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Grinding Away..Things that grind your gears, part three

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The medical system is grinding my gears. My mum is non-weight bearing. Family meeting today. The PT she works with is not available until later in the day so the person who was there doesn't really know her. Probable discharge this coming weekend. Plan to get her into her house-no. Plan for how she will take care of self in kitchen- no. Plan for assistive devices in place- no. Plan for how she will get to med appts (Up and down stairs which they say she can't do)- no. Worked on car transfers yet?- no. Plan about how she will get her injectible meds, do they know if she will still be taking them?- no. They are however, shocked I insist on a home evaluation to make sure she can get in and out of house. The Visiting Nurse will not come the day of discharge and no services start until the day after- hmm, how does this lady do anything for 24 hrs on her own? One would assume that if services are necessary they might be needed when the person is first at home.

Not helping- My mum thinks that I am supposed to deal with everything because she is too overwhelmed and bewildered. She is OK to deal with all of the other things in life, just not the stuff she doesn't like. I am supposed to rearrange her house, organise all this stuff, work and take care of my family because she doesn't want to make calls. She calls me to tell me what to bring and everyone else to complain. She can call them to get stuff :mad:

Phew. That felt good.
 
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people who reply to emails without reading them grind my gears.

we had a long discussion yesterday, and everyone (I thought) came to the conclusion that A is the way to go, and B is not because it's a waste of time and not the B group's responsibility. Three people agreed and replied, all stating that we are doing A.

So I am out of the office today, someone (a teammate that is a few levels below me) feels the need to "take the initiative" in my absence and reply to an email, directing people to do B.

seriously? everyone else was straight on this. just because it's a little more work doesn't mean it's not the right option AND I already did most of the effing work, so I can't see anyone complaining about it. if it was someone with the same level of experience and understanding of the problem, I would be open to consider options - but it's not. she just wasn't paying attention in the meetings or emails.
 
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Today grinds my gears. Called Walgreens about my brace, only to have them tell me it was "discontinued by the manufacturer." Went to lunch and the waitress forgot about my table. Came home to find that the garbage wasn't picked up because the tote was supposedly broken, even though they've picked up the garbage several times before with the same tote. Went to get help in Culinary Math, only to be reminded over and over again that I need to be in uniform every time I enter the building. *sigh*
 
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Any thread involving Tech with those two morans in it is really grinding my gears.
 
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Home visit today for my mother. Get the directive to be there at 10:30- DO NOT BE LATE! I get there. We are supposed to leave at 11:00. At 11 they start figuring out what they need. I teach my mother car transfer because they just sent me out with her to put her in the car. 11:20 we leave. THey have no idea how to fill in the form. The form is what directs the home visit. I used to work acute rehab. Part of my job was discharge planning. After that I worked homecare. I would have lost my job if I had done stuff this way. It doesn't take much to be organized. I can't imagine how the hell some poor elderly couple would navigate this.
 
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My brother, while I love him dearly, grinds my gears. Finished the race today and I thought my dad would be picking me up when I was done. He forgot. So my brother came and got me, which wasn't an issue. However, on the way home, my brother tore me a new one about the way I looked, my job, told me that me going back to culinary school was just a way for me to defer student loan payments, etc.

Then he walked into the house and saw that it was a sh-t show. Tore me a new one about that, too. Asked me why I still have a cat, why this, why that... basically ripped it to shreds.

If he's not going to help, why bother saying anything? I was glad when he left... at this rate, I never want to speak with him again. This was supposed to be my day of triumph. Instead, it's turned into a day of misery.
 
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ShirtlessBob said:
My brother, while I love him dearly, grinds my gears. Finished the race today and I thought my dad would be picking me up when I was done. He forgot. So my brother came and got me, which wasn't an issue. However, on the way home, my brother tore me a new one about the way I looked, my job, told me that me going back to culinary school was just a way for me to defer student loan payments, etc.

Then he walked into the house and saw that it was a sh-t show. Tore me a new one about that, too. Asked me why I still have a cat, why this, why that... basically ripped it to shreds.

If he's not going to help, why bother saying anything? I was glad when he left... at this rate, I never want to speak with him again. This was supposed to be my day of triumph. Instead, it's turned into a day of misery.
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Grrr. jus Grrrrr. Spit in his eye. You are doing the right thing. Next time ask him what he would like to do to help seeing you are in school and obviously he can see your Dad is a mess. Literally.
 
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leswp1 said:
Grrr. jus Grrrrr. Spit in his eye. You are doing the right thing. Next time ask him what he would like to do to help seeing you are in school and obviously he can see your Dad is a mess. Literally.
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Tonight I realized that my brother is envious of me. And what do you do if you're bitter about someone else's success? Tear em down, which is what he's trying to do to me.
 
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ShirtlessBob said:
And now he and I are no longer on speaking terms. In some way, I wish it didn't come to this, but life carries on, with or without him.
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You gotta do what you gotta do man...sucks.
 
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Handyman said:
You gotta do what you gotta do man...sucks.
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state of hockey said:
It's true. While you can't pick your family like you do your friends, you can sure as hell stop having anything else to do with them.
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Brenthoven said:
Yep. No respect? * you. Don't need ya. Sucks, but it's for the better.
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Yep. I got along fine for several years without him before; I'll get along fine without him now.
 
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I truly mean no offense by this, and I'm sure I'll get ripped apart by those who are friends with you, but ShirtlessBob, I'm finding it harder and harder to have any sympathy for the things that you constantly complain about here. This thread is the perfect place to post complaints about whatever, but yours seem to be quite frequent and repetitive. At what point do you stop complaining on here and actually take action in the real world? You seem to have taken the appropriate steps with your brother, but the nonsense with your dad and your schooling does get a bit old. I mean, complaining about being constantly reminded that you need to wear your uniform every time you enter the building? I would think at some point you might, I dunno, wear your uniform every time you enter the building?

Again, I don't mean to make light of whatever situation you are in. The stuff with your dad, I can't compare to anything because the way he acts is asinine. But put an end to it at some point. Seriously. It can be done, and you'll be better off for it, as hard as it might be.
 
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For those of you unaware: Fellow poster Flashy Man and I got engaged in January, and we set a date for next June.
My little sister (and Maid of Honor) got a Save The Date card in the mail yesterday for a wedding that will be a few weeks after ours. Thus, she sent me a message asking me why we hadn't sent ours out yet. That led in to a question of a million other things that apparently need to get done RIGHTFREAKINGNOWOMG. I guess I'm doing something wrong by not having the entire thing planned out a year ahead of time. Forgive me that with recently moving 2 states away, getting a new job and a pretty much instant promotion, and trying to train for a race, I haven't devoted my entire existence to being a bride-to-be. That, and I seem to have this ridiculous idea that the groom should have some say in these things, and unless it has anything to do with a dude who will be coaching Tech Hockey this fall, he's not interested in hearing or talking about it. ("I don't know, we have a year yet to sort these things out" or a non-descript grunt and shrug is the best I can get out of him when the topic comes up.)
The St. Louis County Courthouse is 3 blocks from our apartment, and it's looking more and more tempting.

/rant.
 
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goldy_331 said:
Even cuter is that she thinks he might care about it. :D The correct answer for him is "yes dear, whatever you think is best."
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True. Just shrugging or blowing it off is probably the wrong thing to do. You have to at least act like you give a crap, or so I hear.
 
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