Originally Posted by perthhomeschool (Post 10709155)

How dreadful. Sounds like my stepmother :thumbdown: Do everything for them and then they turn around and stab you in the back :sneaky: Horrible that you are going through this lay off for stress - but maybe the break will give you a chance to unwind before going home. Thinking of you love. Hang in there. Not long now, and you'll be eating fish and chips and drinking a beer in your favourite watering hole, and laughing all about it with your mates :thumbsup:

Originally Posted by MissBetty (Post 10709168)

Thanks very much love I am feeling better already, funny how they did nothing for years but started this crap just before I'm due to leave! Its because they are cowards who never would have started this if I was staying as they know I would have come down so hard on them cos they stuff up all the time lol!

Today I just watched some DVD's, had a nice soak in a bubble bath and packed up all my work stuff into a box - which was quite satisfying. I'm refusing to dwell on this, I just think in a few months time I will have a happier life with a fab job and they will still be here, still whining, bitching and moaning and someone else will be the target of their venom!

Onwards and upwards :thumbsup:

Originally Posted by MissBetty (Post 10709130)

Hello everyone, not been on here for for few days and just wanted to say a huge THANK YOU for all the kind wishes!

Unfortunately atm the bullying has intensified and the person(s) concerned had actually printed off copies of my Facebook page and handed them in. Big Boss has now actually stepped in and said enough is enough and told them unless they all want to face a charge of bullying and harrassment to back off.

They are not going to do anything as the comments were mainly joking and I'm gone in 2 weeks time however after 5 awful years here its taken its toll and I have been signed off work with stress for my final shifts. Not the way I wanted it to end but I need to protect myself as I can't give the bullies a chance to ruin any future employment prospects as I'm finding it very hard not to lash out both verbally and physically.




The weird thing is that the girl who has been the instigator of all this is a young uni grad who wants to work in the UK. I've helped her write her CV, set up a CPD folder and given her advice on how to apply to a UK service. She told my senior manager she was offended by my comments and felt the need to report them. He actually turned round to her and told her he thought her behaviour was despicable and she should be whiter than white in future as he wouldn't forget her treatment of an officer with a perfect service record who was due to leave in two bloody weeks. Hopefully karma will do its thing!

Anyways thanks again for all your kind messages, I will be out of this awful place in 11 days never to return just going to try and relax now and look forward to a bright future. Cheers everyone :thumbsup:

Originally Posted by MissBetty (Post 10709168)

..... I just think in a few months time I will have a happier life with a fab job and they will still be here, still whining, bitching and moaning and someone else will be the target of their venom!

Onwards and upwards :thumbsup:

Originally Posted by MissBetty (Post 10709168)

Thanks very much love I am feeling better already, funny how they did nothing for years but started this crap just before I'm due to leave! Its because they are cowards who never would have started this if I was staying as they know I would have come down so hard on them cos they stuff up all the time lol!

Today I just watched some DVD's, had a nice soak in a bubble bath and packed up all my work stuff into a box - which was quite satisfying. I'm refusing to dwell on this, I just think in a few months time I will have a happier life with a fab job and they will still be here, still whining, bitching and moaning and someone else will be the target of their venom!

Onwards and upwards :thumbsup:

Originally Posted by treasuredr (Post 10709348)

Hey Miss Betty,
I too have been reading this thread and living your ups and downs along with you, but I have been promted to post about this appalling bullying you have been receiving. I would really be very tempted to put in a formal complaint about the treatment you have received over the last five years. A long, well thought out letter to the most senior director, penned from the comfort of your flat in Hastings after your return and after securing a new job, might be the way to go :).

I do relate, as I was bullied whilst at secondary school and even though I'm in my mid 50's now, I still remember that time and how awful it was. Unfortunately you never forget the bullying of others, but you do and you will have the last laugh. Life has taught me that Karma is truly a B#t*h and just be patient and they will get theirs.

Meanwhile, relax, chill and try to de-stress so that you can really savour the trip to the airport and the journey home. Take care!

Originally Posted by brightonbelle (Post 10709665)

Miss Betty,
Hi, I am yet another avid reader of your posts...can't help it when your returning to gods own county (me monicker gives away my birthplace):thumbsup:

As a sussex gal....its not "I just think..." its "I KNOW"!!

and you should rethink your last sentence to be:-
they will still be there, still whining, bitching and moaning...whilst someone else will be targeting them with his venom

:amen:

Ty

Originally Posted by kampaicharger (Post 10711758)

Memorable moments in life are made memorable not by the moments but by the people you share em with.

