Tough Day at Work…

I'm half way through a 12 hour night shift at a neighbouring store for part of their refit, and the plans have all gone to fuck because the electrician hasn't bothered to turn up.

My last week at work. After 6 years It's ended on a wet fart of a year. Endless lip service to what recommendations I made and requests I asked for but never followed through because something else took management's attention, endlessly being told how appreciated I am but never actually shown real word appreciation by listening to me only those who shout the loudest and complain the most and a DOS (director of studies) not entirely sure they want to be a DOS by forever saying "I don't want to get involved" in matters that involve them.

And to top of it off WhatsApping me a week before I go to ask, for the first time, when I'm leaving the country as they assumed I'd be leaving my apartment 2 days after my last working day as they've only suddenly realised they want a new teacher to live there next Monday. Very much appreciated.

I would like that.

fuck

Jesus, that's awful simple. Do you get support yourself for stuff like this?

Got CC’d into the feedback from the crisis team intervention on that student. They’ve determined that he’s not at any immediate risk.

He also sent me a message outraged that I’d reported him to welfare and that this was something I should never have done because he’s not crazy and I’m causing trouble for him (his words).

Maybe don’t tell me that you’re going to take your own life in response to an email you didn’t like from one of the faculty administers then.

Fuck what a stressful couple of days.

I don’t know if he was bluffing or if it was just a moment of panic but I’ve had friends who’ve actually done it so seeing him write it out with the finality that he did was certainly a moment of panic for me.

I had tomorrow off anywhere but I think I might it for a long walk to forget everything in my inbox rather than catching up with housework.

Boy who cried wolf, fucks sake. Narcissistic cunt then.

Never doubt for a second that you did the right thing referring it immediately to safeguarding.

Thanks

I know I did the right thing, and it did look legit to the point where the crisis response included calling him and sending the Police to his address - which is as immediate a threat to wellbeing as we have. We’d even had to brief the university’s press office so that they were prepared for the news.

Its a heck of a one-two to first receive a message that says because of what simple and his colleague have done I have nothing left, I’m forwarding all of our correspondence to my family and then I’ll do it. The consequences for my family are the fault of the university.

And then he gets mad at me for embarrassing him by intervening when it turns out he wasn’t at risk.

Its pretty exhausting.

Plus, y’know, the thing I was talking to him about was to let him return to one of our courses and the faculty registrar had agreed to let him back on. He just had to wait until the next time the modules ran in September and January.

Given the students behaviour I'd question if he should be allowed to rejoin the course.

Not sure what services are available but his tutor needs to have a word about responsible behaviour.

I remember when you said you were starting there and it does indeed feel like recent times. Certainly post covid, which I think happened in the mid 80s when I wore an onion in my belt...

Time is like an anime vagina. It can be great, but sometimes a giant penis grows out of it and fucks you lubeless and thoroughly

It's an incredibly first world problem as I've worked in places that don't even have a canteen, but following the planned changes our canteen no longer provides toast at breakfast.

Upshot of this is that I'll no longer be using the canteen in the morning, as having eggs on toast was a simple pleasure.

At least I'll be saving some money and avoiding some calories (lol not really, went to the costa next door for a croissant instead)