Can't help bad luck.
Am starting to wonder if my days at this job are numbered. These sort of absences, although legit and I can't be blamed for, aren't going to go down with the factory manager well at all. Especially after his big hissy fit recently. I'm sort of feeling a bit happy about the whole prospect. Given the chance to step back slightly I can't believe what a fucked up place work has become in recent times. The new direction it's going under it's latest management appears to include treating mature adults like they're in kindergarten.
Apparently we're all supposed to live permanently in fear of our glorious leader, willing to do anything to satisfy his lust for efficiency and productivity. Obey new directives without the slightest question. Cheer him on as he kicks heads every now and then, for we know it's for our own good. The company must come first in our lives, above all else. There is no room for sickness and humanity, only a world of running machines faster and faster. Your competence measured and judged by a mysterious numerical equation inside a computer on a office desk.
Fuck that. I'm a fuckin person, not a number. Not a percentage calculation of attendance or productivity. I'm feeling less and less like I belong there.
Yeah, 2 days off sick is going to go down really well in that environment.
Had another bad night last night, but I think perhaps just a slight improvement. Doc has put me on antibiotics, 1,000mg of Amoxycillin, twice a day. Chemist where I got the prescription said to have them after eating as they're strong ones. Throat is inflamed and swollen the doc said after looking at throat and feeling my neck. Spent all yesterday with little improvement at all, started antibiotics that afternoon, and had another one early this morning.
The Panadol seems to actually help with the pain now, although last night I was still taking them only 2 hours or so apart. The pain would settle down enough to sleep, then I'd wake up 2 hours later and it's hurting like hell. I also got some Difflam lozenges, which have something in them that numbs the inside of your mouth when you suck on them. They sort of help, but the problem is that the area is right at the back of my throat and it's hard to get anything back there without swallowing it completely.
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Dear one - so sorry to hear about your painful sore throat and difficulty eating. I don't know if you tolerate milk, but if you do you might try just having milk shakes, smoothies, soup and the like until your throat feels better. At least those things will not be scratchy and hard to swallow. It certainly sounds like your current job absolutely SUCKS!!! What would you do if you left employment there? Could you find employment elsewhere? Could you get your docs to declare you disabled so you could get government support and not have to work? You certainly don't need to stress and aggravation you are having to deal with. Hope you feel better real soon. Hugs and love to you as always.
ReplyDeleteHi Darl,
ReplyDeleteYep, my job sucks. But meh, it's a living. I think if I ditched this one I'd just want to go on disability for a while, my doctors would support me in that. Would be a lot easier than dealing with assholes. I'm just sort of over it now, after 12 years and getting dragged through the ringer like that, am not impressed.
Dunno about other jobs, yeah could get one but with needing to go to appts probably wouldn't last too long as a new employee. There's a high demand for what I do in Sydney as it's hard to get skilled tradesmen in the industry, particularly ones with decades of experience. But then there's the whole disclosure issues, and if they needed to know or not. Dunno if I could be bothered with it all after this last experience of late with work.