MATRIX JOURNAL: The Black Hole that is Beaudry

So, in the middle of the Matrix Karmageddon yesterday, I discovered that my e-mail and single sign-on were no longer valid. The SSO was extremely important as it gave me access to MyData information for incoming students. It turns out that my SSO log-in wasn't working anymore because I was no longer on the Human Resources database. I no longer existed. Dr. Flores made some calls and I had to go down to Beaudry to process as a substitute. Sufficed it to say, I was in a terrible depressed state yesterday until I went and chanted at the LA Friendship center. And a Harry Potter night with friends was just what the doctor ordered.

Today was going to be a black hole day. I went down to Beaudry early at 9am and I thought I just had to show up to the Sub Unit. As I suspected, I needed documentation but foolishly did not bring everything. It turns out I needed a TB test. The good thing about being positive (for TB) is that you're constantly getting checked. So, I trekked all the way back home. I grabbed everything and anything: transcripts, old contracts and all if the above. I trekked back to Beaudry to go to the Health unit. Because I am positive, I had to have an x-Ray. It is a good thing that Beaudry had an x-ray technician and after a line I was taken cared of. Now, it was back to the sub-unit and the lady at the counter was rude, rude, rude! It took all I had not to snap back. I told her my principal said that I was going to stay on as the counselor and she said in what seemed to be the most vile attitude, "I don't care what your principal said, you're going to put down what I say." I sat down next to another RIF'd gentleman who got screwed over as well. He was offered another job and turned it down because they had him listed as "Displaced" instead of RIF'd. I told him I had a similar experience. He went up to the lady in the front desk and got the same royal treatment I got. We talked about how he has just bought a home and how his daughter just started college and it really woke me up how RIFs really hurted not just individuals but entirely families. I got called in by another lady to take a picture and she was REALLY NICE. I was really surprised. She and I joked around and she let me take my picture however I wanted. So, here is my picture. A trip to the Beaudry black hole ended with a kind person and this funny picture.