And if it is, there is a huge possibility that the other people wont show up either. We were left on our own for that. It ruined my entire week-end. Survivor of gun violence here. For example, if you have more than three unexcused absences in a row, or more than six unexcused absences in a year, you could face disciplinary action. When staff brought this and other safety concerns to upper management, these were brushed away, even though 1) they hired the trainer to come and say these things, and 2) we had violent threats and probably at least 1 or 2 lockdowns per year. With 58th BfSB, it looks like i only have one drill in conflict with this semester. how do you handle soldiers and college? Call or text the host andtellthemthat your pet isnot very well,andyouhave to take them to thevet. Im proud of you for recognizing ahead of time what I failed to, and fully support you doing whatever you need to do to get out of it. Yet this person always wants the group to come up with brilliant ideas to keep people from having normal human accidents, such as twisting their ankle or getting a door slammed on their hand by some other careless person. That's fine. MP00 PEB Forum Regular Member PEB Forum Veteran May 21, 2012 #9 Thanks for the info You must log in or register to reply here. My mom worked for a large company and has to deal with several (not at her location, thankfully, but as HR she had to deal with the aftermath). Maybe, or maybe he just meant you cant opt out if you are at work. Either, they will be worried, or angry, or blatantly say 'no' to your suggestions of going away. Between 2014 and 2015, about 62.6 million people volunteered through an official organization, and many more did so privately. Ill explain later. Nothing viral, but it was a great indicator that I wasnt feeling super great and thats why I wasnt my usual cheery self! They ended up with injuries when one of the factory guys had a turn at being shooter and took out some aggression on management. It was 3 hours of my life! This means that you are no longer allowed to serve in the reserves and will have to leave immediately. Some places would accept that and back off, others would, horribly, demand details. 4 is not just a valid option but a truthful one. Now that my eldest is in school, I am grateful every day that I married a British man and moved to his hometown. As the first step in run-hide-fight, you totally should call in sick, say you are running. Our society (U.S.) has gone around the bend and its valuable for reasoned voices to call it out. I had a stalker threatening to kill my family / loved ones for (years? If you have a family or work obligations that conflict with your drill weekend, there are a few ways that you can get out of it. Her lashes arent jet black! I didnt have notice of this one, and I think the most disturbing thing was that my kids have been conditioned to just accept that someone trying to kill you is a situation they should prepare for. I absolutely think you should absent yourself from these in future (regardless of how open to it the boss, is, call out sick if you need to). With flexible plans and countless amounts of premium content uploaded weekly, we had to mention Shutterstock. College is a priority. Some of them can be a lot of fun if the team already works well together, but I dont think any of them are useful if the team dynamics are bad. If you have a medical condition that prevents you from participating in drill, you may be able to get a medical exemption. If you graduated high school in the last 15 years, youve done active shooter drills. I really hope this changes some day in the US. But drills for fire alarms, tornadoes, shooters, etc are necessary in my opinion. My administrations seem to recognize that they dont actually work. (He had zero experience in law enforcement and the military.) Are there board members who are pushing for this? What in the actual hell? Seven hours with comfortable clothing can only mean a drill that could be appropriate for law enforcement to have the muscle memory of what to do and where to go. Sorry, I'm Late, I Didn't Want to Come follows author Jessica Pan's hilarious and painful year of misadventures in extroverting, reporting back from the frontlines for all the introverts out there. One does begin to wonder how much change could have been wrought if instead of drills and training we had opted to spend that time protesting or in political action. The peak factor was approaching 4.5 or I couldnt find a single driver in my area will work. This is what Im stuck on. I skipped out a couple times for various reasons, then had to go in at night, or serve with another unit. Call in sick, OP. And thats not even including all the training around dealing with bomb threat callers, with angry patients/family members, with weapons, with baby/child abduction, etc. I dont know what field youre in, but if the pharmacy field where they deal with peoples health/health insurance daily, doesnt have to deal with it, it seems highly unlikely your field should too if it isnt education or medical. I was irate several years ago when I found out an unqualified emergency management person made his own active shooter drill video and sent it