The shit, SHIT day thread

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The shit, SHIT day thread
OP - February 10, 2010, 10:25 AM

I am sick since yesterday. My tonsils are swollen and it?s very difficult to swallow. I was dizzy and nauseous for all of yesterday evening, and now I feel drained. I went to doctor?s office near where I work and the woman (very annoying and talkative, not the sort that makes you confident in her skills) said I have pharyngitis, prescribed meds and a two-day sick leave. I went to two pharmacies, and neither of them have the meds I need, because recently the government enforced a law banning all sorts of products from being imported (mostly medicines) so they are unavailable everywhere. And I cannot go on a sick leave because given my company?s fantastic social policy, those days will either be deducted from my salary (I really can?t afford that right now) or from my annual leave (same thing, I have to travel in a couple of months). So all can do is stay in my office and feel miserable.

And the day didn?t start good either. I was sitting in the bus minding my own business when some guy came and sat next to me and made himself at home by spreading his legs and taking up a good portion of my personal space. I didn?t say anything but kept sort of pushing him away as I can?t stand physical contact with strangers. At some point, the gentleman had the nerve to tell me that he wasn?t going to eat me. I lost it and told him to piss off and get away from there and let me leave my seat. So I spent the rest of the drive standing while listening to that guy bickering with the driver (who saw fit to take my defence, misunderstanding my action since he thought I had got up not out of anger, but because the guy was groping me). I was wear passing out so I didn?t correct him, but I suppose I should have.

Here?s to shit days. And it?s only 11:24 am.

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Re: The shit, SHIT day thread
Reply #1 - February 10, 2010, 11:24 AM

Oh, Naerys that sucks!

I got told off by my boss for being 10 minutes late into work yesterday then, at the local pool where I go for my weekly swim after work I got into an arguement with this guy who decided to be a showoff in the fast lane and was getting into everybody's way. I told him that he was being rude and he told me to go into another lane. I said I had every right to swim in the fast lane as I am there to exercise and can swim fast but this guy was rediculous and he was pissing everybody off. I told him that if he wanted to be a showoff then he should go find the pool for showoffs. I am there for my exercise and am not trying out for the f**king Olympics.

I was so pissed off after that that I started swimming REALLY FAST and got a muscle cramp so I couldn't finish my 30 lengths like I wanted to.

Sometimes I really miss the women-only sessions I used to go to back in my hijabi days.

Why do men have to be such pigs in public places?

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Reply #2 - February 10, 2010, 12:26 PM

Do you still need the meds?
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Reply #3 - February 10, 2010, 01:15 PM

Nour: :/ I can relate with the asshole boss thing.

Kenan: I do. I'm getting worse, and I just got a phone call from my dad saying he couldn't find the meds in pharmacies near home :S

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Reply #4 - February 10, 2010, 01:37 PM

Quote from: Naerys on February 10, 2010, 10:25 AM
I went to two pharmacies, and neither of them have the meds I need, because recently the government enforced a law banning all sorts of products from being imported (mostly medicines) so they are unavailable everywhere.

Why would they ban pharmaceuticals from being imported?

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Re: The shit, SHIT day thread
Reply #5 - February 10, 2010, 03:16 PM

Quote from: Naerys on February 10, 2010, 10:25 AM
And I cannot go on a sick leave because given my company?s fantastic social policy, those days will either be deducted from my salary (I really can?t afford that right now) or from my annual leave (same thing, I have to travel in a couple of months). So all can do is stay in my office and feel miserable.

Jesus! That sounds like the kind of f**ked up Puritan work policy that most companies in the U.S. have for their employees i.e., you are only allowed to be sick for 3 days per year, if you are sick more than three days, kiss your pay/annual leave (what little you get there) goodbye.

Naerys, I hope you can get your meds.

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Re: The shit, SHIT day thread
Reply #6 - February 10, 2010, 06:56 PM

Q: they want to "promote" local generic pharmaceutical products. And since the industry isn't all that great, you get this sort of situations. Who cares if people die? Though I did manage to find the stuff, eventually (after searching in four other pharmacies).

Nour: I know, right? In my company you don't even get those three days. If you want to be reimbursed for sick leave, you have to do a whole lot of paper work and go to the social security organization yourself, thus missing work (and not being paid for that).

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And he's the mother of grief
There's only sorrow for tomorrow
Surely life is too brief
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