minor inconveniences that are not struggles

[I'm a Puppy!]

After nearly 6 years of effectively dodging the company christmas party, I am now trapped and can't get out of it.
they even pulled out the "Puppy, you're a director at the company, the employees need to see you and connect with you."
I replied, "Correction: I'm a director that doesn't care."
They started laughing and said, "You're so funny!"
When I said, "But I'm not joking" They just laughed harder.

I get the feeling that some day they'll be like "Oh...he wasn't kidding. He REALLY didn't care."

[Mupepe]

Work for a company that spends money for their employees to celebrate together, breh

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I wish we still had a Christmas party.  It's been 13 years since they cut it.

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[nachobro]

ours is tomorrow, but they already told everyone no bonuses this year so no one really gives a shit about the party

[I'm a Puppy!]

Work for a company that spends money for their employees to celebrate together, breh

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I wish we still had a Christmas party.  It's been 13 years since they cut it.

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When you're a consulting firm and your people are the product you'd better have a christmas party. Gotta keep the products happy.

[CatsCatsCats]

Yeah, ours has been gone for like 10 years unless you count them bringing food in, during a lunch break. Which I don’t. The whole point is supposed to be there being booze, making it okay to be with these people

[skullstorm]

I have to go to a fancy restaurant tomorrow and can't find my only pair of decent looking cold weather shoes 

I hate trying to look respectable, hobo chic 4 lyfe

[Raist]

After nearly 6 years of effectively dodging the company christmas party, I am now trapped and can't get out of it.
they even pulled out the "Puppy, you're a director at the company, the employees need to see you and connect with you."
I replied, "Correction: I'm a director that doesn't care."
They started laughing and said, "You're so funny!"
When I said, "But I'm not joking" They just laughed harder.

I get the feeling that some day they'll be like "Oh...he wasn't kidding. He REALLY didn't care."

Just go dressed up as the Grinch.

[shosta]

I am pretty sure Puppy would do that, and now that he's read that post, he will do that.

[Huff]

We had a Xmas department party but I guess I didn’t hear about it til it was over

So imma go to a different departments party

[Brehvolution]

Just so you know...... lawyers killed your company xmas parties. Casting 'liabilities' for extreme damage.

[I'm a Puppy!]

Damn, not enough time to find a grinch costume? think I can pick up one of those Melania "I really don't care, do you?" jackets?

[Valkyrie]

Ugh I suddenly keep having dreams at night about an old love, first dude I ever genuinely liked romantically, and bonded with. He also broke my heart into a billion pieces. It’s so damn long ago though, but my brain decided to remind itself that I never got closure.

[brawndolicious]

Dogs are cute but dog people are crazy.

[jorma]

Dogs are cute but dog people are crazy.

i always felt  the same way, but since i've gotten a puppy i'm starting to see their point of view.

[Takuan]

My wife's family is doing a Yankee Swap gift exchange with a limit of $25. We're all within 5 years of one another, EXCEPT for her 7 year old niece who's included in the exchange.

What the fuck do I buy?? 

[Madrun Badrun]

I'd say Santa shaped artisan dildos but they start at $25.99.

[CatsCatsCats]

Do like $20 theater gift certificate and $5 of candy

[Takuan]

Do like $20 theater gift certificate and $5 of candy

They don't let her eat candy 

[Mupepe]

No candy? Turn the parents in for child abuse. Everyone wins.

[TVC15]

Your Papa Dongo here has been gloomy the past few days

[brawndolicious]

Is the point of Toastmasters to sound like you're reading from a script?

[CatsCatsCats]

Work is trying to send me to Minnesota in a couple weeks


Ehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[I'm a Puppy!]

Is the point of Toastmasters to sound like you're reading from a script?

Well, it SUPPOSED to be the opposite. But the issue is that now the type of people that do toastmasters are the stick up the butt people that sound like they have to have a script to have a conversation.

[I'm a Puppy!]

Work is trying to send me to Minnesota in a couple weeks


Ehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Minnesota is great!....you just gotta wait til May. Not before then.

