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  1. I got to work yesterday, and found I had an answer on something that totally ignored my question. Based on that, I constructed perhaps the clunkiest coding I’ve ever done to process files, and await the chance to point to the response to my question when someone complains about it.
  2. It was confirmed all the work I and the others did with wrong data was done with correct data, and I had to go back and do it all over again. Even more coworkers found this hilarious.
  3. Very long story short, it turns out I’d been assigned work in the system I was never trained on, and couldn’t know that due to that lack of training; two of my friends treated me like an idiot about it, and I spent a fair amount of time last night installing the programs to access the system, and trying to learn how to use them.
  4. Came to the office today, and found I was never given access rights to the aforementioned system, despite being integral to my current roll.


Assuming I don’t hear back from our IT guy today I guess I’m not working overtime this weekend.
 
Reminds me of a patient who took to wearing camo and hiding in the bushes of the building his flat was in, with a crossbow.

The closest I've gotten to going neighborhood watch on someone was one night when some teenagers were sitting in a car parked directly below my apartment (about 3/4 of a story, due to the building being on a slope), blasting some aggressively shitty music around midnight when I was trying to sleep. Hotboxing too, but it was the music that got me annoyed, not that. So I got my Maglite (a full-sized version, not a pocket one), went out to my balcony, and just lit them up with a pretty powerful beam right into their windshield. I then motioned it to the side a few times, in a "move along" gesture, and they got the hint and took off.

But that was a one-off situation and I technically never left my unit. Even when I was on an HOA board years ago, we never got personally involved in stuff like that. That's what the police are for, or licensed professional security (and identified as such) if it really comes down to it.
 
Sometimes I feel bad reading about people‘s work problems because I’ve been ridiculously lucky over the past few years. I’ve managed to find a place to work where I like my boss, I like 99% of the people I work with (and the 1% I could do without have no power to make my life miserable), and I like what I do.

Last year, I mentioned to my boss that it had been a while since there had been any career movement for me, despite a bunch of extra stuff I do. She took it seriously, got me a promotion, and now I’m responsible for external communications for all of North America.

Which is great, but also demonstrates how the pandemic has changed things. A few years ago, there would have been no way someone based in Canada would have been able to take over US comms without moving to Florida where the North America HQ is located. But now that everyone has been working remotely for so long, no one batted an eye at it.

My first two weeks in the new role have been a bit of a trial by fire, but I’ve actually quite enjoyed it and I feel motivated again in a way that had been slowly disappearing over the last few years as I didn’t really feel challenged anymore.
 
Since we've moved to SAFe, I always feel like I'm behind on all my work. Today, I just figured out why. Though I haven't figured out a solution.

There are 8 hours in a work day- we're scheduled for 6. I'm on two different teams, so 3 hours each. The extra two hours are supposed to be for admin stuff and meetings.

I'm in 4-5 hours of meetings most days.

...see where I'm going with this? And I'm just surprised it took me so long to figure this out.
4-5 hours of meetings, with about 45 minutes total of useful time spent.
 
Back to work tomorrow. It might be a little soon after surgery, but I'm also really tired of just resting all the time, even though it was necessary. At least Sundays are short days @ my job. 5 hours rather than the usual 8.
 
My work schedule is all screwed up right now. Had an employee quit, then the supervisor we spent a month training quit a week into his regular schedule for a job that paid more. Another guy is leaving after Tuesday, and one more got suspended for at least a week (and whether or not they come back is up in the air, as they are a self-entitled, insubordinate little shit). That leaves 6 of us to fill all those hours on top of their own. so I'm looking at 55-60+ hour weeks for the foreseeable future. Even though we got a raise, this see-saw schedule is messing with my blood sugar levels. Last Thursday, my boss had me scheduled to work 17 hours (which was a mistake), and then had me scheduled for a 12 from tonight through tomorrow) but back 6 hours later (which is illegal, as you have to have 8 hour breaks between shifts by law). It was another mistake, but that shows how bad things are when the boss makes mistakes. She said she's probably going to come in and cover some of those hours, so I can get a longer break between shifts.

We just got a raise too, so I hope I can actually stay healthy enough to spend it lol
 
My work schedule is all screwed up right now. Had an employee quit, then the supervisor we spent a month training quit a week into his regular schedule for a job that paid more. Another guy is leaving after Tuesday, and one more got suspended for at least a week (and whether or not they come back is up in the air, as they are a self-entitled, insubordinate little shit). That leaves 6 of us to fill all those hours on top of their own. so I'm looking at 55-60+ hour weeks for the foreseeable future. Even though we got a raise, this see-saw schedule is messing with my blood sugar levels. Last Thursday, my boss had me scheduled to work 17 hours (which was a mistake), and then had me scheduled for a 12 from tonight through tomorrow) but back 6 hours later (which is illegal, as you have to have 8 hour breaks between shifts by law). It was another mistake, but that shows how bad things are when the boss makes mistakes. She said she's probably going to come in and cover some of those hours, so I can get a longer break between shifts.

