The Slump Continues!

Well at 1400 today I will be facing my boss and a Human Resources woman charged with the excessive use of Facebook during working hours! For those who can't be bothered to read older posts what's basically happened is for some reason my boss took it upon herself to search for my Facebook profile during her own time at home and because any action you take is time stamped I have been shown to be using Facebook during working hours. Rather than confront me and bollock me about it she's confronted me and ran to HR as if to try gain some Brownie points for herself. She's even compiled a Word document with every action I've taken on my account since I opened it! It's all bullshit.

Their case, for want of a better word, is full of holes and they seem to have avoided the first question on my lips which is why the fuck is my boss searching for me during her own time? Also, are they aware that to discipline me with excessive use of the Facebook website they have to monitor the usage of anyone who has access to that site? If Facebook is so poor for business why haven't the IT department blocked the site? If the IT department monitor internet usage as it states in our policy then why hasn't my usage been flagged? It's obviously not that excessive in comparison to other's usage then. It's almost like a witch hunt in this place once somebody rubs a manager up the wrong way and they do everything to make them uncomfortable and basically force them out. I've got a decent defence and if I'm not convinced that this isn't victimisation I will take legal advice. I shouldn't have used Facebook during work but I've always completed my work and the actually amount of time spent on it is minimal because if you've seen any of the stuff on there you'll know these silly quizzes and stuff take seconds. So finger crossed it'll all go ok, don't think it helps my argument that I was 15 minutes late this morning, of all fucking mornings!

I have checked my Doomswitch and it is set to Maximum Overdrive, which incidentally cheesy dance act 2 Unlimited made in the 90's! I played five of the $4.40 180 man games last night and came nowhere near cashing in any of them, in fact the best I came was around 50th which is wank. I posted in the Online Railing forum on Raise The River and if you go there and have a look at some of the hands that beat me when I was ahead you will LOL! Even Burnley Mik said my Doomswitch was well and truly flicked on! I honestly don't know what to do. Some people so take a break but most articles I've read say you can do nothing but plough straight through it and eventually variance kicks back in in your favour. I have lost a lot of confidence these past few days and have also lost all my profit for the month so I am back to exactly, all but a few cents, where I started on October 1st with around $250! I'm nicely over-rolled for the $3.40 turbo's which I could 6 table but the last time I played these I was also on a downswing and didn't cash in my first ten but that was also when I was trying to play turbo's like normal SnG's and was a fish! I'm also considering trying another game for a short while just for a change in pace, maybe 7 card stud because I've watched some of the games on Stars and they are so loose they have to be seen to be believed and must be profitable just by playing tightly. You see, I've lost my focus again and I'm splashing around games which is a recipe for disaster.

On a more positive note I am awaiting an email or text message from an old supervisor that could lead into a new career opportunity so fingers crossed with that one. I've also been passed a number of a landlord, from potential Mrs P, who has some furnished flats to rent for around £300 a month which isn't bad so I might have to give him a call and see what is included as I have some of my own stuff that I'd rather use if possible.

I'm sure that by the end of the week I'll be telling you how much I love poker and how I own etc because this slump can't last forever! I mean it's been 2.5k hands, 12 SnG's and 5 MTT's so I am due some fucking luck please! Maybe I should start playing half pissed again as that seemed to work! Haha!

Thanks for reading guys and best of luck at those damned tables!