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Like board games?

Thank you, this is so neat! Makes me think back to the days of playing internet backgammon and chess on Windows, and some folks would just exit-out of the game if they knew they would lose. :)

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My manager admitted to me yesterday that she looked at my social media and I donโ€™t know how I feel about it.

Since your manager follows other employees on social media, that behavior may be pretty normal to them in the workplace. I'm not sure how long you've been working there, but I suggest you drop the issue and maybe do some research on how to make your social media accounts more private.

Referring to that as spying comes across as rather immature and naively out-of-touch. Just ignore, brush-off, and don't bring up, any comments at work regarding personal matters. It's quite unbecoming in any workplace to bring turmoil and tension into work. It affects the entire atmosphere, and bringing anything like choosing "sides" adds to the juvenile nature of the kerfuffle.

You don't need their approval in order to be a great employee or hold others respect. If someone in this day and age keeps compromising material on their social media or personal electronic devices then there's always the chance it can bite you in the ***ass. Is it fair when teachers' computers are hacked and a nude photo from a file on their personal computer is copied and passed around, leading to their dismissal "fair?" Not really. We also have to be diligent to protect ourselves from being sitting ducks.

I hope that stuff with your manager blows over soon for you. From a outer-circle point-of-view workplace drama really makes showing up to deal with it a pain. I work in a small independent store where we've all known one another for a few years to over a decade, and there are seven of us. The drama gets really stupid. Sometimes, fellow workers have little going on in their own lives and take pleasure in poking and prodding whoever they can get. Don't take the bait; that's their problem if they need to swaddle themselves in the personal lives of employees and/or acquaintances (at best).
You can do this.

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Advice needed.

If you haven't read it, the article following "Help me with: " at the bottom of Sherlock's post (right above ^), you may find it insightful for yourself or someone close to you.

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Advice needed.

You remind me of myself on really really bad nights. Also, I would like to say that some people (not that you're necessarily included with them) may not have the proper resources to try different medications until finding something that works well with their individual body-chemistry.

During the times where you're looking around, racking your brain of who you can actually reach out to and only ending up with classical literature characters... Writing down how you feel (or typing/drawing if you're too drunk). Don't text people your thoughts or post on social media.

Unfortunately, I'm pretty sure I drink to a drunken stupor most nights unless I'm so tired from work/the day that I can almost immediatly pass-out. Perhaps, when this happens, you might be able to distract yourself long enough to fall asleep, and if/when someone is available, sharing your illustrated thought can still benefit you. If you truly have no one you can think of, just re-reading your writing from your sober point-of-view.

Alcohol has never made time, I would rather make disappear,grow shorter. It just makes life ,in my experience, slow embarrassingly. I don't remember the month of mid-Feb - March due to turmoil, scrubbed away by neuropathiside.

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Being one of the most incarcerated, sickest, overworked, dumbest, fattest, most full of sh*t nations in the world...

I don't think I see the US in such rigid confines. Your freedom is what you make of (or take advantage of). There are many options to escape the confines of the average 'struggler.' It just takes some determination to commit to ones' ideal while abandoning the comforts of their current life (assuming they have minimal commodities) in place of setting an example. This example could be the possibility of a life lived shunning and spitting in the face of corporate-control or concretely dismantling the institutions one feels so trapped and run-over by. If you way the pros an cons of fighting for what you believe in then I believe you will find the answer as to why many people settle for what many see as unacceptable.

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Music post, we used to have one.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGKaPCewPiY

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Had enough.

I can relate about the polypharmcy (which without I would not be here, but that's a different paragraph) mixed with alcohol, and something that has helped is getting lost in artwork (mostly looking at it and brainstorming ideas since creating is draining) which includes film and literature.
I hope something unexpected happens for you that a positive catalyst.

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Had enough.

I'm just wondering, do you think a new sense of belonging (to what, is ever-expending)could change things for you?

Sorry, I'm not familiar with all there is to the situation. Nor am I trying to prod. Just wondering. I hope sorting through some of your ideas brings with it a sense of stability, JN. I see this post is from a few days ago, but so much can happen in just one day.

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tried to listen to the current alt.

I feel like when it comes to some modern art, like film and music, that they're a lot like good mushrooms. You have to do some proper rooting around.

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I hate when people are harassing me by being polite...

I think this happens to at work sometimes? It's usually snobby suburban ladies and middle-aged, subcontinental-Asian men (just my experience) who talk to me as though, despite working in a bookstore, I can't tell an unabridged copy of The Hunchback of Notre Dame (which really doesn't warrant abridgement in my opinion) from a 1970's edition of *******Playboy. Their patronizing attitude is rather unappreciated.

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