How are you today?

[Miles]

So many people are hurting and I can't do a god damn thing about it. I'm just glad that for once my best friend texted me saying he felt awesome instead of awful. The world would be a darker place without him and he deserves better.

[Blue]

I'm fine, just annoyed with the mess I made that I;m still sorting, and worried for friends.

[Corsac]

Peaks and troughs, currently dragging myself up and starting to feel better though.

[RockerBlocks]

Worried, Happy, Paranoid, Sick, Hot, Cold.

My emotions are jumping up and down so i'm rather confused.

[Lunar]

Still feeling sick....damn this sore, raw throat! That's the worst of it to be honest. Can't even drink ice water without it flaring up something fierce.

Hey Puck. Have you seen a physician at all? If it's a stomach flu I'm sure it will pass in time but If you have a nasty strep infection you may want to seek some medical attention. Streptoccocus tend to cause nasty sore throats and it would be wise to seek antibiotics to rid of them if that's what you have.

My concern isn't so much the organism itself but your body creating antibodies that could potentially cross react. Please don't be alarmed, I would simply advise checking in to the cause of the sore throat. Could very well be the vomitting that iritated the lining of the esophagus.

Get well soon!

[archubbycub]

Today has been an emotional roller coaster! Started off down because I thought my boyfriend was going to break up with me. Then I talked to him and he told me everything was ok so I was feeling better. Then I got bored and went for a drive, but that didn't help! Then earlier tonight I got pissed off over something that I really should have just let roll off my back! I really hate my emotions sometimes.

[Puck]

Hey Puck. Have you seen a physician at all? If it's a stomach flu I'm sure it will pass in time but If you have a nasty strep infection you may want to seek some medical attention. Streptoccocus tend to cause nasty sore throats and it would be wise to seek antibiotics to rid of them if that's what you have.

My concern isn't so much the organism itself but your body creating antibodies that could potentially cross react. Please don't be alarmed, I would simply advise checking in to the cause of the sore throat. Could very well be the vomitting that iritated the lining of the esophagus.

Get well soon!

Thanks for the concern Lunar, but I'm sure the sore throat is just a reaction from vomiting. Besides, a great deal of my family members work in the field of medicine so I'm well-taken care of. :biggrin: mile:

[Jay]

I need a place to express my disappointment. Sorry, I don't have to check spelling whatsoever. I'm in a rush.

I joined the company that I'm working with right now on 2009. As the company's designer, my working hours are sightly different from my other colleagues. My working hours are from 9.30am - 6.00pm. But I occasionally have to work late and also work during the weekend (With no replacement leave, which I'm fine with that).

Meanwhile, my other colleagues' working hours are from 10am - 6pm. They work in the marketing department as marketing consultants. They can take one day off during weekdays if they have to work on the weekend. I'm fine with that.

I love my colleagues very much but I am not very keen with their work ethic. Colleagues come and go. Some have resigned and have been replaced by new colleagues. But all of them have one uncanny similarity that I very much despised. Coming late to work. Every single day.

I take 3 public transports to go to work every single day - A bus follows with a train and then a monorail and a 15-minute walk. Yet I'm still able to come to work very early than the rest. Note again, my working hours are from 9.30am - 6pm. But I reach my office roughly at 7.30am every single day.

The rest of my colleagues? They roughly reach office at 10.20am every single day. 20 minutes late. But hey, that's consider early. I've seen some of them come 30 minutes or few hours late. One of them came at 11am instead of 10am today. They drive their cars to work. Sigh.

The most appalling attitude? We use card scan to record our attendance to work. My desk is located very close to the main entrance of our office. The main entrance is made of whole tempered glass so I can see people come and go easily. The rest of my colleagues sit on the other side of the office. I choose to sit far away from my colleagues because they have to call their clients once in a while. I'm the type of designer who can't work in a noisy environment (Unless the noise comes from my own Ipod).

So anyway back to the card scan. What would some of they do if they come really late to work? Scan their cards? No. They just knock the main entrance door gently and ask me to open the door for them. It's a sneaky way to avoid scanning their attendance.

As I've mentioned earlier, today one of them came at 11am instead of 10am because my boss is on leave. As I've expected, the terribly late colleague knocked the main entrance and she asked me to open the door for her. She's one month old senior than me for holy sake.

On year 2010, my old colleague (who was my junior) gave me a call via my mobile phone at around 11.30am. He just woke up from sleep. He begged me to help him out. He asked me to announce to everyone that the reason why he's coming late to work is due to appointment with a client. I was still a naive lad at the time. I agreed. "Just this once, okay?"

Fast forward few months later, he told me that another senior colleague and he will be late to work due to appointment with clients. I thought he was telling the truth. To cut the story, I then caught their little chat in the restroom. Apparently they didn't go to see clients. Both of them went to another company (Our company's competitor) for job interviews. I was speechless. I only broke the story to my manager few months later because I was so, ugh, helpless.

I'm so sick of it. All of them are adults but act like bunch of kids.

I've reported this problem to the upper management on 2010 but nothing has changed. Old and new colleagues are all the same. It's like everyone infects each other with laziness or something.

Yes, I know my boss appreciates me for coming on time, being hard worker etc. I know my managers asked me to continue to be who I am and ignore the other lazy colleagues. I know that I am the only staff in the Malaysia's branch who gets constant raise, incentive and commission. All of these should help to make me feel better, right? No. Their lack of punctuality bothers me because they use me to cover them up. It creates a mix feeling. I love them as friends but I loathe their work ethic. They make me feel guilty inside.

I know my boss is aware of this situation too as she has scolded them so many times. But as I've said, old and new colleagues are all the same.

My boss doesn't know of their sneaky knocking-door technique and also the job interview story. But I think it's time for her to know as I am tired of being their door mat.

[ceez]

I know exactly what your going through Jay, I see a lot of my co-workers talking on the phone, taking extra lunch brakes, and the gossiping is just ridiculous. then I get the same task as everyone else while completing two extra tasks at the same time and finish before they do. it's very frustrating:mad:

[monk]

Don't open the door - make them scan their cards. They might think twice about being constantly late in the future.