I did something kind of funny..and I decided I didn't care.
At my job, which is a Childrens Hospital mind you, I posted an information sheet about the climb that I was doing. When I did this it was in MN. In MN they had the walk, but they also had the CF climb, which was to climb the tallest building in Minneapolis, it was 50 floors. Let me tell you that will let you know if you are well, in-shape or not. It was what I did annually for CF, and frankly gave me a great gauge to see where I was healthwise from year-to-year.
Well, anyway, I posted the 50 floors, and I didn't hardly get any donations. I recieved some donations from my own department. At this point at my job, I let people know that I had CF. I was employed there 4 years, and I really enjoyed the people at that job.
I was mad, because this is a Childrens Hospital, they work with CF kids EVERY FREAKEN DAY, and docs and nurses have a little extra doe. So, I decided to post the info on the internet, the work email service. I tried at first to compose my own original, but it wouldn't take it because I wasn't authorized to post to the entire hospial. I got little more stubborn, so I replied to a "ALL" email. I created my own title and info. Right away the people that are out of office, the email replies back. I got like a hundred or so of them, I was like....I don't think this was a great idea. I figured I would get into trouble for it, since I just emailed like 5,000 people. Other people had done it for breast CA or whatever, I though whatever I am going to do it with or without authorization.
So....the next week, ohhh....I was called into the departments managers office, which I knew what it was about. Of course, I repled, "oh..I am so sorry, I didn't really realize." They knew I was smarter than that, but they also know that it's my life and a good cause. And if you play dumb once at a job, they can't get you, but twice...that will be a problem. You just get a warning. As the manager told me not to do it again, as of course "I wouldn't," she handed over some money to me. It was very sweet. She had a smile on her face. It was $50 dollars too, that was really nice of her.
My direct sup thought it was kind of funny. She understood, she has MS. She's like Cindy's going to call you in I bet the following week. I ended up getting responese from all sorts of people and I thought see technology is good for something, while being the air-head for once, it was kind of fun. <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">
To the original poster, I understand, it's annoying and you try not to be angry and look down upon people with haste, but it's hard. The inside voice starts in on a little monlogue with a few bleeps here and there.
Tessa 27 w/cf
