i said i wouldn't whine about my health anymore. can we call this boss-related instead of medical-related? i get here i tell him what's wrong and how i feel (un-pain-medicated). he makes a joke -- that looks like hair on your roof, not shingles. har-har. then i tell him the full details of the doctor adventures. then he goes out on the internet and first thing he says is 'are you elderly? it's most prevalent in the elderly'. (in case you're wondering, this is also a joke. i know, it's hard to tell). then he says, in AIDS patients that are taking strong medications, shingles are a sign of a stronger immune system. and i said, but in the case of an otherwise healthy person they are a sign of a weaker immune system, in my case due to stress. and he fucking argued with me. he said, oh, no, i think it means you have a good immune system. shingles a sign of health? right. sure. let's all hope we can be so healthy as to get this.
and it's monday.
i had to get this out of my system. maybe if i'd found better ways of venting stress prior to this, i wouldn't be sick right now.
blah blah blah bla bla blah monday monday...lol sorry to hear your boss is an ass. mine was too and i told him off and got fired. don't do that! not recommended :)
feel better soon.
tell him only a dumbass believes everything they read on the internet. (or in his case mis-reads on the internet)
keep pampering yourself.
Ya' know... Sheila's taking some time off; maybe she could drop by.
...and bring her fork!
Sounds like your boss is trying to be a friend, but hasn't got the foggiest way to go about it...
sometimes his sense of humor is annoying. ordinarily it doesn't piss me off, but this morning i was doing without pain pills and wearing clothes with a waistband, so was in no mood to be tolerant of having jokes made about shingles.
for the record he aplogized after he got back from lunch. makes me wonder if he reads this blog -- i have not specifically told him where it is, nor have i specifically hid it from anyone, so whether he reads the thing or not is anyone's guess.
whether or not he reads the thing, i don't censor my venting. this is my place, and i don't vent without an absolute necessity. in this case, if i didn't get that out of my system, it would have been bad for my health, which is as we know not the best right now. right now the blog is stress release, and it's so good for that.
Geez.
Keep posting about his behavior, kd.
Keep posting about it as often as he rears his very, very ugly head.
Because it will come in handy when you decide to complain to the labor board.
That shit is not in compliance with CA labor law, and when you are good and sick of it you can slap him silly without laying a hand on him. ("Get the employer to comply; ask me how!" is the button I used to wear on my office manager vest.)
In the meantime, send me a photo and I'll send you back a dartboard for your office door. ;)
yes, it's very important to vent about him [and anything else that pisses you off] because the added stress of holding it in won't help your immune system at all. i'm glad jessica knows how to slap him silly, too! wish i could do it for you.
gotta say it. your boss is a dweeb!
Yes, your boss sounds like an asshole. Cheer up, KD. Stay close to him... Remember Dr. D said that the shingles is extremely contagious. (Heh heh heh)
Your boss sounds like what we call a bomboclat (prick) here in Jamaica! Hope you get better soon.
i did tell him that right off. he looked that up too and informed me i was probably only contagious last week. i was kind of hoping to get sent home to work, but people are pretty casual about something like this, they can't see.
so if anybody gets this is definitely on them. i tried to tell 'em.
Could I drop by and jokingly hit him on the head with a hammer?
Would he notice if you randomly touched his hand? Every 2-3 hours? After putting your hand on your back/the shingles area first? That would be a good joke too.
*being particularly evil tonight*
he just has a really defective sense of humor. i don't think he can help it. usually i don't get so pissed, but in this case i was oversensitized by the insensitivity of dr. quack on friday, and then lulled into a false sense of sensitivity by all my friends on the 'net, who were so nice.
and it was monday. so i blew a gasket.
Well, there ya go. I knew there was somethinggood about being old. I don't have to put up with a Neanderthal fuckwad boss anymore. Yay!
Poor Baby. Would it help to say things willget better?? Until then, gimme your boss's address, I'll go over and beat the crap out of him, Ok?
Love and kithes,
Minimouse =^,,^=
ahh, Lorraine-mom, thanks so much. i'm just having such a monday. and it will get better, i know.
and at least i can outright bitch right at him. i mean, scathing tone of voice, strong language, the works. i don't have to walk on eggshells, in fact, it's best i don't do that at all. subtlety is lost on him.
i'm glad i'm employed. i'm glad i'm employed. i need to say that a few more times, because i really am. it's just -- i really could do without someone making lameass jokes about something that hurts.
Your boss sounds a complete 115.652% jerk.
You do get extra credit for not telling him where to go *immediately*, I know I would have.
I guess that�s why the other girls sometimes get to go on the tills:)
As you said to me last week, life gets better.
You knew that, sorry :)
dork dork dork. you're boss is a dork. and i'd take lorraine up on that beating..., i hear she's one tough chick!
(*(*(*kd*)*)*)