Random Thoughts - Part Deux [NO POLITICS]

[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by spike021

@Ultramaroon for the SodaStream, have you ever tried carbonating non-water? Like iced tea (just liquid, no tea leaf bits or anything in there). I know it'll "break warranty blah blah blah and can mess up the nozzle" (maybe due to sugars gunking it up?) but kinda curious. There's this tea I like and it'd be nice to carbonate it. But I'm also assuming the amount of CO2 spray output by the nozzle is calibrated for water's density and stuff, not other liquids.

Only water. If you do try, I suggest outdoor experimentation because I expect things would go sideways really quickly once uncapped.


There's another way to carbonate by adding a known mass of dry ice to the mixture. I've done it with used soda bottles. Purging is key for success. Failure is spectacular.

[spike021]

Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

Only water. If you do try, I suggest outdoor experimentation because I expect things would go sideways really quickly once uncapped.


There's another way to carbonate by adding a known mass of dry ice to the mixture. I've done it with used soda bottles. Purging is key for success. Failure is spectacular.

Got it. Yeah, I've actually used dry ice quite a bit. Back in senior year HS chemistry we had to do a year-end project.

Mine was using dry ice to turn the juice in slices of apple into "carbonated juice". Basically pound a chunk of dry ice into powder and layer a bunch of apple slices on top. As the dry ice sublimates it permeates the very tiny porous meat of the apple, freezes the liquid, and carbonates it. Makes for a fun experience and it's tasty.

[NoHaveMSG]

Originally Posted by humfrz

I suggest you prioritize the list of tasks that have to be done within a certain time period. Then draw a line through the list at the place that it's possible for you to accomplish with your current resources.

Then present this to your boss and ask him to either remove the tasks below that line OR give (allocate) to you, the resources (staff - equipment) money (to farm out work).

Now, the monkey is on your bosses back, where it belongs.

He's the one that blows up my task list about once a week. I was already working on 3 "this has to happen now" projects and he came in and gave me a "drop everything and do this now" task. These are in addition to my day to day which isn't getting completed either.

[Kiske]

Originally Posted by NoHaveMSG

He's the one that blows up my task list about once a week. I was already working on 3 "this has to happen now" projects and he came in and gave me a "drop everything and do this now" task. These are in addition to my day to day which isn't getting completed either.

I LOVE that.

Boss would ask how long to finish a project and I'd give them a date provided it was my sole focus. They then dump on 3 other large projects up until that date then try to reprimand me for not delivering original said project by agreed date. "I didn't think the multiple 50 hour projects I gave you was going to push back your 200 hour project in a 45 hour work week."



Every! damn! time!

[spike021]

Originally Posted by NoHaveMSG

He's the one that blows up my task list about once a week. I was already working on 3 "this has to happen now" projects and he came in and gave me a "drop everything and do this now" task. These are in addition to my day to day which isn't getting completed either.

My boss at the company I left would do similar and then when I mentioned it being an actual problem, he'd be like "yeah but personally I like to challenge myself" (in fact I feel like I mentioned this trait of his in here before too). Like come on dude, you're not the one doing the work. Don't promise completion for a super important project without consulting with the people actually working on it.

[Spuds]

Originally Posted by Kiske

I LOVE that.

Boss would ask how long to finish a project and I'd give them a date provided it was my sole focus. They then dump on 3 other large projects up until that date then try to reprimand me for not delivering original said project by agreed date. "I didn't think the multiple 50 hour projects I gave you was going to push back your 200 hour project in a 45 hour work week."



Every! damn! time!

Whenever that happens, I tell them that it will be pushing out the larger task. Then I send an email to remind them what they asked me to do and what it is going to cost them.

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by NoHaveMSG

He's the one that blows up my task list about once a week. I was already working on 3 "this has to happen now" projects and he came in and gave me a "drop everything and do this now" task. These are in addition to my day to day which isn't getting completed either.

This is an age old dilemma. To better understand how the monkey is transferred, I suggest you read this time honored article.

https://hbr.org/1999/11/management-t...got-the-monkey

Now, come up with a plan for yourself in your situation.

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by spike021

I was parked first!!

Pick your parking spot more carefully -

[bcj]

So that's what they do at haaavaaad yaaaad.
Can quite clearly see it needs to be outdoors for all the monkey poo being flung about.

An effective "Someone Else's Problem" generator would keep them in Boston permanently.

[p1l0t]

Originally Posted by spike021

Reminds me of the subcontractor at two jobs ago who backed his work Silverado into my parked BRZ in the work lot. He also just took off like he didn't do anything and as far as I know never got in trouble, despite my dashcam video showing that his trucks bumper _already_ had dents from prior fender benders. I saw the guy several times later on too and he never apologized lol. "Older gentleman" too.

It's amazing how few laws apply on private property. Pros and cons to that I suppose.

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[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by bcj

So that's what they do at haaavaaad yaaaad.
Can quite clearly see it needs to be outdoors for all the monkey poo being flung about.

An effective "Someone Else's Problem" generator would keep them in Boston permanently.

[spike021]

Originally Posted by p1l0t

It's amazing how few laws apply on private property. Pros and cons to that I suppose.

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I'm sure in this case it's one of those things where they probably don't want to deal with finding a new subcontractor. Probably more expensive, etc etc.

[bcj]

Somebody Else's Problem Field

HHGTTG

You didn't read the haaaavaaad paper I guess.

[Ultramaroon]

I'm just a dirty peasant