#i'm this coworker to my coworkers btw

[mylittleredgirl]

they recently had us switch to a new organization and calendar system at work (including some new software but mostly “this is how you should organize your entire life and you will know peace and never miss a task again!!”). at least half of the system is just a digital version of what i was already doing, and other parts of it are better, so i have no idea why it took me out at the knees. i had been riding a long sweet wave of low anxiety and now i'm trapped in a byzantine maze of highly doable tasks and shaking like a shelter dog in a crate—the exact opposite of what the system is supposed to do.

and the craziest part is that somehow... i can't seem to go back to my old system anymore either?? it's only been a few weeks! i used that for five years!! it’s like i have forgotten how to do the most basic parts of my job or make decisions. my brain turned into a stack of marbles and now they’re all over the floor.

like damn, apparently those crayola markers and glitter stickers were a load-bearing structural element of my professional competence. how do i explain that to regular people.

#i would love for this new system to work for me! it looks fantastic!! #i'm told if we 'fight through our resistance' and 'commit to it completely' it'll Fix Us and we'll never be stressed again #they took away my highlighters and my higher brain functions expired on the spot #fyi a coworker asked 'hey what about neurodivergence' and they said 'actually everyone with adhd loves it and it fixed them :)' #so...???? to be fair idk if i have even have adhd. like a psych professional told me i do but in the funniest possible way #it was an aside as i was leaving an appointment. columbo-style medical diagnosis. #'btw this is also wrong with you. but the meds would fuck you up so don't worry about it ¯\_(ツ)_/¯' #thanks? okay. sounds good boss 👍

[thelastspeecher]

Inspired by the tornado warning that kept me at work yesterday past when I was supposed to leave and the footage and photos showing up of yesterday's tornadoes...

Storm chaser AU

#look people who grow up in tornado prone areas tend to be rather blase about them #(all my coworkers left work during the active tornado warning while I stayed in the basement) #so what I'm getting at here is that tornadoes and severe storms in general are a likely loophole for McGucket Anxiety #and storm chasing would be a helluva way to tap into those McGucket Unhinged Tendencies #anyways idk what do y'all think #(btw I'm fine the tornado warning was for radar indicated rotation #and even that wasn't in the exact area I was in. it was in the next city over) #(where I am got a lot of hail and wind and rain but no tornadoes came even close to me) #speecher speaks #Storm Chasers AU

[batsplat]

deeply compelled by this photo

#finishing rec lists by doing the most important part - using my 30 image allowance to splice up the text #and well they can't all make it... and i'm fond enough of this photo i'm posting it on its own #I Just Think It's Interesting (and slightly comical) how friendly they are to each other in person for the most part #like you'll get them saying the foulest shit about them in the press and then u compare with the footage/photos from the time and go? #now sure you could say being polite to a coworker you hate is an incredibly low bar. but. like. it's often not one riders clear!! #I feel fairly confident about why this is the case from valentino's side of the equation #casey's is a little more... hm because the thing is it's not like we have a big enough feud sample size to compare with #but i just find it something kinda fun about him... like yeah he's blunt to the point of being wildly tactless... #but also friendly with valentino who he thinks is basically the devil... he has layers... #// #brr brr #WARM smiles towards someone he at this stage definitely loathes as a rider if nothing else... idk it's interesting #it does add a specific fun vibe to that rivalry imo #like they are SO nasty to each other in the press and then it's all :)) how have you been valentino :) congrats on the wonderful race :) #the list is done btw i need to read it through two more times to grammar check (not fact check i don't believe in that) and then i'll Post

[mahikamihan]

🧚🧚🧚pt. 2

#neeko #syanne77 #nephelloyd #thecodemiko #tinakitten #pokimane #xchocobars #lilypichu #quarterjade #kkatamina #sydeon #btw i'm trying my best to make sure im just posting those who are absolutely CCs #i might have not checked there were a couple of the who were colleagues or coworkers on the last post #sorry if this was against their boundaries

[zevrans]

