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[LittleWiz]

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McDonald's just released a radio ad for their mcnuggets in which they say eating them isn't risky but petting a stray pit bull is risky. Petting any stray dog is risky there was no need to explicitly state that it's a pitbull. People are working so hard to repair the breed's reputation and this ad is not helpful. My facebook feed has exploded with complaints (which I'm happy about) but some jerk arguing in support of BSL with my friend who has a pitt said he'd shoot her dog if it came within 50 feet of his child. 😡

McDonald's is foolish! I'm glad I don't eat there. Grr ... I shake my fist at you Mickie D's! It's sad because the implications from this ad won't be easily forgotten. Shameful.

 

[LittleWiz]

+1 to both of these. and big *hugs* to you both. If I join you (likely) at least I'll be in great company 😀

That sounds better than the one I took, but I'd have to re-learn a lot. I really was hoping I'd have 5 years on my scores but now that they're changing it... I really hope I won't have to re take it and the idea of changing it again so soon and schools requiring the new one feels like a money grab by ETS.

What schools are you waiting to hear from? Hopefully you'll hear soon and you won't have to take the new GRE at all!

 

[LittleWiz]

Now that I've posted four times ... here's a rant of my own:

10 inches of snow = HATE 😡

 

[Bisbee]

Now that I've posted four times ... here's a rant of my own:

10 inches of snow = HATE 😡

We've had so little snow in NYState so far this winter that I'm actually jealous of your snow. I could use a day, snowed in, just watching the white stuff fall, drinking hot cocoa and making soup and homemade bread. Maybe, after it stops, I could take my dogs out to romp around in the field in back of my house. Of course, if you have someplace to drive to, it can be just awful.

 

[hedgiehog]

Now that I've posted four times ... here's a rant of my own:

10 inches of snow = HATE 😡

I was going to post that same rant. It's been in the upper 50s all week and now I can't leave my house safely since the plows don't seem to want to visit my street. I hate Nebraska weather sometimes.

 

[LittleWiz]

I was going to post that same rant. It's been in the upper 50s all week and now I can't leave my house safely since the plows don't seem to want to visit my street. I hate Nebraska weather sometimes.

Seems that the plows haven't been anywhere today!

BTW ... I just checked my Iowa state status page, it says 'deny'. It's not a surprise. But just letting you know since we were in limbo in terms of hearing from them.

 

[LittleWiz]

We've had so little snow in NYState so far this winter that I'm actually jealous of your snow. I could use a day, snowed in, just watching the white stuff fall, drinking hot cocoa and making soup and homemade bread. Maybe, after it stops, I could take my dogs out to romp around in the field in back of my house. Of course, if you have someplace to drive to, it can be just awful.

Take it! Take it all! lol

Although it is kind of nice because I'm spending the day indoors planning on how to improve my application for next year. So I really shouldn't complain.

 

[hedgiehog]

Seems that the plows haven't been anywhere today!

BTW ... I just checked my Iowa state status page, it says 'deny'. It's not a surprise. But just letting you know since we were in limbo in terms of hearing from them.

Thanks for the heads up. Mine now says denied too. I've been expecting that since the end of December though so not too upsetting.

 

[LittleWiz]

Thanks for the heads up. Mine now says denied too. I've been expecting that since the end of December though so not too upsetting.

Grr Iowa! Are you waiting to hear from any other schools?

 

[Virginger]

Thanks for the heads up. Mine now says denied too. I've been expecting that since the end of December though so not too upsetting.

On the lighter side of the rejection, it turns out if you were not cut at the end of Dec then you were waitlisted for an interview. I was in the same pool with you... we just didnt make it off of the list, sigh.

 

[hedgiehog]

Grr Iowa! Are you waiting to hear from any other schools?

Nope I only applied to the UNL/ISU program. I was not very optimistic about getting in this year so I only applied to my IS. I'm just going to work on my app for next year and apply to several schools next time.

 

[psilovethomas]

I'm really sorry about the rejections. That really stinks. 👎 🙁

My rant: I want to eat more skittles, but my jaw hurts from eating too many. No solution to this problem as of yet.
Also, one of my best friends who is studying abroad at Oxford is going through a rough time and I really want to be there for her.