to all staff at my agency. Unfortunately, not all units are able to participate in Drill Weekends. But its hard, if not impossible to learn anything when in the throes of a panic attack or PTSD symptoms. Here are some valid excuses for missing drill: 1. The kids at that school KNEW A SHOOTING COULD HAPPEN. In the last year we had a shooting at another campus in my district, and a lockdown on my campus for a suspected shooter (someone on the street with a gun who did not end up coming into the building). But theres no reason why you cannot ask in advance for a weekend where youre not rostered on. I called my doctor and explained the situation, and she wrote a letter stating that attending the training would be detrimental to my health, with the recommendation that I be excused. My high school got around a mandatory monthly fire drill by claiming it was too cold, and just ringing the alarm for a few months until enough parents complained that the rule was recinded. My direct boss fought it and tried to get me excused, but her boss was firm that it was required. Its not that I dont care or think its fine: I feel very grim when I read about the latest shooting(s), in a f this country way similar to how I react to new abortion bans or anti-LGBTQ+ bills, and I hate the online active shooter training module I have to do yearly for my job. No pressure if you cant! Also, youre making some broad assumptions here about the quality of training delivered in all workplaces. Their representatives propose these changes. We had one on site drill each year that was conducted by security. This is all scary and horrible. I did the same put it on mute and played it in a separate tab, then checked every 5 minutes or so to advance to the next chapter. My library system makes staff watch Active Shooter Training videos each year, but theyre just videos. Generally youre not asked to disclose why youre opting out. I think Im about same age as you. Yup. A man that old fashioned is going to shut you down fast and tell you just stay home. Im sorry, but its an all-day event? Additionally, if you are pregnant or have recently had a baby, you may also be excused from drill. There were public safety officers walking around with labels as the shooter, and they were shooting people, meaning they were telling them that they were shot. There are some heinous examples of training going terribly because it is just some random person throwing a stupid plan together with no idea what theyre doing. update: is my future manager a bigoted jerk? Essentially, it is suppose to identify potential issues ahead of time; example, local, state & federal departments all using different radio frequencies and needing to figure out what they would use together in an emergency (this was an issue during Katrina). When you look back on yourself even 6 months from now, youll be glad you did. As for how to do it, realistically youve got four options: 1. I have never ever called in sick for any reason other than actually being too sick to leave my bed. It was traumatizing enough doing that and it only lasted about 5 10 min. Basically a small org thought they were getting a powerpoint presentation and instead someone showed up with a real gun shooting blanks. Im a survivor of gun violence and Ive lost a loved one in a mass shooting. I do NOT want to LARP a shooting. The storeroom was in the basement, where the ceiling was low enough for me to reach without standing on tiptoe. I think its 100% okay to stonewall/lie/be vague about your symptoms to protect your privacy if your boss pushes back. They make you practice barricading doors. Soldiers who are problems are not put out the correct way because the paperwork takes to long. Ive been participating in active shooter drills since high school, know about run-hide-fight, and know people who have died from gun violence. Im a teacher in a state where this type of yearly simulation training is a state requirement for school accreditation (it always happens on an in-service day without children in the building). Want to write a professional email at work? I full stop do not trust any training that requires multiple hours and comfortable clothes. Hes that cavalier about mass mayhem?? I have a hard time figuring out how a small company with no HR jumped to the conclusion they need to train for a mass shooter. I was out the day the training happened, but apparently it was just a cop lecture interspersed with scary videos. How do you say no to working on a weekend?. I suppose on some level I feel like, there is nothing I can do to prevent it if its going to happen, and I dont have the reflexes that drilling would train into me to be assessing or thinking about what I might do if it did. If youre super close with them, theyll probably just laugh and say theyll catch you later. Afterwards, I refused to go down there alone again, and thankfully none of my shift supervisors gave me a hard time about that. Talk to your units First Sergeant or Commander if you believe you have a valid reason for being excused from an upcoming drill. I hope it goes well, and click send. Bullets fired by a mass shooter will actually curve away from people who know that the only way to conquer your fear is to