I’d say “Smooth Criminal” is one of the ear wormiest songs EVER. That rhythm just gets stuck in my head. Few songs match it.
I sang it for pretty much two weeks straight after Jackson died. GAH.
I think part of it is just the incredible simplicity of the song. GAAAAAAH.
I’m trying to combat it with this one for a change of pace.
Maybe not an earworm but most definitely a real worm.
I am late to the fair, but those people who are placed in locked psych wards can refuse to take meds. That alone is not enough to deem them unfit or similar. Granted refusing won’t earn you brownie points etc, but in and of itself, refusal is not enough to keep someone. IME, of course (as a nurse).
I have recently seen enough shenanigans at work and at a friend’s and spouse’s work to know that just about anything can happen in the work world.
I have just heard my girlfriend’s tale of woe: Ruth (not her real name) is an excellent nurse who gets on well with her colleagues. To make a very long story short, she brought some concerns she had re her director (her immediate report) to HR and a higher up. Now HR and the DON are saying that the 8 days (since January) that Ruth had off–pre-approved by her director, mind you–were a mistake on the director’s part and now Ruth faces suspension and/or immediate dismissal. Why if Ruth’s boss ok’ed these days off (they were for doctor’s appts for her youngest son who has a chronic kidney disease) is the onus on Ruth? IMO it’s because she brought some bad news to the attention of HR and the DON. This is a dept, mind you, that has had 6 people quit in the past 6 months–most of them with complaints about this one director. There is a lot more shit than that being bandied about. It is scary what can happen when one (more powerful) party decides to not act in good faith.
I could tell a similar but more sordid story about my husband’s prior place of employment. He did nothing wrong as well. Hell, I know with my own ex-boss how hellish she made my work and how stressful working under her was.
True, none of these involve making up shit about stealing 5K or being arrested and accused of mental illness, but my point is that given my recent experiences with the working world, nothing would surprise me anymore about what goes on. Those of you who haven’t experienced something like this can’t really know what it is like. It does happen.
I do think that there is more to this story and agree that until the term “freak out” is defined we are all pissing in the wind, but cops do overreact sometimes and people do go out of control etc. I hope Annie is OK.
Annnnnie…
Hoping No Gnus is Good Gnus, we patiently await an update.
Awaiting [raises fist] For Justice!
Sounds like cloud based computing was made for your company, whats the point of encryption if your giving access to your stuff for free. I assume all the customs guy does is simply turn on the puter , use your hash and go yep, just bits and bytes, but still…
Declan
Yes, Annie.
Even if there is no news that you can share, tell us if you are doing well.
All of you who have linked earworms please report to Gitmo. You bastids.
I took my kid to Disney and we went to the Small World ride. The ride broke down when we were in the Scandanavian Room. It would be fixed , move a few feet then stop. Then do it again. The ride took about 45 minutes. I was wondering if I could just walk out after a while.
There are sharks in the water underneath.
Worse, there are small animatronic children with white eyeballs and rows of razorblades for teeth.
I read your post and was going to say, in all seriousness, that I think the water is actually pretty shallow on those rides, and you probably could walk out. But then I saw this:
Much better answer!! 
Thank you! My nightmares had gone into reruns; they needed some new material to work with.
And you know how some of those characters revolve in a whole 360? That’s not for show or to impress you, it’s to scan the area for any stragglers or attempted escapees. If they’re spotted, those lil fuckers can signal ahead to the other countries that they’ve got “live ones” incoming. What always surprised me is that somehow that song muffles the tortured screams of the damned…
Whoa.
I dropped away from reading this thread in the first couple of pages when it occurred to me that I didn’t need to be absorbing the OP’s personal drama right then. Then today I saw how long it had grown so I thought I’d pop into the last page and see if she’s gotten a new job yet.
And it’s morphed into a discussion of the Grand Guignol-related implications of the Small World ride?
Well, you know how it goes. Thread drift just follows the dominant theme of the culture of the board.
Basically…
Annie way you want it, that’s the way you need it…
Day four. I’ve successfully weaned my daughter onto “Mary Poppins”, but the earworm hasn’t starved yet.
We all float down here.
Pretty sure they’re conceptual sharks.
So? Is it over yet? Or is this the longest-lasting ass-reaming in history?
I suspect lawyers & such.
Process may take a year or three.
Stay tuned, same Bat time, same Bat channel!