Welcome to General Chat - GAW Community Area
This General Chat area started off as a place for people to talk about things that are off topic, however it has quickly evolved into a community and has become an integral part of the GAW experience for many of us.
Based on its evolving needs and plenty of user feedback, we are trying to bring some order and institute some rules. Please make sure you read these rules and participate in the spirit of this community.
Rules for General Chat
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Be respectful to each other. This is of utmost importance, and comments may be removed if deemed not respectful.
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Avoid long drawn out arguments. This should be a place to relax, not to waste your time needlessly.
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Personal anecdotes, puzzles, cute pics/clips - everything welcome
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Please do not spam at the top level. If you have a lot to post each day, try and post them all together in one top level comment
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Try keep things light. If you are bringing in deep stuff, try not to go overboard.
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Things that are clearly on-topic for this board should be posted as a separate post and not here (except if you are new and still getting the feel of this place)
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If you find people violating these rules, deport them rather than start a argument here.
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Feel free to give feedback as these rules are expected to keep evoloving
In short, imagine this thread to be a local community hall where we all gather and chat daily. Please be respectful to others in the same way
I guess this would be the place to ask for prayer, which is something I would in most cases never be able to bring myself to do (feels like I'm bugging people with better things to do). But I'm in a pickle, one that not many outside of this group would fully appreciate. I work for one of the major corporations, not a particularly woke or unwoke one. That isn't the issue directly. To make a long story short I injured myself the other day at work, not bad enough that I can't come in but bad enough that it should probably be looked at (possible cracked or broken rib). Problem is they can and at least last I recall usually do drug test after these incidents. I don't use cannabis at the sort of rates I did in my teens and early 20s but I do rely on a 50/50 CBD/THC vape cart with a full CBD cart to fill in the gaps. Point is I would more than likely fail that drug test without a few days to clean out. I also know that this company, like most, would like to throw out the workers at the top of the pay scale and replace them with new hires. More importantly my car is covered in Q and other similar stickers so I may have people in management who would like an opportunity to boot me. Most people would call me paranoid for worrying about that but I know how "those types" operate and I also know our overall manager is ultra-normie fan of masks type. PLUS if I'm not here the day before and after Memorial Day I lose holiday pay.
So I haven't said a word yet. My plan is to bring it up on Thursday (my next scheduled day after Memorial Day) and act as if it seemed minor at the time and I'm just now noticing the pain. Sorry for the long story but I don't condense things very well, and thank you if you took the time to read this or say a prayer for my situation. Things will work out one way or the other, I know God has His plan, but I certainly appreciate any extra support.
I can pray for you but also, it seems like a cracked rib might heal up well on it’s own. I don’t think they do a whole lot for that except pain management. I’ve done it, it hurts but Aleve and similar might take care of it, along with rest. Not a doctor, just thinking this all may not be worth the worry as far as a drug test goes. Rest, pray on it, take some OTC pain reliever.