 

[Bisbee]

I'm really sorry about the rejections. That really stinks. 👎 🙁

My rant: I want to eat more skittles, but my jaw hurts from eating too many. No solution to this problem as of yet.
Also, one of my best friends, who is studying abroad at Oxford, is going through a rough time and I really want to be there for her.

That's so funny about the Skittles because I am the same way but with Good N' Plenty! The sore jaw sometimes isn't enough to stop me, though; I love them that much (addiction).

 

[Bisbee]

I just can't get over how some of these vet schools don't even bother to send people an email or form letter saying how sorry they are to inform you....blah, blah, blah. We've paid their supplemental fees and everything, but all they do is update your status page with a word like "denied" or "rejected". Not nice! I'm sorry for your rejections and wish you luck in the next cycle. You'll both get there!

 

[Dsmoody23]

McDonald's just released a radio ad for their mcnuggets in which they say eating them isn't risky but petting a stray pit bull is risky. Petting any stray dog is risky there was no need to explicitly state that it's a pitbull. People are working so hard to repair the breed's reputation and this ad is not helpful. My facebook feed has exploded with complaints (which I'm happy about) but some jerk arguing in support of BSL with my friend who has a pitt said he'd shoot her dog if it came within 50 feet of his child. 😡

On the upside, there was a pretty great response by some pit advocacy groups.

For instance, BAD RAP compiled about 50 submitted photos of families and kids like this one:

 

[bigkittinteef]

So I've had a bad couple days at work. Yesterday, my manager passed of the duty of going over patient blood-work with the vet and then the clients (on the phone) to a guy that is second in command when she is gone. He's a pre-vet student (he's not going to get in thank God--such a lazy slacker) that thinks he's God's gift to earth...ugh. He decides to leave early and dump the tedious task on me even though I came to work early and he came late. That meant I stayed behind doing this task I am not familiar with alone; it kept me over an hour past everyone else leaving. The manager happens to come back because said male hid it for a joke (hilarious right?). She asks me what I'm doing there still. I tell her what happened thinking she'd be upset. Nope. She goes "ok well I'm leaving. Thanks for finding my phone." I thought, fine, whatever. I can deal. Today, my vet wakes me up with a frantic call asking me to come in to work early because this same jerk didn't show up to work. I roll out of bed, no shower, no breakfast and book it to work. He shows up 2 hours late and says, "oh I thought I was supposed to come in at 12, not 10?" I'm expecting them to yell at him but no. No one said anything about it. WTF. This is the 2nd time I've had to come in early because he did that. I have so much to deal with already and he tells me "well at least you got more hours right?" 😡

On top of that, this girl I work with is always so rude and patronizing when we work together. She surfs the internet, talks on her phone, texts, complains about having to work "sooooo haaaaard", and flirts with aforementioned idiot (all in front of clients no less) then has the nerve to tell me to be more productive (I was filing/purging charts, apparently not productive...). She came to work after I did and left for her lunch about 30 minutes into her shift (I haven't even had breakfast at this point.) I feel so unappreciated by everyone at this hospital except for my vet. He is my mentor and surrogate father now (probably why the other workers treat me so badly). If it weren't for him, I would have left long ago.

I can honestly say, I am an extremely dedicated, worker. I never complain about any task I am handed, and I love the rewards of hard work. I worked over 1000 hours for free for this hospital and the techs just don't care. I just wish being so earnest and eager to improve my skills/knowledge didn't make people feel like they can dump everything on me and treat me like crap. They all know that I am dealing with my dad's terminal cancer, all with school and vet school app processes and really don't care. I just don't get it. :cry:

p.s. I'm sorry this was so long. I've been holding in so much about work. I just couldn't contain the word vomit any longer.

 

[Trematode]

My best friend, who has no morals, is really getting on my nerves.
The guy she is in a long distance relationship with just popped the L-word. She claims she will now no longer sleep around. My question: are you still going to make out with random people all of the time? Her response: yeah, and he says if I want to keep sleeping around, I can, but I am going to try to stop that. Uh huh.

