#work things

[xiaq]

#lol #but like #its not wrong #work things

[bbydollx36x]

They got me working out in the rain 🫠

#me #personal #work #work things

[beauty-in-your-presence]

Sorry for disappearing! I have been working so much I forgot I was real.

I give you space cowboy 🤠🪐☄️👽

#me #cute #melbourne #selfie #brown eyes #brunette #mixed girl #brown hair #mirror selfie #space cowgirl #work things

[soberscientistlife]

#pandemic #covidー19 #work things

[abcd-adventures]

I am letting myself have a good cry this morning. It's needed. I feel so, so, so incredibly lucky to do the work that I do every day and to have the people I have in my life. But, when you love people so much, it's all the harder to see them in pain or struggling...and harder still to give them the space and autonomy to make their own choices in their own time and to feel and take their time to experience the hard and uncomfortable feelings...because selfishly I want people to feel better so I feel better, even if I know that's not how it works. Lol Hence, the good cry. :)

One of my new clients is my age and struggling with a plethora of diagnoses that have baffled medical professionals, and he's basically been told that he's a ticking time bomb. HE'S SO FUCKING GRACEFUL ABOUT ALL OF IT, and he's this amazing part of our community and has come in and is doing so much to help all of these other people and he is an incredible artist. I love talking with him and am in awe of how reflective and deeply kind he is. I know that he needs a place to not be ok, and by God I will make sure I provide that, but it means I have to find time to not be ok so I can keep my shit together during our sessions because even after a short time working with him, I know I am going to be CRUSHED when I lose him.

#work things

[bolontiku]

Work things

I have two work children left. Four have quit and gotten jobs elsewhere. One works three days (weekends). I've noticed my troublemaker is bored when he comes in and have been harassing him a bit. We've done hired to replace the others but not the same.

Last night he is talking to himself as he walks around thinking nobody is listening.

"So, you're touch starved?"

Him surprised, "yeah... I think I am"

Me "and a little bored? And this is why you wanna join the army?"

"No taxes to pay and with the experience I get I can be a surgeon by thirty, retire, come home get a hot ass wife nice car..."

"You just have to survive. I would miss you."

He drops his head a little sad.

"I know your sad. It's okay. If that's what you wanna do, then do it. Just make sure to come home."

"If I do die at war then I'll be a hero!" He pumps himself up.

"And we get to attend your funeral. We would be sad. And who will I watch grow up? You're amazing, not sure why you feel like that, I have depression so I know how sad sucks."

He looks a little sad again. "Fine.." He grumbles.

"Love you child!"

He snickers "love you too baker"

Why does my work child have to be sad? He should be happy all the time.

#chaos journal #work things #work children #sadness #its hard #i know #but i will do everything to make him smile #😭😭😭

[femchef]

Our Valentines Sale is Finally over!!! Omg so tired but I am SO so proud of these students look at their WORK:

SO fucking proud of every one of them

#food stuff #work things #baking #valentines day #chocolate cake #chocolate #dessert

[rhysintherain]

I'd like to argue that, rather than spend an hour I could use to FIX THE THINGS THAT NEED FIXING in a get-to-know-you meeting with the summer student staff, it would be much more informative for them regarding what I actually do here if I skipped the morning meeting and fixed the things and swore at my computer instead.

Because let's be honest, that's what I do around here and they might as well get used to it

#work things #move out is a lot

[xiaq]

Me, talking to a younger coworker (just graduated college) today.

Them: Hey! I saw you recently published a book and I bought it last night. I'm really enjoying it so far. When I looked at the reviews on Amazon some people mentioned it was fanfiction first--I love that. Was it a hockey RPF or like an alternate universe situation of a non-hockey fandom?

Me:

I, uh. It was Check Please! fic. Like, the comic?

Them: Oh, I think I've heard of that, but I haven't read it.

Me: You said you enjoyed Heartstopper, right? Similar vibe. I can send you a link, if you want.

Them: That'd be great. I'm more into bandom RPF and like, Supernatural for a while but not so much now, you know? So definitely open to finding new fandoms.

Me:

Cool cool cool.

So apparently the youth are out here just talking about their fandom interests at the metaphorical work water-cooler which is very neat but also very weird for someone who was introduced to fandom in world where everyone was anonymous and people you worked with might use your fandom presence as blackmail. Like, I thought I was lackadaisical considering I post my face and my real name. This is a whole different level of insouciance.

#work things #mylife #myfic #mywriting #lrpd #fandom #fandom old

[i-steal-bones]

An Incomplete List of Unhinged Things I have Said and Heard at Work

Me: He looks like a giant with dwarfism

Coworker: Everyone here looks inbred

Me: Platonically I'm a whore

Coworker: *points at tunnel with water dripping from the ceiling* it's pissing

Me: *points to a garbage can* that's my house

Coworker: Stop summoning the birds!

Me: *hits my head for the 5th time in a row* I need to get a sign that says concussion risk and staple it to my forehead

Me: I will turn your skull into a soup bowl and use it to eat dry cereal

#work things

[azure-steel]

Also, at work today I received a gift. It's my birthday in just over 10 days so I, for whatever reason, assumed it was something to do with that.

