"I called in because I can;t fucking take it anymore" UPDATE

starmap3333

I called in yesterday... a BS excuse about a fever... a young child.... an ear infection.. and no child care. I cook, clean, run a cash register... deal with truckers. anybody else? I want to quit so bad but have a mouth to feed and cannot do such things.

well, there's the vent. thanks for listening. 26 fucking days to go....

UPDATE: i'm still stuck in this fucking place 7 months later....nothing around here... just nothing. i can drive again in the next month or so finally. does there ever come a time where, when your job is making you unhappy to the point where YOU are making everyone around you unhappy, you just radically depart with no safety net when you have a wife and child to support?

PureandEasy

they're called mental health days, we all need them, just don't abuse them

Jokertt14

Yeah . truckers hitting on you all day . Would make it a long one .

whispering hands

I think everyone has had to do that at least once! Thank God my job hasn't gotten to me like that yet, but at this pace, I can see it coming in the next year or so.. let's sere how long it takes..LOL

Ms. Haiku

I definitely take more personal day off/mental health days when I don't like my job.

Last year was a difficult year, and I definitely needed them. I would notify my boss I wasn't feeling well, which was totally true. I could hardly get up out of bed.

mysticweed

starmap3333 wrote:

I called in yesterday... a BS excuse about a fever... a young child.... an ear infection.. and no child care. I cook, clean, run a cash register... deal with truckers. anybody else? I want to quit so bad but have a mouth to feed and cannot do such things.

well, there's the vent. thanks for listening. 26 fucking days to go....

actually you are my new hero for not quitting

and yes

26 fucking days and counting . . .

The Crooked Heart

PureandEasy wrote:

they're called mental health days, we all need them, just don't abuse them

I have a coworker who calls in to say she has diarrhea at least once a week. I want to ask her if she thinks I'm an idiot.

Thief of Silence

I know where you're coming from. I should be working as an Elementary teacher, but since my requests to transfer out of my school - even with medical notes supporting this, have been denied, I've been on an unpaid sick leave for the last year... and who knows when anything might happen.

Hugh Freaking Dillon

starmap3333 wrote:

I called in yesterday... a BS excuse about a fever... a young child.... an ear infection.. and no child care. I cook, clean, run a cash register... deal with truckers. anybody else? I want to quit so bad but have a mouth to feed and cannot do such things.

well, there's the vent. thanks for listening. 26 fucking days to go....

I'm in the same boat. Hate my job with a passion. Have two young daughters. Have continuously asked my wife if I could just quit to find something I really love.........no dice. But seriously...........together we make about $90K. About 60% her. No real (non-investment) debt, just one car payment and house payment. I'm pretty sure we could scrape by even if I didn't find a job, and plus we'd save bundles on daycare!

brother123

i'm taking 3 weeks off. New job starts after that so. . . told the other job to stuff it

dunkman

what the fuck is a mental health day?

Mikee J

Someone told me once that "mental health days" are a legit and part of the normal working life in some Scandinavian countries. Its accepted that some days you just need to stay under the duvet and block the world out.. pretty cool i recon.

starmap3333

hey thanks for the responses. i've made many mistakes in my life that have led me to this shitty and intolerable job. iwas a cps worker and then a medicaid service coordinator for a total of 11 years but i was fired when i lost my license for dwi. can't seem to get anything decent with this on my record but i do get my license back in january finally and i am praying that i will be able to get back into my profession once i can drive and am able to make meetings, home visits, etc. for now i will have to keep waiting on these fuckers for $9 an hour. so discouraging and, frankly, psychologically painful. 23 fucking days!!! :0)

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fuckin A

i could use a mental health month

PureandEasy

brother123 wrote:

i'm taking 3 weeks off. New job starts after that so. . . told the other job to stuff it

I love you Max, that Who thing is fucking awesome.

PureandEasy

Mikee J wrote:

Someone told me once that "mental health days" are a legit and part of the normal working life in some Scandinavian countries. Its accepted that some days you just need to stay under the duvet and block the world out.. pretty cool i recon.

I work in HR and I know our HR manager fully accepts and understands the need for mental health days. She's a great boss.

I just wish the rest of management around here was more like her.

unlost dogs

The Crooked Heart wrote:

PureandEasy wrote:

they're called mental health days, we all need them, just don't abuse them

I have a coworker who calls in to say she has diarrhea at least once a week. I want to ask her if she thinks I'm an idiot.

...or if she washes her hands properly upon exiting the restroom.

:shock:

dcfaithful

PureandEasy wrote:

they're called mental health days, we all need them, just don't abuse them

Great advice.

I took a mental health day recently and went on a hike in the Utah woods with just myself and my dog. It was truly fantastic. The next day though I ended up catching a gnarly cold.

WTF? Bittersweet.

dcfaithful

PureandEasy wrote:

Mikee J wrote:

Someone told me once that "mental health days" are a legit and part of the normal working life in some Scandinavian countries. Its accepted that some days you just need to stay under the duvet and block the world out.. pretty cool i recon.

I work in HR and I know our HR manager fully accepts and understands the need for mental health days. She's a great boss.

I just wish the rest of management around here was more like her.

It's great you acknowledge your one of a kind manager.

Mine makes me sick to my stomach. :evil:

PureandEasy

She was brought in from another region because basically the last one was a nightmare. She was literally forced out through responses in an employee survey. Some of the responses were down right nasty. And it was across the board, no one wanted to go to HR for anything.

She was hated and feared.

And now, this woman has been here about 3 years and has made a tremedous amount of progress, but like I said, some of the other management staff just have too much power and it holds us back here in HR.

dcfaithful

PureandEasy wrote:

She was brought in from another region because basically the last one was a nightmare. She was literally forced out through responses in an employee survey. Some of the responses were down right nasty. And it was across the board, no one wanted to go to HR for anything.

She was hated and feared.

And now, this woman has been here about 3 years and has made a tremedous amount of progress, but like I said, some of the other management staff just have too much power and it holds us back here in HR.

Sounds all too familiar.