Struggle Thread mk II - No one likes us, we don't care

[I'm a Puppy!]

There is only about 10 companies where the ceo makes more then 50 btw

You forgot the word "public" and to take into account shares

[Am_I_Anonymous]

Get to work today and my secretary is all huffy because a sales guy got there before she came in and left a package on my desk. Which isn't really kosher but doesn't call for this

Me "Morning Stephanie"

Sec "I ain't having a good morning AiA, some little shit from Berktek done got in here before me and put shit on your desk"

Me "Well that's certainly brazen on his part *laughs"

Sec "what you need to be doing is working on updating this ass building security y'all got. How that man just gonna walk in here and....you know what....I'm gonna...."

Me *closes door

[Cerveza mas fina]

is she white?

[nachobro]

My lady blew a tire on the car  and bent the rim trying to drive it to a safer spot and then the jack broke while I was changing it so she called a guy to come jack up the car. I've only been up for two hours, this is too many Ls already.

On a related note, I'm buying AAA

[Am_I_Anonymous]

is she white?

Nah. I've had Steph for a long time.

[Madrun Badrun]

is she white?

Nah. I've had Steph for a long time.

You saying you rubbed off on her? 

[Cerveza mas fina]

smh mike

[Madrun Badrun]

There are posts I regret.  #strugglethread

[chronovore]

His name really was Will?

Pretty sure he'll have to change it to "Won't."

[Steve Contra]

Spent the whole week in Salt Lake taking care of my mother in-law and wife and helping plan the memorial.  I'm fucking destroyed and my wife is worse. :'(

[CatsCatsCats]

Hang in there, guys 

[Cerveza mas fina]

you can do it wrath

[Tasty]

Happy to see you're progressing to your goals Wrath. It's trite but keep your chin up, we're all rooting for you.

[Am_I_Anonymous]

My son is going to start driving. So I got my son a job at the local butcher/animal food supplier in order to learn what money feels like. (It's an AiA's pops line)

So I stopped by today to see him and he's working on the grain side (feed corn bagging) and I'll be damned if the manager isn't the most overly try hard white kid of all time. Mid 20's..flat billed cap in pocket..those damn ear plug things...and all he wants to do is talk about rap and the NBA. My kid is thrilled as he hadn't had to do a damn thing since he's been there but listen to this boy.  Which is defeating the purpose of having the job.

 

Edit: but seeing him bagging the feed while my kid stood there with his arms crossed just smiling was a brief black superiority moment.



Edit edit, back to a struggle as I was walking out.

"Mr. AiA what was it like to grow up with trash rap like paperboy and NAS before Eminem changed that game?"

I'm in the car all mad and I just know my kid in there doing this

[Phoenix Dark]

 

Breh the try-hard young (often white) manager thing is so real. I ate inside a BK for the first time in ages recently, and man...the young manager was acting like he was commanding a battle ship. I respect people who work hard at their job regardless of what it is but bro...all you gotta do is make sure everything is done in a timely fashion. You're not saving the free world.

[Tasty]

"Mr. AiA what was it like to grow up with trash rap like paperboy and NAS before Eminem changed that game?"

[Steve Contra]

Dealing with family politics when someone dies

[TakingBackSunday]

Just experienced yet another full-team layoff.

So I'm out on the hunt for another job now.  Looking for management roles in tech in a very competitive city is crippling.

[Am_I_Anonymous]

Just experienced yet another full-team layoff.

So I'm out on the hunt for another job now.  Looking for management roles in tech in a very competitive city is crippling.

What city? Canton? Try Summa or SecureData365 or even Goodyear.

Or go to Cleveland where everybody is hiring.

[TakingBackSunday]

For like the 10th time, I live in Nashville. 

[Tasty]

I could have sworn you lived in SF.

[I'm a Puppy!]

I thought you were canadian.

[Phoenix Dark]

Where does your sister live?

[Kara]

Good hunting, BN, and sorry about your sitch.

[I'm a Puppy!]

BN if you got data experience and are open to some consulting you let me know.
It's 2016, head is head.

[Bebpo]

Just experienced yet another full-team layoff.

So I'm out on the hunt for another job now.  Looking for management roles in tech in a very competitive city is crippling.

Sorry to hear, man  

[Am_I_Anonymous]

BN if you got data experience and are open to some consulting you let me know.
It's 2016, head is head.

Consulting

Nah actually I can pretty much tell by his posting he lacks the innate godlike doucheness a consultant must exhibit on occasion

[chronovore]

Holy crap, was that a compliment!?

[I'm a Puppy!]

That I have a godlike douchiness? I'lll take it.

[TakingBackSunday]

So I had been doing some financial analysis, competitor research, database work, and product management.  My ideal job at this point is to be a development lead, working closely with developers to sift through issues and product needs.

[I'm a Puppy!]

So I had been doing some financial analysis, competitor research, database work, and product management.  My ideal job at this point is to be a development lead, working closely with developers to sift through issues and product needs.

[chronovore]

So I had been doing some financial analysis, competitor research, database work, and product management.  My ideal job at this point is to be a development lead, working closely with developers to sift through issues and product needs.

To be honest, working with developers directly is one of my favorite things. Dealing with directors/exec producers is much less fun. Dealing with marketing or sales brings out my Inner Schwarzenegger.

