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Hi! I'm competing in my first USAPL meet this weekend, and I'm concerned about false positives the way I worry someone put a bomb in my carry-on without me knowing.

A friend told me certain energy drinks and pre-workouts can trigger false positives? Anyone smarter than me have any knowledge on this?

Hello, all. I'm in a bit of a pickle with my agency and one other interpreter.

Some background, last week I was working virtually with a team I've worked with maybe 3 times before. I had some major technical issues I won't get into and admittedly wasn't at my best performance level. After the job finished, the team texted me and asked about my background. At the time, I didn't have my backdrop set up, which I also admit was a problem. My background was a white wall and an animal tank, not ideal but shouldn't have been a big issue. (Background and technical issues are resolved now and won't be a problem for any future virtual assignments)

Yesterday I get an email from my agency saying that there were "many" complaints regarding my "behavior" during the virtual job. She went on to say that I don't team well, I don't accept feeds or feedback, and refuse prep material. She then suspended me from the rest of an ongoing virtual class with that same team for the summer, and refuses to give me permanent assignments in the fall unless I apologize and show "real growth for [myself] and the community [I] serve"

I explained the technical issues I had had and how I fixed them so they won't be a problem moving forward, and asked for more clarification on what the teaming comments were. She got back to me saying that other than last week, the complaints were all from 3+ years ago. All of which have been resolved with all parties involved. The prep materials comment was from a job at least 4-5 years ago when I said I struggle with prepping because I forget to read it or don't like doing work outside of paid hours. I have since learned the value of prepping beforehand and do it whenever I can.

The next email was copied from the team I had where they quite literally invented a scenario in which they were trying desperately to give me feeds and I was refusing them left and right. Then they said I "share [my] personal opinions in front of clients creating bias" which is just a flat out lie.

I'm at a loss what to do. I have zero specifics, I can talk directly with the team, but I'd rather not get into a one on one with them without a buffer as it sounds like there's some resentment for perceived personal beliefs I may or may not have. This honestly feels like a personal attack as I know I didn't do anything wrong.

Yes, there are other agencies, I won't be without a job. But this one is my main source of income, and if there are actual issues, I want to be able to fix them. As it stands, I'm torn on apologizing (for what exactly, I still don't know) and ensuring I have fall work, or not saying anything major and keeping them as backup income. Most of me wants to cut them off completely, but I know that's probably a foolish move.

Has anyone experienced anything similar? Any advice is welcome, thank you for reading this far