eating/taking my own words/medicine

I always knew that I would lose my temper with this dude but I never realized it would happen so soon after I wrote this:

NOT having to listen to the anti-immigrant blather of a certain M.D. (True, I run the risk of still having to listen to this during my part time night shifts, but I'll feel less afraid to tell him what I really think in addition to merely reporting him to my boss)

So... uh.. yeah. Sunday I got into an argument with him because he did something very stupid which he has done before and probably will do again and which I won't elaborate further here for privacy and other reasons. (Those of you who know me can ask me in person or message me privately if you want details.) What did I learn from this? It's always best to keep your mouth shut and just report the bastard. Confronting doesn't do anyone any good. We were able to come to an agreement and make up and everything but man what an unpleasant experience. And he lied to me (and to the person acting as social worker) about what he actually said to the patient in private. But I can't prove it. And since I reacted in anger and called him out verbally rather than playing it cool, I really can't document anything. Oh well... I'm sure I'll have plenty of other opportunities unfortunately with this dude.


And all this reminds me of something else I wrote:

I am no longer amused by my peers bitching about their shitty job.

Yeah yeah, I know. Well, I never said I wasn't a hypocrite. And for what it's worth this blog is not for my or your amusement so much as it is for my mental health therapy and perhaps to exercise my writing skills. As I said in the post which I quote, I don't have a problem with people bitching. We humans can't stop bitching. It's cathartic. Therapeutic.

For what it's worth, I don't think either of my jobs (the academy and the institution) are shitty. The institution does drain me in a way though that makes me look forward to the day when I no longer need the extra income they give me. But I would never describe the job as shitty. It's actually a pretty good job, in its essence. There are a lot of people and other things that come with the territory though that really suck. But we could say this about almost any job, no? As the kids used to say (do they still say it?), "it's all good."