We just got a raise too, so I hope I can actually stay healthy enough to spend it lol
That's rough man, sounds like my last job. The schedule chaos due to employee shortages is maddening. I left because it wasn't getting any better and it wouldn't work when I went back to school.
My first boss there was originally a restaurant cook but found himself in a similar situation where he was making bank, but never had any time to spend it.
 
Didn't realize I would be the PIC my first day back at work. Thankfully, there have only been minor fires to put out. And only metaphorical fires, in case anyone was worried.
 
Nothing much. Went and watched my friends play D&D and laughed a lot at their jokes. Got a hair cut I'm not sure about. Taking care of my dogs, the usual life stuff. Hoping he new week will be better than last week.
 
That's rough man, sounds like my last job. The schedule chaos due to employee shortages is maddening. I left because it wasn't getting any better and it wouldn't work when I went back to school.
My first boss there was originally a restaurant cook but found himself in a similar situation where he was making bank, but never had any time to spend it.
The one thing I am likely going to do (besides catch up on bills) is get a gaming laptop. Since I have a Dell preferred account, I can get one on credit and if I pay it off before a year is up, get charged no interest. The low end ones run around 1400 - 1500, so I can likely get half of that paid off in 3-4 months at this rate. So at least I can a few games that my current laptop seems to have issues with
 
The one thing I am likely going to do (besides catch up on bills) is get a gaming laptop. Since I have a Dell preferred account, I can get one on credit and if I pay it off before a year is up, get charged no interest. The low end ones run around 1400 - 1500, so I can likely get half of that paid off in 3-4 months at this rate. So at least I can a few games that my current laptop seems to have issues with

Sadly, with the current market for GPUs this might be the best way to get a PC with modern graphics.
 
My work schedule is all screwed up right now. Had an employee quit, then the supervisor we spent a month training quit a week into his regular schedule for a job that paid more. Another guy is leaving after Tuesday, and one more got suspended for at least a week (and whether or not they come back is up in the air, as they are a self-entitled, insubordinate little shit). That leaves 6 of us to fill all those hours on top of their own. so I'm looking at 55-60+ hour weeks for the foreseeable future. Even though we got a raise, this see-saw schedule is messing with my blood sugar levels. Last Thursday, my boss had me scheduled to work 17 hours (which was a mistake), and then had me scheduled for a 12 from tonight through tomorrow) but back 6 hours later (which is illegal, as you have to have 8 hour breaks between shifts by law). It was another mistake, but that shows how bad things are when the boss makes mistakes. She said she's probably going to come in and cover some of those hours, so I can get a longer break between shifts.

We just got a raise too, so I hope I can actually stay healthy enough to spend it lol
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I mentioned the start of this spring semester was more brutal than normal. It was bad. We planned 6 weeks for a "return to campus covid response" and then were slammed by ice storms and frozen pipes. It was just more of the same all week.

So I am on my google calendar this week plugging in fake meetings ("Trustee Professorship," Meeting with Steve," "Maintenance Factors and other important items of merit"). I need a random lame meeting generator to get me through this.
 
Debating finally donating my college textbooks from 1990-1995. This really should be a no brainer but as mentioned I have a hoarding tendency. I was hoping I would be able to go online and find better free sources for the same knowledge. Doesn't always appear to be true. Annoying.
 
Debating finally donating my college textbooks from 1990-1995. This really should be a no brainer but as mentioned I have a hoarding tendency. I was hoping I would be able to go online and find better free sources for the same knowledge. Doesn't always appear to be true. Annoying.
Dude I am glad I am not the only one. I had a book hoarding problem until roughly ten years ago and yes, old college textbooks were among the things I was holding on to.
 
Dude I am glad I am not the only one. I had a book hoarding problem until roughly ten years ago and yes, old college textbooks were among the things I was holding on to.
I'm currently rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic my office. I have book shelves all around the perimeter of the room and some were partially blocking windows. I realized if I swapped a few shelves the exterior door would open fully and a window would go from 40% covered to 5% covered. But of course doing that is a giant game of Tetris with a mixture of books, games, electronics and random crap that all has to removed and put back. All while working around that gigantic game table I built a few years back. It looks better but I have to be careful. If it's not messy enough to give my wife a panic attack she'll stat getting ideas of how to put her stuff in there. It's a delicate balance.
 
You have someone admitted to the hospital so sick they’re in a disconnected and possibly hallucinatory state. Do you:

1. Contact the family member with power of attorney who gave all contact information to the ambulance staff because he wasn’t allowed to go into the hospital due to current COVID protocol?

2. Get all your information from the disconnected and possibly hallucinatory person, then be shocked when they find out that nothing matches reality?

The local hospital is very much about option two, apparently.
 
