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Guess who forgot to take her meds the VERY NEXT MORNING after she vowed to do better? Go on, GUESS. XD
ANYWAY, I ended up doing something similar to yesterday, which was to take my meds when I finally remembered to. I theoretically have an alarm on my phone to remind me of my second dose, but it doesn't help me when my phone is in my office and I am not when the alarm goes off. Oops. I should set a morning reminder too, come to think of it.
I got way more stuff done today, and I even girded my loins and had a phone call with my manager. I didn't *have* to do it per se, because I could just as easily have sent her an email and avoided contact, but that felt like avoidance, so I picked up the phone and called, and we had a very civilized chat. Not that most of our conversations aren't civilized in tone, but yeah, I tend to tie myself into knots about things. She wanted an update on how things were going, and so I gave her an abbreviated version of what we've been doing, staffing-wise, and she thanked me very politely and we ended the conversation. I am not at all sure what she's concluded about what I've been doing, but at the end of the day it doesn't matter. I am doing my job, and if she wants to do things differently when she comes back (she undoubtedly will), then it will be up to her.
I left work more or less on time, at least (only 30 minutes late) because one of my employees mentioned that a pharmacy near me has been accepting walk-ins to make vaccine appointments, so I went to check it out. It didn't pan out, but I did take the opportunity to get my photo taken for my PAL/RPAL (firearms license, for non-Canadians) application.
While I was there I spotted a large burly white dude in khakis and a black vest over some sort of off-white Henley shirt, complete with army green cap. He sauntered into a section that was clearly marked as off-limits (it was there for the people who'd just received vaccines and who had to wait 15 minutes to make sure they didn't suffer any immediate ill effects) and began pawing through the electronics there. He then broke open a box to examine the contents, at which point a store employee went over to ask him to stop. She was an older Indian woman, and while they were far enough away from me that I had a little trouble hearing them, it was clear that he was being an ass. He muttered something at her and I heard her reply: "Don't call me that, that is extremely rude!" so I assume it was either misogynistic or a racial slur (my money is on "bitch," but he was also rocking the country hick vibe pretty hard, so you never know).
He THEN had the fucking AUDACITY to accuse her of being "in [his] space" and ordering her to back up to 6 feet away. She pointed out that he was not allowed to be in that area, and his response? "Yeah, well, how am I supposed to browse the electronics, then?" GENIUS, YOU ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO BROWSE THE ELECTRONICS. We are in lockdown in Ontario still, which means that all non-essential areas of large stores (i.e. anything that isn't food, pharmacy, or basic necessities like cleaning supplies or whatever) are not open to the public. He then got up in her face and repeated more loudly that she was "in [his] space" and acted like a thoroughly belligerent asshole. The employee very rightly called security on his ass, and he slunk away before they could get there. I guess it's easier to be a big intimidating badass when your only opponent is a five-foot-nothing fifty year old Indian lady, although I had made a point of positioning myself as close as I could get without violating the off-limits zone, just in case she needed backup. I don't think he noticed me, but she definitely did.
Once he was gone I got my photos, picked up a couple of other things I needed, and waited while the lovely-but-slow cashier did her thing, and got the hell out of Dodge. One more thing of note was that another employee (possibly a manager?), the one who took my photo, actually, was wearing a cute little plastic flower crown, and while she seemed like she was in a really bad mood, she brightened up visibly when I complimented her on it. So that was a little bright spot in my pharmacy adventure.
I am going to go to bed at a decentish hour tonight. I went to bed late after D&D on Tuesday (expected), and yesterday's executive function fail resulted in my only getting to sleep close to midnight. I am TRYING to get my act together, but by God is it hard! :P
ANYWAY, I ended up doing something similar to yesterday, which was to take my meds when I finally remembered to. I theoretically have an alarm on my phone to remind me of my second dose, but it doesn't help me when my phone is in my office and I am not when the alarm goes off. Oops. I should set a morning reminder too, come to think of it.
I got way more stuff done today, and I even girded my loins and had a phone call with my manager. I didn't *have* to do it per se, because I could just as easily have sent her an email and avoided contact, but that felt like avoidance, so I picked up the phone and called, and we had a very civilized chat. Not that most of our conversations aren't civilized in tone, but yeah, I tend to tie myself into knots about things. She wanted an update on how things were going, and so I gave her an abbreviated version of what we've been doing, staffing-wise, and she thanked me very politely and we ended the conversation. I am not at all sure what she's concluded about what I've been doing, but at the end of the day it doesn't matter. I am doing my job, and if she wants to do things differently when she comes back (she undoubtedly will), then it will be up to her.
I left work more or less on time, at least (only 30 minutes late) because one of my employees mentioned that a pharmacy near me has been accepting walk-ins to make vaccine appointments, so I went to check it out. It didn't pan out, but I did take the opportunity to get my photo taken for my PAL/RPAL (firearms license, for non-Canadians) application.
While I was there I spotted a large burly white dude in khakis and a black vest over some sort of off-white Henley shirt, complete with army green cap. He sauntered into a section that was clearly marked as off-limits (it was there for the people who'd just received vaccines and who had to wait 15 minutes to make sure they didn't suffer any immediate ill effects) and began pawing through the electronics there. He then broke open a box to examine the contents, at which point a store employee went over to ask him to stop. She was an older Indian woman, and while they were far enough away from me that I had a little trouble hearing them, it was clear that he was being an ass. He muttered something at her and I heard her reply: "Don't call me that, that is extremely rude!" so I assume it was either misogynistic or a racial slur (my money is on "bitch," but he was also rocking the country hick vibe pretty hard, so you never know).
He THEN had the fucking AUDACITY to accuse her of being "in [his] space" and ordering her to back up to 6 feet away. She pointed out that he was not allowed to be in that area, and his response? "Yeah, well, how am I supposed to browse the electronics, then?" GENIUS, YOU ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO BROWSE THE ELECTRONICS. We are in lockdown in Ontario still, which means that all non-essential areas of large stores (i.e. anything that isn't food, pharmacy, or basic necessities like cleaning supplies or whatever) are not open to the public. He then got up in her face and repeated more loudly that she was "in [his] space" and acted like a thoroughly belligerent asshole. The employee very rightly called security on his ass, and he slunk away before they could get there. I guess it's easier to be a big intimidating badass when your only opponent is a five-foot-nothing fifty year old Indian lady, although I had made a point of positioning myself as close as I could get without violating the off-limits zone, just in case she needed backup. I don't think he noticed me, but she definitely did.
Once he was gone I got my photos, picked up a couple of other things I needed, and waited while the lovely-but-slow cashier did her thing, and got the hell out of Dodge. One more thing of note was that another employee (possibly a manager?), the one who took my photo, actually, was wearing a cute little plastic flower crown, and while she seemed like she was in a really bad mood, she brightened up visibly when I complimented her on it. So that was a little bright spot in my pharmacy adventure.
I am going to go to bed at a decentish hour tonight. I went to bed late after D&D on Tuesday (expected), and yesterday's executive function fail resulted in my only getting to sleep close to midnight. I am TRYING to get my act together, but by God is it hard! :P
