Random Thoughts - Part Deux [NO POLITICS]

[korhun]

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[humfrz]

Originally Posted by JD001

I have loads of "friends" over in Nigeria... They are always keen to help me with my accounting...

Are they always wanting to give you money too?




humfrz

[JD001]

Originally Posted by humfrz

Are they always wanting to give you money too?




humfrz

Nah, they're "proper" friends, money flows one way..

[NoHaveMSG]

Originally Posted by spike021

This job is ridiculous.

I accidentally didn't update something last month because it was still in "testing" (though I could have updated stuff, but it wasn't strictly necessary). Then today I called in sick because I've felt like shit because my dad gave me his bad cold when we were in LA.

Then nearly all day two of our senior/lead software engineers on the team have been harassing me over our instant message app asking where my update on the thing was and questions about it.

Literally a non-critical component that isn't even 100% signed off yet, which I knew and was why I hadn't originally checked in my update for it.

They knew I'm out sick and spammed me anyway instead of using their GD heads that they get paid so much for and just a little intuition that would've led them to my update in about 15 minutes (IF they dawdled their way there).

Like for fuck sake, once I get my offer from the place I interviewed at last month and give my two weeks, I'm gone. If I was in a hospital bed this morning with an even more serious illness, would they still be spamming me for this one simple thing they're more than qualified to find on their own?

Like holy shit. I had to jump on our chat system and explain all this to them.

Anyway sorry to rant.

I don't deal with that if I am sick enough to be home, you handled it much better then I would have. If it is urgent they can bug me. I would have given them one reply saying I was sick and it was not important. If I was spam'd like that it would have gotten screen shot and emailed to an upper with them CC'd in it. Then they get to explain their needless actions while you rest.

[Cole]

Originally Posted by 86MLR

Talking about ranting...

First world ranting.....

Took a month of leave over Christmas and new years....was going down the coast to cruise the Great Ocean Road, then head up the coast to Coffs Harbour.

But

Bush fires everywhere, roads everywhere are closed, blocked or look like they are going to catch on fire shortly.

My holiday plans are binned.

In other news, my problems are a drop in the ocean to the strife that other are currently in.

These fires are bloody insane

A big thanks to the Canadians and yank firefighters that turned up to help.

If you live in the bush make sure you fire proof your house, we have lost soooo many people and properties.

Fire doesn't fuck around.

Many years ago, I volunteered to be part of the QRF my brigade was in charge of the year. Our training for that year mostly focused around fighting forest fires. That work is not an easy go, and I have a lot of respect for the people who do it after going through the training for it.

Climate change is a bitch.

[spike021]

Originally Posted by humfrz

Oh, bad day -

I suggest you don't blow up that bridge before you're off of it.




humfrz

So I'm "working from home" today, attended via conference call our normal daily meeting, plus a nonsense one setup by the coworker from yesterday.

My manager called me personally after that 2nd meeting to say he agrees being harassed yesterday was completely unnecessary, especially given that it wasn't even a high priority issue.

He did recommend not responding at all versus the response I put yesterday in the chat (basically told my coworkers that god forbid I was lying in a hospital bed, i would think they're smart enough to find obvious stuff on their own). Oh well .

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by spike021

Oh well .

OK, it's the weekend. Take an emotional break. Take two aspirin, a Prozac pill, drink two large glasses of water and smoke a joint and everything will be OKaaaa -


humfrz

[soundman98]

how quickly do they knock on your door for searching for alternative sources of morphine?

[JD001]

Originally Posted by humfrz

OK, it's the weekend. Take an emotional break. Take two aspirin, a Prozac pill, drink two large glasses of water and smoke a joint and everything will be OKaaaa -


humfrz

I had to re-read the above, my brain was reading two large glasses of beer.. and I keep seeing 'water'....

[soundman98]

i saw "2 large glasses of wine". i couldn't believe hum was recommending mixing weed, prozac, and alcohol!

all that's missing is an extra helping of bacon fat!

[NoHaveMSG]

Originally Posted by spike021

He did recommend not responding at all versus the response I put yesterday in the chat (basically told my coworkers that god forbid I was lying in a hospital bed, i would think they're smart enough to find obvious stuff on their own). Oh well .

I get those types of recommendations all the time

[Ultramaroon]

@humfrz, you dufus, prozac doesn't work like that.

[soundman98]

Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

@humfrz, you dufus, prozac doesn't work like that.

perhaps you're just not getting a large enough dose!

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by soundman98

i saw "2 large glasses of wine". i couldn't believe hum was recommending mixing weed, prozac, and alcohol!

all that's missing is an extra helping of bacon fat!

Oh, NO alcohol. I tried that for many years and finally realized - IT REALLY JUST MADE THINGS WORSE! -


humfrz