You know you live in a nerd’s paradise when your wife and daughter are arguing about how time travel works in Avengers: Endgame. Specifically the end where Steve and Peggy are together.
 
I am apparently out of the woods now, no chance of fucking dying and very little chance of any lingering long-term symptoms. I'm just miserable, I feel like garbage and even more than usual I am subject to the constant grinding incompetence of worthless primates.

Reminding myself that I am lucky to survive, and that other people are losing far more than their dignity... it should help, I fucking know that it should, but it doesn't.
 
it should help, I fucking know that it should, but it doesn't.

As much as I roll my eyes at some of the advice I received at rpg.net over the years, I did receive a piece of advice when I said I shouldn’t feel bad when I was having health issues when others had it worse. Someone (and I wish I could recall their user name to give proper credit) told me that I should never look at another person’s problems and dismiss my feelings on what I’m going through because they have it worse. They’re going through their own struggle, just as I am going through mine. If I want to feel bad about what I’m going through it’s perfectly alright, and I don’t have to bottle up or dismiss my feelings because others are having their own issues.

Them telling me that really helped me deal with the permanent life change I was going through.

Sorry for the ramble.
 
Every job I've ever had, meetings have been my least-favorite part.
It's funny but I've never had a job related meeting in my life.

Actually, I should probably explain that. I've been working in a three man screen printing shop for 32 years now. The boss tells me what to do next and I do it.
 
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I am apparently out of the woods now, no chance of fucking dying and very little chance of any lingering long-term symptoms. I'm just miserable, I feel like garbage and even more than usual I am subject to the constant grinding incompetence of worthless primates.

Reminding myself that I am lucky to survive, and that other people are losing far more than their dignity... it should help, I fucking know that it should, but it doesn't.
Praying for your continued healing and fast recovery.
 
Day 3 of my quarantine after testing positive. The only symptom I have is being tired and even that's fairly minor. Thank God for the vaccine and booster shot. I'm 90% certain I had Covid back in March 2020 and I'm glad I'm not having to go through with the major fatigue, lightheadedness, loss of taste and smell and fever.
 
Passing a kidney stone. 0/10 do not recommend.

And between a strained muscle, COVID and low the stone, I’m close to a whole month away from the gym. And I felt I was doing so well.
Oh man I'm sorry you had to go through that Kidney stones are the worst. Have you considered getting an exercise machine? That way you can keep up some kind of workout routine if you're stuck at home again?
 
Reminding myself that I am lucky to survive, and that other people are losing far more than their dignity... it should help, I fucking know that it should, but it doesn't.
Dude I can relate. I had a long hospital stay in 2017 and the worst part of it wasn't the terrible pain and discomfort but the utter lack of dignity and privacy. I had to have a lot of "Listen, you need to start talking to me like an adult right now" conversations. The hospital served a large area with many poor people and immigrants- I feel like the staff were used to treating people like they are stupid because so many of the patients seemed unlikely to speak up (elderly, indigent, homeless, or unable to speak English).

Interestingly enough the doctors and skilled specialists would never treat me like I was stupid or dumb things down for me. It was always the lower tier staff.
 
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Interestingly enough the doctors and skilled specialists would never treat me like I was stupid or dumb things down for me. It was always the lower tier staff.
I had a week in the cardiac ward of a tertiary referral centre a while ago, starting in HDU for a couple of days. I found the nurses and consultants fine and the registrars excellent. The people who treated me like trash were the residents (recent medical graduates in their first or second year in the wards).
 
Interestingly enough the doctors and skilled specialists would never treat me like I was stupid or dumb things down for me. It was always the lower tier staff.

A decade or so back I had to go to the hospital in the wee hours due to a family member having an emergency, and I looked about as good as one does when awoken around 2AM due to someone having heart issues.

It took quite a bit for the doctor we dealt with to comprehend I was the one who had all the answers to her questions. I guess she was used to looking their best overnight, and expected everyone else to do the same.
 
Oh man I'm sorry you had to go through that Kidney stones are the worst. Have you considered getting an exercise machine? That way you can keep up some kind of workout routine if you're stuck at home again?
It wouldn’t be practical for us for several reasons, chiefly physical space. But a consideration for the future, I guess. Thanks!
 
And between a strained muscle, COVID and low the stone, I’m close to a whole month away from the gym. And I felt I was doing so well.
Same. Just had the same happen to me (Flu A&B and Sinus Infection for me), and it's so hard getting back into it. My nutritionist told me to take it easier on myself and work back into it, but I think "I was just doing this before". I tried to work out some (my gym is at home), but I think it was actually counterproductive.
 
I could kick our neighbour's cousin, who sent neighbour's kids home with a present - two malnourished and sick semi-feral kittens! Spittingwife has been the hero of the hour, helping her nurse them. They're improving day by day and will soon be ready to go to a rescue organisation for fostering.

I should get her a present. Can anyone recommend some boardgaming swag?
 
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