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[COVID-19/Coronavirus/etc talk] First day back at work since last week and attitude in the office ranges from business as usual to "why the fuck are we even here"
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our building is relatively low risk because it's low traffic but also none of our jobs need to be done in building, they can be done at home or through VPN
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and the faculty sure as hell ain't coming back to campus
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the only notice we've gotten from HR about telecommuting was primarily directed to parents who suddenly have their kids at home because of schools canceling and that it's "case-by-case" for department heads
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to decide, that is
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but ours doesn't like to make those decisions and would rather someone above her make them, so I'm just rolling my eyes
Lauren
I was literally just thinking about you while making tea. I can't believe they're asking you to come into work, especially specifically you after you traveled and also have someone immunocompromised at home
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I'm so annoyed in so many ways about this situation
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I'm annoyed our apartment complex is already locking themselves down, like they won't do maintenance in apartments unless it's an emergency and are no longer accepting packages for residents
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but I'm still required to go to work
Lauren
yes I'm mad for you
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I'm mad so much of the US isn't locked down already
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I need people to stop panic buying so grocery stores no longer look bare and depressing and I want to go home already and deal with this in the comfort and safety of my apartment
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pretty sure the director of our department decided to order pizza for everyone on the floor which okay cool but also should we really be sharing food right now AND EVEN BE HERE
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I'm mad online
Lauren
NO
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SHARING FOOD?????
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the technology desk tickets are 99% people trying to get VPN installed and laptop access/laptops updated
Lauren
FUCK OFF
Lauren
jesus
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I was like, on any other day, this would be nice, but for real
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just made me saltier tbh
no maidens?
leans away
no maidens?
that's terrible. i hope they wise up soon and just let y'all wfh
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I know I'll go stir crazy, but it would quell my anxiety quite a bit
Lauren
honestly I know I'm only like 3 days in but right now I'm enjoying the productivity
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when I go on break at work I take a walk around the block
Lauren
on break at home? I just cleaned my whole kitchen
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yeah, my plan to keep myself sane is to walk around my apartment complex (and obvs stay away from anyone else who may be doing the same) and doing ring fit adventure
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IF we ever get to working from home 
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stupid emote
Lauren
I want to guarantee you will but who the fuck actually knows I guess
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our director seems to think the outcome might be doing ~rotating telecommute~ where only some people are in the office then others are not
Lauren
whyyyy
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but that's fucking stupid when our department could go 100% online for everything we do
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I can see that for the offices that, for whatever reason, are "essential" and can't
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BUT WE ARE NOT THAT
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we are not part of the personnel that are supposed to be "working" in the case of natural disasters or days we close unexpectedly or w/e
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every time I get an email from our chancellor now I want to flip it off because it is basically fluff emails, the last one had pictures of flowers and talked about not forgetting to "stop and smell the roses"
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and we had another on like Monday or something that showed her with some of our students athletes with their arms spread practicing "social distancing" because it was about our athletes having a lot of their events cancelled
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okay, I just had to get that out somewhere
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if we're not wfh by next week, I'm rioting (and I think my coworkers will too)
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and it's not like people don't know I live with someone immunocompromised,I have made sure people here know
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oh and our building has these omg every door
oh and our building has these omg every door
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oh I forgot to mention, we have a ton of face to face workshops and things scheduled for this week AND NEXT WEEK, all because someone higher up hit the panic button and forced us to put them on the schedule
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our director is going to talk to that person today to try to talk her out of it, this is ridiculous
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we've definitely had faculty ask us ???? "why are you guys doing in person things when we're not supposed to do that??"