but I thought, "Hey, why not give this a whirl." So I did. I completed the form and emailed it to her.
She answered my email with a rant about "why are you using this form" and "my supervisor hasn't told me were using this yet" and "this is not the final draft". Seriously?? We work in a tiny little building and talk to each other every day. I could have walked over to her cubicle to ask, but she doesn't like that. I could have called her on the phone, she hates that too or I could have just emailed her my question but then that's what I was doing but was also just testing the damn form! I can't believe she still found a reason to rant. Sheesh! My last nerve...I swear it.
I need a vacation. I would like to go somewhere but Alex and I are not going to Sweden until later this year. I may have to just take a week off for a time to be at home doing whatever the hell I want and being away from people! Well away from SOME people anyway!
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Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Politics, sciatica and more from the land of cheese...
First, my sciatic nerve is rising up to kill me this week. Hurts like a sonofabitch...staying home from work tomorrow to rest it up, maybe ice it and some ibuprofen. Usually works.
Second, Wisconsin has been the hot topic of most of the news stations for the past couple of weeks. Lemme see if I can recap it for you non-cheese heads...
a. Gov. Scott Walker tries to cram this cockamamie bill into the senate so it will be passed without allowing the Democrats the chance to even discuss it. In the bill are fun little things such as taking away collective bargaining from Union workers, tampering with Medicare and Medicaid, and making exceptions for those Unions that backed him in the election.
b. Thousands of people - Union workers, public workers, teachers and supporters - have been converging on Madison ever since.
c. The Democratic senators have take off, hiding out, in some undisclosed location because if they show up in the assembly, there is enough for a quoram and then the Republicans can vote. This can happen even if they Dems just show up in the morning and then, say, leave to use the restroom or have lunch. And it can happen if there is even just one of them present.
d. The Unions have already agreed to the financial changes requested by the Gov which would help balance the state budget. I mean, after all, that's what this bill is about, right? Hmmm, well maybe not...he won't hear of it. Yeah, tell me this isn't about more than the budget.
e. Today, Walker was "punk'd" and took a call from someone identifying himself as one of the Koch brothers. The Koch brothers are millionaires who stand to make millions more if this bill is passed. Democratic leaders have been trying to reach Walker for almost two weeks to talk this out to no avail. Someone says their last name is Koch...and he takes the call right away. What does that tell ya!?
f. Tonight on Fox News (yeah, yeah I know...Fox News...) Walker said, in an interview, that since this bill may not be passed by this Friday, he will "be forced to make other cuts" meaning the letting go of about 1500 or more state workers. This is akin to a kidnapper who gets his demands met by threatening to kill one hostage at a time unless he gets what he wants.
g. Scott Walker has tiny beady little eyes that are slightly crossed. Maybe it's just me but I cannot take this man seriously and I cannot believe a word he says. Oh, and he did something like all of this when he was the county executive in Milwaukee. He let go of the county court security workers and gave the contract to a private entity. That private entity screwed it up. The workers who were fired sought arbitration. An independent arbitrator found there was no cause for them to have been let go, so they were reinstated and were paid restitution...to the tune of almost half a million dollars. So much for Walker being able to balance a budget!
Clearly, I am not a fan of our Governor. I think he's a putz. And how he can ignore thousands of people who are clearly against what he is doing is beyond me.
Recall, anyone??
Second, Wisconsin has been the hot topic of most of the news stations for the past couple of weeks. Lemme see if I can recap it for you non-cheese heads...
a. Gov. Scott Walker tries to cram this cockamamie bill into the senate so it will be passed without allowing the Democrats the chance to even discuss it. In the bill are fun little things such as taking away collective bargaining from Union workers, tampering with Medicare and Medicaid, and making exceptions for those Unions that backed him in the election.
b. Thousands of people - Union workers, public workers, teachers and supporters - have been converging on Madison ever since.
c. The Democratic senators have take off, hiding out, in some undisclosed location because if they show up in the assembly, there is enough for a quoram and then the Republicans can vote. This can happen even if they Dems just show up in the morning and then, say, leave to use the restroom or have lunch. And it can happen if there is even just one of them present.
d. The Unions have already agreed to the financial changes requested by the Gov which would help balance the state budget. I mean, after all, that's what this bill is about, right? Hmmm, well maybe not...he won't hear of it. Yeah, tell me this isn't about more than the budget.
e. Today, Walker was "punk'd" and took a call from someone identifying himself as one of the Koch brothers. The Koch brothers are millionaires who stand to make millions more if this bill is passed. Democratic leaders have been trying to reach Walker for almost two weeks to talk this out to no avail. Someone says their last name is Koch...and he takes the call right away. What does that tell ya!?
f. Tonight on Fox News (yeah, yeah I know...Fox News...) Walker said, in an interview, that since this bill may not be passed by this Friday, he will "be forced to make other cuts" meaning the letting go of about 1500 or more state workers. This is akin to a kidnapper who gets his demands met by threatening to kill one hostage at a time unless he gets what he wants.
g. Scott Walker has tiny beady little eyes that are slightly crossed. Maybe it's just me but I cannot take this man seriously and I cannot believe a word he says. Oh, and he did something like all of this when he was the county executive in Milwaukee. He let go of the county court security workers and gave the contract to a private entity. That private entity screwed it up. The workers who were fired sought arbitration. An independent arbitrator found there was no cause for them to have been let go, so they were reinstated and were paid restitution...to the tune of almost half a million dollars. So much for Walker being able to balance a budget!
Clearly, I am not a fan of our Governor. I think he's a putz. And how he can ignore thousands of people who are clearly against what he is doing is beyond me.
Recall, anyone??
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