But no.

It was from the girl I tattooed the other day and refused her money so she could process the loss of her friend. I wanted her to look at that tattoo and remember her, not how much it cost.

She bought me some posh brownies (from a local store that are very nice and quite expensive!) and a lovely yankee candle, complete with a card thanking me for what I did for her.

Know that I do not give to receive, it's not in my nature. I honestly didn't give it too much thought after that day. And still she thought to send me a gift anyway and tell me how much what I did for her meant.

It feels good to be nice to people, to show just a touch of compassion when they need it, and it takes so very little effort, you know?

I cried in the studio this morning when reading that card, man...

#{mako stripped - ooc} #work things

[sapphirepolexia]

my in-office days are Tuesday and Wednesday, and i know i’m extremely immature bc i LOVE yelling “see you next Tuesday!!!” as i leave each Wednesday evening bc i hate all of those cunts. it’s thrilling.

#I am a child #personal #work things

[abcd-adventures]

Once a month, I meet with a supervision group of other therapists. We talk about our cases, ask for advice, etc. It's often made me wonder how different I would have to be if I was a more "traditional" therapist--if clients came to my separate office somewhere or met with me virtually and we were mostly scheduled for set 50-minute sessions.

From those groups, I have mostly determined that the hugest advantage I have is working in an office onsite where my clients live. There's no escaping me. Lol I feel like it's easier to push or take risks. For example, yesterday, one of my clients was totally lying to me (and himself) and I was like, "WOW...there is so much bullshit happening right now; I don't even know what do do with all that." He tried making some excuses and I wasn't hearing it, and I told him that I had been out for five days and had way too much work to catch up on to sit there and have him insult both of our intelligence, so he could be honest, tell me he wasn't ready to talk about that topic, or we could wrap things up for the day. He was mad at me and chose to leave. I'm not sure I would have or could have used that approach if I didn't know perfectly well that I'd be back up there knocking on his door and following up that same afternoon. I let him cool off and then I went up and told him that I cared about him way too much to let him get away with bullshitting me or more importantly himself and that if something was difficult to face, I could respect that and we could approach it slowly, and I would never judge him for making mistakes or struggling with anything or needing to take a break from discussing something heavy, but lying doesn't accomplish anything and I won't indulge that because it's an insult to us both. We had a good talk, and I'm seeing him again on Friday. I guess if it were a more traditional situation I could have called or sent an email or note...but there's something way more solid about looking a person directly in the face when you push them in that manner and then following up and wanting them to know you will continue to do that but that it's because you absolutely adore them and only want the best for them. It can be harder to make that clear via other forms of communication...

I don't know. Definitely makes me grateful! :) I can be a total asshole and it would probably be difficult to have to be more mindful of that all the time!

#work things

[lestersglitterglue]

Nights like these 😍

#selfie #photo post #pic post #filter #me #myself #i #snap filter #mine #snap #formal dress #formal #work things

[bolontiku]

Get a call from my boss today... baker emergency

So, he calls me up and tells me he is coming to see me. I tell him I am excited 😀 then he tells me he is bringing 12 full racks of bakery product to my store and he needs to bake out of my Cafe. I tell him I am not so excited now. His oven is down and he has no choice. Baker emergency.

He laughs and tells me he will be there around 9pm tonight. Plenty of time for me to get my bake down. So I start to move, get ready to have him invade my Cafe. Tell my manager who says "psyche!" With a grin until my face does not do the smiley thing and I tell him it's a $3.7k bake being brought to us. He is unhappy. Haha

Instead of arriving at 9pm he arrives at 6pm. Not enough time and I've just started my sweets. So. I proceed to tell him what we are doing and begin baking. He stands back and watches. I am upsetti spaghetti as all his bread is massively over proofed and unsalvagable. I am in literal tears and he is laughing. "Why you stressing?!" He asks.

"Because I LOVE BREAD AND THIS IS A TRAVESTY!!!" 😭😭😭 my customers are entertained.

He agrees but proceeds to tell me his Cafe had known their oven was down since 7am and they left his product out on the floor instead of pushing it into the cooler to save it. .

So. Fuck it.

I saved as much as possible. Everything else was shit. He said it was better than he had planned on giving them. 🤣🤣 he messaged our GM and told him to get me a gift card. He was ready to be there till 2-3am I left him with an hours worth of work at 9pm. 🤣🤣

#chaos journal #work things #a bakers life for me #baker emergency #broken ovens #poor boss

[femchef]

Well now I have an Associates degree in Applied Science I guess. Anyway - I was thinking about the degree category because honestly what science am I even applying, really (and yes I know that’s not quite what the degree title MEANS but) and when I said as much to my co-worker she was like:

“Well basically you have a degree in applied home-ec now”

And I was really tickled by that actually. 💕❤️

#work things #teaching #I kinda like being a fancy home ec teacher #labels #I guess #ok but also #yay I finished a thing