I Called In Sick Today

[Napa Lite 3,278]

That's loser talk, Colby. You better approach them in a few months to discuss a raise.

 

But that's so crazy that you mentioned your job because when I saw you were the last poster my immed thought was "huh, I wonder how Colbys doing at his job. He hasn't mentioned it in awhile".

[Napa Lite 3,278]

Last night was a tax night for me so I stopped at subway and the (black) guy working who always asks me how I'm doing hooked me up with extra meat and then we bitched about some of the new laws the state is trying to pass. Really bonded. Hopefully this means I'm on the "double meat for free" list now.

[hank213 1,823]

Well it's no hood pass, but it'll do.

[Napa Lite 3,278]

One step at a time.

[Ron_Mexico 4,219]

If anyone asks if you want to try radiation treatment, say no. I guess I forgot because I was bed ridden and mostly out of it last time but it's amazing how this shit sucks the energy out of you. It's only about a 5 minute treatment and I'm left absolutely drained the rest of the day. Took two naps today and really only got out of bed because I felt guilty for being a lazy ass.

 

Totally. I'm sure dying is a way better option than lethargy

[Ron_Mexico 4,219]

Last night was a tax night for me so I stopped at subway and the (black) guy working who always asks me how I'm doing hooked me up with extra meat and then we bitched about some of the new laws the state is trying to pass. Really bonded. Hopefully this means I'm on the "double meat for free" list now.

 

He'll get fired if he hooks you up every time, but I'm sure he just wanted to let you know that he appreciates that you're a cool client.

 

Or he wants to fck you. That hair and those curves, your young features, you'd make an excellent cell mate

[Napa Lite 3,278]

Nah, I've had numerous subway hookups over the years and no ones ever got in trouble.

[Theraflu 1,035]

Or maybe you've had so many hookups over the years because of all this free meating.

 

Mostly though, Napa, Subway is trash.

[Napa Lite 3,278]

Oh, it's terrible. And at full price it's indefinsible. But my sandwhich options are limited in my area and it's $6 footlong February.

 

 

Their flatbread egg sandwhiches are fire though and i wish I could just buy their flatbread somehow.

[Napa Lite 3,278]

Last night was tax night and this one girl(lady? woman?) introduced herself to me after we were finishing up (I had asked her a question when I first arrived). Which is fine.

 

Except we already had this conversation 2 weeks ago when we both worked the same session. I guess I wasn't that memorable. But she's got a boyfriend so fvck her.

[Essay21 2,385]

But she's got a boyfriend so fvck her.

 

Oh he is.

[Theraflu 1,035]

Well, at least you aren't repulsive enough to be memorable. You think she'd forget someone like Essay?

[Essay21 2,385]

You don't make Vice President by being unmemorable, and you're talking to the youngest Vice President in the company.

[Napa Lite 3,278]

Lawyer'd

[Napa Lite 3,278]

I need my boss to leave early so I can leave early. I don't know what she's waiting for. She's almost always gone by now on Fridays.

 

 

A friend from college was back for the ISU Career fair and so me and my old roommate went up to Ames to hang out. We got to bullshitting about girls we never hooked up with and I was reminded that one time I was over at my aforementioned old roommates apartment and his ex was there also and we were all drinking and she was going down to the lobby to meet her beer buyer or something and she told me that when she gets back that we were going to make out. Not longer after she left another friend of ours showed up and told us that he just saw her getting arrested for MIP in the building lobby. Not that we were def going to make out or anything but I was willing to hang out, just in case.

 

I'm telling you this because a Ke$ha song just come on and once I told her she looked like Ke$ha and she got mad. I thought it was a compliment but, whatever.

[InternetExplorer 2,609]

If you find a way to eliminate your own role, your concern is not getting laid off, but getting hit in the face with bigger and bigger responsibilities. Your company desperately needs people that think the way you do. There just aren't that many of us in the world.

[InternetExplorer 2,609]

Ron, I didn't buy the frozen patties. I bought 3lbs a few weeks ago when it was super nice outside, and had frozen the last few I made, once it got too cold to cook outside. I used this nice mesquite seasoning when I made (formed?) the burgers, and the buns were fine. It was seriously very good.

[Napa_Don 688]

If you find a way to eliminate your own role, your concern is not getting laid off, but getting hit in the face with bigger and bigger responsibilities. Your company desperately needs people that think the way you do. There just aren't that many of us in the world.

 

I agree, but the thing is, i won't have any access to this new software (tableau (even though i have experience with it just from learning on my own and the 2 MI&DA ladies don't)) and database (which, if it works the way the consultant described it will be f'n incredible, basically they just take all of our data from all the different tables and map out all of the possible connections, sort of like a million billion different premade sql joins, into one giant database but the way they do it it's infintely faster than queries. at one point the guy referred to it as middle-out and i kinda of smirked because all i could think of was the silicon valley handjob scene) But my only saving grace might be that with tableau you sort of have to know what questions to ask and how to ask them and as much as I hate to give myself credit, I do tend to agree with you that most people don't think and approach problems like we do. At least not the people I've come across in my career. And if I can keep bugging the MI&DA manager to let me "consult" on some projects maybe I'll get a better idea of how these ladies think and if it's even possible that I can do a better job than them.

 

All that said, it's probably for naught because I know I won't ever make the kind of salary I wish to make at this company and I just need to get off my ass and update my resume and start putting out some feelers. I've found a few recruiters in MPLS that seem to recruit for the kind of positions I want.

