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- RANT ALERT -


By the way, simpering helpless women piss the shit out of me.

It may work on some idiot guy who's easily taken in by a smile. But it DOES NOT work on women. As a matter of fact, it makes said woman (me) want to reach out and slap some sense into you.

I have a colleague who's on duty with me. She first started out, on an ad-hoc basis for night shift, about 6 months ago. I am willing to bet anything you want that she's done night shift on and off from 6 months ago till now. 6 months, people. She's not a newbie on my night shift anymore, not by my standards.

And today, she sat at the wrong side to access the emails. So I tell her, you have to move to this side (where I'm at) to access the platform. She comes over, and says oh, the PC's not working. And whilst she's saying this, she's HOLDING THE MOUSE UP IN THE AIR, WHERE IT'S OBVIOUSLY NOT PLUGGED IN. Oh wow. I have to restrain myself right then and there. So I plug in the mouse for her, and she goes wow, so strong. I walk away and mutter wow, so stupid.

Lookit, the mouse plugs in to the moniter, an LCD moniter, not one of those bulky heavy ones. So you tell me, just how strong does one have to be to tip over the moniter and plug in the mouse? Can you tell I am seriously riled?

And this is the start of it... she doesn't know her extension, she's not sure if the PC can load, and she's sighing like it's the most dramatically dreadful thing in the world. I am hard pressed to remain calm and if she catches my grouchy face, I'm not going to pretend it's all ok, honey.

It most certainly is not.

If the office asks you to do something, it is up to you to define your own work targets, your own extension, your own requirements. It is not for you to agree, then walk away, then act blur when the time comes to DO it. I am not here to babysit you, which I loathe anyways. And I refuse to take your stupidity with calm equanimity because you don't deserve that sort of respect.


God help me.... I think I'm about to shake her physically. lol.