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Raist

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Re: minor inconveniences that are not struggles
« Reply #7320 on: August 12, 2019, 02:32:29 AM »
So you could clearly hear them, but didn't shout "hold on a sec, be right there" or something...?

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- deliveries
- hotels

- shoes

- answering the door for potentially very important things

- cars


We already covered that one  :maf

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Re: minor inconveniences that are not struggles
« Reply #7321 on: August 13, 2019, 01:31:18 AM »
So you could clearly hear them, but didn't shout "hold on a sec, be right there" or something...?

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- deliveries
- hotels

- shoes

- answering the door for potentially very important things

- cars
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Re: minor inconveniences that are not struggles
« Reply #7322 on: August 13, 2019, 02:26:01 AM »
Boned my mom.

Edit: It appears the thread was cached paaaged ago, and my post is completely out of context and makes me look like a Lannister.

Raist

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Re: minor inconveniences that are not struggles
« Reply #7323 on: August 13, 2019, 04:33:46 AM »
:phil

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Re: minor inconveniences that are not struggles
« Reply #7324 on: August 13, 2019, 05:50:25 AM »
So you could clearly hear them, but didn't shout "hold on a sec, be right there" or something...?

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- deliveries
- hotels

- shoes

- answering the door for potentially very important things

- cars
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Jeans Lady

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What if jean-jacket lady was driving the car?? 
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Fits her M.O. :thinking
« Last Edit: August 13, 2019, 07:11:48 AM by bork »
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Crash Dummy

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Re: minor inconveniences that are not struggles
« Reply #7325 on: August 13, 2019, 07:01:10 AM »
vp at work thinks setting up a new llp is like raising an it ticket for when the wifi is down  :doge

skullstorm

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Re: minor inconveniences that are not struggles
« Reply #7326 on: August 13, 2019, 08:25:07 AM »
Boned my mom.

Edit: It appears the thread was cached paaaged ago, and my post is completely out of context and makes me look like a Lannister.

Since I have no idea what the so-called context was I will just think of you from now on as just another bire perv with deep dark family secrets like a certain pair of mods  :hmph

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Re: minor inconveniences that are not struggles
« Reply #7327 on: August 13, 2019, 12:20:08 PM »
Bought a muffin that was clearly marked banana nut bread but was fucking apple!

skullstorm

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Re: minor inconveniences that are not struggles
« Reply #7328 on: August 14, 2019, 08:56:18 AM »
I'm starting to regret reinstalling Whatsapp  :beli

My sister is planning a christening party for her baby and for whatever reason keeps spamming me with her ideas for cakes and decorations and napkins etc. Just a massive flood of pictures from bloody Pinterest and I don't know what I'm supposed to do with it  ???  I just keep saying everything looks good so it's not like I'm helping in anyway since I DON'T HAVE OPINIONS ON THAT STUFF and still she keeps spamming me  ::)

I mean she has a bunch of mommy friends who are all into that same type of Pinterest mood board mommy aesthetic she could be bothering with that stuff. Or she most likely is, she's probably made a recipient list and included me in it  :thinking :doge

Insert a bunch of "but why" gifs here

Joe Molotov

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Re: minor inconveniences that are not struggles
« Reply #7329 on: August 14, 2019, 09:53:28 AM »
Bought a muffin that was clearly marked banana nut bread but was fucking apple!

Sounds like you got a free upgrade.
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Raist

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Re: minor inconveniences that are not struggles
« Reply #7330 on: August 14, 2019, 09:55:00 AM »

Insert a bunch of "but why" gifs here

Maybe because you're, you know, her brother.

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Re: minor inconveniences that are not struggles
« Reply #7331 on: August 14, 2019, 10:10:02 AM »
Bought a muffin that was clearly marked banana nut bread but was fucking apple!

Sounds like you got a free upgrade.
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Olivia Wilde Homo

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Re: minor inconveniences that are not struggles
« Reply #7332 on: August 14, 2019, 11:02:33 AM »
Boned my mom.

Edit: It appears the thread was cached paaaged ago, and my post is completely out of context and makes me look like a Lannister.

What a coincidence, I also boned your mom
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jorma

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Re: minor inconveniences that are not struggles
« Reply #7333 on: August 14, 2019, 03:40:09 PM »
Surely i don't know why you are reacting like that, don't you remember that time when your employer raised your salary significantly because you told him you recently moved to a bigger home with twice the rent and you really really needed the extra money in order to be able to afford it?


