How are you doing? - Kiwi Farms Wellness Check

[Bagronkleton]

Been feeling kinda empty lately. Not depressed, not really burnt out. just blasé.

Job is decent enough, pay is good for what the work is, am in a situation that let's me save money and take care of things like student loans and making very good headway on that; would very much like to pay it student loans off before the dollar is truly worthless and shit really hits the fan.
Hobbies for weekend, little tasks during week, enough scratch for fun money. Planning on some worm farming for my garden.

But after covid lockdowns and being professionally taken advantage of by someone I considered a close friend, it's hard to really give much a shit about anyone outside of immediate family, or anything beyond just getting through the work day with minimal interaction and away from everyone and everything.

I'm quitting nicotine so rn I'm raging intensely. I dropped a spoon and wanted to punch holes in the wall moid-style. However, I live in a country that doesn't have paper walls, so I didn't.

Anecdotal, and all, but have you tried throwing some cbd into the mix when stopping the nic? Cbd tincture around a 10:1 ratio of cbd to thc helped me  immensely with the cravings and irritability when quitting nicotine cold turkey.

 

[Betonhaus]

My work is being hit HARD by covid and at least 3 people are likely to die. So understaffed they pull me out from my department to go to the covid ward because the staff that was there.... got sent home with covid. I look in their sanitizer and what do I see? Plain water. For months I've had this issue: all these yahoo immigrants and black people they hire do not know the difference between cleaning and sanitizing. They'll mop up shit and vomit with plain water and then use the same water to mop the rest of the wing. Our mop heads are washable- but they never change theirs- it's turned solid black. They wipe all the tables with just plain water. And when they try to use sanitizers they think it's magic. I can't tell you how many times I've seen them spray Microban like it's Febreze. Or spray a squirt of Lysol spray into the sanitizer water thinking that works. And they think wearing gloves makes you immune, as they wipe people's asses and then hold their phones with the same dirty gloves.

It really has started to piss me off because this has probably directly contributed to people dying. We've had SO many mandatory training videos but it doesn't fix anything- everyone just hits play and walk away. It's not my department so I can't do much about it.

Jeeze, that's something you need to start documenting and bring to upper management anonymously with the implied threat that the information will be made public if not dealt with.

 

[Catman from cat town]

I think the guy I’m crushing on only sees me as a friend and probably doesn’t see me in a romantic way. I feel sad but also happy about having a new friend.

Maybe I’m wrong about this guy and he’s just super shy but one thing I’ve learned in my dating past is it’s best to just let go and not expect anything. However, I have been enjoyed being alone and I think I just miss cuddling with someone.

 

[Betonhaus]

I think the guy I’m crushing on only sees me as a friend and probably doesn’t see me in a romantic way. I feel sad but also happy about having a new friend.

Maybe I’m wrong about this guy and he’s just super shy but one thing I’ve learned in my dating past is it’s best to just let go and not expect anything. However, I have been enjoyed being alone and I think I just miss cuddling with someone.

Would there be a way to find reasons to just be in each other's company? Maybe do stuff together, or just hang out while doing your own things? Or you could try to see how long it takes for him to realize you're subtly flirting?

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That remote work job I did the online stuff for has me scheduled for a teams interview Friday, hopefully it goes good. The pay is decent, but I'll be doing tech support for Mac devices and I'm not too familiar with the company (Teleperformance). The one machinist job I interviewed for I haven't heard back from despite following up on, and the other says they won't make a decision until this weekend.

This is a global American multinational technology company that specializes in consumer electronics, software and online services that brings affordability, design and comfort to people all over the world.





Program: AC IOS English Apple (Require clearing AMCAT test & FurstPerson Outmatch test)



Position: Technical Support Specialist

Inbound Technical/Support Program with a FOCUS on Customer Service

Resolving issues drives customer delight.



Language: English



Training Start Date: March 11, 2024 8:00AM-5:00PM EST (Monday – Friday) (3 weeks training + 3 weeks Nesting) 6 weeks duration training and nesting are paid “Attendance is a must and mandatory”



Hours of Operation: Monday’s – Sunday’s 365 days (40 hours/week)

*We are currently hiring for evening schedules only* starts 2PM shift ends at 11PM



Pay Rate: <you guys don't need to see this>



AC Program highly recommend 90 days exposure in the production area (no pre plan leaves within 3-6 months to one year)



Permanent Work at Home: We will provide the work equipment full size Mac with Ethernet Cable. It will not work on WIFI, you have to connect with internet router, please make sure that you have internet router at home 25 mbps. Be sure to have an office space for work.



What we offer:

• Ability to work from the comfort of your home

• Paid Training

• Competitive compensation package

• Medical and dental benefits plans, as well as Employee Assistance Program

• Employee Referral program – starting at $500.00 for every referral hired

• Great perks on everyday products and services with Canada's leading employee perk program

• Internal career advancement opportunities



Qualifications



What you will bring:



• Associate degree or certification from an accredited program for technical and/or clinical education required

• Experience with the use of electronic documentation systems required.

