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[lynnifer]

So what do you do when stressed out at work?

I could quit right now I'm so mad, without getting into particulars.

I have a week off next week, thank God. I need it.

[adi chicago]

i wish i can work again[a normal life].my advice....take a vacation lyn.

[lynnifer]

I wish I could. David's busy next week and I can't afford it anyway. Property taxes always take the best of me at the beginning of the year. I won't recover until early July. I'm also trying to pay my car loan off one year early.

[Andy]

I cant say I really get stressed at work. Usually I'm the cause of it though. Sometimes if something gets annoying, taking a vacation day works nicely. What happened?

[chasb]

Like you said, you have a week off. That should help diffuse the situation, for now. You didn't go into particulars, sometimes breaking the larger problem into smaller ones, helps your perspective on the situation, possibly making a solutions more evident. I once had a job (that I loved) it was highly stressfull & I eventually resigned. I was at the same point you are at now. Looking back, I wish I had been able to come to a different solution. Just from my perspective, it seems that over the last several weeks, you have been increasingly unhappy. I have seen it in your posts. Just don't make any impulsive decisions until you have clearly thought this through.

p.s. I have always found getting "smashed" on really good booze helps with stress. That is until you have to deal with the hangover.

[sjean423]

I usually just bitched the heck out of everyone who wasn't the problem. Never worked.

If you have the week off, follow adi's advice .... you don't need to go anywhere, just vacation at home! Spend a day in your pjs and read a trashy book. Watch old movies, or spend the whole day at the park feeding the ducks. Go out for breakfast (somehow always spells "vacation" for me, seems it's the only time I go out then, even though I go out for lunch and dinner often). Go to a museum, spend the day at the library, take in a matinee? Find things you like to do (cheap if necessary) and do them.

DO NOT spend the week cleaning the house! (Unless you have a secret yen to do that, in which case you can come to MY house, all expenses paid, and I will let you clean to your hearts delight!)

[betheny]

Great advice, esp. from sjean. I have to 2nd the drinking thing, too. Go out to a live music club and get a lil wild, it's good for the soul. This is why God invented taxis.

Hope things ease up, J.

[lynnifer]

DO NOT spend the week cleaning the house! (Unless you have a secret yen to do that, in which case you can come to MY house, all expenses paid, and I will let you clean to your hearts delight!)

LMAO - you read me well. That was my plan for Monday/Tuesday. lol

[NorthQuad]

I wish I could. David's busy next week and I can't afford it anyway. Property taxes always take the best of me at the beginning of the year. I won't recover until early July. I'm also trying to pay my car loan off one year early.
What's pissin' you off at work?

[lynnifer]

They need to hire more people. It gets crazy busy sometimes. I really can't say more than that.

[NorthQuad]

Ah, I understand. Sometimes and far too often I used to start work at 4 a.m. and come home at 12 a.m. during the winter months. My eyes would be closing and my head would be bobbing while driving on icy northern roads in the middle of nowhere.

They'd call me up and ask if I could head out around the same time the next day when we were short handed. It really felt like torture. I would see things that weren't there and say really dumb things to people. Just like I was dreaming. But I'd still go because I needed the money.

[lynnifer]

Excellent advice ... that's exactly why I was nervous about posting it.

[NorthQuad]

I understand, Lynnifer. My sister is a dispatcher and the shit seemed to roll downhill in her communication center too. Or I should say, the scapegoating seemed to roll downhill. She and the other dispatchers finally have great managers so the scapegoating has been cut to none.

You seriously need a raise, Lynn. I'll get on it right now for you.

[steveg]

Lyniffer

Not to be chicken little but I think your gut not to post details about work was a good one. Make certain what you wrote would not get you into trouble assuming someone at work read it. Very different situation but I heard on the news where some guy got fired from Wal-Mart because he had a joke posted on his myspace page about Wal-Mart. Extremely poor taste in jokes but nonetheless...

[Seeker]

When stressed out too much get yourself a drink, listen to soothing music or get a good sleep.

[lynnifer]

I did just that ... rum & ginger (had no rye lol) ... I watched the complete first season of Lost - I'm now addicted and just started Season 2.

I caught up on all three seasons of House. I love his sarcasm.

Who knew TV was this good? It feels like years since I could follow a series on television!

But now it's back to the ole grindstone. Bah.

[Sue Pendleton]

They need to hire more people. It gets crazy busy sometimes. I really can't say more than that.

Move south. The big scandal here is public service overtime in the county. Our top dispatcher made $130,000. last year. Four others made over $100K.

[Rbrauer]

I do helpdesk/analyst stuff. Phone all day, but the stress is more business driven vs life & death.

You probably dont need tips or refreshers..
but my basics are always..

One call at a time
Documentation, documentation, documentation
Obtain required information
documentation, documentation, documentation
Keep the personal shield at maximum


hugs work too!

[kenf]

Lynnifer , could this not be helping things. what the hecks going on up there?

[lynnifer]

LOL - someone emailed that to me a few weeks ago. So true though! Everyone's moving to Alberta!

[Rbrauer]

bah.. missed a chance to go to Mississauga. no passport...