#Work woes

[echodrops]

I am really struggling to understand the thought process of some of my students right now, and I don't even know what can be done to rectify the issue.

The last unit of my five-week summer literature class is on a personal essay from Joan Didion, called "Goodbye to All That."

Somehow, despite the unit literally being called "Creative Nonfiction with Joan Didion," me providing a PDF copy of the reading titled "Goodbye to All That" by Joan Didion, and even having an entire interactive video lesson on Joan Didion herself...

Somehow a student still turned in a reading response about "Good-Bye to All That" by Robert Graves. A nearly 400-page-long WWI autobiography.

So not only did this student not do the actually assigned reading, he also actively ignored every single Canvas page in the entire unit, completed a video-based assignment without listening to a word of it (apparently), and then, realizing that he had to find something to say about the unit, frantically googled "Goodbye to All That" and made up an entire two paragraph response based on a book he absolutely did not read.

When I asked the student how this mix-up could possibly have happened, he insisted he did read the PDF file from our class (weird, because Joan Didion's essay is not about WWI!) but just mixed up the author's name in his response.

I... What...?

At what point do you just have to start thinking "This is an aggressive refusal to read anything put in front of you"? Like, come on. Couldn't even read the name of the unit? Couldn't even engage with a Youtube video long enough to see a picture of Joan Didion and realize the writer for the unit is a woman definitely not named Robert Graves?

And at what point did common sense just not kick in? This is a five-week class; each unit is 3-4 weekdays max. Could the professor possibly be expecting the class to read a 400-page autobiography in three days, when everything else we're read has been less than 30 pages?

This is actually so concerning to me. How can we have college students that literally can't read?

Please... someone save me...

[randomhistoryandmemes]

SOMEONE FUCKED THE AIR FRESHENER

[gingerfan24]

Fuck Walmart. Time to try and conquer the US Postal Service.

[thesweetpianowritingdownmylife]

fucking dystopian

"Hey, there's been a concern about having so much food waste! Let's hide it from the children. Also DON'T YOU DARE STEAL THE FOOD THAT WE ARE LITERALLY THROWING IN THE TRASH UNLESS YOU PAY SIX EUROS FOR IT"

jesus christ. with the smiley at the end and everything.

[bellshazes]

lmao they sent out a company (but not enterprise)-wide email sharing safety tips and our EAP hotline on friday while i was out. lol lmao lol lmao

[bebe-benzenheimer]

using a new work software password for the first time be like

[breelandwalker]

Grouchy Coworker: UGH, the new hires are so unprofessional!

Me: -only halfway paying attention- How so?

GC: Well, back when you were hired, there were rules about decorum. And they just...don't seem to apply anymore.

Me: What, like no jeans unless it's Friday?

GC: Like rules about personal appearance. No colored hair, no facial piercings, no visible tattoos. It used to be that you couldn't get a job in this industry if you had those, but I guess they'll hire anyone now.

Me: -holding back the eye roll- Times have changed since then, I guess. Lots of people have different self expression now and the company is a lot more concerned with skills than appearances.

GC: Well I think it's unprofessional. Back when I was hired, we weren't even allowed to wear pants in the office!

Me: Well, lucky for all of us, things have changed. But I'm pretty sure it's still frowned upon to diss your coworkers for their appearances.

GC: -goes back to work grumbling about UNPROFESSIONAL YOUNG PEOPLE-

My 40yo Petty Ass: -immediately makes plans to have hair colored and get a new tattoo-

[scribeofred]

writers, please please please please stop making your characters laugh and chuckle and giggle all the time

sincerely, a deeply pained editor and writer

[jawesomesauce]

Job interview tomorrow and I feel sick with anxiety. 🥲🥲🥲

[mistergandalf]

asshole guest I refused a refund to (because he shouldn’t have gotten it) emailed a RECORDING of our entire phone conversation to my boss. amazing. I stand by everything I did and said, but new boss is much more of a “the customer is always right” kinda guy than old boss so wish me luck lmao.

hoping he just doesn’t bother to listen bc he already closed the customer care case

[batnbreakfast]

Our team meeting “to clear the air” went so well, I logged off at 2:15 pm, didn’t log back in when I came home (as I usually do), and I still feel like I could scream in absolute rage at 9:38 pm.

[bashful-berry]

Today is work + finishing cards day

Tomorrow is work + at parents' day

25th I hope to have all to myself

26th is family day

And then work every day but Sunday untill (and including) NYE

kill me (for legal and practical reasons this is a joke) (inb4 I am not and never have been suicidal)

alternatively, help me choose the next career that I'm gonna switch to in half a year so I'm not filled with anxiety over that

[gingerfan24]

Hiding in the bathroom to take a brief break from dealing with humans…

[theangrypomeranian]

if i get snapped at ONE MORE TIME I'm just gonna start crying at the register to make everyone feel bad

[bellshazes]

had an on camera mtg earlier and the first thing my boss asks me is "is your sweatshirt pink?" it's my bdubs merch hoodie. the pink one

[ibelieveinahappilyeverafter]

had my technical interview this morning for a game test associate job (basically QA testing) and it was after a night where i kept waking up every hour because anxiety kept me dreaming that i slept through my interview so

hands clapsed together desparately praying all those AdviceWithErin videos helped me get this job