Hello Rod Serling...

[kybearfuzz]

I knew when I opened the lunchroom freezer at work to get ice for my morning Diet Coke and thick syrup from a frozen can of A&W Root Beer dripped to the floor that today was going to be a Twilight Zone sort of day..

One of the brighter spots of the day was meeting with one of the bears at the company I'm inspecting. He's so cute... Work is going okay, I guess, but the driving every day is wearing on me. I'm still wondering about the drama unfolding at work, as I'm not there to see it every day. Part of me is also kind of relieved to be down in the trenches.

After I got back to the office, I checked my work email to find a request for volunteers to do drug inspections in India. It's not one of the more desirable locations. Apparently, my office is having trouble getting someone to do the trips. I'm not shocked. The email was forwarded from higher-ups (not in my office) who made sure management knew that they could essentially force someone to go if volunteers didn't appear.

This freaks me out a bit. India is not a place I'd care to visit. The email was sent to my whole office (and my region), but I'm one of only three people eligible to do this kind of work in my office. I don't like these odds. However, part of me almost wants to volunteer because I think I could use it as leverage for a promotion. Anyone been to India?

It took over an hour-and-a-half yesterday to get home from work. It made for a long miserable day yesterday and I thought that today would be better. I was wrong. Today the traffic nightmare was in Northern KY, which made getting home more of an insult as I was so close, yet so far away. Lots of cursing ensued. I'm so tired of idiot drivers.

I saw a debate on Court TV once home about pharmacists who are refusing to fill prescriptions of birth control pills because it goes against their personal religious beliefs. Have we really gone this far over the edge?? Who is the pharmacist to make that judgment for someone else? Does he or she not realize that this is part of the job? They are supposed to provide a service to the pharmacy's customer and their personal beliefs shouldn't enter into it. I'm sure many complaints will start if this gets to be widespread and possibly lawsuits.

How far will this go? Will librarians refuse to check out "The DaVinci Code" to someone because they think it's disparaging to their religion? Will CD shop clerks not sell you a CD because it contains explicit lyrics or themes they don't agree with? Ugh!!!

Comments

[bleuvalentines.livejournal.com]

First and foremost let me say that, I too, am hoping you get a trip to Germany! =)

However ... I think India would an amazing experience! Dave and I were in the midst of planning a two week trip. I'd found an amazing deal on a string of very nice hotels (all owned by one company). You decided your itinerary and which cities (and hotels) to stay in, but had 13 nights for the price of 5. We were very excited, I ordered some guides and started reading. That's when I discovered WHY I had found such a wonderful deal ... it was during monsoon season. I should have known! =)

We're still planning to go one day, but I'm fully prepared for culture shock. It was interesting to read the medical preparations a lot of the books were suggesting, as well as the list of things to be cautious about (not just of a medical nature). Still ... I think it would be an amazing experience!

But again ... go for Germany! ;)

[kybearfuzz.livejournal.com]

There is still a chance the trip will go to someone else. I'm not feeling that adventurous this year to go to India. Germany sounds so much more fun for obvious reasons. Three weeks in India just doesn't sound appealing.