#and ive used all my PTO

[kujakuramblings]

Holy FUCK my mental health is bad rn

[fuck-customers]

I have thrown up at work multiple times a day for almost 2 weeks now. My office is super anti work from home and we have no pto at all. Ive asked several managers to please let me at least do that so i can rest and theyre like “why dont you see a doctor”

You assholes dont pay me enough to see a doctor and even if i could, you refuse to give any of us pto.

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[tobiasdrake]

Something has always bothered me about the Planet Trade Organizations that Ive always just attributed to Shounen Bad Writing, and it's that if Frieza and his ilk are so stupid powerful that they can literally destroy planets and entire species at will, what possible use could they have for money? And WHO is buying them?? Is there something I missed by never reading the manga?

I've also never liked the Saiyan culture getting conflated with the PTO in the Namek arc, I think it cheapens the world building. But my head canon is that Saiyans were employed by Frieza for long long time, to the extent that the distinction became negligible before he realized he had become dependent on Saiyan labor. Kind of like German auxiliaries for ancient Rome

Nope, you're not missing much. That's something that's rarely been touched on. It's mentioned briefly when Raditz first explains the concept to Goku.

Frieza's customers are "other races looking for living space". What that means never got elaborated on.

The existence of the PTO implies a vast, interconnected galactic civilization and economy that we never get to see or touch on, just... out there offscreen somewhere. It's kind of disappointing that this was never built on in any way. In fact, the only time we see a planet post-gentrification, it's being used for Frieza Planet.

The blurb calls this "Frieza Planet #79" but dialogue always just refers to Frieza Planet or Planet Frieza as a singular location.

Vegeta, during his brief stay at 79, hints at a possible explanation for this discrepancy.

Upon finding out that Frieza's not presently on his planet, Vegeta immediately, with visible irritation, assumes he's off to go pick out a different world in a tone that suggests this is a regular behavior of Frieza's. This implies a habit of every now and then deciding "I like this one; I'm going to make this Planet Frieza from now on" and forcing all of his men to pack up and move.

But that's the most we get of any worldbuilding about the galactic society or economy surrounding the PTO. And even that much is extrapolation off of a single line where Vegeta gets grumpy that Frieza isn't home.

For their part, I think even Toei was confused on this point; The anime seemed uncertain sometimes about whether Frieza's supposed to be the CEO of the real estate industry or the buyer that all these planets are sold to. But by the time of DBS, that Frieza is a captain of industry seems to have been figured out by all involved parties.

Overall, though some kind of galactic society is indicated by Dragon Ball's worldbuilding, the series seems disinterested in exploring it to any real degree. After Goku defeated the Strongest in the Universe, the series washed its hands of space. And that happened on a disconnected backwater planet still recovering from apocalyptic drought.

Which is honestly hilarious if you think about it. Out of nowhere, Frieza dashed off to some backwood little hick planet in the middle of nowhere and then he and every last one of his elite special forces fucking died and then the planet exploded. And nobody knows why or what the hell happened down there.

[dogpantry]

so i ended up on maternity leave 6 weeks early using a cheat code (fell and injured myself at work, ily worker’s comp) and don’t have to be back at work until mid-june. here’s what ive noticed happening in my pregnant body since i got to stop working:

- less pain

- i’m sleeping better, overall less exhaustion

- i’m more motivated to move/do my labor prep on my exercise ball

- my stomach issues are more manageable, aka i can eat something small every 1-1.5 hours instead of stuffing my face at 8, noon, and 6pm

- stress levels are dowwwwwnnnn. i have been slowly working away at the nursery, other house things that need to be done before e is here

- i am happier. i feel better about myself and my body

- less swollen ankles!!! though most days i still wear my compression socks

- all the time in the world to schedule PT, doctors, & OB appointments — i no longer have to pull from sick time or PTO for these things, which happen often in my third trimester

- when i get faint (im anemic, pregnancy-related) or my chest starts to hurt, i can sit down and fend it off instead of “pushing through” cause im with a patient

- missing my meds less because i can take the 30 seconds to take them on time!

i’m sure there’s more, but my pregnancy has felt a lot like being chronically ill (and my pregnancy complications are considered short term disabilities, actually) and not all pregnancies are this hard. but i can see now why it’s “illegal” to work after 34-36 weeks in some countries. even when i was at work, i wasn’t working well. i was barely productive and barely good at my job. i was worried about e constantly (am i gonna fall, is bending like this going to hurt her, is this confused patient going to hit me in the stomach, when was the last time i felt her move? etc.)

