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Went out for my three but only managed two. Had to stop and chit-chat w friends…I love ‘em but when I’m trying to work out…I’m trying to work out…
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We all have it.... what is up is down what is thin isnt anymore 32 teeth turns into the 20s... if there is hair it is in patches... women have facial hair where they shouldnt... it is all disconcerting
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Home. Off early. Came back to the crib to nap and try to feel more gooderer.
Wish me luck . . . .
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This looks almost like something out of mad magazine!
 
Oh we have a peer that likes to step back let everyone do the work and take credit/criticise. .. all with the excuse that she doesnt want us to be doing rework.... it is all bullshit... we were splitting up responsibilities for onboarding new person and she took nothing... when we asked she was like u guys have it.... so trust and believe i will be speaking up with "you had the opportunity to take the lead and declined...your input at this time is a moot point and isnt required" all said in a professional way of course.... my other coworker team chatted me that she finally believed what i said about her work ethic .. my response "i have been dealing with this shit for 6 years"
This right here, is the definition of a work weasel.

Someone who thinks their shit don’t stink, doesn’t do anything and probably takes credit for shit that they didn’t do.
 
We should have training on the politics of working with others.
Yes and no.

I think yes in terms of people all being team players, aligned and on-mission.

But some feel goody BS in the corporate world is fluff and nonsense. I would appreciate more candor, straight talking and focus on the job.

I’m not being critical of your post. But just frustrated with managers who get caught in the churn of every day work.

There’s more than enough things to get sidetracked, unfocused, and concerned with in the workplace. I find that for the team I primarily work for, much more focus and discipline is needed.

Gets off soapbox after a really long day of work!
 
That might be part of the politics. Every situation is different. I had a chance to fire someone that I wanted to fire but I didn't. I was thinking of his family etc. and figured maybe I should do a better job. The guy was a suck up and I think it cost me. In the long run I think it worked out for the best. In the long run I think it was a good decision but I am probably biased.
It’s never easy. Esp being a manager of others.

Your situation was delicate.

It’s tough and it’s the reason I’m no longer a people manager. I like just managing me, my projects and where I can control my work and work output the most.
 
Yes and no.

I think yes in terms of people all being team players, aligned and on-mission.

But some feel goody BS in the corporate world is fluff and nonsense. I would appreciate more candor, straight talking and focus on the job.

I’m not being critical of your post. But just frustrated with managers who get caught in the churn of every day work.

There’s more than enough things to get sidetracked, unfocused, and concerned with in the workplace. I find that for the team I primarily work for, much more focus and discipline is needed.

Gets off soapbox after a really long day of work!
Yeah... in my case i have had 6 years of this shit being forced to sit back and our program is no further along than 6 years ago and the stuff we do is meaningless becausebfor 6 yrs i have been on a team where everyone sits back and takes no initiative and good enough is just that ... no verification that the shit they do and say is true or right.... we present to vp of a corp that has 30000 employees... it has to be right... i dont do cream of the crap.... ok... i am off the soapbox too
 
Today was a long day.

I had an early meeting - went well. Traveling to Toronto next week for work and making sure project team are crisping their messaging and alignment. Found a few gaps.

Then had a last minute exercise on an other project that was very unnecessary. My turn to be blunt:

“Why are we playing defense on this topic? This is last minute BS for something that should have been worked out ages ago. This is unplanned change, not planned change.

Now I am working late to deal with an issue that is not of my making.”

So goes my day. I don’t like complaining about work so I’ll stop.
 
Yeah... in my case i have had 6 years of this shit being forced to sit back and our program is no further along than 6 years ago and the stuff we do is meaningless becausebfor 6 yrs i have been on a team where everyone sits back and takes no initiative and good enough is just that ... no verification that the shit they do and say is true or right.... we present to vp of a corp that has 30000 employees... it has to be right... i dont do cream of the crap.... ok... i am off the soapbox too
It’s shows that you are passionate about doing a good job!!
 
Do any of you guys remember having to do square dancing or ballroom dancing in gym class?

In the daily song challenge thread on the playground, here was the prompt… and my reply.

Did anyone else have to do all this dumb dancing or was it just us?

Day 8: The first song you remember dancing to with someone you weren't related to


Once upon a time square dancing and ballroom dancing was taught in gym class. I have no idea why we did this. Maybe they thought it would make us better human beings or well rounded or some such shit.

Line dancing should be obliterated as a form of expression. It sums up all that is bad about society: conformity, unoriginality and lowest common denominator thinking.

I would’ve learned this in first or second grade, so 1972 or 73 I guess. Later on we had to learn how to square dance. I kid you fucking not and then we were forced to foxtrot and waltz starting in sixth grade. I guess people took all that old school shit seriously, but thank God I learned how to do the slam, the mosh, the skank, the windmill, the pogo and other better freeform types of self expression.

Starting in sixth grade, we had school dances, where we would dance to actual rock music. We would do modified versions of the foxtrot or waltz, simply called the turn and shuffle.

My parents taught me to dance, and we had a musical household, but my first dances were probably in first or second grade learning shit like this: the alley cat and the hokey Pokey.


I brought this up to my sisters and here were their memories.

The one we did when they taught us dancing was the foxtrot and waltz. Can you even believe they did that in the 70’s?

What memories! We also learned the Hustle, Locomotion and the bus stop. We did square dancing (which Ioved) and waltzing. But the worst memory is that they’d line up girls on one side of the gym, boys on the other, then we’d all walk forward and the person opposite you was your dancing partner. THAT was the mortifying part!
 
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