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Re: minor inconveniences that are not struggles
« Reply #7334 on: August 14, 2019, 03:41:18 PM »
The game's the game, he don't owe shit to nobody
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Re: minor inconveniences that are not struggles
« Reply #7335 on: August 14, 2019, 03:42:14 PM »
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Re: minor inconveniences that are not struggles
« Reply #7336 on: August 14, 2019, 04:39:09 PM »
I know it's short for Eschaton but I pronounce "Esch" as "Esh". And stufte as "stuffed".
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Re: minor inconveniences that are not struggles
« Reply #7337 on: August 14, 2019, 04:48:13 PM »
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chronovore

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Re: minor inconveniences that are not struggles
« Reply #7338 on: August 15, 2019, 10:54:29 PM »
I've got that new job lined up from November, which means I've got 10 weeks left in Tokyo. I'm enthusiastic about enjoying as much of Tokyo as possible before I leave back home for Kansai/Osaka/Kyoto. I've been playing RPGs with the local staff, going out for boardgame night with all the new friends I've made, organizing beer crawls with the Dutch contingent here, who are also super friendly. I'm awash in social activities and playing too hard, but my time is limited and I want to make the most of it.

In contrast, I'm finding it difficult to gain momentum on my remaining work. Most of the changes I set out to make, I accomplished fully in my first year.   

Part of the problem is 2/3 of the office is on summer break, and a project manager without staff on hand can only make interim progress, or prepare for their return. But I've got other stuff I could work on, like researching how to limit permissions on a piece of software I won't use 10 weeks from now. 

:-\

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Re: minor inconveniences that are not struggles
« Reply #7339 on: August 16, 2019, 02:19:38 AM »
Tell your team to stop this holiday nonsense and come back to do some work and have fun with you :hmph

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Re: minor inconveniences that are not struggles
« Reply #7340 on: August 17, 2019, 07:07:04 PM »
I know I'm an adult now because I'm really looking forward to the Olympics a year out  :gopnik

It tells me you are a filthy casual when it comes to field hockey and water polo :hhh

EightBitNate

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Re: minor inconveniences that are not struggles
« Reply #7341 on: August 18, 2019, 01:42:54 PM »
My SIM card didn't fit in my new phone so I went in to the store to get a new one, despite having my old phone, the SIM card, my ID, and SSN, they wouldn't let me get one without the account holder present because they couldn't verify it was me. And the dude got snippy with me because I dared to say "really?"

:beli

Which mobile carrier was it? They won’t let you do shit besides pay a bill if you’re not the account holder/an authorized user. Takes like 5 minutes to have the account holder call customer care and add you as an authorized user, though.

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Re: minor inconveniences that are not struggles
« Reply #7342 on: August 18, 2019, 05:59:47 PM »
 :thinking... @-@...  :thinking
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brawndolicious

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Re: minor inconveniences that are not struggles
« Reply #7343 on: August 18, 2019, 08:29:12 PM »
It'll take you like 4 minutes to cut a sim card down to nano-sim size using a pair of scissors and the first template you google. I understand it's a little scary because if you mess up, you can be without a phone for a few days but I did it once in an emergency without screwing up.

I'd say dealing with mobile company customer service is an emergency.

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Re: minor inconveniences that are not struggles
« Reply #7344 on: August 18, 2019, 08:33:55 PM »
T mobile was even nice enough to use some hole punching looking thing to make my sim card into a nano one back like 5 years ago. Though it was in Europe (I used a different carrier there, but T-Mobile in the US and I was coming back to the States with a different phone).

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Re: minor inconveniences that are not struggles
« Reply #7345 on: August 18, 2019, 08:45:01 PM »
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brawndolicious

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Re: minor inconveniences that are not struggles
« Reply #7346 on: August 19, 2019, 01:36:38 AM »
It'll take you like 4 minutes to cut a sim card down to nano-sim size using a pair of scissors and the first template you google. I understand it's a little scary because if you mess up, you can be without a phone for a few days but I did it once in an emergency without screwing up.

I'd say dealing with mobile company customer service is an emergency.

I tried to cut it down and fucked it up :lol

Look, sometimes the patient dies but what you mean by fucked it up?

Nano sims are a little bit thinner so if it's bulging out of the sim tray a bit too much to get it to go back into the phone, then what you need to do is shave off a tenth of millimeter off the from the back side of the sim card (not the gold side). Hopefully, that's the issue.

bluemax

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Re: minor inconveniences that are not struggles
« Reply #7347 on: August 20, 2019, 11:14:16 PM »
Our new CTO quit over the weekend. He was on the job less than 2 weeks. He cited "Cultural differences".