tldr pregnancy is not for the weak and we as a nation and society need to be kinder to pregnant people

[queerian]

watching @drdemonprince's conversation with Fern Brady and god this is why it's important to hear people like us talk about our experiences. i learn so much from other autistic people.

while talking about alexithymia fern described having ongoing and mysterious pain during a really stressful period of time that never went away no matter what she tried, and as soon as she received resolution on the thing she was stressed about, the pain also resolved. ive this exact experience a number of times and i have slowly been building a very contextually-specific hypothesis about it (my body builds up pain like a pressure valve and as long as i deny it it gets worse, and as soon as i give myself permission to take the rest i need - and take that rest - it tends to resolve. at least the acute moments. for the longest time, i would not let myself call in sick from work unless i was "sick enough", because i was terrified of being seen as unreliable, and because i was worried about losing the income for any missed days of work. i've always used up my PTO on sick days and doctor days because i needed so many of those.

ever since ive been working from home, and then promoted to a a role where i have a lot more ability to work around things like this without losing pay, i've suffered a lot fewer of those maxed out pressure valve moments.

my ibs in general and flareups have all also gotten a lot less acute.

fern's story just gave me a lightning bolt of realization, and put into perspective all this mysterious sporadic and chronic pain i experience that doctors can never really explain or understand no matter how much i describe it or how many tests i undergo. i just saw my doctor yesterday about it and she shrugged and suggested we continue to monitor it and as usual we ruled out all the things it probably isnt.

even ibs is one of those diagnoses of excluding what it isnt.

anyway. it's fucking incredible to hear someone talk about experiencing something and for the first time in three decades being able to point at that and go "yes!! me too!! that's the thing i experience too!!!"

[dnfity]

CONGRATS!!!

i told my manager id be in orlando this week like 4 months in advance. this is my first time using pto in all the time ive worked here. my manager just called me and yelled at me for not being a "team player" cus apparently theyre understaffed rn. i told her thats not my fault. she said we'll have some words on monday. i impulsively said we wouldnt bc im not gonna be there lol

[dollsonmain]

Ok, surgery tomorrow but today I don't have to do anything different.

No food/drinks of any kind after midnight.

There's a note in the "How to prepare for your surgery!" packet that says they will probably hurt me trying to put in the IV because I'll be dehydrated and to be prepared for that. Thanks???? Not that I didn't expect it, I am hard to stick.

They're also like "Please bring something to keep you calm" and I'm like if I die I die, I'm not going to be alive to care so I'm pretty calm about it. The people that need to worry about it aren't me.

Got my financial assistance paperwork laid out, hope I can get a hold of SOMEone to answer my questions about it. It's due Sept 30 but I'd like to get it in ASAP/before the first bill comes due. Kind of wish they didn't make me apply to Medicaid, too. That's just slippery since That Guy'd claimed me on his tax returns up until 2020.

Wish he'd just done his taxes and saved me the trouble.

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Probably going to have to apply for Medicaid myself. Their website says "Come to our office!" but that's a no. Every appointment I have, That Guy loses a day's wages. On top of the bills, that's making him Grumpy. I'm not sure whether or not his employer cares about the time he's missing, though. I bet he has months of PTO that he's not used.

Online application has a stipulation that the government WILL start monitoring all things done on the computer the form is filled out on looking for illegal activity. Gross. I wonder if that will make That Guy decide to just pay the bills since he has me do all his emails through my accounts (not that he has me doing anything illegal, just that he wouldn't want them watching regardless. He ran off the financial aid lady because she asked for where he worked and he didn't want to say it out loud where someone might hear he's that paranoid).

Actually the application has a lot of things on it like "by filling this out you're accepting that people might come into your home to make sure you're not lying about your financial status" and stuff like that. That alone might make him drop the whole financial aid thing... The pharmacist suggesting I sign up for GoodRx real quick on my phone got him to go NOPE and just pay the $96 for the antibiotics.

It also says that Medicaid wants their money back from a patient's estate which is like... What's the point of Medicaid if it has to be paid back??? It's not aid, then, it's a loan.

[shortscircuits]

guys okay heres the sitch. i work at a small family-owned factory. i know the CEO on a first name basis, she comes around to say good morning and chat with each of us in the warehouse every few days. i'm STRUGGLINGGGG with insomnia and missing work a lot because of it. ive used all my PTO for this year already. and i briefly chatted with my boss about it over lunch a few weeks ago and all she said was oh im so sorry you should try not using your phone in bed!

