AmyG
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Post by AmyG on Jun 10, 2024 11:18:53 GMT -6
Monday again
Hot around these parts 113 last week, hoping for going down to 105 instead.
Fathers day is Sunday should probably make a new thread for ideas about that
Do not want to exit the bed today
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Post by spicysalmonroll on Jun 10, 2024 11:33:58 GMT -6
I lived out there for 3 years and forget how hot that even is lol
This is DS's last week of school here in MA. My parents are coming over for dinner tomorrow- they live in SC but came up to visit my 90 year old grandmother. Not sure yet if I will cook for them, I don't mind but they prefer to get seafood and other restaurants they don't have back home.
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Post by CurlieWhirlie on Jun 10, 2024 12:25:52 GMT -6
Last week of school here and a busy work week for me and DH. Tire pressure light came on in the van during school drop-off this morning, I was able to take it straight to the shop but I had to leave it there because they couldn't get to it right away so I made a very unexpected 30 minute uphill walk home in leopard print leggings, flip flops, and an orange a white striped t-shirt. My colleague calls it "power clashing" LOL. I was definitely not expecting to have to do this walk of shame this morning.
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Post by trueblue on Jun 10, 2024 12:44:04 GMT -6
It’s the first week of summer break and the first week of a ‘time study’ at work where we are being tasked with logging every activity we do in our standard work day. Neither are going particularly well.
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Post by gingy on Jun 10, 2024 12:51:02 GMT -6
DS started camp today at the university rec center. He was so clingy at drop-off, but I haven't heard anything today so I'm assuming he's fine. But UGH I hate those kinds of drop-offs.
Supposed to have baseball tonight if the fields aren't swamps. We're already playing two weeks past what we were supposed to in order to make up all of the rainouts.
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bobyn
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Post by bobyn on Jun 10, 2024 13:10:10 GMT -6
It’s the first week of summer break and the first week of a ‘time study’ at work where we are being tasked with logging every activity we do in our standard work day. Neither are going particularly well. What kind of micromanaging BS is this... |
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Post by angelashly on Jun 10, 2024 13:13:08 GMT -6
It’s the first week of summer break and the first week of a ‘time study’ at work where we are being tasked with logging every activity we do in our standard work day. Neither are going particularly well. I would hate that |
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Post by trueblue on Jun 10, 2024 13:13:48 GMT -6
It’s the first week of summer break and the first week of a ‘time study’ at work where we are being tasked with logging every activity we do in our standard work day. Neither are going particularly well. What kind of micromanaging BS is this... Don’t get me started. Thankfully I pre-scheduled PTO without realizing it overlapped. I just need to get through the next few days and then a few more when I get back. In the meantime? Full malicious compliance is the name of the game. |
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Post by bobyn on Jun 10, 2024 13:14:57 GMT -6
What kind of micromanaging BS is this... Don’t get me started. Thankfully I pre-scheduled PTO without realizing it overlapped. I just need to get through the next few days and then a few more when I get back. In the meantime? Full malicious compliance is the name of the game. 2:14 p.m. - filled up my water bottle |
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Post by ponyhairs on Jun 10, 2024 13:28:58 GMT -6
Does anyone have experience getting progressive lenses from Costco's optical department? I had my eye exam on Saturday and one of the tests triggered a migraine and I didn't feel well enough to look at new frames and figured I'd give Costco a shot and see if they are cheaper there.
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Post by hugsfordrugs on Jun 10, 2024 13:42:54 GMT -6
Does anyone have experience getting progressive lenses from Costco's optical department? I had my eye exam on Saturday and one of the tests triggered a migraine and I didn't feel well enough to look at new frames and figured I'd give Costco a shot and see if they are cheaper there. I’ve gotten 5 or 6 pairs of glasses from Costco and couldn’t be happier with them. |
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Post by trueblue on Jun 10, 2024 14:04:26 GMT -6
Does anyone have experience getting progressive lenses from Costco's optical department? I had my eye exam on Saturday and one of the tests triggered a migraine and I didn't feel well enough to look at new frames and figured I'd give Costco a shot and see if they are cheaper there. I do and thus far they are the best progressives I have gotten X 2 different orders in fall 2022 and fall 2023(prior lenses were through my eye doctor’s store and Walmart vision). I am sold on Costco vision for the rest of my days. |
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Post by spicysalmonroll on Jun 10, 2024 14:15:44 GMT -6
trueblue, my first real job out of college asked us to do that... I was young/ inexperienced/ naive and didn't understand what it was for so I marked about a week straight of "miscellaneous admin" rather than actual client billable hours. My managers apparently didn't realize I didn't have any work to do and I sure as heck wasn't asking for any so I was just honestly doing nothing all day and not telling anyone. I still don't know if it's considered fired or laid off but I was asked to leave. That was my "shit you're a grown up now" wake up call and I've been an excellent employee for 16 years since. (but yea that totally sucks they are making you do that!)
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Post by Wtfshouldmynamebe on Jun 10, 2024 15:35:11 GMT -6
We are in Orlando at universal studios this week. It feels like 106 degrees. I overserved myself at the pool today and decided we will door dash dinner. DS1 rented a guitar for the hotel room, so he is content.
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Bluebird
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Post by Bluebird on Jun 10, 2024 15:43:54 GMT -6
MH accidentally bought cotton candy grapes instead of regular ones, so now I have terrible tasting grapes that unbelievably cost ten dollars.
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Post by piratecat on Jun 10, 2024 15:49:36 GMT -6
At my old job my boss casually mentioned tracking our time in 6 minute increments on our timesheets and I was like yea, no. You don’t pay me enough for my 6 minutes to be worth tracking.