[CatsCatsCats]

Yeah I looked at the forecast and...


Look, they don’t even compensate me for travel other than expenses, of course. Single digit weather is a big ask for free

[I'm a Puppy!]

Yeah I looked at the forecast and...


Look, they don’t even compensate me for travel other than expenses, of course. Single digit weather is a big ask for free

Talk to them to give you comp time for the travel time. If they push back then say "Then I can just do it remote".

That tends to get the conversation started.

[Yeti]

My brother in law was sentenced to jail with eligibility for parole in six months. He probably deserved that sentence, it just sucks how my sister and my young nieces have to deal with all of this because of his mistakes

[shosta]

What's the charge?

[brawndolicious]

Is the point of Toastmasters to sound like you're reading from a script?

Well, it SUPPOSED to be the opposite. But the issue is that now the type of people that do toastmasters are the stick up the butt people that sound like they have to have a script to have a conversation.

I guess, my coworker raves about it but any conversation with her that isn't one-on-one comes through extremely stilted and formulaic. I can't stand it. There's a difference between giving a speech to a non-technical audience and having a weekly meeting.

It seems there are several clubs per city with some being pure style-Nazis and others more focused on the combination of style and compelling content. I can see the point of it if you're in a position where you're teaching/training people frequently but it seems like a bad idea if someone just joins because they have low self-confidence, at least that's my impression. Maybe an Improv class would be better.

[I'm a Puppy!]

I used to swear by toastmasters until I went to one recently with a friend. It used to be about the art of public speaking and being an engaging speaker. Now it's all business and "have a plan" and "stick to your script!" I'd agree an improv class would be better. Sorta sad.

[Cerveza mas fina]

I ate a kebab yesterday and have been sick since

Ugh

[Huff]

Dallas/Texas airports don’t serve booze until 10 am on sundays. So I’ve already been up 8 hrs and 2 flights with no alcohol on board.


The worst

[Yeti]

What's the charge?

It’s kind of a long story, and I want to be vague, so short version is he was stealing from his job (Which was given to him by his friends after he lost his first job for....stealing!)

[Mupepe]

Dallas/Texas airports don’t serve booze until 10 am on sundays. So I’ve already been up 8 hrs and 2 flights with no alcohol on board.


The worst

The club lounges do, buddy. I learned it too late.

[TVC15]

I’ve been sustaining myself off of the same 18 inch pizza + cheesy breadsticks for 4 days now. It’s like purple and it definitely turned between yesterday and today. What happens if I keep eating?

[Mupepe]

Is it sitting out of the fridge or something? How did it turn so quickly?

[TVC15]

Is it sitting out of the fridge or something? How did it turn so quickly?

They’ve been sitting in their boxes on my floor. I have no tables or chairs.

[Cerveza mas fina]

Pics plz

[Valkyrie]

Just caught my 3 year old swearing (faen, equal to “fuck!”). Merry Christmas, I guess.

[TVC15]

I just had a great dream for a new kind of bondage equipment. Hopefully I remember it when I’m sober and not horny.

[Joe Molotov]

Just caught my 3 year old swearing (faen, equal to “fuck!”). Merry Christmas, I guess.

Merry Faening Christmas!

[Raist]

Just caught my 3 year old swearing (faen, equal to “fuck!”). Merry Christmas, I guess.

Like mother...

[jorma]

Just caught my 3 year old swearing (faen, equal to “fuck!”). Merry Christmas, I guess.

Merry Faening Christmas!

God Jul foer faen!

[bork]

Our dog got attacked in the park a few minutes ago.  Another fucking moron out walking their dogs -four of them- and two of them were without leashes.


Fortunately, these were dogs even smaller than ours, and they just kind of snapped at each other's mouths.  Our dog is totally fine, but we're not sure about the other dog- the owner just apologized and hightailed it out of there.  If the other dog got bloodied a bit, fuck 'em- that's what you get for being stupid.

