A wasted journey and squeee

[karen2205]

Um, slightly TMI so

Having checked with the receptionist that I did need a smear even though I'm not and have never been sexually active, booking an appointment for this morning and turning up for it, the nurse told me that no, I don't need one until I'm sexually active/about 35. So yes, one wasted journey.



And look at this - I've got Support Help in gunk, which means I can approve other people's answers and do all sorts of other little bits and pieces that I couldn't do before:-) *giggles*

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[pne.livejournal.com]

Pretty much :)

Deity-of-support is probably category admin, which is nearly impossible to reach mostly because there are a limited number of slots. Categories have from one to about three or four admins, depending on the size (number of requests / breadth of scope) and the workload.

So since there are only eight public categories, each with an average of 1.5 admins or so, that means 12 positions; pretty much the only time you can get in is if someone quits.

Then there's head of support as a whole, but that's only one person.

[karen2205]

You also need lots of time - at least twenty hours a week if not rather more to be an admin, so I'm never going to be one, 'cos being a person with far more of a real life than most support volunteers (not derogratory - just that many of them are still at school/uni, or are not working for other reasons) I'm never going to have the time.

And umm - I could *never* replace rahaeli;-)

[pthalo]

At this point it's probably 30-35 hours a week for me. Which is insane. I think as an experiment I should keep careful track of how much time I spend doing support in a week, because I don't have a very good idea. But I do have a real life. And in real life I have friends to be silly with and exams to study for and religious activities. I don't spend as much time studying as I should do though. :/

[karen2205]

Did you ever get round to counting how many hours you spend on support? Just curious. 30-35 hours in a volunteer position is crazy!

[pthalo]

no, i didn't. and it varies. i know after i got out of school i was doing supportish things (including goofing off on IRC, but mostly poking at the board, poking at closing) from when I woke up until i went bed, so that was more like 15 hours a day or so i guess which would make 105 hours a week for several weeks-- but now i'm home in arizona and i'm visiting my mother and my friends and so i've got a lot less time for support, and it's down to 0-6 hours a day, so probably 20-40 hours a week.