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#it's my last shift in 2 days and then i'm leaving this job i'm actually so happy i no longer has to work there! 🎉 #i need to find a new one asap of course but i never had energy to do so on my off days so i'll focus on that now #i've endured the hardest shifts with freezing -25-30 °C where the heater conditioner did absolutely nothing #shifts with the roof leaking trying to not let the orders of customers get wet constantly wiping shelves throughout 2 days on top #of everything i has to do #these past 2 days sewage system froze and i had no water to wash my hands or use the restroom properly..🤦‍♀️ #i know the wet hand wipes are bad for ecology but man they continously saved me and also i had to wash my hands using water from kettle and #i had to do it outside freezing of course because the sink and restroom are in another building and i didnt have time to constantly walk #there.. and this on top of 2 last weeks of december being especially batshit crazy stressful and having heated karen encounters each shift. #and it was so hard on me because i am a nonconfrontational person and i don't like arguing with people #but i learned so much in these months of working there and for that experience i am still grateful :") #it's bittersweet that i won't see the friendly regulars that were always kind to me anymore tho 😔 and my coworker came yesterday #and we spoke for like an hour or so and he said he is is sad that i'm leaving because i'm such a nice person and a great coworker 🥺 #ngl this made me sad too but life goes on.. he said he'll be leaving in a month too #said he didn't think that i'll leave first 😂 #i woke up almost an hour ago from 3 bg3 related dreams in a row btw 😂🤦‍♀️ i need to play 🙈 ok i need to get up first..😭 #tbd

[writterings]

i should not be reading yaoi at work and yet here we are

#boss ain't here coworkers ain't here it's just me and the work bestie and we're just on our phones #for context work bestie is a 40smth year old married mother of 2 with one kid my age #also. me and WHO. i'm the top btw.

[mod2amaryllis]

hey :) im drunk and you said on a previous post that people can ask y ou anything and my brain interpreted that as "oh that means you should ask her something!" uhhhhhh what is your favourite dog breed

scruffy! fucking! mutts!

like JOANIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

#with big brown eyes btw!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #i'm serious about this #no breed does it for me like scruffy bearded mutts #i'll be at work and if a coworker sees a scruffy mutt they'll inform me bc youy know i'll be taking fucking pictchore! #i'm actively trying right now and i can't think of a single breed to offer instead. not even mini aussies cuz goose is just too special. #scruff mutt :3 #m2a #m2answers #dogs #my pets #joanie jett #...ok i do like irish wolfhounds but i'd never own one #the lifespan </3

[katierosefun]

making original characters and watching them grow is so cool and also so funny because i really thought one of my original characters was bisexual but then i realize no. no he’s gay. he’s gay. this other character? i thought that she was straight. she is bisexual now because no straight woman looks at another pretty woman like that. one of my characters has barged into my room and gone, “btw. my mentor figure has a weird ass relationship with the diner owner btw. yeah i think they’re lovers.” and i’m just. “he couldn’t tell me that himself?” and this other character goes, “no. i’m just telling u for him. because you know he won’t tell you himself.” and that’s just. that’s just how it be

#caroline talks #writing . .. . original characters is fascinating and i love it #but also every once in a while i'm like ' . .. . hey why are you now an important character' #one of my original character's sudden love interest who i initially wrote as a joke of a bad coworker: idk. your main lead man is in love #with me though. #me: but why. he's supposed to hate you. he thinks you're annoying #this random oc who REALLY wasn't supposed to be important: idk :) he must find my annoyingness endearing deep down #me turning on that other oc who i thought was bi but apparently is now gay and pining after his goddamn cubicle buddy: .. . . DUDE #and then. in the other side of the story #one of my original characters is actively knocking on my door and going 'btw. tristian is in love with nathan. i think it's real and it's #not just a joke this time' #me: what. #her: yeah it's supposed to be super tragic btw. it'll be tristian's one (1) redeeming factor. that he's in love with someone he won't ever #be able to have. it's all about love. or whatever. bye. #me: . .. . WHAT!!!! WHAT!!!! WHAT !!!! #and maybe this all sounds cringe but also #sometimes. i don't feel like a writer when it comes to original stories #i feel like a scribe because my characters will just bang through the doors #and go 'yeah no. i wouldn't say that' #me: then what would you say #them: . . . . well. not that #rainbow rowell actually has a brilliant short story that plays with this idea #and i. like. yeah no. yeah.

