Happy November! It's a beautiful fall morning here. I partook of the popular pastime known as rake-all-the-damn-leaves for a while. Now I'm sluggishly chilling. Sluggishly because maybe allergies combined with the flu shot I got yesterday. Plus, apparently, my dependence on caffeine, which I've not yet had today.
I'm not a fan of changing clocks, but I'm feeling rather appreciative of the extra hour we get this weekend. But, let me wrap up the week, bullet style
- At the testing center, we underwent required "de-escalation" training. Out of curiosity, I'd asked Boss why we were required to do this, as it had never been part of the plethora of other required trainings. His answer, "Something happened at one of the other testing centers, and I've already told you too much"
Well, okay then. Bring on the training. Presented by a couple of our security guys (Work Study loved it), it was good common sense reminders. We all felt pretty good about how well we work together to de-escalate such situations.
The VERY NEXT day, dude bullies his way in, gets all upset because he can't keep his cellphone with him (?!) while taking his test. Spends 9 minutes failing a test he was given 2 hours to complete, flings a chair (it was on wheels, so it just went for a fun roll, not hitting anything/ one), and storms out with a parting, "F*CK Y'ALL!!"
Not gonna lie, my calming strategies from the prior day's training took a back burner to my inner seething. Same for my coworkers Blossom and Sarge. But we kept it together enough to, at least, not escalate things. From his parting salutation, I was reminded of the pride banner hanging over the disabilities services office:
And I thought, "Well, how wondefully inclusive of him"
- On the tutoring side of things, I was talking with one of my tutees. He's majoring in mechanical engineering and told me he's interested in becoming "an agricultural engineer on Mars". Whoa.
Apparently, there's a fair amount of research going into the colonization of Mars. Still, I think it'll be a while. But hey, he's young, and it's nice to have a focused goal.
Meanwhile, I struggle to grow a decent garden here on Earth.
10 comments:
Ah, the joys of working with the learning public.
And thanks for the reminder to set the clocks back.
"an agricultural engineer on Mars"!!!
Isn’t it crazy that that’s not even crazy?
Meanwhile, here on Earth, we’re still struggling to control our tempers… Here’s hoping people don’t lose it this coming week!
Dude is a trumpster bet you a nickle!
Marty, majority of "customers" are nice and respectable. Cellphone dude is thankfully, an exception. Enjoy your extra hour!
Fresca, yes, crazy! This coming week should be "interesting".
Linda Sue, difficult to see him supporting Kamala.
Linda that was funny!! I have been that angry in public but I would NEVER do or say those things. Trust me when I got outdoors I'd have a hissy fit but I am always shocked to see people behave this way. But why am I amazed a nut job is running for president who behaves like this
Nice of him to be inclusive. I think any calming strategies of mine would disappear faced with that too.
Are his name and description being sent to security and the other centers? His potential/ current employer? Is there video? Yeesh.
Peggy, I think he thought he could take the test with us because maybe we'd be less secure than just taking it in class. Wrong! Cell phone? Seriously? Behavior has taken a dive in general.
Liz, I probably need more training.
Anonymous, we've got all of the above. He's actually a student at the college. We had to file an incident report.
I can't garden to save my life. I had 2 jalapeno plants in containers for a while and they lasted through a couple winters then finally died. We had jalapeno poppers though so, no complaints.
Lots of us are struggling with Earth but won't be colonizing Mars in our Lifetimes. *LOL*
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