Ecogrooviness at work

[twirlgrrl]

Well, howdy, everybody! I have a bunch of new LJ friends, thanks to the fabulous and amazing slinksgirl, and I should be writing a bunch of dazzling new entries to welcome everyone to my super cool LJ, but I am BEE-HEE-HEE-HEEAT. I am so tired that I feel like I'm walking uphill with every step, and it makes me weepy.

This morning I had a meeting in Santa Cruz (1.5 hours away) and I was up at 5am preparing for it. When I got to the meeting and passed out the agenda packets, this one doctor totally bitched me out in front of everyone because I had pressed the wrong button on the copier without noticing and not only were the copies single-sided instead of double-sided, but the machine had inserted an entire blank piece of paper in between each page. So instead of 6 pages long the agenda was 24 pages long. The doctor didn't stop talking when I said it was a mistake--nooo, he gave the whole room a giant lecture on how reducing and reusing was even more important than recycling because recycling uses so much energy and blah blah blah, and OMG it was all I could do not to dissolve into tears at the table. I wanted to explain how the mistake got made and apologize more and explain how I've been cutting the agenda down to a smaller size every month and how ecogroovy I normally am and that I taught a bunch of my friends how to recycle back in the day and how much I care about the planet and how I'm a dirty tree-hugging hippie but of course that would have been silly. So I just sat there feeling stupid while he went on and on and on. Awesome.

Of course I pulled it together and the rest of the meeting went great but yeah, I need a nap. Hope you are all having a better and more energetic day than I am.

Comments

[thexphial.livejournal.com]

Oh man, don't you hate it when some piece of technology gets you in trouble? Apparently our work fax machine ate the consent forms I sent to the daycare we were supposed to screen this morning and I got chewed out by all the people who showed up only to find that there were no kids to screen because they never got the consents. Stupid machines.

[twirlgrrl.livejournal.com]

Damn.

Do you work for a daycare licensing agency or something?

[thexphial.livejournal.com]

I work for Early Childhood Intervention. One of the things we do in order to identify kids who have delays and need therapy or educational help is to offer free developmental screenings to kids through their daycare. It takes a fair bit of cooperation, planning and organization, and it's really annoying when it falls through.

[twirlgrrl.livejournal.com]

Ah, yes, I remember signing a consent for my son to be screened at preschool last year, but I don't think he was ever screened. We took him out of preschool early.

[simplifying.livejournal.com]

Like you did it on purpose. He sounds like a bit of a dick.

[gen-here.livejournal.com]

This.

[twirlgrrl.livejournal.com]

Sadly, a lot of doctors are. And I really liked this guy until then.

[aubreym.livejournal.com]

Wow, what a douche. How could someone think you did that on purpose? Sounds like he was a bit of a power-tripper.

[twirlgrrl.livejournal.com]

Ha, what doctor isn't? Well, we know a few, don't we...

[yellowdusk.livejournal.com]

Cruel.

[ninjalie.livejournal.com]

:( I make so many mistakes like that, it really sucks when people jump down your throat about things you already know you fucked up lol.

[alexisyael.livejournal.com]

Even if you had done that on purpose (and that's with a HUGE stretch of the imagination), berating someone like that during a meeting is a) incredibly rude and b) a waste of every single person there's time and c) stupid. That info could all have gone in an email after, or privately asked about afterwords.

Sounds like he was having a shitty day or else is just an ass. BLAH!

BUT: Santa Cruz is awesome otherwise, isn't it? I lurve it soooo much down there :D

[twirlgrrl.livejournal.com]

I went to high school just down the coast from SC, so I've spent a lot of time there, and yes, I love it. I don't get to do any hanging out on my work days there, because I take Blue to playschool at 9am, drive to the hospital by 10:30, work until 3:30 and drive home to get him at 5. And that's only 5 hours to get everything done down there. I need to go more often because I'm getting really behind.

It was super rude of him because yeah, it took up everyone's time, and everyone heard me say it was a mistake and apologize at the BEGINNING of his tirade. A big part of my job is dealing with doctors, and I usually love it, but this sort of thing just bugs me out. Especially because it happens so rarely.

*edited for over-sharing on a public entry*

[annabeliss.livejournal.com]

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Briefly; I am an artist, Scandinavian, 30 years... more form my LJ, I wish you will add me back!

[twirlgrrl.livejournal.com]

Hi! Thanks for adding me, I added you back. I don't have time for a formal introduction or your new-friends survey at the moment but I will try to catch up with you as time allows. Meanwhile, welcome!

[annabeliss.livejournal.com]

It's totally ok, I'm happy to get to know you better via your journal. Thanks for adding me!