[sand-lily]

in order to get paid while i dont have a school they're making me do technically training in the support office (its basically watching YouTube videos on how the smart boards and tablets at schools work...busy work)

but it kinda seems like they dont LIKE ALTs that much in the support office

theyre trying to talk one lady into taking 2 weeks off because her asthma is bad and she keeps saying that shes fine because she CANT take 2weeks off because shes out of PTO and cant afford to miss half the paycheck period

they legally cant force her, but theyve been pestering the shit out of her for more than a week

that second training i did was apparently made last second for the one guy i was in training with (but a lot of the training stuff is partner work so they had me do it with him),, and the guy in charge of the trainings was like "what makes him so special that he got his own special training say instead of waiting for the next one in October?"

even though he was looking right at the guys profile and knew he literally already lived in walking distance to the school they needed an ALT for immediately AND he already had the proper visa so it MADE SENSE to start him immediately but the trainings are legally mandated by the school board, so it MADE SENSE to just give him his own training and then let me participate so i could get paid for SOMETHING while i dont have a school

and one guy was complaining to the lady in charge of apartments that his neighbors were cooking something or using cleaning supplies or something that kept setting off his allergies and he had to go to the hospital twice and shes like "idk what you want me to do about it, i cant stop your neighbors"

he asked to move to a different unit thats also the companies in the same building that's empty and she said no because they were MAYBE moving somebody in there NEXT MONTH??? like thatd be hard paperwork?? moving the new person into his unit and moving him to the empty one???

also i saw them grading somebodys demo video and the lady grading him said "how did he make it this far in the interview, he kinda sucks and we fail 90% of the people that apply anyways" and the guy next to her said "the person doing his interview has failed 82% of the 90% that fails so he needs to pass some to keep out of trouble, but YOU can fail him"

also also, they made this whole big stink about us always being in full business suits all the time, even when the principal and teachers arnt because we are not school employees, we are business employees and representing the company blah blah blah

but NO FUCKING BODY since ive been here has worn a suit once, like they arnt wearing jeans, but ive seen slacks and t shirts or dresses with fun patterns (the only patterns ALTs are allowed are pinstripes, checkers, and polkadots)

so fuckin ANNOYING

also?? this one i took personally cus it was about my friend,,, but the other day her company car died on her while she was driving (she sent me a pic, its a real clunker, full jalopy status, basically a lemon),, and today she called the English help hotline so they could help her translate with the mechanic,, and they put her on hold and were like

"isnt there a required Japanese test during interviews?? she cant do this much?? we need to make that test harder"

like???? we need to know how to say transmission in japanese to teach kindergartners the colors????????? thats why theres a fuckin HOTLINE, this is literally your JOB youre getting PAID for

maybe give her a functional car of you don't wanna deal with this, youre already taking car fees from her check, you gotta deal with the consequenced of giving her a shitty ass car

last thing, bossman called me on Friday asked me to come at 9:00 to talk about stuff, he didn't show up at all today, so he called another guy in the office to talk about the stuff with mw instead at 1:00 (that guy keeps his phone loud, it wasn't on speaker but he was standing next to me and i could hear the whole conversation) and bossman said "she seems forgetful so i was hoping she would forget about the meeting and i could put her on probation for not showing up"

so i was right in thinking they dont actually want me here, i was probably one of the people that guy hired to save his own ass,, which makes sense kinds?? cus i get the vibe bossman is always trying to catch me in a lie by rephrasing the same questions on different occasions even though i NEVER LIED,, hes trying to find something to put me on probation

[lesbianslovebts]

Negative vent post. Uplifting words welcomed.

My gramma had an open wound on her leg for a while that finally closed. But neither us nor the nurses who regularly came out to the house knew that staph had gotten into her blood. Then it got into her spine, so her back was killing her for several days at home. We had to help her out of bed one day, it was so bad. We got her into her wheelchair, and then she thought she could go to the bathroom by herself. Well, we were stupid to let her try. She fell between the toilet and the tub. 2 EMTs, a cop, and like 6 firefighters came to drag her out of the house and ambulance her down to the hospital. On top of the existing back pain, she had a compression fracture from the fall. We found out about all the other stuff then, too.

She was in the hospital for about 2 weeks getting serious IV antibiotics to clear out the infection in her blood. They put a PICC line in for her to continue receiving intravenous antibiotics for 6 more weeks to clear out the infection from her spine. My mom had to fight the staff on multiple occasions to keep them from sending her home. Finally, they sent her to a transitional care unit where she would continue getting the antibiotics and start physical therapy. Except the TCU fucked up her warfarin dosage and made her INR skyrocket to 12. (Her blood was dangerously thin.) She went back to the hospital according to protocol.

