Elsa, flying sucks - poor you. I wouldn't be happy at all. Hope it goes ok.
floozie, that does sound 'poo'. Hope you are feeling much better now. Poor you. :/
I totally mis-read your next post:
"KSal, lactulose is what I've got now. I'm wondering if it may have been related to the slight stomach bug I had at the start of the week whenni did have one bout of diarrhoea. (bet you're all loving these details, aren't you ). you know how sometimes one follows the other. Anyway, every cloud has a silver lining and all that because today my shit has been swapped to the afternoon" (instead of shift) - oh dear!
Right, so speaking of poo. And thank you all for your lovely well wishes, but meeting didn't really go as I hoped. I can't remember what I've told you (and don't expect you to all remember!), so in a nutshell, I've been doing my job for over nine years, no complaints about how I'm doing, all fine. Problems started when my manager decided there needed to be another level of management between me and him, and promoted this girl from our department to be my line manager. Purely done to satisfy her ambitions, nothing to do with making the department work better or the final results better, and imo, done because she is shagging his boss, and he wants to suck up. (Incestuous workplace, so it is). Anyway, for her part, she took to belittling me, patronising me, micromanaging me etc, and treating me like an idiot. I've challenged both, and feel I've been treated very unfairly.
He twists everything to get what he wants, and refuses to accept how this has affected me, and bottom line, sadly, is that it is his department and he can put management structures in place as he sees fit. Even when it's clear to all that she is clueless, and the person who has been doing the job for nine+ years is really the best person to carry on the job, surely!
For her part, she's ambition over ability, power-trippy over grace, and it's been just awful. And I know for absolute fact that the manager knows exactly what she's like (people have told me he's said she's bossy and a pain!) but to me, he's claiming she's brilliant and worthy of the managerial position. Point being, he knows all I've said is true, but still sees fit to inflict her upon me.
Today, in front of the personnel manager, she's all apologetic, admits she could have handled things better, won't micromanage me anymore (but will still be in charge) and would really like us to resolve things and make it good for me. And doing this 'angelic butter wouldn't melt' face - aargh - I wanted to punch it! Basically, saying all the right things so that if I argue, it makes me look like I can't move on, and I'm the obstructive problematic one. If she felt at all sorry, why did she carry on for as long as she did at the time, when she knew how it was distressing me. I totally see through her, but sadly she's said the right things now, and I'm not really left with much choice but to say I'm prepared to start work asap. I said I needed this afternoon off (I was in tears in the meeting) to calm my mind and prepare, but that I'd be in tomorrow. I am dreading it. I had a sleepless night last night, and I KNOW things will be dire. But what could I do. I am going to have to go in, but I am fully expecting to have to get signed off again. Just got to be careful I don't look like a drama queen - she'll be on her best behaviour on the surface, but I know how she feels, if she had any respect for me or the fact that I'd been doing the job for nine years, she'd never have treated me how she did in the first place.
Manager refuses to believe he's handled things badly, he's a stubborn poo, and I have to just hope karma gets them both soon.
Worst-case scenario, I am stuck there for the next 13 weeks. I believe I am within my rights to get signed off again though, but I need it to look justified. I hate them.