• 2 years in technical or clinical/medical based device support role.

• Previous contact center experience is an assets

• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications including Outlook, Word & Excel preferred

• Must be at least 18 years old

• Excellent communication/comprehension skills

• Ability to type 30 wpm and successfully pass our language/grammar screening

• Excellent home internet hardwired – Wi-Fi connections are not permitted

• Fulltime Job with no restriction / “No Part Time Accepted.”

• Distraction Free and Quiet Work Area (Should be quiet from kids, dogs, distractions, etc.)



Responsibilities



What you will do:



• Provide first level technical solutions in regard to installation, operation and maintenance of products.

• Answering inbound customer queries.

• Build and maintain positive customer relations by offering personalized solutions.

• Ensure requests are handled appropriately by coordinating with various functions within the company.

• Schedule service calls and follow up with customers/clients

• Troubleshoots and resolves technical issues using established diagnostics tools and procedures.

• Responsible for accurate data input using prescribed applications.

• Exceptional call handling soft skills must possess the ability to conduct active listening while being

empathetic and reassuring the customer.

 

[Catman from cat town]

Sorry for the double but a secret admirer sent me chocolates at work. I wish they weren’t a secret so I could thank them.

Would there be a way to find reasons to just be in each other's company? Maybe do stuff together, or just hang out while doing your own things? Or you could try to see how long it takes for him to realize you're subtly flirting?

We are coworkers so I haven’t directly asked him out, I don’t think it’s right to do while at work. I have hung out with him outside of work and had a great time but we both been busy so haven’t hung out again. Any flirting goes over his head but whenever I’ve stopped and just decided he’s just being nice or whatever, he ends up being the one to keep starting conversations with me.

I’m at a point in my life where I’m not concerned about being in a relationship so if I’m getting mixed signals and I feel like I’m being strung along, I’m just gonna assume he doesn’t see me in a romantic way and just wants to be friends. I don’t mind being friends but I wish he wasn’t so shy about it.

 

[dick brain]

Work is a lot. Wish I had emotional support. Oh well.

 

[Nick Obre]

We are coworkers so I haven’t directly asked him out, I don’t think it’s right to do while at work. I have hung out with him outside of work and had a great time but we both been busy so haven’t hung out again. Any flirting goes over his head but whenever I’ve stopped and just decided he’s just being nice or whatever, he ends up being the one to keep starting conversations with me.

Imma quote myself on what I said to someone else in this very thread, but only the relevant part (feel free to go to the original post for the context story):

So what I'm saying is, @Blobby's Murder Knife, stop trying to say it without saying it, stop giving him massages during class. Just go and tell him:
HEY, BRO, I WANT YOUR HOT BODY
I NEED YOU TO REARRANGE MY GUTS
I WANT YOU TO FUCK ME TO SLEEP

Or, you know, something more demure but equally unambiguous.

There was a gif of some actress from some movie or something, possibly Emma Stone, which represented better what I was talking about -the woman was doing gestures rather than saying it-, but I couldn't find it so this will have to do.

 

[Triple Flutz]

My biggest source of morosity is that I don't have any family nearby as someone who is very close to her family. It's really 100% on me since I just had to fall in love with an American, I knew what I was getting into as far as the loss of proximity with my social circle and I don't regret it, I just miss my people. Anyway, 3 of my relatives were able to visit together last year over a long weekend, but over the past month, four different groups of relatives have all brought up the possibility of visiting and I'm really excited about the possibility of being around them again after over half a decade. I could cry thinking about one visit from family, let alone 4 upcoming ones, but I'll allow myself to get genuinely excited when I see plane tickets to preserve my heart from disappointment. I'm really, really praying it works out, though.
Tangentially related, but I grew up in a very homogeneous area and never could have anticipated how isolating it feels to be thrown into a society without a cohesive direction/set of values/customs and to not be able to communicate with people in your own language on a daily basis. I think I was just really sheltered in that sense, and I have this weird irrational fear that I'll lose my native language over the years.

 

[Second Sun]

On the plus side, I avoided taking a romantic bath with a toaster for valentine's day. Otherwise, I've not talked to a single person or gone outside in weeks.

 

[anustart76]

That remote work job I did the online stuff for has me scheduled for a teams interview Friday, hopefully it goes good. The pay is decent, but I'll be doing tech support for Mac devices and I'm not too familiar with the company (Teleperformance). The one machinist job I interviewed for I haven't heard back from despite following up on, and the other says they won't make a decision until this weekend.