face it. This means that if youre a devout member of a particular religious faith that has weekend devotion, you have the right to do so without fear of losing your job. I had been there. Precisely, More Training Needed. None of this is a joke, and Im so mad at this LWs boss because the drills are meant to protect people and theyre done out of fear but we cant have TOO MUCH FEAR, mind you, because thats negative somehow. Maybe there are social consequences to that, I dont have enough context, but they wont be more severe than triggering yourself to this extent. theres nothing we can really do about it, We can, but we wont, because US Americans generally refuse to take responsibility. This was not that, its just callous. My husband cant eat in public with his back to the door. Total wild west time no supervision by an expert or law enforcement. Nowyou dont have a spare tire,and you are afraid that the mechanic workshop maybe closing. My ability to consent to this work activity was removed, and I repeated to Jerkface that I did not consent, and he said that was fine but I had to do it anyway. I cant imagine how traumatizing a full day of that stuff, in person, would be. That sounds horrible and not at all like a good use of time. He doesnt sound reasonable, and I dont think the conversation would go well. For many of us, a side hustle allows us to: If you have the passion, stamina, and ability to have a successful side hustle, having your weekends free to pursue it is a legitimate excuse to avoid weekend work. Thanks for your practical, even-minded comment. Also, we do have accommodations for those who cant watch the video. Im probably among the youngest USians not to grow up with these drills; Columbine happened when I was in high school, and at that time we regarded it as an awful but anomalous eventwe had no idea what was coming. No one wants to hear me out. Happy Me time! Well I thought a good excuse would be to call in sick which I did. Welcome to teaching in America! Its always on the government to do something, never on the 99% to effect change by living up to their rebel ancestors they sure do love bragging about. My all-women department once went to a shooting range for a super fun team building event at one of their self-defense courses. You are attending a religious event 4. Im almost 24. I literally had a panic attack and left. The military is their own worse enemy when it comes to this area. Calmis about simple, achievable habits that workwith the demands of your busy life instead of pretending those demands don't exist. All The Best Squid Game Memes For Those Still Reeling After That Twist Ending They know what has been happening and alsoif you say you dont want to participate, that should be good enough. My mind is so boggled by the fact that anyone would find this an appropriate and normal thing to do in a public setting where there are almost certainly students, staff, faculty, etc. Many generation Z are adopting the quiet quitting culture and it is not because they are lazy. So better use that if its the 20. or later of the month. When you miss nine drill weekends in 12 months without contacting your commander or the Navy Operational Support Center to which you report, your commanding officer can declare your . Definitely. When my coworkers started joking about it, I told them if they kept it up, Id go to HR. To effectively use these excuses, avoid any unnecessary long details, and stick to your story. I know you said you dont want to look like the only person not tough enough to participate, particularly as the only woman on your team. i would also call in sick to this. -Get together with some friends and head to the range. The cop who did presented on active shooter protocols casually started discussing a mall shooting in another state part way through the training. If you are deemed unfit for duty, you will be sent home. And boy, was it poorly handled. I would go with calling in sick the day of the drill. 2) Probably wont happen hereright? Yeah, plans with MYSELF to do nothing but LIE ON THE COUCH with a family size packet of LIGHT & TANGY CHIPS. ] (which is, essentially, the adult version of the fire drill) and an active shooter drill (which, in my understanding, usually implies some level of re-enactment beyond what Ellis Bell (the teacher above) was describing as lockdown drills at school). But if thats not the case, tell them you were here (at some distant place) to pick up some work. :D, https://www.fox4news.com/news/officer-shot-during-active-shooter-training-forest-hill, https://www.kios.org/news/2022-08-25/arrest-follows-active-shooter-drill-gone-wrong, https://www.securityinfowatch.com/healthcare/news/21277863/three-more-nurses-sue-adventhealth-over-faked-active-shooting. I know I would. It was redic overall and yes it is a way of coping. This means if you click a link and/or buy a product, we may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. Seemed irrelevant at the time, became surprisingly useful 15yrs later when covid showed up. Oh my god. The trainings have been optional. 