[Daleman1984]

Last 2 weeks have been stressfull with work and my health. I've had a nasty Kidney/Urinary infection that hurt like hell but couldn't take time off work because 2 members of staff were off. Last week another person went sick and another on holiday so it was down to me, a trainee and the director to cover 5 peoples work. All that time work is piling up in technical because I simply don't have time to do it. Saturday there were just 2 of us to do the work of 4 people (minimum).

Last night however things took another turn for the worse when a long time friend of mine went off the rails. I spent until 5am with her family trying to track her down after she checked herself out of a mental hospital where she was undergoing assesment after a nervous breakdown. I had to be there as she was convinced everyone was out to get her except me and she'd only respond when I was there. We got her back to the hospital around 5am and I'm very concerned for her. Didn't help I was feeling rough as a badgers arse and was in bed when I got the call.

So as a result, I called in sick this morning only to find out the Trainee was already off sick, the guy who was meant to be opening up has gone sick and will be off on Holiday from tomorrow for 2 weeks.That left the director who's officially retired now and not meant to work.

So here I am, tired, stressed, head-****ed and staring at...... 38 new tech jobs excluding the 40 or so already booked in and wondering why I bother.

/rant

[tramdoctorsss]

See if you can be on the same ward as your friend when you finally crack, I suggest you book your place early.

[Cersdog]

I snapped at two of my collagues this morning during a meeting as I am in constant pain with my back. Any normal person would have taken 3 months off sick to recover, but I've been at work for the last 2 months, laying on the floor with a laptop - as there is no-one else to do my work if I am not here.

I'm not saying that my colleauges did not deserve some direct comments this morning - but not as direct as I ended up being.

Burnout here we come.

[Cuccuccaltefe]

Nothing like continuously being the guy screwed at work. [thumbdown]

[Dwerfsd]

Try to remember though, it could always be worse. I believe that every hardship you go through makes you stronger. Neither of these outlooks provide much comfort when you are up chocolate creek without a popsicle stick, but hey, that's what I think.

Tried to find a poster of a kitten with an inspirational message, but couldn't.

[desmond001]

Try to remember though, it could always be worse. I believe that every hardship you go through makes you stronger. Neither of these outlooks provide much comfort when you are up chocolate creek without a popsicle stick, but hey, that's what I think.

Tried to find a poster of a kitten with an inspirational message, but couldn't.

See thread title.

[Dwerfsd]

See thread title.

I believe the sentiment I was trying to communicate was that you could always be worse off than you are. What the OP was saying was that things will continually get more and more screwed up. While these two outlooks are similar, they are different.

I could be wrong. In which case my misunderstanding is just making his life even worse.

Trying to help someone with a little bit of humor but not too much cause I don't want them to think I am making light of their situation.

I've been through some screwed up stuff, and all I can say is that it gets better. Unless it doesn't. Then you're just f'd in the a. Been there.

[Daleman1984]

I think my thoughts were "Things can always be worse than they are now" unless of course you're a blind man with erectile disfunction who's wife just left him for his brother and you're falling from an aeroplane without a parachute and you're on fire... ad you just soiled yourself... In which case I think you're pretty much boned.

[anolbom]

I think my thoughts were "Things can always be worse than they are now" unless of course you're a blind man with erectile disfunction who's wife just left him for his brother and you're falling from an aeroplane without a parachute and you're on fire... ad you just soiled yourself... In which case I think you're pretty much boned.

That's just rubbing it in.

[Dwerfsd]

I think my thoughts were "Things can always be worse than they are now" unless of course you're a blind man with erectile disfunction who's wife just left him for his brother and you're falling from an aeroplane without a parachute and you're on fire... ad you just soiled yourself... In which case I think you're pretty much boned.

You could be listening to The Jonas Brothers on the way down on...

I am not sure who they are but I have to listen to them on the radio at work.