Anyway:
- She mostly talks about who she has most recently slept with. 😴.
- When we both met up with a guy we haven't seen in a while, the first thing she talked about was who she slept with. Poor guy we were with looked horrified so I had to explain her life story and her nature to him later on.
- When we went to the bar for my birthday, she snagged me a guy to talk to (who wants to be a doctor, *swoon* 😍). Of course, when we went out for coffee, I got asked what her deal was (because she had grabbed him by the belt to bring him over to us and she was making out with people left, right and center including his best friend).
- When my friend asked me via text how coffee went, she said she was jealous of me. I asked her why. She said she had really wanted to sleep with the guy she introduced me to, but she gave him to me instead. Then she said she was joking. It was not a funny joke. I was fuming.

I am sick and tired of us only talking about her promiscuity. I am sick and tired of seeing her throw herself on strangers and talk about sex life whenever we go out with people. I am sick and tired of having to explain her actions to everyone.
Your single, care-free life is making you come off as horrible person. You can deny it all you want, but it is true. It is also making me come off as a horrible person by association. Keep your sex stories and your lips to yourself, woman, before I snap on you or just stop hanging around you.

On the gut-jump-rope thread, it was mentioned that 23 year olds can be very immature. She is living proof. Yet, I would rather her post questionable photos on her friends-only FB page then tell questionable stories to my friends whom she has just met and do promiscuous things at my birthday party.

 

[StartingoverVet]

sounds like a character from a movie about sexual addiction.

 

[Trematode]

I would never want to watch that movie. I get enough of that in real life. .

 

[Bisbee]

I'm thinking that she is still your "best friend" because you do feel sorry for her on some level? Rather than think of her as "immoral" and "promiscuous", I think she's hugely insecure and thinks that the only way to get attention from males is to sleep with them. Also, in front of your friends she wants to make sure that everyone knows how desirable she is so she tells everyone about her exploits. I would have a talk with her to say that you care very much for her, but that all of this sleeping around doesn't make people admire her. Tell her she's got a lot more to offer than sex and that you'd like to see her happy and secure in a real relationship and that hearing about her sex life is really too much information, that you consider that sort of thing private and personal and prefer not to hear those details any longer. She has no obligation to listen to you and stop her sexual behavior, but I'd hope that at least she'd keep her sexual information to herself and respect your wishes not to hear it. If she persists in her "locker room talk", I would have to wonder if it wasn't a sexual addiction. At that point I would suggest to her that she get some professional input. Certainly, going on like this can't be a good long-term way to live a life. I feel for you because I know how hard it can be to criticize friends face-to-face (maybe a well-worded email would be good...you are articulate in your writing here on SDN, so it may actually be the best way for someone with your writing skills to handle this). If you still feel a sense of friendship, you might be the only one who can reach her (and maybe no one has ever criticized her before, so it may actually hit home and open her eyes). If, however, things don't improve in time after a discussion or email, I would quietly and gently begin to move my own life away from her. There is supposed to be some enjoyment/benefit from a friendship, right? Best of luck in this awkward and annoying situation

 

[breenie]

Sounds like you don't really like her? Why be friends with someone you don't like?

If you're embarrassed by her behavior and don't like her choices, why bother? Frankly I don't think it's any of your business who she sleeps with unless it directly affects you, but it sounds like her entire persona drives you bonkers, not just the fact that she's promiscuous.

Get new friends! You hate her, and it can't be fun to be friends with someone who hates you. Do yourselves both a favor and find new folks.

 

[Trematode]

This is why I love SDN. I get great advice from people. Thank you. 🙂.

We have been best friends since we were 12. She "matured" more quickly than all of us (she had her first serious boyfriend at 13). She has always volunteered information like that and I got used to it. It got worse when she ended a 5 year relationship in October. I was texting her today (probably not the best way to go about it but I was half-asleep and she brought it up). When she broke up with her boyfriend and started asking me for advice, I told her that her reputation may be at stake if she continues down the path she was headed on. I reminded her of that today and that my friends were starting to ask me about her behaviour and that it was getting uncomfortable for me. She is very headstrong and is incredibly defensive, even though she knows I have her best interests in mind. Now that I think about it, we got in a piddly fight over this when we were in junior high and did not speak to each other for 2 years.

