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machine_dove at 12:04pm on 07/01/2005
machine_dove at 12:04pm on 07/01/2005Yea, hating the world today. Lots and lots. Still sick, but feeling just well enough to make it insulting. Then the dog tried to eat my lunch (bread, plain). Took it right off the table. She's been following me around ever since, cringing in an attempt to regain my favor. I'm not buying it - she knows better than that.
Then, we get the news about Erik's job. They're moving him to the day squad. Not a day squad rotation, where they'd do the normal bike stuff on the same days that B Squad works, but they're moving him and The Violent One to B Squad as regular patrol cops. "Temporarily." Riiiight - the Bike supervisor (putz, I hope to god I never meet him, because he doesn't know how to do his fucking job) said it was for a month, but the supervisors that Erik and TVO talked to both said that it's until April. Oh, and it starts Sunday, which was supposed to be Erik's second day off this month.
They're both likely to quit, and I don't blame them. They're going to have to contend with I-95 DC Rush Hour traffic, which is a joy and a wonder, and they won't be able to ride for four months. At all. Oh, and they're supposed to be taking an Advanced Bike School in April, and teaching a regular class in May. Right, because they're going to be practiced enough and in good enough shape to do that. Plus, the day squads are inhabited by incompetent mouth breathers who don't believe in doing their jobs, so Erik and TVO are going to be run ragged. And stressed out. Which is Not Good, considering TVO's normal temperment (he was actually in the newspaper yesterday for something that wasn't violent! Yay!).
Geh. Oh but feeling the hate. But I'm buying a treadmill tomorrow, so maybe I can sweat out some of the angry.
Then, we get the news about Erik's job. They're moving him to the day squad. Not a day squad rotation, where they'd do the normal bike stuff on the same days that B Squad works, but they're moving him and The Violent One to B Squad as regular patrol cops. "Temporarily." Riiiight - the Bike supervisor (putz, I hope to god I never meet him, because he doesn't know how to do his fucking job) said it was for a month, but the supervisors that Erik and TVO talked to both said that it's until April. Oh, and it starts Sunday, which was supposed to be Erik's second day off this month.
They're both likely to quit, and I don't blame them. They're going to have to contend with I-95 DC Rush Hour traffic, which is a joy and a wonder, and they won't be able to ride for four months. At all. Oh, and they're supposed to be taking an Advanced Bike School in April, and teaching a regular class in May. Right, because they're going to be practiced enough and in good enough shape to do that. Plus, the day squads are inhabited by incompetent mouth breathers who don't believe in doing their jobs, so Erik and TVO are going to be run ragged. And stressed out. Which is Not Good, considering TVO's normal temperment (he was actually in the newspaper yesterday for something that wasn't violent! Yay!).
Geh. Oh but feeling the hate. But I'm buying a treadmill tomorrow, so maybe I can sweat out some of the angry.
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