Then Sunday, she fell out of bed at the hospital while trying to sit up. The staff were there and apparently witnessed it. Since it was a "gentle" fall and they did an "assessment," they decided not to do imaging of her back. My mom spoke with several people, all but begging them to do imaging of her broken, infected back to see if more damage had been done. One nurse was an absolute bitch to my mom. So she had her brother call to see if they would listen to a Man's Voice. They agreed to it, but then my gramma refused because it hurts too much to lie flat on her back on the hard MRI table. We tried to talk her into it, saying they could give her extra pain meds before starting, but she refused.

So tomorrow, they're going to send her to another TCU to continue antibiotics and PT. But who the fuck knows what happened to her back! The PT will probably do more damage than help, and that's if she even agrees to do the PT. If she refuses, I'm sure they'll kick her out. But we can't take care of her at home with this level of serious injury. My mom and I both work full time to keep the bills paid. My brother is on disability. My gramma has no money. We'd have to send her to a hellhole of a home, and if that happens, she'll resent us to death. Literally, she will just stop caring and die. And I wouldn't blame her! I can't even imagine her pain right now! Mental and physical!

On top of that, our house is falling apart because we are all multiply disabled. I'm immunocompromised and suffering from a severe cold that I picked up from my nephew despite being masked around him at all times. With my immune system, I could get lucky and be better in 1-2 weeks, or it could be 6-8 weeks. I only have 1 day left of PTO, which I have to save for a True Emergency, as if none of this is an emergency. Thankfully, my PTO renews on June 1st, but I have to make it through 7 more days of work like this.

I can't even begin to get into the household dynamics right now, but my mom has ruined her own health and aged 10 years in the past 1.5 years since my brother moved in. She will do anything for him if he asks, no matter how it destroys her. But if I ask for something, she is no longer there for me like she used to be. She racked up credit card debt for my brother and his lawyer for the divorce. She lets his kid come over every weekend, never mind the migraines, meltdowns, and illnesses it has caused me, and she will continue to do so. Even though I no longer have meltdowns and have grown fond of the little guy, he is a danger to my health. (It's not his fault! He's gonna get sick like all kids do, and his mom is an anti-vaxxer.)

I can't move out. I can't afford it, and even though my mom isn't able to be there for me like she used to, she still helps me with some things. (I am autistic and need support.) I love my mom. I resent her for her choices. I fear losing her above all else. She's my best friend. I am angry that she won't take care of herself. I watch her age and decline in health and burst into tears. We've made it through so much together. And somehow, we'll get through this, too, but I am so scared and tired.

[friendpilled-visitmaxer]

seriously debating using up all my PTO and then just quitting my job

I was saving it for getting top surgery but that's such an unknown right now.

Also my performance review went really bad? Statistically im literally one of the top performers in the store and I got put in the "average" category and got a $.31 raise 🙄 I later found out that I got literally the 2nd lowest raise in the store, even lower than people who call out every other shift (Ive called out twice in the last year) and people who have been written up MULTIPLE TIMES for the things that were considered negative on my review.

THEN I called out on Monday because I was really sick (spent the whole day between the couch and the bathroom) and the next day my boss was like "yeah we all had to stay an hour and a half late because you called out :/"

The only difference I can tell between my review and my coworkers is I got told "yeah other managers don't really mesh with your sense of humor. I find you funny though" WITH NO EXAMPLES???? (Also, NONE of the jokes I make at work are inappropriate. Nothing sexual, racist, homophobic, etc. Just deadpan with a hint of self deprecation because I was raised by this hellsite)

In short: if my efforts are what keep this team running then why the fuck was my review so bad

[fuck-customers]

Im really fucking sick of companies only providing a day or two of sick time and not giving ANY pto at all and threatening to fire you if you miss any more days. Ive worked for several companies and almost all of them had the same policy.

So youre telling me, i have to somehow magically plan when ill be sick and hope to god i never ever get sick ever again for the whole year? Id be SOL if i had any type of emergency if i used my days already.

