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I have a co-worker who routinely drinks two or three of those energy drinks (like Monster) every morning and then eats garbage for lunch (the other day she ate half a family-sized bag of corn chips and a tin of bean dip), and then complains how her stomach hurts, she's crashing and feels like shit, she's sick and wants to go home. Well DUH. I never say a word because it's not my place to comment, she's an adult and can do whatever she wants, and she's never asked for my input on her diet or my opinion on what could possibly be making her feel like that on a regular basis. But I'm tired of listening to her bitch about it. She's like that damn "well if it isn't the consequences of my own actions" meme come to life.

oh god those energy drinks are just shit!

Try talking to your boss about it- if she's going home early, and not doing her job because she wants to complain instead, then bring your concerns up with the boss.
Otherwise, ask for a different placement, if it's available. If there's an area in your workplace away from them, where you feel like you can work better from there- just ask. You don't need to say anything about the person in general, but might get moved if you say there are too many distractions where you work right now.
Aside from that, is she talking to you specifically, or including you at all in her concerns? If she is, then try and befriend her, mention it subtly, make it as a joke that their diet might not be helping their situation. Keep it light? Or just tell her you need to focus on what you're doing at the moment, you're sorry, but you need to deal with your occupation at the moment.
Be honest?

Ayart

Management rarely lets her leave. She vents about it to me and I just say things like hmm maybe try drinking more water, but then she goes and gets a big coffee. Sigh. I work with her two or three days a week so it's not an everyday occurrence, but when she starts on it she doesn't stfu. :/

Ahh- that would be annoying;;

...;; Ehh- I don't recommend it;; But I remember working with someone kinda like that once before. I got so fed up (and couldn't convince myself to be rude;;) so I just started being overly nice instead. And I guess it came across as a little bit /forcible/, or /intense/, since I like really didn't like them. I'm not exactly sure what it was, but they pretty much left me alone after that!;;

Hopefully things turn out better for you;;! (even if even I don't recommend my advice;;)

Ugh, that sucks.

I have very little filter when someone starts complaining to me about self-caused problems. I don't think I could bite my tongue enough to keep from saying "maybe if you didn't eat shit you wouldn't feel like shit" at some point. Thankfully I don't have a job where I'm expected to be nice to random coworkers, and I've developed a reputation for being a ruthless hard-ass so it wouldn't seem out of line for me to be a big meanie.

My coworker asked me to help her with something and I told her I usually would but I couldn't because I was about to go home and I was having groceries delivered. Which is all true, though I could have stayed a little longer. She told me it was "no big deal" but now she hasn't spoken to me since. We don't "chat" really anyway so I could be imagining things but I'm pretty sure she's pissed off at me, even though what she was asking for help with was her job and not mine and she only wanted help so she could finish sooner.

I bought two Christmas song singles on Amazon & I want desperately to be able to access them in the music app on the iPhone, but it seems that that's an impossible goal. I just want to keep all my Christmas music together so I can put them into one playlist I can listen to at work, but no, apparently that's too much to ask for.

Also, my laptop is old and finicky and I moved it a few minutes ago and it stopped charging. It does this sometimes, but it means I'll have to exert some energy getting it into a position where it will accept the charge from the charger again, so that kinda blows.

My dad is on Medicare as well as a co-insurance. Medicare covers his hospital stay for 100% for the first 20 days, so his co-insurance hasn't even kicked in. And yet, they are insisting that he be released on Friday. They are applying a ton of pressure to the rehab place where he is staying. No one thinks he is ready to be released, but the rehab plays may be forced to release him.

The rehab people also told him that the insurance wanted him to just use a cane on Monday when he still can't put weight on it and needs a wheelchair.

Why are they being so obnoxious when they haven't even had to pay anything yet?

Probably so they won’t have to pay anything, because they’re an insurance company and if they can avoid ever having to pay anything, they will, even if it means denying someone needed care.

Probably. Just not sure what we're going to do. The rehab place did a run-through of our house. It was a very difficult hip break. We're going to have to add ramps to our doors and some rails in the house and a few other things. That takes time. No way to have that done by Friday. Our doors have pretty big steps up to get in. He could barely get the wheelchair in today for the house check with two of us helping.

I'm sorry your insurance is hassling you. That is really rough. Insurance companies can be so dickish. I hope your dad gets what he needs and has his chance to rest and recover.

Thanks. I'm also a little scared because once both of them are home, I'll be the only driver in the house. I start back at work tomorrow. They hate asking friends for rides. He's going to need constant care (and isn't able to afford an at-home nurse). She's going to need help too.

I'm still recovering. I'm at the point where I can mostly handle my own things, though I'm still not supposed to lift really heavy stuff. But the idea of having to handle them too is kind of scary.

It sounds scary.

Most people can't afford a 24-hour nurse but sometimes CNAs or care staff will come for part of the day for a relatively reasonable rate. I used to do that work through an agency and I would go in the mornings and help a woman with MS get out of bed and eat breakfast.

But of course maybe they can't afford that either which I can totally understand.

My mother's insurance is giving her a home nurse for a couple hours a day. My dad's will not, though. Not sure why since same insurance.

With three surgeries and multiple hospital stays in the family the past month, money is really tight. Some friends have donated some, so we're okay. But I don't think we could afford that. I don't know. My mom will be home either tomorrow or Thursday, and we'll probably sit down and talk about things and make plans. It has been hard to plan with three of us in three different locations.

Can you talk to the doctors themselves?
I have a different health care system where I live, but isn't it kinda illegal to force someone away from medical support when they're in need of it?? Maybe you could talk to the person looking after him/in charge and have them formally recommend that he must stay for as long as he needs to, in order to heal..?

Maybe talk to a lawyer, have them legally force his stay until the house is fixed up better?

...Sorry. I really hope you and your family get better!

I used to have extreme insomnia. I'd go days without sleep at a time, and actually I'd prefer staying awake at night when I knew I needed to be somewhere important the next day. I passed my final exams by staying awake for over five days straight.

For the longest time I never even knew that it wasn't typical to spend hours awake in the night before finally falling asleep. I created my own 'sleep system' by default because of that. Resting for hours on end, letting my mind wander and create stories as make-shift dreams.

It was all I knew until some time ago. Things changed, and I don't lay awake for hours on end anymore. But I don't actually remember when that happened- when things changed- I know I was going through quite a few losses at the time, it was a very low point in my life... But I have such a hard time comprehending how something I've lived with all my life can just go away with so little impact. I can't help but hate it because my life hasn't changed regardless. Even if my sleep still isn't perfect.
I'll shock myself when I try and go a day or two without sleep, because I can't do it anymore. While by all means I should be salvating the ability to sleep at night, I can't help but feel like I'm missing something instead...
It was all I knew, and now I just can't anymore...

That’s hard, anon. I hope you find peace with it. If nothing else sleep is better for your body overall.

Thank you, I hope I figure it out too!
<3

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