Coffee, must have Coffee.....Forecast was for rain all night...zip, nada
Short bus today
Short bus today
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Still in PHX.
Oh well, back to the Ethiopian coffee shop for breakfast and the morning bowl mover. Maybe today we'll actually accomplish something?
I guess I should go to work.
Ugh.
Work again.
Back at the cube farm.
At least getting the kids dressed and out the door for school/daycare wasn't as bad as anticipated.
It's cold outside. 1°F outside, before windchill.
At least getting the kids dressed and out the door for school/daycare wasn't as bad as anticipated.
It's cold outside. 1°F outside, before windchill.
Coffee in hand not going to work their ever again.......8 years of high six figure and low seven figure profits on all projects, yet the boss/owner always says "no money for raises and bonuses cuz!" as he drives his A8s through a muddy rutted up job site like its ATV no fvcks given
Welcome back to another glorious five day work week! HOORAY WORK!! 
Per usual, Monday is a swim day. 2800 yards before sunrise this morning.
Per usual, Monday is a swim day. 2800 yards before sunrise this morning.
Seven degrees F and a north wind. Waiting for six year old battery to be replaced in my Fit. Gave manager at dealership some feedback regarding the "battery check" performed in service just prior to Christmas. I guess I should get out and ride so as to maintain my unbroken riding record for this year to date...
what exactly do you do Cecil?
Make that three degrees F...
Back to the anger factory. So far only making apathy but I am sure things will get fired up by lunch.
So they replace the battery. And tell me my inspection sticker's expired (the car was in for maintenance last month). And there's no current registration sticker on the plate. I pay up and go look. Sticker on plate expires in 2017. Now I'm waiting for them to finish inspection, and I just had another conversation with the manager. I think they should buy me beer.
Funny. I had a boss do the same thing, then tell us about the new R8 he had just ordered.
"But this one will have the V10. Only a handful will make it to Canada"
Congrats, asshole! This was a few years ago, though.
Manage commercial construction projects, new builds or remodels from planning board approval, architectal review, bid out and award to every trade to every tenant open for buisness the smallest project I did for them was a 6 million dollar ground up Mercedes dealership we got an award from mercedes for. mostly $10-12 million dollar shopping malls. Then to add insult to injury he is a partner in all the shopping malls so not only does he make money off construction (I see all the numbers) he buys distressed properties and once the capitol improvement is complete the value of property and equity increases. ...its a family run company they are greedy they think a $1,000 bonus thrown into you paycheck that gets taxed like overtime is acceptable then he buys 6 brand new snowmobiles over the phone with the company amex in front of his 4 main employees at the Xmas party then totals his and buys another one.....normally I would say its none of my business but he is bragging to me about it...
Sorry for book...
Today is my last day of winter vacation, I have an appointment with an LPN to begin the suggested battery of tests I should have started 10 years ago...
Thumbs up to the monkies who are actively doing something about the jobs they hate but caution against the cold turkey approach. As so e one who hires I always ask why an applicant is presently unemployed - I would rather hire someone who got fed up and is looking for alternative employment. I am less excited about those who simply got fed up and quit, regardless of reason. Jobs are about problem solving - removing oneself from a bad job situation without having a new job lined up could be viewed as impulsive. At the very least you should always give notice.
Thumbs up to the monkies who are actively doing something about the jobs they hate but caution against the cold turkey approach. As so e one who hires I always ask why an applicant is presently unemployed - I would rather hire someone who got fed up and is looking for alternative employment. I am less excited about those who simply got fed up and quit, regardless of reason. Jobs are about problem solving - removing oneself from a bad job situation without having a new job lined up could be viewed as impulsive. At the very least you should always give notice.
Just got back from a nice long walk in the woods which was pretty much entirely consumed with this:
Looks like somebody has been hittin' the Bong Shed with his friends a little too hard. NTTAWWT.Just got back from a nice long walk in the woods which was pretty much entirely consumed with this:
Meh?The bong shed had a fantastic view...
Howdy all. I do not despise my work, and am thankful for this. We have bylaws that at least 50% of department profit has to be paid out as bonuses to us, and the rest doesn't go to the chairman's MX bike fund but instead goes towards internal grant funds and the like.
