Old Man Posted June 7, 2017 Report Share Posted June 7, 2017 DNS sucks. Come to think of it the entire internet sucks. Some days I'm shocked and amazed that it works at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nolgroth Posted June 8, 2017 Report Share Posted June 8, 2017 Work is successful at one thing and one thing only....sucking out the vital essence of my creativity and soul. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted June 9, 2017 Report Share Posted June 9, 2017 Amen to that! And this work week was short for me, but twice as crappy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nolgroth Posted June 9, 2017 Report Share Posted June 9, 2017 I just got word yesterday that I have to cut another position from my staff. Pretty soon, I won't have a staff and therefore there will be no need for me. Did I mention the soul sucking? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gewing Posted June 9, 2017 Report Share Posted June 9, 2017 I have to decide whether a commission-based sales program is the right step for me. I believe I can do it button the new security as I start out is nerve wracking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted June 10, 2017 Report Share Posted June 10, 2017 Good luck, gewing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted June 10, 2017 Report Share Posted June 10, 2017 Good luck gewing, I've operated alongside commission-driven sales before, it's high risk but it can also be high reward. I just got word yesterday that I have to cut another position from my staff. Pretty soon, I won't have a staff and therefore there will be no need for me. Did I mention the soul sucking? I sympathize. Three times in my life I've had to lay off great workers through no fault of their own. I have no problem firing people who suck or cause trouble, but I'm at the point where I'd rather just take the bullet myself rather than commit another layoff. Nolgroth 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted June 14, 2017 Report Share Posted June 14, 2017 The kids took FOREVER in lab today--mostly because only about a third of them had actually read the procedure beforehand. Some on, guys, you get college credit for this. Act like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted June 14, 2017 Report Share Posted June 14, 2017 Of course, my own experience in college labs is that they took forever because all the equipment was lost or broken, and the experiments were designed in such a way as to guarantee inaccurate results. Don't know what your lab is like, of course. Netzilla 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted June 14, 2017 Report Share Posted June 14, 2017 * Cancer jumps up and down like Pinky and yells, "Spark tape! Spark tape!" * Ternaugh 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted June 16, 2017 Report Share Posted June 16, 2017 I think that was the second worst lab I ever had. Cancer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted June 16, 2017 Report Share Posted June 16, 2017 Is everyone else having a summer as shitty as mine? Burrito Boy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burrito Boy Posted June 16, 2017 Report Share Posted June 16, 2017 Is everyone else having a summer as shitty as mine? Probably. I hurt my hip a while back and have hardly been able to walk for nearly three weeks now. I'm slowly getting better but I have so much work to do around the house that's going undone. It's frustrating. Not only that, but I can't sleep much because of the pain and haven't been eating much because I can't stand up long enough to cook. I'm not sure why your summer sucks but you have my sympathy. tkdguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted June 16, 2017 Report Share Posted June 16, 2017 Work and life in general. Get well soon, BB Burrito Boy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted June 16, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 16, 2017 Is everyone else having a summer as shitty as mine? Busy... no breathing space oddly. Three cars among housemates and family, all three break down at the same time or one after the other again. Medical troubles with one family member, other problems with another. My usual 'Eye of the storm' situation where folks I love are getting hit harder than I am but I'm not loving the view It's going to get worse. tkdguy and Burrito Boy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted June 16, 2017 Report Share Posted June 16, 2017 Best of luck, Hermit, especially with the family. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted June 16, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 16, 2017 thanks MY problems are light; they're the ones who are really under the screw. But it doesn't stop me from feeling stressed or sorry for myself Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burrito Boy Posted June 16, 2017 Report Share Posted June 16, 2017 Work and life in general. Get well soon, BB Thanks, tkdguy. My sympathies, Hermit. Hate to pile on top of your troubles by disagreeing with you but...It's going to get better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted June 16, 2017 Report Share Posted June 16, 2017 Don't forget little things get bigger when they pile up. Even if nothing major is going on, if all the minor annoyances come in at once, or within a short time of one another, it gets pretty stressful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted June 16, 2017 Report Share Posted June 16, 2017 Is everyone else having a summer as shitty as mine? Mine literally started a few hours ago, and it has not yet turned to dreck. Posted grades yesterday, but some ancillary tasks with deadlines didn't get laid to rest until this afternoon. I didn't get home and into proper summer mode until 6 PM. It's raining and traffic was awful. But I have nothing I need to do (besides feed cats) until gaming tomorrow evening, and there's a glass of ethanol solution in arm's reach. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gewing Posted June 16, 2017 Report Share Posted June 16, 2017 I turned in my two weeks notice yesterday my wife has been very sick for the last 3 days to the point that she probably should have gone urgent care but she couldn't have driven there without me coming home from work. My mom is back in the hospital the troubles continue with the my dad and the caregivers... life is a four letter word Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted June 16, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 16, 2017 Sympathies, Gewing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted June 16, 2017 Report Share Posted June 16, 2017 My sympathies as well, Greg. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoloOfEarth Posted June 16, 2017 Report Share Posted June 16, 2017 My usual 'Eye of the storm' situation where folks I love are getting hit harder than I am but I'm not loving the view I get where you're coming from. My youngest called last night because nearly all the power was out in her apartment (most of the lights and half of the outlets, though the fridge and microwave are still powered). She's driving home today (6-7 hour drive, past Chicago - YUCK), and she doesn't know whether she'll have electricity when she gets back. (Landlord thinks he can get an electrician to fix it "sometime next week".) My oldest is stressing over her wedding (still a year away) and work (which she can't easily quit because of said wedding). My wife was cranky because of her mom, who has dementia, as well as feeling stress because of the kids, plus getting gifts for my birthday / father's day. Plus we have no A/C, and temps have been in the 90s for the past several days. Except for the mother-in-law's dementia, none of the things going on are horribly bad in the grand scheme of things, but enough pile up to make things a pain. And I know that others have things way, way worse, so I get pissed at myself for getting irritated at the relatively minor things going wrong. What sucks the most to me is being unable to fix any of it. Can't help either of my kids with their problems, nor my wife. Just have to ride it all out and hope for the best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoloOfEarth Posted June 16, 2017 Report Share Posted June 16, 2017 I turned in my two weeks notice yesterday my wife has been very sick for the last 3 days to the point that she probably should have gone urgent care but she couldn't have driven there without me coming home from work. My mom is back in the hospital the troubles continue with the my dad and the caregivers... life is a four letter word You know why they call it "life"? Because all the other four-letter words were taken. My sympathies as well, and best of luck on both the work front as well as wife's / parents' health fronts. gewing 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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