Good luck! In a similar situation myself, have a few interview processes going, but it seems like I just keep getting ghosted after I talk to recruiters the first time. Interviewing is its own nightmare too, but at the same time I keep feeling anxious about my next meeting with my boss this Friday. I know I shouldn't give a shit anymore since I'm leaving one way or another, but I'm still dreading it.

 

[Sergeant Major Buzzkill]

I’m doing better, I think. Less sad.

 

[obsdj]

I have been sick with some kind of upper respiratory gack for almost a month now. After a few weeks I went to urgent care and was given various drugs (no fun codeine cough syrup alas, thanks "opioid epidemic") and that was a week ago. Still cannot fully shake the crud out of my lungs. Feel sorry for me, please and thank you.

 

[Friend of Dorothy Parker]

Good day! Sure, I'm averaging 4 hours of sleep/night for the last 6 weeks, and have worked for 11 days straight (only a couple hours Saturday, tho, tbh), and my house is a disaster and mad at me about it, but I gave a great presentation today (that I DIDN'T stay up all night preparing the deck for, hooray) on a new initiative for [a lot of people] that I'm leading, AND I also handled some time-consuming personal/family business that had to happen today. I felt...capable, and w/o detail, that felt really good.

I have another big push for work tonight and tomorrow, but then it's a 3-day weekend (thank f'kng God). Three things on my agenda for the weekend: booking some pto, crunching some numbers to figure out what my next major life choices should be (and a 1/3/5 year plan that I actually execute against), and getting my tax docs in order bc I'm finally going to pay someone to do them. And 57 other similar life, family, and work-related things, but those are top 3.

And yes, the first one is nbd, but taking time off is the kind of thing I put off and wait until the time feels right...and the way things are right now, that will be never. But I have decent time off available and not using it is unnecessarily stupid. I can accept that I am often "necessarily" or arbitrarily stupid, but I am working on not being needlessly, planfully so.


Eta: @Triple Flutz, I was so glad to see your post! I was just yesterday (no lie) thinking I hadn't seen you lately [I've been out of the wordle thread so maybe not in the right places ]. Thoughtful and interesting as always.

 

[Ughubughughughughughghlug]

I'm reasonably happy most of the time, but I'm also very tired all of the time, to the point where I've started wondering if I don't have an actual medical condition causing it. No drive to do things besides go through the motions of the job, either. Like doing the job, but not a bit more. I think I'm at a point where I can't actually fail out of this program, but a person can lose funding, and I feel like that's going to come because I haven't produced anything in something like half a year.

 

[anustart76]

I lost another elderly family member. I don't know that I'll be able to make the funeral, not sure I even want to just because of all the stress I've been under lately. Meanwhile I'm dreading my meeting with my boss tomorrow, even though I shouldn't. I know I don't need this job on that level, I have money saved and such, but I just dread the bullshit.

It's also driving me crazy how recruiters keep messaging me, then calling, and then they never get back to me to actually schedule anything.

And then I feel guilty that I feel worse about my job situation than I do about my relative dying.

 

[Betonhaus]

I have the remote job interview tomorrow. I hope I'll get it as I think it'll be work I really enjoy. The hours are nice and my expenses are reduced as I don't need to use transportation, and the schedule is consistent so I'll be able to work in exercise and such.

I'll probably be doing more slow cooker meals tho as I'll be working through suppertime and my partner has terrible time management

 

[SuperConglomerateWhale]

I'm quitting nicotine so rn I'm raging intensely. I dropped a spoon and wanted to punch holes in the wall moid-style. However, I live in a country that doesn't have paper walls, so I didn't.

I was originally going to write a vague post about my demons but seeing this made me forget about it so I could tell you that what made me quit chew was when I had wisdom teeth surgery I had all 4 removed at once and I was in withdraw for two weeks. I was stuck with Trident peppermint gum. I'm a pack a day person now.

 

[Betonhaus]

I got the remote work job! Pay is decent and will comfortably cover my bills. Training starts the beginning of March and they will send me a work computer, sounds like it'll be locked down tighter then a nun's knickers so I'll have to get a KVM switch and eventually save up for a better home computer because this old thing struggled with multitasking while a teams meeting was ongoing.

 

[thejackal2]

Work is a lot. Wish I had emotional support. Oh well.

Same. Work mostly by myself and if something goes wrong it's almost always on me to smooth over. Like today it's a rare nice late winter day and all I really want to do is go down to the waterfront, smoke a nice joint and stare at the mountains for a couple hours. Instead of got half a dozen clients to try and finish up with before the weekend.

Oh and Monday? Shit, that ain't no holiday for the work I do, I'll be in the office as usual.

Oh well, at least we're employed, right?

 

[Kamui]

I'm quitting nicotine so rn I'm raging intensely. I dropped a spoon and wanted to punch holes in the wall moid-style. However, I live in a country that doesn't have paper walls, so I didn't.

I failed