So one of my co-workers, who was scheduled to work today, is out of the country. I'm fairly certain he cleared this well ahead of time, but it would appear that the supervisors just totally forgot to schedule somebody to take his place. So, between that and some trouble in the psych ward slowing down some deliveries there, this day got off to a great start. Then, it turns out that there was a mixup with some earlier deliveries, requiring the only other person who can help cover the missing person's shift to go to the basement and sort it out. So, for about 30 minutes, I'm doing the job of 3 very busy people.
And then it turns out the basement printer broke for 2 hours and nobody noticed. Now, let me explain. That particular printer is the one on which the instructions from pharmacists to prepare medications print. Without it, no instructions are given, because the pharmacists are scattered across the entire hospital. This isn't the only pharmacy, but it has, by a wide margin, the largest number of orders to fill (they just tend to be faster to do than the orders that go to other ones, and less urgent). As a result, when they fixed it, several hundred orders printed all at once, several overdue.
I believe this day is precisely what the word "clusterfuck" was invented to describe.
I'm just glad I got a lunch (even if it took so long that by the time I get done, I'll only have another half hour on my shift; food is better than no food). Which, to be fair, probably makes this solidly a "1st World Problems" sort of day to be venting about, but it's still awfully frustrating.