very little surprises me any more. I particularly enjoyed the mandatory on-line diversity training that I had to complete. It dealt with accomodations and dealing with people with different disabilities. Overall, I'd say it was mediocre - I've seen better in the private sector. But I almost choked on my coffee when I got to the part about dealing with people with mental ilnesses. I'm not making this up. It said "Maintain eye contact, and don't make any sudden gestures." WTF. It also said allow any directions or instructions to be communicated by the person's caregiver, and finished with "When necessary call for back-up from Psychiatry."

On the plus side I'm getting assigned to work with all the interesting departments, including psychology and telepsychiatry. When I expressed that I thought that would be interesting - he said that's right you're interested in addictions and mental health. I had put on my resume a number of mental health related volunteer activities.

So I guess even if I'm no officially personally out, I'm out.

--splitimage