Stress Management

Today was typical government employee fun. The headquarters building was hosting a presentation on Stress Management today. The government offers all employees to take advantage of the EAP - Employee Assistance Program; as part of this they wanted people to know about Stress Management. My boss had a conflict with the scheduled time of the presentation but he wanted one of the scientists to represent the unit at the meeting. Any guesses who got the "honor"? Yep! 90 minutes of my life I will never get back. I think the 2 highlights of the presentation were 1) the suggestion to write what is causing you stress on a piece of paper and draw a box around it and then cross it out with a big red "X" and 2) telling people to say "No" and not give any explanations. Yes, I want federal employees to be encouraged to say no to assignments and be told they do not need to explain the reason.

Ahhh the fun of being a federal employee!