And I’m honestly scared they will fire me over it. So, I work in a surgical pathology in the cytology department part time at the Cleveland clinic. (They are extremely strict and it’s very hard to get a job here, they have an “at will” firing policy)

I’ve been working in surgical pathology for a little over 4 years. I just recently started working part time in the cytology department accessioning cases and preparing specimens on slides. Long story short, for what ever reason my brain can’t write down a simple patient name on a slide correctly for the life of me. I have gotten “talked to” about misspelled patient last names on slides about 3 or 4 times over the last couple months and honestly it’s the simplest part of my job but my stupid brain sees a name and writes it down incorrectly. I even double check them!

I feel like my boss thinks I’m incompetent and I’m really scared they are going to fire me over such a stupid mistake. I’m actively trying to make sure I do them correctly (after the first few times being told that I need to watch my spelling) which frustrates me even more and of course I can’t say “it’s because I’m pregnant” because they wouldn’t understand.

I just want to crawl in a hole right now and cry my eyes out. I feel so stupid. Oh and on top of that, every time she tells me about these incidents it’s in front of everyone! So embarrassing. Maybe it’s my hormones... idk if anyone else can relate with their jobs but I’m feeling down today 😞