[eldrichfuck666]

why every time i log on tumblr i feel like everyone hates me secretly and hardly can interact because of this stupid feeling like something bad is going to happen or that i shouldn't try to interact with anyone since it's useless and everyone literally hates me with passion already and everything i do and say is wrong and bad and i shouldn't exist?... LIKE I SWEAR every time i'm online i feel just like that for no reason at all... maybe i shouldn't be here at all?.. i hate feeling this way since i barely get any hate and like.. its just the inner feeling and my brain

#delete later #olya's rambles #im so tired... why #i'm so anxious about interacting with more than five people on this website #yes i'm scared of what other people think constanstly so please #if you wanted to block me long time ago for any reason or no reason at all please do and if you hate me or just... dont like me i guess? #this is not directed at anyone btw i just feel this way about one of my coworkers on other social like i feel like they hate me with passio #they probably do #or maybe its just ocd i have no idea #is it weird to feel like that all the time?... #i hate this feeling #nonsims #tw vent

[larryrickard]

i had a dream that i made little cards that say "THEY!" on them that i handed out to people at work who got my pronouns wrong, immediately after they got it wrong. and in smaller text (or on the back) it said "i don't want an apology, i want you to do better" or "don't say you're sorry, DO BETTER" and ..... i kind of want to do it. maybe i'll get some moo cards made lmao

various scenarios included:

me slamming it down on a desk in front of them.

instead i had stickers, would slowly peel one off while they watched, and stick it on it on them.

handing out a quarter sheet piece of paper based on the 'i caught being good' tags we'd get in kindergarten which said 'i got caught misgendering hallie/my coworker'. it would have their name and date on it and a giant 🙁 face. i had them as a pad of paper and would hold up a finger to say 'wait a second', dramatically pull it out of my back pocket, take my pen out of another pocket, slowly fill it out in front of them, and hand it to them while staring them in the eyes.

getting a whiteboard for the outer side of my cubicle wall that said '[days] since i was misgendred' (with a bonus by saying 'last offender: [name]'

i also dreamt that i got into trouble for it because i was making people feel bad and was 'creating a hostile work environment'. i was just like.... okay and how do you think i feel? and my boss shut up real fuckin quick. dunno if that would be the case irl but if that does happen i can only dream.

#tired of the people who say 'i'm trying but i'm going to make mistakes' #ok sure i definitely mess up sometimes too but when it's not even close to 50/50 let alone merely uncommon ............. fuck you #what's sad is it's all people i like and it hurts so much #in the dream it the cards also said something about how i'm not a girl. not a lady. not a woman. stop saying that word to me ... #... in plural when i'm with female coworkers. about half the time i say 'not a lady' and only about half the time it's acknowleged #or that one who constantly posts female-empowering images on ig which are alienating bc it's clearly very binary #and getting comments like 'well it applies to you to!!!' why bc i have a pussy? fuck off #and she'll sometimes say 'thank you for your patience' (what patience) or 'have patience with me' (no.) #i've also thought of holding up my name tag in their faces bc my previous boss had it specially made for me #it's got my name position and pronouns #same boss tho..... he was REALLY consistent about using my pronouns but one day used she/her three times in a row before eventually... #... correcting himself and the next day i told him that really sucked especially from him and he later told me i should have been nicer... #... about it. i was PISSED. i said 'well then how should i have said it?' i don't even remember his answer i just know i wanted to go... #... off on him SO BADLY bc he said it 'hurt his feelings'. well too fucking bad bc every time i'm misgendered it makes me want to... #...die inside a little and feels like at the very least a tiny punch to the gut but that felt like being stabbed esp since it was a new hir #he also said 'ok but i corrected myself' yeah AT THE END after doing it THREE TIMES and that's not the point here #anyway lol this dream definitely stirred up shit unfortunately but i'm serious when i say i might actually have these made #like both my internal email and external emails have my pronouns in them (i had to campaign for this btw so thank you me) #but i recently added my own custom signature with 'they/them' in it that has a link about using pronouns correctly #me #lgbtq #nonbinary

[jonathanrook]

okay so like. mymusic is about internalized transphobia. right. we can all agree on this. right.

like, i know that curtis's arc is meant to be allegorical for coming out as gay, but it makes a lot more sense for him to be trans, which means that the music genre(s) you like are akin to genders in this universe, or at least at mymusic.

following this logic, flowchart doesn't like music, making him nonbinary.

which two employees does indie resent the most? flowchart and nerdcore, both for their inability to conform to his rules of music taste gender. we know that indie puts a lot of effort into being a proper impassive hipster, which theoretically he shouldn't have to if that was truly who he was (not to mention that he does this to please his father, which, oof.) we also know that indie can envision himself becoming a nerd, which is specifically the subculture/stereotype most explicitly presented as being "trans."