1,614. Which brings me to active-shooter training. When I commented to occupational health or whomever mandated the training with feedback about this needing an alternative, a trigger warning or both I was also brushed off). I did see those and book.arked them all to read and to support my reasons for making the training optional. I still dont see any reason to simulate a real event that thoroughly. You do not need to hear gun shots or see people play dead or whatever simulated shenanigans people want to insist on. I would be looking for another job immediately if my boss said that to me. - From a Soldier perspective. Thank you for sharing them! **Several other events over a long time including the loss of a police officer in the line of duty at a traffic stop at the organization, a murder at the organization, a supervisor I knew dealing with a suicidal worker (despite all of his training, I had to order him to inform the police) and many false alarms. Her eyelids dont SPARKLE today! Id call in sick the day before as well better cover story. Didnt we have one round up/commenter who had a super-nosy boss who wanted to know all the details for calling out sick, and she called the boss as she was praying to the porcelain throne? The MDARNG units I have went to, have a lot of MUTA 6s or 2x2x2. https://bit.ly/3SDoQpc. How about we reschedule? Practicing locking doors/closing windows, leaving the building like in a fire drill, knowing how your employer sends out emergency info and the basics of what to do are perfectly sufficient and are applicable in many situations. When someone says, "We should get brunch this weekend" respond with "I love brunch!" This way you have successfully. However, there will be times when we would rather not work weekends and have the weekend free to pursue other interests. I ended up going through orientation like four times, and in later ones I just stepped out of the room for that part. I didnt know any of this when I went to school that day and it was one of the worst days I can recall (my friends accident hadnt involved alcohol, but the response was almost identical). Whatever. 3. Endless sympathy to you, OP. Im in my late 40s and Columbine happened very late in HS for me so I must admitId be a person who would not have anticipated this reaction. He remembers Columbine and Virginia Tech and Aurora and Sandyhook and Parkland and Pulse . Jeez, people go to work to *work*, not to LARP or to do choreographed dance routines. Exactly. I have heard some people talking about more training as a solution to prevent a similar event in the future and it makes me want to scream. The peak factor was approaching 4.5 or I couldnt find a single driver in my area will work. And at least a third of us are on the introverted side. But more than that, your boss thinks it would be funny to direct a terrorist or mass murderer to go kill someone younger? I was when I first went to this unit 5.5 years ago. We highly recommend these tried-and-tested tools: The Elegant Themes membership gives you complete access to 87 amazing themes and 3 awesome plugins, including Divi, the ultimate WordPress Theme and Visual Page builder. Not to deal with the threat to the campus. Its a 5-7 minute trip (if youre sprinting) to the nearest building with one of those. Here are some tips to help you make the most of your experience in the Drill Army Reserves: Know both your annual drill schedule and your college course schedule. So long that the lights went out. I am tired and frustrated that my unit has decided to disrespect my schedule and time. Even if it isnt, its going to take a while,and you may not be able to make it up. You Had Other Car Issues 11. Most units require at least a month notice, but the sooner the better when it comes to requesting to be excused from drill. Just another site. There are many reasons why people volunteer, including: Women volunteered more than men (28.3% compared to 21.8%), as measured across demographics including age, education level, and ethnicity. Your friend would be a monster for thinking that youre anything other than a concerned pet parent who has to look after their sweet child. Agree. Shortly after this, one of the fire stairwells smelled like dead rat. For example, Jewish people have the Shabbat, the Jewish Day of Rest, which occurs each week from sunset on Friday to sunset on Saturday. As a parent, what do I even do with this information?! Footage & Music Libraries. Know what youre signing up for. And then, afterwards, we got the WORST LECTURE EVER from a crying teacher telling us that if this was real wed all be dead because of our collective inability to JUST BEHAVE OURSELVES and BE QUIET for half an hour. 10 points are given just for being in the Reserves, which leaves 14 from AT + 26 MUTA (13 drill days). You're going to an important family event, 9. For one we were on lockdown. (everything turned out all right and he actually used the time to talk about chemical reactions, Because Teacher, but it was not a happy day for him). Hey Im really sorry I cant make his evening. But I mostly just want to call OP out. I feel similarly to the O0: If it had been an active shooter drill I would have eaten the takeout. The half day will be for transportation. 2. The entire video was him sitting in an empty conference room talking.
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