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Softstuff

Thank you all, I'm a lot calmer today which helps.

Unfortunately the other position is the same as my job IYSWIM. It's not a position for "a level 3 receptionist", it's just another "casual medical receptionist" position. The level is determined when you're accepting the position. And yes Greenbee, this should mean I'm due an increase in level (before they were even thinking about hiring otherwise I'd started that conversation). I've decided that if I get no joy come November (when I have 2 years there) I'll start writing letters higher. And if that ends up with me going elsewhere, so be it. We've survived unemployment before, we can do so again. I may go out riding the heffalump.

I'm in a bit of a pickle if I start applying elsewhere really, I have to have already decided to leave. The medical community here is like a small village, if I apply elsewhere my bosses will hear of it toot sweet as GQ would say.

Anyhoo, time to change subject and put off till tomorrow what I can't change today

I think it's time for me to embark on the spare bedroom. Filling, sanding and undercoating might be the order of the day. Have to do it today because I have another session with that personal trainer tonight, after which I will most likely not be able to squat, kneel or raise my arms :rotfl: I also would like to clean out a few kitchen cupboards and arrange the rubbish that will be going out with kerbside collection soon (an excellent council idea, you put the big stuff on the street on a certain day, other folk take what they want, the council pick up the rest).

mardatha

There's also the option of just sitting on your ego and getting on with the job SS.. knowing that you're worth far more but also knowing that in practice, its not so easy to get it. Seeing the whole situation as one of strength and competence, rather than slavery. You need money - they pay money. Think hard pet xx

Softstuff

You're absolutely right Mardatha and at work that's what I've done, and it would be the sensible move. I came home so damned upset. I just don't want to train someone who'll be on more than me, or to carry the weight while they learn. I'm going to suck it up and do it, but I might sulk a bit in private, or have a whinge here . I don't want to be a doormat either, so I feel like at least a bit of a push to get me a bit further up the ladder might be in order.

Chances are, like the last 2, I'll outlast this one. Heck, I've outlasted 2 casuals, 2 bosses, 3 sonos, 4 doctors, a nurse, 2 area managers and an MD..... :rotfl:

MMF007

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I know this'll seem far from MSE but in my case it was actually cheaper to buy a new printer that worked with 'replica' cartridges: cost of printer which came with ink + a set of replacement 'replica' cartridges was only pence difference to the cost of 2 sets of 'original' cartridges.

I'm now on my 3rd set of 'replica' cartridges so 'in' money but apparently newer printers won't work with 'replica' cartridges - especially if you update the drivers when requested.

That's exactly what I said to the guy in the shop! It did cross my mind to actually do it but then I'd have to install it on my and DH's tablet and train him how to operate the new one!

monnagran

Softstuff, I really can't imagine how this situation exists. The fact that you have to train someone to do a job at a higher level than you seems ludicrous. I know that this sort of craziness happens though.
When I finally closed my own school I had half a dozen years to fill in before retirement so I applied for a post in a local state school. The headmistress said that she desperately wanted me there but the budget would only stretch to a newly qualified teacher and obviously I was at the top of the scale. No problem, I said that I was more than happy to accept that bottom of the scale salary, I just wanted to go on teaching. Apparently that was not allowed, teachers had to be paid the scale that they were on. I understand the justice of this, it simply didn't work for me.
You, softstuff, won't half be missed if you do find another job.

I've just heard on the news that a survey shows we are all addicted to our smart phones. Well, not quite all of us. I can't be the only technophobe who can almost cope with a tablet....most of the time......as long as it doesn't do anything unexpected......but shudders at the thought of trying to get grips with a smart phone.

Access to my bank account froze this week and, according to the nice lady on the old fashioned phone, it was because my Tablet was choked with too many cookies. As the only cookies I recognise are the chocolate chip variety, she kindly sent me an e-mail with instructions on how to delete them, as opposed to eating them.
Well I struggled for about an hour to follow instructions written in some foreign language, trying to coax tablet to give the right responses, alternately sobbing with frustration and hurling tablet to the wall in fury. Eventually, more by luck than judgement, I got a few things deleted. They must have been the mysterious cookies because my bank account appeared and my council tax was paid.
There are still loads of cookies to be deleted but I have no idea how to set about it and don't fancy hours of struggle, fraught with anxiety in case I accidently delete something important that I will never get back again.

Smart phone? I don't think so.

THOUGHT FOR TODAY

I came
I saw
I left early.

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Am I the only lost soul left on the planet who has a very old fashioned little phone that closes like a shell? nothing smart, just phone calls and texts? it's lovely and I'm it's friend not addicted to it!

ivyleaf

Softstuff you whinge on here as much as you need to, sweetheart! xx

MMF We have a Canon Pixma printer and OH bought new cartridges for it online , but I don't know where from unfortunately! I'll ask him when he gets up, and hope he can remember (and whether he was happy with the price.) Like you, we felt the original ones didn't seem to last very long. But OH may have underestimated how much printing he'd been doing.

mardatha I feel particularly sorry for your online friend in Alabama - after all it's not as if she's a medium on purpose, poor lady!

i bought "cooling mats" for DD1 and DSIL's dogs yesterday. I didn't know such things existed, then DS came home on Tuesday and said lots of people had been posting about them. They weren't cheap, but worth it, as one of the dogs is a guide dog and the other, dearly loved, is elderly, and they were struggling recently when the temperature got into the mid-thirties.

Lyn Just read your post. Apparently those "clam shell" phones were designed like that so a user would feel their mouth was close to the microphone I have a smartphone now but only because it was the cheapest one in the shop. I only use it for texting and making calls. I text quite a lot, and the touchscreen means I don't get sore thumbs. On the downside, it's a lot more difficult to text in a moving vehicle than with a phone like yours!
DS has an iPhone and uses it for everything, but he doesn't walk along looking at it, and he gets very annoyed at folk who do things like stepping into the road without looking because they're looking at their phone.

silvasava

MMF - printers are cheap to buy because they get the money back on the price of the ink cartridges. I often refill mine at home. If you Google refill ink there are lots of sites that you can find out if yours can be refilled and how to do it and buy the ink. You can get refill ink in Asda and Wilco's too. HTH.

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Well I went to the Drs yesterday and was very firmly told that I have to have it recorded in DB's notes that until he is safe walking and no longer fainting I am not allowed to have him home, he is not safe himself and neither am I!! She says I am physically and mentally exhausted, have back problems, a pacemaker and on medication from my GP.

I was very annoyed last night, I rang to see what sort of a day he had, was told fine, asked if he had passed out and was told no. SS messaged me last night, he had been dizzy all day, medication having no effect and had passed out on the Doctor. He has to have a head and neck scan at some point.

I am going in today, taking my daughter with me, so she can talk to him whilst I tey and get some answers.

Cool morning here, was awake at 4 am. not been back to sleep, so I will be crackered when I get home this afternoon.

ivyleaf

That's maddening csarina - it sounds as if the member of staff you spoke to was telling you about a different patient!