[Napa_Don 688]

Sorry, I've been trying to not complain about stuff that I can change but don't. Like my weight. I've been going to workout classes in the morning and running sometimes after work and I've felt a lot better physically and have felt mentally fresher despite not really losing much weight (because I eat like shit 5 nights a week) but I do feel like I've been getting stronger and if my scale and the hand grip machine at the gym are to be believe I am dropping BF%.

[Tiltinagain 973]

Last night was a tax night for me so I stopped at subway and the (black) guy working who always asks me how I'm doing hooked me up with extra meat and then we bitched about some of the new laws the state is trying to pass. Really bonded. Hopefully this means I'm on the "double meat for free" list now.

 

I'm pulling for ya Napster

 

Totally. I'm sure dying is a way better option than lethargy

 

You're kind of a turd lately, you know?

 

He'll get fired if he hooks you up every time, but I'm sure he just wanted to let you know that he appreciates that you're a cool client.

 

Or he wants to fck you. That hair and those curves, your young features, you'd make an excellent cell mate

 

See?

[Essay21 2,385]

Ronnny's been that way for quite some time now. Hard to believe he keeps trying to convince people I'm not a fun loving guy with a great social life.

[brvheart 1,752]

CEO called me to see if I wanted to drink bourbon tonight, we ended up talking shop for almost two hours. A while ago, he mentioned in passing the idea of a top ten problems list, so I sent him my thorough, concise, objective version a few days ago out of the blue. We didn't even talk about my list, but I figure that's what sparked it.

 

I know this stuff has implications for me financially, but I'm just excited about getting an outlet for all the stuff I couldn't do when I was buried under 17 layers of management at my last job.

 

This is so awesome. Well done, Strat. I'm seriously so happy about your current job situation.

 

I guess it's literally possible but I wouldn't bet on it. I think it's more that I expressed interest to the D&A&BI manager about maybe being involved on some projects in the future and he likes me and knows I have some amount of knowledge of this stuff. I don't think that they've even entertained the thought of eliminating my position but I'm just able to see the natural progression of it all and it's only a matter of time before they do, too. We also just lost our biggest customer who's responsible for 5% of our revenue and development is way behind on almost all of our projects that were supposed to be revenue drivers for this current FY but likely won't be fully implemented until FY19 so I can see them looking to start cutting costs and my role is an obvious cut when you consider my salary against day to day need (almost none) and the fact that this new software can do 90% of what I do better and quicker...yeah. I honestly feel pretty indifferent about possibly being laid off. I'm in a good place financially (plus I assume i'd get some severance), my lease is month to month so I can leave at any time, and it'd be a good excuse to move my POS self to a real city.

 

I wanted to like this post, but I couldn't because you ruined it with the last line.

 

Last night was a tax night for me so I stopped at subway and the (black) guy working who always asks me how I'm doing hooked me up with extra meat and then we bitched about some of the new laws the state is trying to pass. Really bonded. Hopefully this means I'm on the "double meat for free" list now.

 

I cringe whenever I see stuff like this, even when it happens to me, because I can't stand it when employees couldn't care less about stealing from their employer.

 

Mostly though, Napa, Subway is trash.

 

I really only have a Subway near my school. I have to drive several blocks to get to anything else, and several miles to get to anything decent. I haven't eaten at Subway in years. I even hate the smell of a Subway.

 

Ron, I didn't buy the frozen patties. I bought 3lbs a few weeks ago when it was super nice outside, and had frozen the last few I made, once it got too cold to cook outside. I used this nice mesquite seasoning when I made (formed?) the burgers, and the buns were fine. It was seriously very good.

 

Do you have a cast iron pan? They do burgers very nicely. (But there is clean-up)

 

You're kind of a turd lately, you know?

See?

 

I feel like you're mainly just misreading Mex. I didn't even feel like the post you quoted to prove your point was mean or rough in any way. Mexico is just one of those guys that is usually trying to have fun, but it constantly being misunderstood by certain people. I know that feeling all too well.

[brvheart 1,752]

My job is going well. I'm really enjoying it. I'm in a great spot with my boss (dean of education) too. Today I spent like 13k and she didn't even really look at the PO before signing off on it. I had some stuff in there that I still think she would have rejected had she even looked at it. It's nice to be trusted like that.

[Napa_Don 688]

I see it less as stealing from their employer and more as informal customer relations. There's like 3 subways within a 2 mile radius of me along with a handful of other fast food places but I'm much more likely to go to this one and overpay for a mediocre sandwich because the dude working might give me $0.10 worth of meat for free.

 

And Tilt, Ronnie has been like that for a long time and nobody ever wanted to believe me. Brvy's opinion doesn't count here because it's literally impossible for him to not see anything but the best of people. Ronnie is almost always joking but more often than not it comes off as being a killjoy and I've just come to terms with that being his love language.

[hank213 1,823]

Sorry, I've been trying to not complain about stuff that I can change but don't. Like my weight. I've been going to workout classes in the morning and running sometimes after work and I've felt a lot better physically and have felt mentally fresher despite not really losing much weight (because I eat like shit 5 nights a week) but I do feel like I've been getting stronger and if my scale and the hand grip machine at the gym are to be believe I am dropping BF%.

 

The temptation to grab something (fast food) on the way home from work is a huge downfall for me as well. I find I do better when I plan a menu for the week and write it up on a dry erase board in the kitchen. Then I shop for necessary veggies or other ingredients and pull anything else I might need from the freezer on Sundays. Its not foolproof by any means but it helps me stick to healthier, home cooked fare more often when I know what I supposed to make that night. Just a small psychological edge. Good luck buddy.