Just another day at the office

It's getting more and more difficult to do my job. I hate this.

Today started out well. I got to work just before 10, and I had some stuff to do that would be rather enjoyable. All self-paced stuff that I needed to catch up on. I had a few accounts I had to access for follow-ups, then I had three conference calls that I missed and I was going to listen to the recordings. Today was also my Boss's first day back after the holidays so he'd be in as well.

I finished my account work first, then listened to one of the calls and I started the second. I literally had 2 or 3 minutes left of the second one when my boss stopped by my desk to say I could leave at 4:00. Awesome. We put in so much extra time unpaid so every now and again we get sent home early. At this point it was around 3:10.

As he's standing at my desk, a coworker came over and suggested I not go to another coworker's desk. I immediately felt scared and panicked. My boss walked over to the other desk and was there for about 5 minutes. It's literally two desks away so I could normally hear the conversation, but I was having a tough time because my heart was pounding so loud in my ears. I did hear one or two things. Ewen, the man at the desk with the issue said he saw "it" twice, and that "it" actually ate through a package of ketchup at his desk.

Boss came back to my desk and saw that I had rolled my chair away from my desk so I was in an open area. I have no idea what I looked like, but he looked at me and said, "Go home."

I packed up my crap and started toward the door. Ewen was cleaning out his drawer. I asked, "Was it IN the drawer?" Three blank stares looking back at me, and someone asked, "How do you want me to answer that?" OMG. In case you didn't get that; Holy Shit! It was IN his DESK DRAWER. Honestly, is any place safe? That's so frightening.

I asked my partner to come ASAP to pick me up. I went outside because I didn't want to stay in the building. I couldn't. It was a balmy -27C today. I started walking toward home and not long after my partner came for me.

I'm not sure how I'm going to get through the next few months. Tomorrow I'm going to sit on another floor. I can't be on the ground floor if I can help it. However, I do have a meeting tomorrow and Thursday from 9:30-1:00 on the ground floor.

It's been more than two hours since I left work and my chest is still tight and heavy. My boss said he has to tell everyone about keeping perishables in the fridge, but that's not going to make a difference. This sucks so bad. How is it that I've been with this company for 5 years and only now I'm having to deal with it?

When I got home I realized I had a candy in one drawer, and shoes in the other. I called my boss to ask him to throw away or eat the candy, and turn my shoes upside down so nothing will get in them. I hate this so much. :(