Doubt if you will remember your "colleagues" after six months back home..:cool:

Originally Posted by MissBetty (Post 10705952)

Well just a wee update for you all, I've been short listed for the paramedic job I really wanted and I have got an interview!

I have to submit a personal statement online first followed by an interview in front of a panel with a presentation followed by a driving test :eek:
The interview day is two weeks after I get home so I've got plenty of time to prepare, I'm ecstatic and nervous all at the same time - my tummy is doing somersaults right now!

Originally Posted by MissBetty (Post 10709130)

Hello everyone, not been on here for for few days and just wanted to say a huge THANK YOU for all the kind wishes!

Unfortunately atm the bullying has intensified and the person(s) concerned had actually printed off copies of my Facebook page and handed them in. Big Boss has now actually stepped in and said enough is enough and told them unless they all want to face a charge of bullying and harrassment to back off.

They are not going to do anything as the comments were mainly joking and I'm gone in 2 weeks time however after 5 awful years here its taken its toll and I have been signed off work with stress for my final shifts. Not the way I wanted it to end but I need to protect myself as I can't give the bullies a chance to ruin any future employment prospects as I'm finding it very hard not to lash out both verbally and physically.

The weird thing is that the girl who has been the instigator of all this is a young uni grad who wants to work in the UK. I've helped her write her CV, set up a CPD folder and given her advice on how to apply to a UK service. She told my senior manager she was offended by my comments and felt the need to report them. He actually turned round to her and told her he thought her behaviour was despicable and she should be whiter than white in future as he wouldn't forget her treatment of an officer with a perfect service record who was due to leave in two bloody weeks. Hopefully karma will do its thing!

Anyways thanks again for all your kind messages, I will be out of this awful place in 11 days never to return just going to try and relax now and look forward to a bright future. Cheers everyone :thumbsup:

Originally Posted by MissBetty (Post 10713777)

Ok well I only have 8 days to go now and the time is flying - hurrah! I just packed all my bags to see if I could fit everything in and I can (just!!!) - yippee! I can't believe I have my life packed into one suitcase, one travel case a small packpack and a handbag!

I can't wait to get well away from Loony Town, even getting to Cairns for my last few days will be awesome!

Had my leaving do with a few close friends last night and we had a mad time, got in at 5 in the morning quite worse for wear ha ha ha!!! I laughed so much and I bumped into so many people - included lots of my patients! So many of them said oh I remember you when you came out to me/my kid/my Mum and you were hilarious and then bought me drinks. Some of the cops were out too and the drinks kept coming, I think its entirely possible I will have a hangover for a week, I may also need a new liver so thank God for the NHS lol! :rofl:

I'm happy to be leaving this place in a better frame of mind than I've been in over the past few days. My lovely sister is picking me up from the airport next Tuesday, I'll only be home for a day and a half before I shoot off to Amsterdam with my loony mates - I have so much planned and I just can't wait to have a life again woo hoo!!!!

Originally Posted by MissBetty (Post 10713777)

Ok well I only have 8 days to go now and the time is flying - hurrah! I just packed all my bags to see if I could fit everything in and I can (just!!!) - yippee! I can't believe I have my life packed into one suitcase, one travel case a small packpack and a handbag!

I can't wait to get well away from Loony Town, even getting to Cairns for my last few days will be awesome!

Had my leaving do with a few close friends last night and we had a mad time, got in at 5 in the morning quite worse for wear ha ha ha!!! I laughed so much and I bumped into so many people - included lots of my patients! So many of them said oh I remember you when you came out to me/my kid/my Mum and you were hilarious and then bought me drinks. Some of the cops were out too and the drinks kept coming, I think its entirely possible I will have a hangover for a week, I may also need a new liver so thank God for the NHS lol! :rofl:

I'm happy to be leaving this place in a better frame of mind than I've been in over the past few days. My lovely sister is picking me up from the airport next Tuesday, I'll only be home for a day and a half before I shoot off to Amsterdam with my loony mates - I have so much planned and I just can't wait to have a life again woo hoo!!!!

Originally Posted by MissBetty (Post 10713744)

Hey thanks for your reply, I'm pretty tough but jeez these last few weeks have been rough!

I went out and had some leaving drinks last night and it was fab, I don't have that many friends here but the ones I do have are amazing - worth their weight in gold actually!

Love what you said about karma and its so true! You know what they say - karma's only a bitch if you are lol! ;)