I am at a crossroad: do I tell her that her actions are having an impact on me and her reputation and risk losing her as a friend? Or do I just lie low for a little bit and see if things change now that she is in a "relationship"? With transit being on strike for what looks like the next few weeks, it is going to be quite easy to lie low. We both depend on the bus to see each other.

It felt good to get that off my chest. I am also kind of tickled that my writing was complemented. I try!
I do have a rave to make up for my rant. I am going to go post that now. 😀.

 

[finnerma]

LW -- We got 18 inches of snow and I feel like I'm never going to warm up. Yuck.

 

[Bisbee]

Send some snow here, please! We need it!

 

[HappyCowsfromCA]

Today I was driving to the grocery store, was stopped quietly behind a truck, and got rear ended, smashing me into the truck. I am fine, but my car is NOT in good condition. Thankfully, everyone was okay and it's not my fault so I won't be paying for it, but still, being out of a car for awhile SUCKS.

 

[Bisbee]

Glad you are okay. It can also feel emotionally upsetting to have been hit in your car. My friend had a bit of a hard time getting behind the wheel again for a while. I hope your car gets fixed soon and that you'll be back on the road in no time!

 

[HappyCowsfromCA]

Thanks, Bisbee! I was pretty shaken up while we were all exchanging contact information, but I absolutely LOVE driving, so the main emotional trauma here will be being without a car for awhile!

 

[bayarea15]

I am pretty much not allowed to enroll in the vet assisting online program thru my work because I am kennel....my friend who works at my hospital recently got promoted from kennel to nurse, after almost six yrs. Annoyed.

 

[cowgirla]

3 exams this week. Decided pizza would be good because I have no food in the house and no time to cook anything.

So, order Papa Johns for dleivery, blah blah.
Over an hour later, still no sign of my pizza so I call them back. Get put on hold 4x, repeat my name / number / address at least that many times.
The ********* managed to charge my credit card without actually placing the order. They charged my credit card the full amount, not just an authorization fee or whatever. The money LEFT my account almost instantly. And I had placed a big order because I wanted food for the week.

And of course, I'm welcome to place my order again but since there's no record of my first order, I'll have to pay again. Oh, and the person I would talk to about getting my money back isnt in the office- they'll leave a "note" for him to call me. No apologies, no nothing. The guy told me "Well, I didnt do it so I can't fix it." Ask if they were very busy tonight- "no, it's been pretty quiet actually."

this is the first time I've ever tried to order from them, and I will NEVER try it again..

Now its 9 pm and my dinner is chocolate covered strawberries and a bowl of yogurt because there is nothing else in my fridge, except for a piece of roast beef that is suspicously old.

I'm pissed off, hungry, and still have a **** ton of studying to do.

 

[breenie]

3 exams this week. Decided pizza would be good because I have no food in the house and no time to cook anything.

So, order Papa Johns for dleivery, blah blah.
Over an hour later, still no sign of my pizza so I call them back. Get put on hold 4x, repeat my name / number / address at least that many times.
The ********* managed to charge my credit card without actually placing the order. They charged my credit card the full amount, not just an authorization fee or whatever. The money LEFT my account almost instantly. And I had placed a big order because I wanted food for the week.

And of course, I'm welcome to place my order again but since there's no record of my first order, I'll have to pay again. Oh, and the person I would talk to about getting my money back isnt in the office- they'll leave a "note" for him to call me. No apologies, no nothing. The guy told me "Well, I didnt do it so I can't fix it." Ask if they were very busy tonight- "no, it's been pretty quiet actually."

this is the first time I've ever tried to order from them, and I will NEVER try it again..

Now its 9 pm and my dinner is chocolate covered strawberries and a bowl of yogurt because there is nothing else in my fridge, except for a piece of roast beef that is suspicously old.

I'm pissed off, hungry, and still have a **** ton of studying to do.

I'm assuming you paid with debit instead of credit? Call your bank. On credit card transactions usually you can get them to do a charge back. Call your company, throw a huge stink, sometimes they will help you out and reverse charges.

 

[bayarea15]

[QUOTE=cowgirla;12092200]3 exams this week. Decided pizza would be good because I have no food in the house and no time to cook anything.

