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August 2016 Moms
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Twatwaffle Tuesday
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Let's hear who/what your twatwaffle is!
Re: Twatwaffle Tuesday
Baby #2 due 8/11/2016
The only difference for me is that I would be over it regardless of whether or not I got pregnant. I would be job searching for something better if I weren't leaving to have this baby. I am counting down the weeks of work left -- at the moment it's 10 more weeks!
Edited because I accidentally posted before I was done.
The administrative staff at my OBGYN wins the TW award.
Then before my last appointment, the doctor decided I needed an ultrasound, and the front desk scheduled it for 45 minutes before my appointment - and didn't call to tell me either of these things.
At the appointment they decided I needed a referral to a cardiologist, and said "we'll refer you, you should have an appointment in a couple weeks."
The front desk called on Friday and said "The doctor looked over your chart and decided you needed to get in sooner for the EKG. Can you do today? Or Monday?" - then they booked the test and didn't book any kind of follow up appointment to give us the results. *head desk* - Oh hey, we think something is wrong with your heart, it may be pregnancy induced heart failure - you know with an 85% maternal mortality rate, that thing, and oh we're concerned enough you need to get in ASAP - but we're not going to tell you after if anything IS wrong or not. Then I called yesterday to see what they wanted me to do after this test (anything?) and the on call doctor I spoke with couldn't even see where the desk had sent over the order, or what it was supposed to contain. I get that it's more a "this could be super serious, so let's make sure we rule it out" than a "we actually think you have this" type of thing, but it's still scary for me an my family, and not communicating with us about it makes it a lot worse...
They've been great up until now, and I just saw on their website they opened a new office location in the last two weeks, so I am hoping this sorts itself, and is just that they are (temporarily) over extended with the opening.
My office mates are a collective TW today. For years I've had to bundle up in this office and freeze because it was so cold. Someone adjusted the thermostat and now it's really warm all the time and I'm pregnant and always hot, and one person in particular grumbles whenever I adjust the A/C to cool it off. I'm sweating over here. Put a sweater on and let me not be miserable!
Oh good, I'm glad I'm not the only one! I am only working 20 hours a week (Tuesday/Thursday full days and a half day Wednesday) and it's already to much. My brain has somewhat stopped functioning, I just want to get stuff organized too. If I didn't need the income and the job when I return I would of just stayed unemployed until after the babies were born, but coming off an 8 month stretch being unemployed, I really needed a job. Thank heavens the school year has ended and there aren't many students on campus now! I can't online shop and facebook is frowned up on my work computer, so today my phone battery has actually got a pretty good workout, it's almost dead and I still have two hours left. Whoops.
I complained about this in the Monday bitchfest thread, but I guess it would have been better placed here. My TW is my coworker who always calls out sick and called out today because his clothes are dirty and he forgot to do laundry.
1. Have the balls to call into work for the dumb reasons they do.
2. How can they possibly get away with it?
Also I feel like a TW for making a big deal out of this, but I just want them to tell me the results are normal so I can forget about it!
@journogrl23 I'm stunned. Is he on some sort of brutal honesty affirmation journey, or is he just an idiot? I mean even if that is the reason he called in - you don't admit that!
Baby #2 due 8/11/2016
While it makes me mad the bosses don't seem to care, I'm starting to just find it hilarious. The excuses are getting ridiculous.
Baby #2 due 8/11/2016
@skichic626 You can still file, but your employer can dispute it - which can be a long drawn out process. If he can prove the reason he was fired was beyond his control he would likely win. For example, being fired for poor performance - it's not within your control to be "able" to do the job you were hired for, so in that case you could likely collect unemployment, all you would need to argue is "I did the best I could!"
Baby #2 due 8/11/2016
@skichic626 maybe it varies by state or is like @Allisun85 said. DH was fired last year for a really stupid reason. The hotel he was working for had a silly policy that causes a lot of employees to be fired. He was able to get unemployment but thankfully found another job before he even got a check. While he was at the unemployment office they told him people who quit don't qualify for it because it's not out of their control, they chose to not have a job. There were a lot of strict rules DH was going to have to follow including proving he was searching for a job and getting interviews. But like I said he found a job really quick so we didn't have to worry about it. So maybe this guy wouldn't qualify for unemployment. If that's the case then I don't get why he's still there.
In very rare circumstances you can quit and collect. My job changed the job to the point I could no longer (physically) do the job. I quit, collected unemployment and found a new job. My employer disputed it, but since they had changed the job to the point I couldn't do it, not just that I didn't want to, that was considered "out of my control." (I was a photographer, and we used to photograph standing, and they changed it to primarily kneeling. I tore out my knee skiing before I started working there, and a legacy of the surgery to repair it is I can't kneel.)
Honestly what happens most of the time is the amount the employer would pay in unemployment vs the amount it would cost them to dispute it when someone files(even when legitimately perhaps they shouldn't), most companies just take the hit on paying unemployment.. since if they were to loose, they'd end up paying both.
I wish I could get away with this stuff.
DD: Aug '16
10/2017: Twins confirmed with TTTS at 22 weeks.
10/10/17 Twin B passed after in utero placenta surgery
11/2/17 Twin A & B born
11/26/17: Twin A passed after 24 days fighting in the NICU
Benched 6 months
BFP: 6/28/18 MC:7/16/18 BO
BFP: 10/2/18 EDD 6/15/18
All those too small, out of season maternity clothes, bam, in the bag they go! They take kids clothes, purses, and shoes too (no men's though). Let the purging begin!!
I too was stunned when some of my maternity clothes stopped fitting. I feel better about it knowing I'm not the only one.