I used to really enjoy that movie. One of my least favourite characters was the one with Tourette's. But her outbursts have stuck in my head, particularly

SHIT BALL LICKERS

I feel like saying that over and over again because I got the reply back from my boss about the company sending me to the next STC conference. He said with the budget and all that they would rather spend them money on specialised courses.

Let's see...I think I'd like another shot at convincing them.

The cost of the conference with a post-conference workshop is about the same as the amount they're willing to spend on the 6 courses I've registered for and am taking this year.

This company just loves to move as quickly as a herd of turtles stampeding through peanut butter. They're not supporting me to go gain some knowledge about what's new and how we can move forward. They're not supporting me being around other professionals with a whole wealth of knowledge.

They say they want to move forward, but they have not done a thing to show it. It's been about 9 months since the last round of layoffs. My coworker and I are still running around like chickens with our heads cut off. We can barely keep up with our deliverables. We've told them over and over what we want and what we don't want. Apparently, they know.

I am so frustrated.