So, order Papa Johns for dleivery, blah blah.
Over an hour later, still no sign of my pizza so I call them back. Get put on hold 4x, repeat my name / number / address at least that many times.
The ********* managed to charge my credit card without actually placing the order. They charged my credit card the full amount, not just an authorization fee or whatever. The money LEFT my account almost instantly. And I had placed a big order because I wanted food for the week.

And of course, I'm welcome to place my order again but since there's no record of my first order, I'll have to pay again. Oh, and the person I would talk to about getting my money back isnt in the office- they'll leave a "note" for him to call me. No apologies, no nothing. The guy told me "Well, I didnt do it so I can't fix it." Ask if they were very busy tonight- "no, it's been pretty quiet actually."

this is the first time I've ever tried to order from them, and I will NEVER try it again..

Now its 9 pm and my dinner is chocolate covered strawberries and a bowl of yogurt because there is nothing else in my fridge, except for a piece of roast beef that is suspicously old.


I'm pissed off, hungry, and still have a **** ton of studying to do.[/QUOTE]

This made me laugh, lol. I'm sorry 🙁 but hilarious in the way you tell it!

 

[cowgirla]

I'm assuming you paid with debit instead of credit? Call your bank. On credit card transactions usually you can get them to do a charge back. Call your company, throw a huge stink, sometimes they will help you out and reverse charges.

Claims center is not available past 6 pm on a Sunday. Tried that.

 

[jmo1012]

3 exams this week. Decided pizza would be good because I have no food in the house and no time to cook anything.

So, order Papa Johns for dleivery, blah blah.
Over an hour later, still no sign of my pizza so I call them back. Get put on hold 4x, repeat my name / number / address at least that many times.
The ********* managed to charge my credit card without actually placing the order. They charged my credit card the full amount, not just an authorization fee or whatever. The money LEFT my account almost instantly. And I had placed a big order because I wanted food for the week.

And of course, I'm welcome to place my order again but since there's no record of my first order, I'll have to pay again. Oh, and the person I would talk to about getting my money back isnt in the office- they'll leave a "note" for him to call me. No apologies, no nothing. The guy told me "Well, I didnt do it so I can't fix it." Ask if they were very busy tonight- "no, it's been pretty quiet actually."

this is the first time I've ever tried to order from them, and I will NEVER try it again..

Now its 9 pm and my dinner is chocolate covered strawberries and a bowl of yogurt because there is nothing else in my fridge, except for a piece of roast beef that is suspicously old.

I'm pissed off, hungry, and still have a **** ton of studying to do.

write or call them and quote their mission statement while asking for a refund. this is pretty much guaranteed to get you a refund and a very nice apology. recently did this with a friend who had a company give her the runaround for 3 months over where a package she had shipped had gone/getting refunded. that got the companys attention really quickly and her money back immediately

here: http://www.papajohns.com/about/pj_values.shtm 🙂

 

[cowgirla]

Wait, the pizza saga continues.

THREE hours after I place the order, and 2 hours after they tell me they have no record of my order, a large pizza appears at my door.

So I politely tell him to **** off, his company screwed up and I just want my money back, I already found food elsewhere. (Ok, I didnt really say that, but I wanted to. I was actually quite polite considering my stomach was tearing itself apart and biting me for turning away a perfectly good pizza). He gets grumpy, slams my door and leaves, and I can hear him bitching on his phone as he walks down my driveway.

A half hour later, I get a call from the same guy who told me there was no record of my order, claiming that there was a "system wide delay" with their ordering process. Um... I call bull****. A few minutes, maybe, but three hours? And it only affected me and no one else? So I ask him what order was delivered to me- turns out its NOT what I originally ordered but mysteriously matches the amount I paid. (When I first talked to him, he asked me what the order was and I just said "large pizza, and listed the sides, but not specifics on toppings/sauces etc). So he filled the order for a plain large pizza and plain cheesesticks, and regular wings, etc. Tells me I should have just taken the order, and he's not sure what "he can do for me now." Um, get me money back? Oh wait, the person that handles that STILL isn't in so I have to wait anyway. Great, so why did you call me???

Oh yeah, and I'm still hungry and now I'm out of strawberries. Thoughts of microwaving raw chicken are entering my mind....

 

[bayarea15]

LOLOLOL!!!!!!!