Merry xmas!
 

[TVC15]

Xmas fuckin sucks. I was just about to make an awesome thread but the amount of bitching it would've gotten from you Warcraft I Peons wouldn't have been worth the effort. I hope you all get really sick.

[TVC15]

I just drank a fifth of rum and I don't even feel a little drunk. I could drive right now. I'm down to a pint of rum and marijuana (god bless Boehner) now.

[shosta]

Merry Christmas, TVC!

[TVC15]

Merry Christmas, TVC!

I love you, you traitorous piglet!

[CatsCatsCats]

This 3 day work week is gonna be so hard to get through

[bork]

This 3 day work week is gonna be so hard to get through

For me it wouldn't be so bad, but I'm also the on-call monkey from today through Monday morning.  And while it should be pretty quiet, I just know someone is going to call at 3 AM about something stupid. 

Feel like I can't complain much since I didn't have to do it the last two days and I don't have to go into the office this week or next week.  Might not be getting a "real" four day weekend, but it gives me an excuse to stay home and be super-lazy and at least I'm still off on Monday and Tuesday again.

[shosta]

Bork, what's the number? I'd like to place a call.

[bork]

We just got a ton of out of office replies- people aren't coming back to work until next week or even the week after.

Bork, what's the number? I'd like to place a call.

[bork]

Here's the number, just for you!

1 (800) 822-6235

 

[Joe Molotov]

Your voice is so much sexier than I imagined, and what did you mean about fulfilling my wildest fantasies? 

[CatsCatsCats]

That number will fulfill many fantasies indeed

[CatsCatsCats]

Phew, that was a pretty shit work day

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that number is Taco Bell. bork did a funny give him credit, you fools

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[Mupepe]

So I realized on Christmas day that my work schedule was actually taking a toll on me.  I've been working 16 hour days for the last 6-8 weeks because of a project that needed to be complete by end of year.  Christmas day my wife opens up her presents and I tell her that she still has another at my mom's because I had it shipped there.  We get to my mom's and I ask my mom about it and she looks at my really confused "Uhhhh, we took it over there.... didn't we?" and I really have no clue.  I'm confused as fuck.  So I think okay, well then it would be in the spot where I put all her gifts.  So then later my parents give my wife and I a gift.  And my wife says "oh this will go great with the chair Mupepe got me" (the chair is the gift I had shipped to my mom's).  Now I'm really fucking confused and it started to come back.  Not only had my parents brought the chair, I gave it to my wife already.  I couldn't believe I had fucking forgotten. I've never felt like that in my life.  Even the foggiest memory had more recollection than this.  It felt like I was going crazy. 

It wasn't just the hours at work.  I can handle the hours.  It was the actual stress and coordination of a million moving parts and the herding of the incompetent people that I relied on to make sure it all got done.  I was having nightmares about this project.  One night I had a nightmare that I was presenting shit to upper management when I noticed a mistake in my data.  Sure enough, I wake up and double check my work (that had already been distributed) and found the same exact error from the dream.  The constant cover your ass nature of the project, politicking and last minute fixes were something I'd not yet experienced as this was the first time I'd helmed a project of this size.  Beyond that the senior level people I know, many of which have been with the company for 30-40+ years all said it was by far the worst project they've ever been on.

I've seen people at work have breakdowns before.  I guess I just didn't realize how close I was to having one.

[I'm a Puppy!]

At least it's over now right? I swear my whole summer was that post but like 10 times worse. Try to get back to normal boss.

[Mupepe]

Yeah I think it is.  Unless something in the execution phase blows up (which will be mostly an IT issue), it's basically just process and documentation refinement that's left.  I've spent this last week catching up on my day to day stuff and man it does feel good to get back to the low stress and consequence BS work.

[I'm a Puppy!]

Over the summer there was a moment where I got out of the car and just stood in the driveway for like 20 minutes. I couldn't remember what to do or where I was going. Poor wife had to come out and get me and walk me into the house. that was one of the lowest moments of the year for me