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The only beans I have are ground up for coffee. Works at an animal clinic. Draws sometimes...need to draw more though.
@laBeteNwar You had me at "interior design"
This post is a blessing-Ill be working in at animal ER front desk this evening-not alone fortunately, but your post will make the shift go down easier. Thank you
GAYINTHey there kiddos!
It's your GAYINT Internet Auntie, here to have some real talk. There's a whole bunch of major holidays coming up (US Thanksgiving, then a whole slew of other days throughout December/January depending on your region/religion). And holidays are stressful.
That goes double when you're. Well. Kinda different. Maybe queer, maybe neurodivergent, both, something else... Look. Holidays are complicated at the best of times. And, these are, quite frankly, not the best of times.
Maybe you're with your family and you wish you were a thousand miles away. Maybe you're a thousand miles away and you wish you were with your family. Maybe you're glad to be with your family, but they can be a bit a bit much. And it's easy to feel like you're the problem.
Listen.
Really listen.
You. Are. Not. A. Problem.
You are perfect just the way you are.
You are doing the best you can in a system that is working against you every step of the way. And you're still here.
Quite frankly, that is *amazing*. *You* are *amazing*, sweetie!
Whether its your family, or your friends, or your pocket friends, or just your Internet Auntie, know that there's people who love you and cherish you and want nothing but the best for you.
I'm not gonna lie to you and say everything's gonna be fine, but I can absolutely tell you with certainty that you're not alone, okay?
And remember: you're doing *amazing*!
#GAYINT
Thank you for attending my Ted Talk. I will forever write these long posts in Word and read it back aloud rather than use this tiny window and leave it to drift in the void.
I got an email saying my job is being re-classified and to send an updated resume.....I hated doing a resume in the first place.
Earlier I made a post about getting a bouquet of flowers from a grateful owner.
Monday this owner came to retrieve the ashes. These ashes were sitting for nearly a week at our desk and I was wondering why this was....well turns out the owner was angry at us as a clinic and ER.
When this owner came in, she wanted to speak with our supervisor--so they went into an exam room to talk.
Some time later, and after the front desk was clear of clientele, our supervisor told us how this owner was very upset with how we treated her and her dog during their final moments together. This is despite going to great lengths to accommodate this owners wishes. I wasn't there for the entire process, but we let this owner place flowers from their own garden next to the body of their pet as it lie in wait in the ER. There were a host of other accommodations I won't go into here.
As our supervisor explained this meeting, my mouth was agape because that was the exact opposite of what I though they were talking about.
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Just now the thought dawns on me just how small of a window I get to see of a client's experience when they first call (or walk in) to when they leave. I just see 10% of their experience. Then they get triaged and are placed in a room. The end.
I have no control over the remaining 90% of their hospital experience and that can get frustrating.
I can control what I do with that 10%, but I have to let go of that other 90 and realize that 10% will not affect the other 90%
The dichotomy of control
Finally, after much procrastination. I joined the local YMCA
I read a NYT article the other day that was not only about vaccine skepticism for adults, but how that skepticism is spilling into the veterinarian community and owners are not wanting to vaccinate their pets for...
wait for it....
"Pawtism"
yes, autism in pets
Jane, get me off this crazy thing
@duncandahusky Clear communication would be worth the extra dollars