The 50 Plus Cafe, Pub, All-Nite Greasy Spoon and Dive Bar

[subdudeme13]

Urgh. The last two weeks at work have been a shit show. Teams that thought they were aligned or not talking to each other and are actually unaligned.

Or maybe misaligned. I don’t fucking know which.

At least my team has a shit together as we prepare for our big leadership sales meeting at the end of the month.

As for the other teams on my change projects… God only fucking knows. I’d like to assume everything is going to go on schedule. All my communications are planned, all the senior leadership teams have been briefed, all the impacted users are aware of the change

Now, just to get two teams un-fucked… there seems to be a lot of face-saving, holier than now attitudes, assumptions, and agreements that were made…

@Wat_Tyler I will be taking a few pages from your playbook as I’m off to whack a couple of weasels heads together and an 8 o’clock meeting.

It’s typical corporate bullshit, not unlike anything I haven’t dealt with before. The world will still turn. A paycheck will still arrive. My stress level wil l fluctuate.

Why should where you work be any different then all the other places?

Actually I worked in several places that had great work invironments. Places can turn around but you usually need a change at the top. That can go either way.

 

[subdudeme13]

Cataract...

I have heard that can do wonders for your vision. Clear site and more vivid colors. I am going to be due for it soon but the Dr. said I can still read?

 

[Wonderer67]

Why should where you work be any different then all the other places?

Actually I worked in several places that had great work invironments. Places can turn around but you usually need a change at the top. That can go either way.

It normally is a great work environment and a good company.

There’s change, systems change and corporate change happening left, right and center. It’s probably too much, honestly.

I have had a few tough weeks in a row working on massive projects - I am just frustrated and burned out.

And this issue is a minor issue in the big scheme. People will have learned their lessons (the hard way, unfortunately) and it’ll go smoother the next time I’m sure.

 

[Missk_2022]

I have heard that can do wonders for your vision. Clear site and more vivid colors. I am going to be due for it soon but the Dr. said I can still read?

They have yo "bloom" before they cam come out... get ready to be good at eye drops

 

[subdudeme13]

It normally is a great work environment and a good company.

There’s change clans systems and corporate change happening left, right and center. It’s probably too much, honestly.

I have had a few tough weeks in a row working on massive projects - I am just frustrated and burned out.

And this issue is a minor issue in the big scheme. People will have learned their lessons (the hard way, unfortunately) and it’ll go smoother the next time I’m sure.

I am reminded of a project I worked on years ago. We were a supplier for the automotive industry and we had projects every year related to model year change over. We were good at it and had contractors we could rely on etc. etc. etc. Then there was the time they cut us back just as we were about to start work and they cut our time back from four weeks to two weeks. You can imagine.

 

[subdudeme13]

They have yo "nloom" before they cam come out... get ready to be good at eye drops

I already am, thanks for the reminder! It is time!

 

[Missk_2022]

It normally is a great work environment and a good company.

There’s change clans systems and corporate change happening left, right and center. It’s probably too much, honestly.

I have had a few tough weeks in a row working on massive projects - I am just frustrated and burned out.

And this issue is a minor issue in the big scheme. People will have learned their lessons (the hard way, unfortunately) and it’ll go smoother the next time I’m sure.

I feel your pain... at my job we will move from thing to thing and add stuff before we are good at anything...

We also continue processes that have no affect to expected outcome because the providers like it... well if you like a process... are incentivized for said process, but it doesn't positively impact outcomes???? Who gives a shit if you like it.... it is a LOT of manual work for nothing. We need to change to something else.

AND NO ONE LISTENS TO ME

 

[Missk_2022]

I feel your pain... at my job we will move from thing to thing and add stuff before we are good at anything...

We also continue processes that have no affect to expected outcome because the providers like it... well if you like a process... are incentivized for said process, but it doesn't positively impact outcomes???? Who gives a shit if you like it.... it is a LOT of manual work for nothing. We need to change to something else.

AND NO ONE LISTENS TO ME

AND we have 4 people to support processes at other similarly sized companies that have teams in the 40s or more.... it is like drinking from a firehose and eating an elephant with a plastic fork....

 

[Strapper_gonebad]

Why should where you work be any different then all the other places?

Actually I worked in several places that had great work invironments. Places can turn around but you usually need a change at the top. That can go either way.

i worked at a place for 25 years..it was a dream job...then upper managment changed and it became terrible...they wanted new blood so anyone with 20 years plus was treated like crap to drive them away...and if that didnt work they would change the job descriptions so they could eventually fire them

 

[HumpDayHoratio]

Corporate culture…ugh…five yrs till retirement, then I’m going to kick my cousin off our farm and homestead that piece of land or find something a little closer to home…my DiL is all in as is my youngest. I’m sick of the rat race, and it’s high time to get back to my roots…

It’s hot, I’m lazy, but the fish aren’t going to catch themselves. Momma is improving and slept well yesterday. The only fly in the ointment is company recurrent🫩 coming up next week. Gotta get my mind around sitting in classes all day…for 12 hrs…all week…🫩…for someone who’s not chained to a desk the rest of the year…

I think these pics are filtered, but who cares? They’re cool and sometimes it’s fun to see the artist bend light a bit. Desert MZ——

 

[HumpDayHoratio]

I got a kick out of this.