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I'm legit worried that our only other functioning adult exec, the guy who personally recruited this CTO, is out the door soon now and any hope I had of this place turning into a functional work environment goes with it.
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brawndolicious

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Re: minor inconveniences that are not struggles
« Reply #7348 on: August 21, 2019, 03:13:05 PM »
HR called me in for a meeting this morning and apparently it was about getting my input on whether a certain coworker was being too temperamental. I said nice things and that I'm aware of the problems between two teams I'm not on but I didn't think it was a big deal. Got a lot of specific questions about whether any threats were brought up or if anyone owns guns and things like that. I said rhay I've worked around people with temper problems and I know the difference between people who have anger issues versus a bit annoyed. Maybe they called me in because I don't look like somebody who likes to talk shit but it was uncomfortable.

Is it a good idea to tell the coworker that HR wanted to look into this or is that likely to just make them feel depressed and isolated?

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Re: minor inconveniences that are not struggles
« Reply #7349 on: August 21, 2019, 04:34:53 PM »
I would say it would not be a good idea, especially if there really are gun threats goin on

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Re: minor inconveniences that are not struggles
« Reply #7350 on: August 21, 2019, 04:38:54 PM »
Give him a candy bar so he likes you and won’t shoot u

Joe Molotov

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Re: minor inconveniences that are not struggles
« Reply #7351 on: August 21, 2019, 05:01:14 PM »
Some of you people are okay, don’t go in to work tomorrow.
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Re: minor inconveniences that are not struggles
« Reply #7352 on: August 21, 2019, 05:32:20 PM »
Some of you people are okay, don’t go in to work tomorrow.

Newsfeed please

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Re: minor inconveniences that are not struggles
« Reply #7353 on: August 21, 2019, 05:43:44 PM »
I have never, ever heard a gun threat or any threat of violence and if I did, it would not be ambiguous how to handle it. My question is if it would be more helpful for the coworkee to get feedback that he should say please/thank you more often when interacting with that other team or if it would make them feel depressed like they're being gaslighted.

I can see how the last post was unclear.

BIONIC

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Re: minor inconveniences that are not struggles
« Reply #7354 on: August 21, 2019, 06:24:55 PM »
Glen deserves to know that HR suspects him of being a mass shooter  :-[
« Last Edit: August 21, 2019, 06:29:02 PM by BIONIC »
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Re: minor inconveniences that are not struggles
« Reply #7355 on: August 21, 2019, 09:39:01 PM »
shoot him and have no worries  :gun :stahp :smug
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bluemax

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Re: minor inconveniences that are not struggles
« Reply #7356 on: August 22, 2019, 01:33:52 AM »
Some of you people are okay, don’t go in to work tomorrow.

Tomorrow at my work could be amazing or awful.

Or I guess mundane, but that seems unlikely.
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Raist

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Re: minor inconveniences that are not struggles
« Reply #7357 on: August 22, 2019, 02:32:23 AM »
HR already fucked up by involving someone who's got nothing to do with it (you) instead of just talking to the folks involved. Don't repeat that mistake, let them deal with it.

IMHO.

bluemax

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Re: minor inconveniences that are not struggles
« Reply #7358 on: August 23, 2019, 01:16:27 AM »
Some of you people are okay, don’t go in to work tomorrow.

Tomorrow at my work could be amazing or awful.

Or I guess mundane, but that seems unlikely.

It was mostly mundane. But that's an acceptable outcome.
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Olivia Wilde Homo

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Re: minor inconveniences that are not struggles
« Reply #7359 on: August 23, 2019, 05:59:28 AM »
Speculation is pointless as you don’t know the whole story. I’ve been in management for about 10 years now and I’ve seen some weird and baffling shit done by employees who otherwise do a great job. Good thing my secret is The Bire and fucking European pornstars, there are a lot of people who are dealing with much deeper and darker secrets than you think and sometimes it affects their work.
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ToxicAdam

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Re: minor inconveniences that are not struggles
« Reply #7360 on: August 23, 2019, 03:14:35 PM »
The falling crumbs from a chocolate/sea salt protein bar look remarkably like smeared shit when they fall into the crotch of your new white shorts you were wearing to a BBQ with friends and family.

Glad someone there pointed it out before I caught it myself.




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Re: minor inconveniences that are not struggles
« Reply #7361 on: August 23, 2019, 06:28:21 PM »

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Re: minor inconveniences that are not struggles
« Reply #7362 on: August 23, 2019, 08:32:12 PM »
You can pry my road snickers from my cold 🥶 dead 💀 hands 👏

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Re: minor inconveniences that are not struggles
« Reply #7363 on: August 25, 2019, 12:23:52 AM »
some people just got shot at about 15 feet away from my front door  :-\

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BIONIC

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Re: minor inconveniences that are not struggles
« Reply #7364 on: August 25, 2019, 12:56:06 AM »
some people just got shot at about 15 feet away from my front door  :-\

Stay safe.
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Re: minor inconveniences that are not struggles
« Reply #7365 on: August 25, 2019, 01:23:16 AM »
the price I pay for cheap rent  ::)

closest one I've heard since being back home  :doge

there's so many little kids living in this neighborhood  :fbm
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Re: minor inconveniences that are not struggles
« Reply #7366 on: August 25, 2019, 01:53:38 AM »
Stay safe dude, also where some of those kids on your lawn or why did you shoot?