Order some Chinese 🙂

 

[breenie]

Stick to your guns, girl. Get manager on the phone tomorrow and give them hell.

🙂

Or potentially call corporate office and complain if you REALLY want to get 'em good?

 

[fishfinn]

OK I know I haven't been here in a while, but I just need to rant somewhere.

I feel like I am completely and totally unappreciated at the vet hospital I volunteer at. This one girl in particular who works there treats me like a slave. While I am speaking to the vet and intently observing him performing various surgeries, she has the nerve to tell me to unpack the huge food order that just came in. She just loves it when I do all the hauling of 20kg bags of food and dozens of flats of cans so she doesn't have to do it. She sits in her office chair either texting or chatting with the other techs. She's even given me smirks while I haul the gigantic bags of food across the hospital.

I don't know if she has some mental development issues or if she just has no regard for my feelings, but she is constantly talking about me when I can clearly hear her. She's said how all I do is hover and get in the way of everything. If this were true, the vet would have brought this to my attention and asked me to leave long ago. She has also comment on how "rude" I am for sweeping and mopping the floor when she just did it that morning. Well I'm sorry, I wasn't there to witness you do that, but the floor looks dirty and I had nothing to do so I'm gonna clean it! Just few weeks ago when the vet was writing up my reference, she just had to chime and say : "She only comes in twice a week. ONLY." I go to school full time, volunteer at 5 other animal-related places, and work 15 hours a week teaching piano. I know for a fact that this girl parties almost every weekend based off of what she talks about to the other vet techs when the doctor is out to lunch. I'd like to know what she's doing to build her vet school application, but we would never chat.... about anything... I've applied for a job there, but was denied because they wanted someone who had taken Veterinary Office Assisting. Well, this girl did not take this course and was given a job after volunteering for way less than I have. She feels so superior to me just because she was given this opportunity. And of course, I would definitely come in more than twice a week if I was being paid to do so!

The thing that gets to me most is that any time I am interacting with the doctor and trying to get some valuable experience, she orders me to do the mundane work that has nothing to do with animals that she doesn't want to do. I want to meet another vet and get to know them, but I've been at this clinic for so long now.... and I have tried to find another hospital that will accept me as a volunteer but no luck.

This girl really makes my blood boil. I just wanted to get all this out as I'm stressing over school at the moment... It relieves a bit of burden. Even if no one were to read this, it helped me.

 

[Dsmoody23]

This girl really makes my blood boil. I just wanted to get all this out as I'm stressing over school at the moment... It relieves a bit of burden. Even if no one were to read this, it helped me.

Hey. I know this was just ranting, and not necessarily cause for comment, but I thought I'd chime in regardless.

I used to struggle with this same issue, so much so that it would affect my work. I left my first vet job, that was otherwise great, because of a nasty office manager almost exactly like the person you're describing.

Some years later, with a bit more experience dealing with vet office politics, I can look back and see how that situation could have had a much better outcome.

There are assh*les everywhere. Especially in the all female, killer bee swarms that make up most vet offices. It happens so regularly that there's actually a term for it. "Shark attack," is what they call it in the tech program around here. At that job, there was always one person, usually the newest, quietest or most inexperienced employee, who was the constant object of trash talk, undermining and assignment of scut work. They'd keep the pressure up until the employee quit, and then they'd move on to the next person in line. These people always have to have a target, if it's just from personal dissatisfaction with their own lives or just general meanness.

The best way I've found to defuse these people is to just swallow your pride for a month or two and wear them out with fake kindness. Want me to put away a truck full of food while you text? Sure, and I'll do it with a big, ****-eating smile on my face. They thrive on reaction, and if they're not getting one, they'll move on to better prey. If there's no blood in the water, there are no sharks.

 

[Trematode]

Isn't that technically work-place harassment? (verbally abusing someone, using their position of power to make you feel inferior... etc.)

 

[kaydubs]

The best way I've found to defuse these people is to just swallow your pride for a month or two and wear them out with fake kindness. Want me to put away a truck full of food while you text? Sure, and I'll do it with a big, ****-eating smile on my face. They thrive on reaction, and if they're not getting one, they'll move on to better prey. If there's no blood in the water, there are no sharks.

