Month: August 2022

i got my period by surprise at work. i am anemic and have pcos. i was feeling like shit all day at work, extremely light headed and weak. i went to the bathroom and i was completely soaked, i bled through my pants (luckily they are black BUT my only pair of work pants). this isn’t rare for me but i was distressed because it’s never happened at work and i wasn’t prepared for it, also, i was covered in fucking blood. i went to tell my manger, and i spared no detail! im thinking like woman to woman she’ll understand right? and she responded ‘ok what do you need’ i told her i need to go home. she said ‘why don’t you just go across the street and get some pads and come back?’ i told her again i literally bled through my pants i need to go home.…

So… Last Friday I (22f) got fired from my work at one of the local museums, because according to my manager some of my colleagues feel insulted that I don't want to create close friendships with them. I still don't want to believe the absurdity of the situation and the sheer confusion I felt when I had that last conversation with my supervisor and manager! I tried to explain that while I am actively friendly with everyone there, that doesn't mean that I consider them anymore than friendly acquaintances. But no, apparently that is not what they “wanted for our unit moving forward”. I was left speechless and feeling equal measures of angry and amused. I was on this job from 21th of July… so you can judge how delusional their reason was. I was paid today for my time there at least. 10/10 would not recommend working with we-pride-ourself-with-our-non-toxic-work-atmosphere…