The moron thought of these policies should rot

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[b0rtney]

just got home from orientation day for a new job and tbh??? im more confident abt the company after orientation than before. every person ive seen on site so far has been kind, and seems genuinely happy to be there. they treated us like real people and were like 'i know u probly would rather get on w ur afternoon plans than have me painstakingly go over every single bullet point on our corporate-mandated slideshow abt how to be nice to guests, so ill summarize most of it.' they kindly and succinctly answered my questions abt copays vs coinsurance!! they clarified that the reason theyre hiring so many ppl all the time is bc theyre growing and ppl are frequently promoted internally, so their entry-levels are just always in demand. this, combined w *genuinely* good pay for entry level in my area, immediate PTO availability, and benefits for both full time and part time hires-- like im excited for a job yall!!! would i prefer somn work from home? absolutely i would. but if wfh isnt an option this is a damn promising second option. there's hope in this godforsaken job market XD

that said. if anyone wanna sign up for my substack to get me into writing full time as a job?? i would be eternally grateful (if i get 250 subscriptions i can afford to live off that!!)

[gamerschaoticart]

[OC] TIMETURNER'S BEACON

"ALL YOUR PAIN WILL COME TO PASS / SO I REJECT YOUR GRIM COLLAPSE" /LYR

ive been revamping a lot of my old book ocs lately, and i ended up with a new oc thatz actually a fusion of two of my old ones <3

and one day i was struck with inspo after listening to the beacon by DM DOKURO so i made this yay

more bookverse content to come in the future! :3

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[regular-lord-reckoner]

a hospice nurse came out yesterday to talk to us and give us the run down of everything

she was nice and i think she's going to be his case manager while other nurses actually come out to check on him, but as soon as she left she was already putting in the orders for some medicines to help calm him and for a hospital bed and all of that

our dining table is kinda in the corner of the living room by the window so my mom and i already cleared all that out so we can put the bed there and that way he'll be right in the middle of everything and won't feel like he's just stuffed in the corner like he is in the bedroom

i kept going to just sit next to him yesterday and be by his side whenever my mom needed to go make him dinner or show the hospice nurse around because he didn't want to be alone

he was a lot more clear yesterday than he was the past couple of days and we had some very frank conversations about all of this which is good, but last night he had an anxiety attack and could barely breathe

my mom almost had to call hospice in because she didn't think he was going to make it but she managed to get him calmed down and settled

he was actually sitting up in his chair in the living room this morning but he pretty quickly had to move to the couch because he's just too tired

she and i talked this morning and i asked her how long she thinks he may have because i was thinking months maybe but she said we'll be lucky if he makes it to his birthday which is the 25th so that's...rough

she said there's just no fight left in him and his doctors are even talking about discontinuing a bunch of his meds and stuff

just...yeah.

i mean, i knew it was going to happen at some point, but i really didn't think it would be like...now. right now.

there still might be a chance he can turn this around and i think it's fucking crazy because i swear to god just like a week ago he was out on the back porch on the exercise bike, albeit he wasn't killing it on the fucking thing, but like...still

for a few minutes he was sitting and peddling a little and could walk back to his chair without a cane or using his wheelchair as a walker, he was able to make his own lunch and get himself a cup of coffee, at one point i even remember i was standing behind him just in case but he was scooting through the house like, "look at me go" and now it's like he's on death's door and i've heard this happens, it's not uncommon for people to do a big upswing right before the end where it seems like, "oh, okay, nice!!" and even his reports from his tests were looking fine, everything was seemingly okay but now i don't know anymore

i guess we'll just take each day at a time. my mom's going to see how this weekend goes but more than likely she's going to take another break from work and said she'd just go without pay, she just can't fathom being at fucking work and he ends up passing and i don't blame her a bit. since i work from home i think i'll try to still work as much as i can but ive got at least two weeks worth of pto already stored up and ready to go and whenever it's time, if it's next week or a month from now or whenever i'll just take that and fuck work

i just hate this so fucking much and i hate seeing him like this. i hate knowing that this is upsetting him but of course it fucking is. i hate knowing that he's scared. i hate so much about this but i guess there's no choice and i'm going to try to put on a brave face and do the best i can and that's that

[imreszekeres]

Shocked I made it thru this week so far here’s what its been since my last day off;

-one of my favs gets canceled, for good reason ofc but

-I subsequently lose any and all passion for the fandom Ive called home for S I X Y E A R S HELLO????

-cue identity crisis as well

-I got my period

-Two major panic attacks that made me use 8 fucking hours of PTO Wednesday because they triggered a fibro flare

-work sucked. It always sucks because customers are customers even in the weed industry but it Sucked this week I literally cried multiple times bc I was just Tired despite sleeping like 10 hours a night

-and the DINNER I MADE DIDNT TURN OUUUTTTT >:(((( RRRAAAAAUUGHH KILLIG MY SELF!!!!!!!