#rachel rants #mymusicshow #one of my coworkers (l) is writing a story rn #and she's been bringing in spinets of it every week for another one of my coworkers (a) and i to critique #and it's about this princess whose father wants her to marry the king of a neighboring kingdom but she doesn't want to #so she runs away to follow in her late mother's footsteps of being a witch #and all the witches are unwed women who live out in the woods together #and the men in power in this society fucking hate them but there is a certain level of pride that comes from “taming” these witches #and taking one as a bride despite their magical past #and anyway. at one point when reading this i just started autoreplacing any mentions of these witches with “lesbians” bc. well. #and the other day we got to the part where the main character properly confronts this man she's betrothed to and she tells him: #“i doubt you'd want me now. i'm a witch.” #and i told l that i fully read that as “you wouldn't want me bc i'm a dyke” #and a was like "you know when you're in english class and there's always that one person who says every story is about being gay? #“i feel like that's rachel” #anyway. y'all after this post #btw i'm deffo not that way about every story i just call it like i see it

[wingsandpetals]

how the fuck can i wave my dick in the wind in these conditions

#my zoomer coworker wont let this go btw. he sees me and he says how's your dick. is it waving in the wind #he doesn't even know who ween is. despite dressing me down for not having seen the spongebob movie #run it by me again how i'm the fake fan #our post comrade.

[yohankang]

that moment when you really need to watch something cheerful but your watchlist is just crime dramas mixed with action thrillers 😐

#i'm so tired of crying i decided it's time to escape to a fictional world #i'm on a period and that explains why everything annoys me and makes me cry. but this time it's boosted #i've been looking forward to meeting my friend and family on the weekend but now i want to cry when i think of getting out of bed #i think i will clean up my room and exercise tomorrow to feel better.... #and meet my friend in the evening #and if i still feel shitty in the morning then i just won't go to a family dinner.... #ah i really want to forget about everything #sorry i've been so inactive here but tbh i feel like shit and my anxiety levels are through the roof #3 of my coworkers asked me if something happened bc i looked so bad #which only annoyed me lmaoooo but anyway. i will be fine soon i just need to be dramatic first etc. #i'm kissing you all #k.txt #btw if any of you have any drama recs pls send them my way. i just need something light that's also not a straight romance...

[smallboyonherbike]

haven't done this in a minute - these are all on my 40 book "next to read" TBR pulled in rotation from my giant 1000+ overall TBR so i do plan to get to them but outsourcing the actual decision of which next!

#poll #polls #tumblr poll #book poll #also technically i just borrowed a new romance so i'm gonna read that first #but the winner will be after they #i'm slamming books these days bc i read all day at work in btw sending the occasional email #also fun fact i've met ashley poston bc my friend slash former coworker is friends w her #and like the fantasy one of hers i read but meaning to read more #also also obvs i haven't read any of these so the summaries are v general based on book summary

[piglii]

man I am not crazy and like there definitely are people out there that have worksonas right? like I definitely have a Work Alex who is a much more cordial and stripped down version of Regular Alex. Work Alex always tries to be eminently agreeable and capable of occasionally making small talk about the weather or work related stuff but never delves into any deep topic or things related to his personal life. Work Alex is more closer to being a robot that managed to get a quick scan of my real brain personality and only includes the barest tinges of it in his day to day work interactions, for the slightest amount of flavor so that people don’t completely forget that I’m a person.

#my posts #like I'm not crazy for thinking that way right #never worked a customer facing job btw this is all just with coworkers

[oculusxcaro]

Tag 10 people you want to know better

favourite colour: blue and orange! song stuck in your head: don't regret - tatu last song you listened to: destroy me - mr. kitty 3 favourite foods: tomato and cheese pasta, sweet chilli rice crackers, granny smith apples dream trip: greece (or cyprus) anything I want rn: shit, I don't know? a good night's sleep and a tall glass of fresh inspiration juice sounds really good right about now maybe? ♥

tagged by: @qu-tipie and @sheldoney (thank you both ♡) tagging: @arkhmlcst, @bdybag, @dcmonshcad, @draggeddowntothedark, @elisethetraveller, @goldenmedic, @pains-illusions, @paleobird, @sebastianshaw, @the-rorschach-mask (and anybody else who'd like to do this?)

#🌈 || dashboard games #🌈 || memes #;; mun bullshit #Thank you for the tags lovelies! #I apologize if I've tagged anybody who has already done this #Chip's online persona is now a potato fairy btw #That me :D #I'm not that exciting but I hope you enjoyed these anyway #I must finish the other day's memes #I meant to finish them last night but work was hard #It was good but it pushed my busted knee too far so a coworker shared her painkillers #I will buy her chocolate next time we work together <3 #Feeling okay now but still a bit sleepy #Happy Father's Day to everyone (and a lovely day to those who don't celebrate it for whatever reason) #Quick edit I changed a song asdfghjkl #There is a lot stuck in my head rn