I had a great uncle that was married to my grandfather’s youngest sister. He had this old brown Dodge wagon who’s ass end was loaded to the gills with rods and reels! . I swear it looked just like this! I don’t know how he knew what he had in there, and there was no way in hell he was using all of it!

Then I look in my garage…

 

[Missk_2022]

Well I have 10 minutes to read over my notes.... so we will see... I just pray to God that people are quiet test takers. I am easil.....squirrel

 

[Tweedledude]

Good morning Wat. I had my annual physical yesterday. More testing to determine cause of lower back pain on the right side of my back. I am stopping PT until we know more.

Getting older is not fun. Alone it’s even worse. Sorry that I am feeling sorry for myself. That’s not me.

Oh man the worst kind of pain with no real solution. But hey if you find one please share. Lower back pain since 1996.

 

[Wonderer67]

Well I have 10 minutes to read over my notes.... so we will see... I just pray to God that people are quiet test takers. I am easil.....squirrel

Good luck k!

 

[Wonderer67]

I got a kick out of this.

I had a great uncle that was married to my grandfather’s youngest sister. He had this old brown Dodge wagon who’s ass end was loaded to the gills with rods and reels! . I swear it looked just like this! I don’t know how he knew what he had in there, and there was no way in hell he was using all of it!

Then I look in my garage…

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I feel the same way about my firearms. I told my wife that I needed a new gun safe.

“Your out of room already??”

 

[ImpishSeraph]

Home Away from home.


Body count: 0

I see you're doing well today. Let's keep it at 0

 

[HumpDayHoratio]

Oh man the worst kind of pain with no real solution. But hey if you find one please share. Lower back pain since 1996.

I’ve dealt with back pain on and off for years…until I stumbled on an inversion table. It was by accident and they were treating me for another malady, but the traction table I was on helped with my back pain. Something about lengthening the spine or some magic our resident nurses could better explain!

Anyhow, I dropped the $ for the one that’s advertised on late night infomercials (TeeterLink) and yes I researched it and Mr Teeter wasn’t lying to you…he’s an engineer who came up with, at that time, the highest rated home inversion table on the market. Seems last I checked he’s been dethroned as King Inversion, but the price was right and it really helped.

It’s basically paid for itself by me not having to go to chiropractors and sports medicine places.

 

[HumpDayHoratio]

I feel the same way about my firearms. I told my wife that I needed a new gun safe.

“Your out of room already??”

My parents were the youngest of both sides of their respective families. I’ve inherited more guns, tools and rod&reels than I have space for, from assorted uncles, my grandfather and father!

The struggle is real!

 

[HumpDayHoratio]

 

[Wonderer67]

A friend of mine from the London office wanted to know if a bunch of us were into doing a fantasy football (soccer) league this year.

Richard was asking who’s in..

Small minds see humor anywhere…

https://imgur.com/a/FRi5FkU

 

[dkak001]

I can see you (and/or a bunch of others from the café) cannibalizing a small pickup and a tank.
Now, if you get the pick-up top and the tank treads... who gets the other two pieces cobbled together? And could a cute, little pickup suspension even hold a top-heavy tank?

Or better yet, a Packard! (They're kinda tanks anyway, right?)

 

[dkak001]

My tractor does not have posi traction and when I get it stuck, one wheel spins in the other wheel, just sits there all useless - like.

It doesn't have a diff lock lever, by one of your heels somewhere? Usually they're just a small lever near the foot pan, by the seat, maybe on the left side?

 

[dkak001]

Sometimes I wish I was a casualty underwriter…. And could attend ICUM: the international casualty underwriters meeting.

Just a guess here. But, perhaps casualty underwriters don't have a sense of humor, or adventure, or grounding in reality?

 

[Tweedledude]

I’ve dealt with back pain on and off for years…until I stumbled on an inversion table. It was by accident and they were treating me for another malady, but the traction table I was on helped with my back pain. Something about lengthening the spine or some magic our resident nurses could better explain!

Anyhow, I dropped the $ for the one that’s advertised on late night infomercials (TeeterLink) and yes I researched it and Mr Teeter wasn’t lying to you…he’s an engineer who came up with, at that time, the highest rated home inversion table on the market. Seems last I checked he’s been dethroned as King Inversion, but the price was right and it really helped.

It’s basically paid for itself by me not having to go to chiropractors and sports medicine places.

Ya know my trainer suggested that i guess i aught to try

 

[Missk_2022]

Test done...waiting for grading.... so we will see