[Cerveza mas fina]

it the hottest day of the year, on a 4.5 hour train ride, aircon broken , delay

fml

poor baby just fell asleep now exhausted

[TakingBackSunday]

So I had been doing some financial analysis, competitor research, database work, and product management.  My ideal job at this point is to be a development lead, working closely with developers to sift through issues and product needs.

To be honest, working with developers directly is one of my favorite things. Dealing with directors/exec producers is much less fun. Dealing with marketing or sales brings out my Inner Schwarzenegger.

So much this

[CatsCatsCats]

Found out I need 8k of work done to my foundation. Fml.

[Madrun Badrun]

Make a foundation to help support your foundation. 

[Huff]

Group of us all decided to get concert tickets a month ago. Walking to the show, sent out a group text to find out when everyone is getting there.

No one bought tickets or is going.

Trust other people. Am i doing it right?

[Olivia Wilde Homo]

The only thing I can trust my friends to come through on is to sit on their asses and watch ESPN.  Anything more ambitious than that is rolling the dice.

[Mupepe]

Yep. I only plan things that I'm ok doing alone if it comes down to it.

[Joe Molotov]

Make a foundation to help support your foundation. 

While reading Isaac Asimov's Foundation.

[Atramental]

I need to do a hard reset on my life.

[Phoenix Dark]

I need to do a hard reset on my life.

[toku]

I need to do a hard reset on my life.

[Olivia Wilde Homo]

I need to do a hard reset on my life.

No vaguebooking .  Tell us what happened

[Rufus]

My bet is on work. Agreed to deliver something in an unreasonable timeframe and then proceeded to kill himself for it.

[Phoenix Dark]

Nah. I'm guessing he found out she really does do gfe but she told him she doesn't.

[I'm a Puppy!]

He's realized that after all these years he actually IS gay.

[CatsCatsCats]

The ice powers finally manifested

[Atramental]

My bet is on work. Agreed to deliver something in an unreasonable timeframe and then proceeded to kill himself for it.

Yep. Pretty much.

[chronovore]

My bet is on work. Agreed to deliver something in an unreasonable timeframe and then proceeded to kill himself for it.

Yep. Pretty much.

Learn to NO.

[El Babua]

Realized I can't drink as much as I used to.

[ToxicAdam]

Realized I can't drink as much as I used to.

You mean: You can drink as much as you used to, you just regret it a lot more the next day.

[bork]

Have I mentioned my latest health problem?  I can't stay awake.


First I thought it was because of some medicine I was on.  Stopped everything and it was still happening.  Been to two doctors now and both thought it was sleep apnea.  Going to see a specialist next week.

I've had to wait several weeks to go see this specialist, though, and it's been a legit struggle trying to get through some days without falling asleep.  I had to up and leave work one day because I just couldn't function after a few hours. 

So I've been drinking a lot of green tea, soda/caffeinated drinks, and eating chocolate.  The latter two don't help much when you're trying to lose weight -sigh- but there's nothing else I can do to stay awake.  I exercise almost every day but I still get sleepy afterwards.  Most days I'm pretty much OK at work, but then go home and just crash for 1-2 hours afterwards.  Sleep a shit-ton on weekends.  It is often so bad that I'm just generally sitting at home feeling lethargic as hell- can't even play the vidya for very long on some days.

[Huff]

Well start looking up cpap machines because that's in your future with sleep apnea

[Great Rumbler]

Yeah, sounds like sleep apnea. Joe had the same problem a few years ago, now he's got a cpap mask.

[bork]

Yeah, I'm expecting to get a mask.  Doesn't really sound like a big deal. 

[Rufus]

My mother might need one too, but the woman won't go to a doctor. I don't wanna hear how tired you are all the time when you won't go to the fucking doctor...

[Mupepe]

My mother might need one two, but the women won't go to a doctor. I don't wanna hear how tired you are all the time when you won't go to the fucking doctor...

Meine Mutter nicht schlafte

That's as close as I could get

[I'm a Puppy!]

I have a cpap machine and man it's a pain in the ass.
I'll admit that without it I was falling asleep at the drop of a dime and dizzy all day, but with it I can actually wake up without feeling like I'm going to fall over right away. That being said, it's like I have a choice: sleep with the mask and be uncomfortable all night and feel like I don't get any sleep (though I  obviously do) and have energy for the day, or sleep comfortably without the mask but wake up exhausted. It sucks.

[bork]

Got to work this morning only to find that I left my keycard and key at home.


Hightailed it back home and got it.  Normally it takes me about 20 minutes to get to work.  The total trip back and forth was about 70 minutes.    But hey, I managed to only be about 45 minutes late.  That's way less time that it would be if I started later in the morning.

I have a cpap machine and man it's a pain in the ass.
I'll admit that without it I was falling asleep at the drop of a dime and dizzy all day, but with it I can actually wake up without feeling like I'm going to fall over right away. That being said, it's like I have a choice: sleep with the mask and be uncomfortable all night and feel like I don't get any sleep (though I  obviously do) and have energy for the day, or sleep comfortably without the mask but wake up exhausted. It sucks.

Ugh.  Doesn't sound that great.  Is it the mask?  I was looking at this stuff and see some people say that some types of masks are ridiculously uncomfortable and others are much better.  One highly recommended one is called the swift mask.

I tried something different last night and attempted to sleep on my side for as much as I could, and also angled the fan away from my face.  Have read that this can help some people.  I do actually feel a bit more rested this morning, although still definitely feeling the effects.