Yup. This is my plan to survive the next few months of work abuse. Seeing that minuscule ray of light at the end of the foreboding tunnel = my ability to survive the workplace.

 

[flyhi]

I have been on a serious diet for the past 2 weeks that is depriving me of my sanity. I will be in FL in a week and a half and I WILL take my skinny clothes!

Signed,

Starving and cranky

 

[Trilt]

OK I know I haven't been here in a while, but I just need to rant somewhere.

I feel like I am completely and totally unappreciated at the vet hospital I volunteer at. This one girl in particular who works there treats me like a slave. While I am speaking to the vet and intently observing him performing various surgeries, she has the nerve to tell me to unpack the huge food order that just came in. She just loves it when I do all the hauling of 20kg bags of food and dozens of flats of cans so she doesn't have to do it. She sits in her office chair either texting or chatting with the other techs. She's even given me smirks while I haul the gigantic bags of food across the hospital.

Oh my goodness there is someone exactly like this at the clinic I volunteer at. Two of the techs are awesome, one... not so much. I'm sorry ma'am, but I am a VOLUNTEER. I am working for free. I do work my ass off and have done a ton of positive things for the clinic (completely cleaning the back room, organizing things, etc), but if there's a surgery going on and I'm hovering asking questions, do not make swishy sweeping/mopping gestures like the world is going to end if the clinic isn't swept right now. /recent irritation. Grrr.

 

[Bisbee]

I have been on a serious diet for the past 2 weeks that is depriving me of my sanity. I will be in FL in a week and a half and I WILL take my skinny clothes!

Signed,

Starving and cranky

Hi Starving and Cranky,
I hope you can hang in there and find some good stuff to eat to fill you up that isn't too bad on the diet. I'm sure you'll look great on the beach. Don't worry. Also, you probably missed it on another thread, but I wondered how the MCAT went? I've just begun studying for it myself.

 

[Marsala]

Fishfinn, moody has a good point about sucking up your pride and all that, but you can look at this another way.

First, when she asks you to do stupid things like unload the food order and such, do it with a smile. Make it seem like you don't mind at all. As mentioned previously, bullies thrive on reaction.

Second, bullies don't like being confronted. If she were talking smack about me, I would walk up to her and remind her that your hearing is indeed fully functional, and that while she she may feel that her behavior is acceptable, it actually isn't. All said with a smile. In most cases, people will treat you how you allow them to treat you. If you let her treat you like crap, that's what she's going to do because she's insecure and bolsters her confidence by bringing others down.

Just my 2 cents.

 

[that redhead]

Bombed the anatomy quiz. Happy Monday.

 

[bigkittinteef]

OK I know I haven't been here in a while, but I just need to rant somewhere.

I feel like I am completely and totally unappreciated at the vet hospital I volunteer at. This one girl in particular who works there treats me like a slave. While I am speaking to the vet and intently observing him performing various surgeries, she has the nerve to tell me to unpack the huge food order that just came in. She just loves it when I do all the hauling of 20kg bags of food and dozens of flats of cans so she doesn't have to do it. She sits in her office chair either texting or chatting with the other techs. She's even given me smirks while I haul the gigantic bags of food across the hospital.

I don't know if she has some mental development issues or if she just has no regard for my feelings, but she is constantly talking about me when I can clearly hear her. She's said how all I do is hover and get in the way of everything. If this were true, the vet would have brought this to my attention and asked me to leave long ago. She has also comment on how "rude" I am for sweeping and mopping the floor when she just did it that morning. Well I'm sorry, I wasn't there to witness you do that, but the floor looks dirty and I had nothing to do so I'm gonna clean it! Just few weeks ago when the vet was writing up my reference, she just had to chime and say : "She only comes in twice a week. ONLY." I go to school full time, volunteer at 5 other animal-related places, and work 15 hours a week teaching piano. I know for a fact that this girl parties almost every weekend based off of what she talks about to the other vet techs when the doctor is out to lunch. I'd like to know what she's doing to build her vet school application, but we would never chat.... about anything... I've applied for a job there, but was denied because they wanted someone who had taken Veterinary Office Assisting. Well, this girl did not take this course and was given a job after volunteering for way less than I have. She feels so superior to me just because she was given this opportunity. And of course, I would definitely come in more than twice a week if I was being paid to do so!