I do not miss filling out time sheets.
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Post by CurlieWhirlie on Jun 10, 2024 15:56:26 GMT -6
trueblue , my first real job out of college asked us to do that... I was young/ inexperienced/ naive and didn't understand what it was for so I marked about a week straight of "miscellaneous admin" rather than actual client billable hours. My managers apparently didn't realize I didn't have any work to do and I sure as heck wasn't asking for any so I was just honestly doing nothing all day and not telling anyone. I still don't know if it's considered fired or laid off but I was asked to leave. That was my "shit you're a grown up now" wake up call and I've been an excellent employee for 16 years since. (but yea that totally sucks they are making you do that!) See that sucks because that's not an employee problem (especially new/fresh out of college) - that's a management problem. |
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Post by elle on Jun 10, 2024 16:00:06 GMT -6
MH accidentally bought cotton candy grapes instead of regular ones, so now I have terrible tasting grapes that unbelievably cost ten dollars. My kids love cotton candy grapes. |
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Post by elle on Jun 10, 2024 16:01:37 GMT -6
Last week of school here too, last day is Wednesday. My kid was quite emotional today after school. For several months she's been quite excited about being a second grader but today it was all about missing her current teacher and not wanting first grade to be over.
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Bluebird
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Post by Bluebird on Jun 10, 2024 16:18:04 GMT -6
MH accidentally bought cotton candy grapes instead of regular ones, so now I have terrible tasting grapes that unbelievably cost ten dollars. My kids love cotton candy grapes. My nieces and nephews do too, but they were way too sweet for us! |
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Post by shadows on Jun 10, 2024 19:42:39 GMT -6
MH accidentally bought cotton candy grapes instead of regular ones, so now I have terrible tasting grapes that unbelievably cost ten dollars. A lady at the grocery store once convinced me that I had to buy the cotton candy grapes. Never again 🤢 |
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Post by blurnette989 on Jun 11, 2024 5:11:54 GMT -6
At my old job my boss casually mentioned tracking our time in 6 minute increments on our timesheets and I was like yea, no. You don’t pay me enough for my 6 minutes to be worth tracking. I do not miss filling out time sheets. 6- minute increments was my life for 15 years. So happy that's over and done with! Now I just have to put if I worked 0, 1/2 day or full day. When I learned the system at my new job I could have cried! |
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Post by gimmeaQ on Jun 11, 2024 5:47:11 GMT -6
i had to fire someone who was on a performance plan bc he DID have stuff to do and it took for-freaking-ever to get it done. so part of his plan included a time study and he - knowing his job was on the line - was actually entering two-hour lunches and multiple hours of "non productivity time"
bro.
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Post by sweptaway on Jun 11, 2024 7:35:24 GMT -6
At my old job my boss casually mentioned tracking our time in 6 minute increments on our timesheets and I was like yea, no. You don’t pay me enough for my 6 minutes to be worth tracking. I do not miss filling out time sheets. 6- minute increments was my life for 15 years. So happy that's over and done with! Now I just have to put if I worked 0, 1/2 day or full day. When I learned the system at my new job I could have cried! At my last job we were admonished for even a minute's lateness (And I was salaried!). When I got here and my boss was like- no you don't have to be here exactly at 9am, I still felt like I was doing something wrong for moooonths. |
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Post by sweptaway on Jun 11, 2024 7:35:54 GMT -6
i had to fire someone who was on a performance plan bc he DID have stuff to do and it took for-freaking-ever to get it done. so part of his plan included a time study and he - knowing his job was on the line - was actually entering two-hour lunches and multiple hours of "non productivity time" bro. Honestly people are wild |
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Post by piratecat on Jun 11, 2024 8:07:56 GMT -6
At my old job my boss casually mentioned tracking our time in 6 minute increments on our timesheets and I was like yea, no. You don’t pay me enough for my 6 minutes to be worth tracking. I do not miss filling out time sheets. 6- minute increments was my life for 15 years. So happy that's over and done with! Now I just have to put if I worked 0, 1/2 day or full day. When I learned the system at my new job I could have cried! When he said it I was like... what are we, lawyers? 😂 |
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Post by piratecat on Jun 11, 2024 8:08:58 GMT -6
i had to fire someone who was on a performance plan bc he DID have stuff to do and it took for-freaking-ever to get it done. so part of his plan included a time study and he - knowing his job was on the line - was actually entering two-hour lunches and multiple hours of "non productivity time" bro. Like literally those words? That's bold. |
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Post by piratecat on Jun 11, 2024 8:11:36 GMT -6
The next two weeks are wildly busy for us at work and then I realized that my big kid has a half day Thursday and is done with school so home on Friday, and then next week each of my kids has a day off from camp/daycare but on different days so I'll only have three real work days. 😭
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Post by gimmeaQ on Jun 11, 2024 8:15:03 GMT -6
i had to fire someone who was on a performance plan bc he DID have stuff to do and it took for-freaking-ever to get it done. so part of his plan included a time study and he - knowing his job was on the line - was actually entering two-hour lunches and multiple hours of "non productivity time" bro. Like literally those words? That's bold. those actual factual words in large blocks of time on a color coded spreadsheet - literally had a color for non-working time that encompassed long lunches and "non productivity time" so all i had to do was look at the colors. this was not a new adult either. he was older than i am and i'm in my 40s |
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Post by piratecat on Jun 11, 2024 8:42:12 GMT -6
Like literally those words? That's bold. those actual factual words in large blocks of time on a color coded spreadsheet - literally had a color for non-working time that encompassed long lunches and "non productivity time" so all i had to do was look at the colors. this was not a new adult either. he was older than i am and i'm in my 40s Color coding is amazing. |
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