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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsI don't know how much more of this I can take...
Yesterday morning before I got here, someone threw a rock through the glass door of the clinic and made off with a few computers. The clinic manager suspended shower and laundry service as a result. Now people are coming in screaming and shouting and calling everyone names. The drug-seekers are loudly demanding that I write them prescriptions for their favorite recreational pharmaceuticals, and stomping out angrily when I refuse. And my staff is on the ragged edge of a collective nervous breakdown.
I mean, shit like this happens every once in a while. But it's getting harder and harder to cope with, what with everything else going on in the world right now...
Can't wait until Friday. I'm going to step out for the evening, a little cannabis, a little ETOH. Just to get away for a while...
elleng
(130,841 posts)alwaysinasnit
(5,063 posts)pdxflyboy
(675 posts)Cool your mouth with some ice cold Stoli!
Aristus
(66,309 posts)I read that a couple of shots before cannabis will increase the effect.
My tipple is actually Absolut Pear. Good stuff...
Mme. Defarge
(8,025 posts)On second thought...
LiberalLoner
(9,761 posts)Upthevibe
(8,031 posts)I'm so sorry you're going through this....Light & Vibes to you....
Fla Dem
(23,632 posts)from your job and more annoyance and frustration. Maybe time to step away and find something you can enjoy. I know, easier said then done.
But I know the feeling of being in a job where as soon as you get to work on Monday, all you want is for it to be Friday. Its not a great place to be mentally.
Hope things turn around for you.
Aristus
(66,309 posts)Healthcare for the homeless is very stressful, but the rewards are worth it.
I worked in a mainstream clinic for a while, and visits with those patients are never as uplifting and life-affirming as my visits with my homeless patients.
It's just that the rest of the world used to more sane than it is now, helping me to cope with the bad times...