What's everyone up to right now?

[The Valkyrie]

That's why I hate being on call.

You can't drink or socialise with people for too long because you know you'll get the call. I usually end up crashing in the on call room at work.

Ugh. I'm just glad I only have to do it once a week or so. We don't have an on-call room at our tiny little forensic hospital. What does an on-call room have in it?

The one here: a bunk, - that's about it.

The one at my home hospital in Melbourne, bunks, magazines, a snack machine, a TV and an xbox.

[rexbeccarox]

Hahaha! The one in Melbourne sounds like a blast!

[Losty]

I'm singing along in my head, "I'm not okay... (i'm not okay!) The voices in my head are insane~ (voices in my head!)", bit of a choir, yeah?

Some people say things where they mean well, but all they're doing is making it worse. How many words have to be said... just so they will understand?

None. It's not that they can't (can't they?): they won't. All telling them does is get them thinking on how to help... as if listening to the pains of the pained, and accepting them, was not itself the kindest thing that they could do.

TLDR: I'm whinging.

Do you accept hugs?

[Jackalope]

On call in an hour. I love volunteering, and I really don't want anyone to get sexually assaulted tonight (or ever), but it SUCKS having to just sit by the phone, only to have nothing happen.

I've been continuously on call for work since July of 1999. Haven't had a call in almost a year - but if I do get one, the shit has hit the fan.

[rexbeccarox]

On call in an hour. I love volunteering, and I really don't want anyone to get sexually assaulted tonight (or ever), but it SUCKS having to just sit by the phone, only to have nothing happen.

I've been continuously on call for work since July of 1999. Haven't had a call in almost a year - but if I do get one, the shit has hit the fan.

Oh man... no thank you. How do you ever get to drink yummy beer?

[The Valkyrie]

On call in an hour. I love volunteering, and I really don't want anyone to get sexually assaulted tonight (or ever), but it SUCKS having to just sit by the phone, only to have nothing happen.

I've been continuously on call for work since July of 1999. Haven't had a call in almost a year - but if I do get one, the shit has hit the fan.

Who do you work for? A deity?

[Losty]

Drinking wine. Having a chat with GC. Good times.

[The Valkyrie]

Drinking wine. Having a chat with GC. Good times.

Alcohol should be a requirement for speaking to GC.

Possibly a lobotomy.

[Jackalope]

Oh man... no thank you. How do you ever get to drink yummy beer?

There's no expectation that I'll be sober when they call. I don't have to usually *do* anything, I just have to tell somebody what to do.

Who do you work for? A deity?

Ha, they wish. I'm the last resort - basically, if I don't know the answer, no one does. I'm the only person left with in depth knowledge of our legacy systems. Fortunately, someone else almost always knows the answer before they call me.

[The Valkyrie]

Oh man... no thank you. How do you ever get to drink yummy beer?

There's no expectation that I'll be sober when they call. I don't have to usually *do* anything, I just have to tell somebody what to do.

Who do you work for? A deity?

Ha, they wish. I'm the last resort - basically, if I don't know the answer, no one does. I'm the only person left with in depth knowledge of our legacy systems. Fortunately, someone else almost always knows the answer before they call me.

Nice.

Wish I could tell work to call someone else. Or even Mark, my intern, to fuck off.