I drove up with another coworker and we were told to get there mid-afternoon so we could man the booth for a couple hours before dinner. Well, we got there just before 3pm and the booths were all already torn down! I guess they had to tear down the booth at 1:30pm, but didn’t bother to call us to tell us… men! So, we hung out and talked to some people and then went to the bar to hang out before dinner. Dinner was good, we had about 50 people out in total in our group, so there was lots of schmoozing to do. We ordered our meal at 6:30pm, but it didn’t come until almost 8pm! I was starving by that point, especially since I missed my afternoon snack! The dinner went well, everyone wanted to talk about the baby, so that made it easy. I always hate these networking events, but since people were interested in the baby, that made it easier. I got home just before midnight, so it was a long day. But, I came in late this morning so I could still get a good night’s sleep. And since I worked such a long day yesterday, that means I only need to use 3 of my banked OT hours for my day off on Monday when I was in Niagara Falls.
I ran into my ex-boss (i.e. the Snake) at the conference. I hadn’t seen him in 2 years, so it was a little strange to see him again after all this time. He got married a couple weeks before I did, and now he and his wife are expecting a baby a couple weeks before me! So, that’s cool. I’ve gotten past the point where I want to punch him out, so that’s good.
I’m so glad it’s Friday. And today is my bro Al’s 23rd birthday!
Tomorrow, Carlos and I are going to a wedding for one of his friends. It’s about an hour away, so I am the built-in DD ;) The wedding is an outdoor wedding, and of course it’s supposed to rain all weekend. So, I hope they have a back-up plan like a tent or something!
Happy Friday everyone!
EDIT 12:50pm
I just got a call from my mom. Apparently I missed a lot of action yesterday. The short version is that she had to hire a lawyer because she is no longer safe in her workplace. I guess "crazy lady" (the one who tried to make sure she wasn't hired this year by making outrageous accusations) verbally attacked her yesterday for no reason. I don't know all of the details, but apparently all of mom's colleagues encouraged her to get a lawyer since they all don't know what crazy lady is capable of. I guess she has been threatening some of the other people in the department too, not just mom. Luckily, mom has a friend who is a lawyer, so she hired her because she totally trusts her. I feel so bad for my mom. I really hope the university fires this lady!!!
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I don't care if that lady has tenure or not, verbal threats (especially involving physical harm) to a colleague should have serious ramifications, perhaps even result in dismissal.
Hopefully things can be worked out for your mom. This would be so hard to deal with. :(
Nope, she doesn't have tenure yet, so that's good. It might be a little easier for the university to fire her. I'm sure the next couple of weeks will be stressful for mom!
Her lawyer told her to make sure she's never alone in the department with just this lady and to not open the door and call the police right away if this lady comes to her house. And to not go to her car in the parking lot alone, etc. We have to make sure that mom is safe, that's the number 1 priority.
This lady seriously is crazy, so we don't know what she's capable of. I think she may have pulled some of this crap at her old uni too because she's in the middle of a court case with that uni right now, she sued them for wrongful dismissal.
No tenure would certainly make it easier to fire her.
Yikes, your poor mummy!
Your poor mom... that's horrible!
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