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Re: minor inconveniences that are not struggles
« Reply #7367 on: August 26, 2019, 04:40:40 AM »
Getting ready to leave my current job (which I like, and has generous PTO policies), it seemed like they were shorting me during my exit-consultation.

Then I realized that I'd taken a day to move to a new apartment, two days to deal with a family funeral, and my recent vacation to USA was shifted to a week that didn't have additional "bank holidays" in the midst as I'd originally planned.

So I've only got two days, total, that I can use in the next two months before I leave.  :-\

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Re: minor inconveniences that are not struggles
« Reply #7368 on: August 29, 2019, 05:25:39 PM »
There is a mouse outside my apartment with what looks to be a broken leg running in circles.  I really should put it out of its misery but I don't have the will.

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Re: minor inconveniences that are not struggles
« Reply #7369 on: August 29, 2019, 08:12:32 PM »
I hate vaguebooking but goddamn if this hasn’t been the most frustrating day in all my career or probably life.
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Joe Molotov

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Re: minor inconveniences that are not struggles
« Reply #7370 on: August 29, 2019, 08:45:50 PM »
my boss: yeah just submit this report before you go on vacay
*finishes 95% of the report*
me yesterday: hey client, can you give me x to complete the report
me today: hey guys this is the last thing i need to do before i can submit the report. can you either give this piece of info to me, or direct me to someone who can?

no response. im out tomorrow night.

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Re: minor inconveniences that are not struggles
« Reply #7371 on: August 29, 2019, 09:06:48 PM »
I was babysitting a few days ago and the kid was sick, so obviously despite my best efforts to scrub everything and not breathe in when the kid was coughing I of course caught the bug  :-\

I wish I had a guillotine to cut off my head since every inch of it is in absolute agony from all my symptoms. At least the kid's parents caught this shit too, some comfort I guess.

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Re: minor inconveniences that are not struggles
« Reply #7372 on: August 31, 2019, 07:16:49 PM »
I'm 90% sure there's a mosquito in my house and I don't know where it is to kill it  :'(

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Re: minor inconveniences that are not struggles
« Reply #7373 on: September 02, 2019, 09:11:38 PM »
Because of the hurricane, instead of getting time off because we’re closing early, I have to come in two and a half hours early instead  >:(
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Re: minor inconveniences that are not struggles
« Reply #7374 on: September 06, 2019, 01:21:40 PM »
if you can find a cheap roku or similar device there's an xfinity app for that, otherwise you're screwed. they have all those things so locked down that it is just easier to pirate or stream from somewhere else.

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Re: minor inconveniences that are not struggles
« Reply #7375 on: September 06, 2019, 01:25:26 PM »
Because of the hurricane, instead of getting time off because we’re closing early, I have to come in two and a half hours early instead  >:(

 :preach

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Re: minor inconveniences that are not struggles
« Reply #7376 on: September 08, 2019, 05:56:36 PM »
Traveled from Idaho to Tokyo yesterday, getting in just a few hours before Typhoon #15 touched down. Woke up at 2AM due to jet lag and the storm hitting full bore (heh), which turned some nearby uncovered tube into a high pitched whistle. Decided I'd go to work early, but the storm has all my train lines shut down.

Just sitting in this 11 sq. meter apartment that I only usually use for sleeping. Decided to do some laundry, in the non-roofed laundry area, and some schlep has left his laundry in the dryer. If he doesn't retrieve it before I need it, I'm going to have to put it on a wet shelf.  :-\

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Re: minor inconveniences that are not struggles
« Reply #7377 on: September 08, 2019, 06:28:59 PM »
"Typhoon woke me up, midas swell go to work early I guess"

:what

Flex time. I go in early, work uninterrupted, and then go home 9 hours later with plenty of time to do other neat stuff in Tokyo.

edit: BTW, here's the storm:
https://twitter.com/i/events/1169512245732114432
« Last Edit: September 08, 2019, 06:33:56 PM by chronovore »

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Re: minor inconveniences that are not struggles
« Reply #7378 on: September 08, 2019, 08:31:17 PM »


 :-*

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