I have yet to see an employer give an employee 2 weeks notice when letting them go, just saying.....
The guy does not pay his bills we are out 120 days or more on every contractor payments because he spends all the money buying into development deals. I call around to get bids on jobs all I hear is "you guys don't pay your bills, we are not interested in bidding"
you should play the ipecac game with him
Enlighten me please
Happy Monday everyone! As promised last week, the line has formed outside City Hall of people wanting to apply for recreational marijuana businesses. 
Work. Market is down 2.5%. Whee!
Discussed SUV with Wifey again. She is no longer set on the Highlander, as she doesn't like how the new one looks. She finally looked at the Land Cruiser and likes it. Given it is a true 300k car (when maintained), the additional up front cost isn't an issue. She also said that she doesn't want to sell the Subie. She wants me to keep it as a DD and garage queen the ///M.
Discussed SUV with Wifey again. She is no longer set on the Highlander, as she doesn't like how the new one looks. She finally looked at the Land Cruiser and likes it. Given it is a true 300k car (when maintained), the additional up front cost isn't an issue. She also said that she doesn't want to sell the Subie. She wants me to keep it as a DD and garage queen the ///M.
Fucking work. Fucking parking. Fucking bullshit. 
Series 100 Land Cruisers have a timing belt, with 90k service intervals. 200s have a chain. Series 100s also have the option of air suspension, which can crap out eventually (but certainly not with the near-unity probability of those on Range Rovers). I don't know of any other common issues.
My last-year-100 has the air suspension and is trucking along just fine at >130k miles, fwiw. The only problem with it is that one center console backlight (for the rear defroster) has a bulb out. Everything else works... as it should.
Unless there is a performance issue we typically give 90 days warning on a job elimination, 1 week of severance for each year worked and COBRA benifits.
If you worked for me and weren't performing adequately you would have at least 120 days after being informed of the issue to demontrate improvement. In fact, you would have received this message and signed off on it 3 times before dismissal would occur: "if immediate and sustained improvement is not seen within XXL amount of time further corrective action up to and including termination may result".
Carrying dead weight for few months is almost always cheaper than a lawsuit and it keeps you out of conference calls with HD and Legal.
*le sigh*
Still no fix, storm rolling in. Looks like another night in PHX unless a miracle occurs. This is what I get for volunteering.
///Airplane.
Still no fix, storm rolling in. Looks like another night in PHX unless a miracle occurs. This is what I get for volunteering.
///Airplane.
that was more a jab at ///Stoney's ///Maintenace track record.
When I was at GE they called it the Personal Improvement Plan. It was generally a good idea to start looking for a job immediately upon being entered into the PIP. No one ever made it out alive. It was generally the documentation process for getting fired and avoiding the lawsuit. There was no interest in turning you into a good employee. People who fell into the PIP came from two categories. Morons who had gutless managers that told them they were doing a great job. Then there would be a re-organization and said moron would get a new boss that recognized them as morons. This was always rather ugly because the morons usually spent decades thinking they were doing great work. None of them ever had the mental ability or adaptability to become good employees and usually finished the PIP with a pink slip.Unless there is a performance issue we typically give 90 days warning on a job elimination, 1 week of severance for each year worked and COBRA benifits.
If you worked for me and weren't performing adequately you would have at least 120 days after being informed of the issue to demontrate improvement. In fact, you would have received this message and signed off on it 3 times before dismissal would occur: "if immediate and sustained improvement is not seen within XXL amount of time further corrective action up to and including termination may result".
Carrying dead weight for few months is almost always cheaper than a lawsuit and it keeps you out of conference calls with HD and Legal.
The second type of person who got the PIP were generally good employees but they too ended up with new bosses after a re-org. In this case the new boss hated them for one reason or another. These folks had the ability to become good employees but it didn't matter, the deck was stacked against them. They usually saw the writing on the wall and found new jobs before they got the ax.
If you under-performed but were fairly liked you got culled in the 18 month layoff cycle. With this you walked with nice severance and other benefits. It was the companies way of thinning the herd.
Is it dentists approved?