Teeth still hurting this morning, saw a dentist, taken some antibiotics, teeth are hurting much less. Dentist says tooth will need to come out but will argue against that.

Had a chat with my boss/manger/team leader (Hiya DK if you're reading this!), I've been taking a lot of sick leave recently (over the last year or so), enough that they're talking about maybe needing to remind me of the sick rules. Fine, whatever, but don't expect me to care.

It's just that work is so stupid! They want us back in the office, and can't give a better reason than "spontaneous collaboration", which sounds very much like gossip when pushed. They want us to be "at work" (either at home or in the office) for a fixed number of hours a week, but they don't seem to care what we're doing with the time. It's just so trivial! I guess it's one of those neurodiverse things - I hate to see the waste (of time, talent, energy, resources) that these policies generate, but worse than that is the way that everyone agrees that it's broken but nobody fixes it. I genuinely don't understand why there's so much disconnect between what people want and what people get.

Ah, well. Husband says that I need to learn to relax at work, and they're right. I'm still getting paid for this bullshit even if it is crazy.