The thing that gets to me most is that any time I am interacting with the doctor and trying to get some valuable experience, she orders me to do the mundane work that has nothing to do with animals that she doesn't want to do. I want to meet another vet and get to know them, but I've been at this clinic for so long now.... and I have tried to find another hospital that will accept me as a volunteer but no luck.

This girl really makes my blood boil. I just wanted to get all this out as I'm stressing over school at the moment... It relieves a bit of burden. Even if no one were to read this, it helped me.

I'm in the same boat. 🙁 girls are bitches sometimes. Marsala is right. I need to stand up to her because not reacting for the past year and a half hasn't gotten me anywhere. I hope we can both get the best of these hoebags.

 

[wildcatj]

OK I know I haven't been here in a while, but I just need to rant somewhere.

I feel like I am completely and totally unappreciated at the vet hospital I volunteer at. This one girl in particular who works there treats me like a slave. While I am speaking to the vet and intently observing him performing various surgeries, she has the nerve to tell me to unpack the huge food order that just came in. She just loves it when I do all the hauling of 20kg bags of food and dozens of flats of cans so she doesn't have to do it. She sits in her office chair either texting or chatting with the other techs. She's even given me smirks while I haul the gigantic bags of food across the hospital.

I don't know if she has some mental development issues or if she just has no regard for my feelings, but she is constantly talking about me when I can clearly hear her. She's said how all I do is hover and get in the way of everything. If this were true, the vet would have brought this to my attention and asked me to leave long ago. She has also comment on how "rude" I am for sweeping and mopping the floor when she just did it that morning. Well I'm sorry, I wasn't there to witness you do that, but the floor looks dirty and I had nothing to do so I'm gonna clean it! Just few weeks ago when the vet was writing up my reference, she just had to chime and say : "She only comes in twice a week. ONLY." I go to school full time, volunteer at 5 other animal-related places, and work 15 hours a week teaching piano. I know for a fact that this girl parties almost every weekend based off of what she talks about to the other vet techs when the doctor is out to lunch. I'd like to know what she's doing to build her vet school application, but we would never chat.... about anything... I've applied for a job there, but was denied because they wanted someone who had taken Veterinary Office Assisting. Well, this girl did not take this course and was given a job after volunteering for way less than I have. She feels so superior to me just because she was given this opportunity. And of course, I would definitely come in more than twice a week if I was being paid to do so!

The thing that gets to me most is that any time I am interacting with the doctor and trying to get some valuable experience, she orders me to do the mundane work that has nothing to do with animals that she doesn't want to do. I want to meet another vet and get to know them, but I've been at this clinic for so long now.... and I have tried to find another hospital that will accept me as a volunteer but no luck.

This girl really makes my blood boil. I just wanted to get all this out as I'm stressing over school at the moment... It relieves a bit of burden. Even if no one were to read this, it helped me.

Personally, I think if you're just there shadowing, there's no reason to bust your butt doing things like unloading food. When I first started shadowing, I was really trying to be helpful to the techs, because I did feel like I was getting in their way. But when one of the off duty vets asked me why I was in the back unpacking meds instead of in office visits, I realized that's what I was there to do and that's what I should have been doing. I don't mean to say that you shouldn't be helpful to the techs, because we all know sometimes we are in the way when we shadow, but there's no reason you should be doing grunt work just because this girl's being a jerk. I personally would either ask the vet if he/she feels like that's something you should be doing, or tell the tech that you're there to shadow, you don't mind helping, but it should be a learning experience. Easier said than done, I know, but what's the tech going to do? Complain to the vet that you're not doing her job for her?

 

[Fireflysushi]

I just want to say that while girls are typically to blame for this type of behavior, sometimes it is the fellas. I volunteered at a clinic and there were two guys that picked on me constantly. I was honestly uncommfortable going in because they would pick on me so much. The best revenge is to just get into vet school and by the sound of it Fishfinn you are well on your way.

 

[that redhead]

I just want to say that while girls are typically to blame for this type of behavior,

I read that as "white girls"

 

[WelshCob]

I HATE needy people! Endrant...