Still Not Funny

I was sued.

I was in good company there as the Na'Dar, the college, and Dave's parents were also sued. I'm surprised Janet's parents didn't sue the mobcomm providers for our not having a signal to call for help. I was also 'sued' by one of the survivors for emotional distress but that turned out to be a joke. Not terribly funny at the time. It's funnier to me not by not by much.

All this combined to make the past few months some of the least fun of my life. There was a lengthy criminal investigation. Eventually I was cleared of any wrongdoing. The civil lawsuits still hangs over my head but I understand that there has been a payment offered by the Na'Dar, sort of a 'we're sorry our old equipment killed your family member' sort of thing and payment is contingent on all the lawsuits being dropped. The family's bargaining for more money feels a bit crass to me. Its their right and they have to do what seems best to them but I don't know.

The size of my intern pool was trimmed by management so I get to do more with less. I am not particularly enjoying doing more with less. I get to do a lot more work for the same amount of pay, regularly staying late just to try to keep up. We never manage to keep up.

Making things more complicated is the fact that I lost most of my previous interns. Some were graduating and done anyways. A number quit due to my troubles; whether it was their decision or their parents is less important than the fact that the decision was made and acted upon. The up side to this was that I didn't have to fire anyone to reach my new staffing levels. On the down side I had to train more new people than expected. This took time and patience and rework to fix problems that weren't fixed properly the first time. This is not conducive to keeping up or maintaining good relationships with the other departments.

My team was destroyed. My peers, and I use that term very loosely, that had decided to not like me already took this opportunity to further align against me. They remained polite to my face and within meetings but fought me and abused me within that realm of politeness. My opinions were ignored or, worse, dismissed with a jibe about the other times when my 'opinion' had cost others. This was all very amusing to them. Not so to me.

Thankfully, policy and procedure were on my side, so Cuthbold could defend me. I had only been accused of things, never convicted, so my job was secure. Had I been convicted, I would have been fired but I wasn't. While the Na'Dar's 'assistance' may not have been officially welcomed due to the stigma associated with the... event, behind the scenes I'm told that all will be well if the lawsuits just go away. I don't think I have much to worry in that regard.