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Well, that was embarassing
Jan. 19th, 2024 08:30 amNew med is managing to more or less keep me awake through the workday, but it wears off and the end is a struggle. Even more because I was requested to go in Wednesday and while there were good and necessary networking bits I'm not sure my body is able to sit up in a desk for 8 hours straight anymore. Anyhow, I was extra tired yesterday, so I made it to a couple minutes before logoff time.
I thought I signed out, but apparently I didn't. I immediately fell asleep anyhow, and woke up an hour later to many texts and an email chain (the ringer on my phone is habitually off) about how I had missed my check-out for the day, they were supposed to call the police but they knew I didn't want that, so they'd had some folks call around and found a co-worker who could come and do a wellness check on me. That's the point where I woke up, responded, and the thing was called off.
So, um, that was embarrassing. It was also somewhat reassuring, in that they tried pretty hard to avoid the letter of the procedure (calling the police) because they knew I took issue with that. The "call the police" thing is direction from On High, supposedly based on direction from the provincial work safety body.
Luckily its unlikely that the police will kill someone on a wellness check in this context because we don't really hire that kind of minority. Folks know what's good for them, I guess?
In a normal forestry office I'd buy everyone who worked on not calling the police a beer, but we're across two offices and I don't even know how that would happen. One of the more frustrating parts of my particular brand of autism is being too alien to accurately communicate my positive emotions to neurotypical-ish folks. Or anyone, really. I'm a "leave a present on the porch, ring the doorbell, and run away" type.
I thought I signed out, but apparently I didn't. I immediately fell asleep anyhow, and woke up an hour later to many texts and an email chain (the ringer on my phone is habitually off) about how I had missed my check-out for the day, they were supposed to call the police but they knew I didn't want that, so they'd had some folks call around and found a co-worker who could come and do a wellness check on me. That's the point where I woke up, responded, and the thing was called off.
So, um, that was embarrassing. It was also somewhat reassuring, in that they tried pretty hard to avoid the letter of the procedure (calling the police) because they knew I took issue with that. The "call the police" thing is direction from On High, supposedly based on direction from the provincial work safety body.
Luckily its unlikely that the police will kill someone on a wellness check in this context because we don't really hire that kind of minority. Folks know what's good for them, I guess?
In a normal forestry office I'd buy everyone who worked on not calling the police a beer, but we're across two offices and I don't even know how that would happen. One of the more frustrating parts of my particular brand of autism is being too alien to accurately communicate my positive emotions to neurotypical-ish folks. Or anyone, really. I'm a "leave a present on the porch, ring the doorbell, and run away" type.
