What's making you happy today? - Page 203

DanaC · 12-18-2008, 08:56 PM

I'd like to echo that Rock on and add a Tommy (one for the Brits)

LabRat · 12-19-2008, 09:11 AM

snow day!!!!

Trilby · 12-19-2008, 09:46 AM

NO WAY!

It's fifty degrees over here!

LabRat · 12-19-2008, 09:52 AM

Technically, not the University, but my daughter's school was cancelled, so I'm staying home with her.

Now, if I could only stay out of those damn peanut butter balls...

SteveDallas · 12-19-2008, 11:58 AM

kinky...

Undertoad · 12-19-2008, 12:17 PM

Schadenfreude - the place that got rid of me just advertised the position in Craigslist again, which means they couldn't find someone in three months now, and are almost certainly desperate.

My friendly ex-cow-orkers all say they don't like it there without me.

It also means pager duty rolls around every 3 weeks instead of every 4 for everyone in my ex-group... with no end in sight. Three people are on the pager, so they share it on a one week on, two weeks off basis. With me in rotation, there were four of us, so it was three weeks off.

They are regretting it. Upper-level management is responsible for 98% of all problems at that place.

HungLikeJesus · 12-19-2008, 12:22 PM

Have you applied for the job? Maybe you can get a raise.

limey · 12-19-2008, 12:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HungLikeJesus

Have you applied for the job? Maybe you can get a raise.

What he said.

Shawnee123 · 12-19-2008, 01:07 PM

I think you should too, UT. Just see what happens.

Today, we had our luncheon, then met in our divisions. At the luncheon I was thinking how emotionally invested I was in my old job, and sort of missing that common purpose, even though I know the common purpose is here as well. At division, they made everyone new get up, along with their boss, who introduced us and said what our role is. Before my boss spoke, my cow orkers started clapping. They told me later they said "we plan to keep her" and that made me feel really good. There are good people here. The things i was apprehensive about, in going to a new place, have already become irrelevant, and I am so lucky and happy.

Cicero · 12-19-2008, 01:13 PM

lol! Goodz Shaw! No better xmas present than work validation, and the assured promise of more work!

UT, I would do it. Go for it. You could go back in with the "no harm no foul" attitude.

Give people a chance to realize a mistake, and rectify it. If they can't, they blow.

Yznhymr · 12-19-2008, 01:31 PM

Yeehaw!!! I was just informed I am getting a bonus in my next check. Totally unexpected. My company doesn't do Christmas bonuses; this is based on work I did this year that they want to reward me for. My wife is sooo excited. I am sure it will be spent before I finish typing this! LOL

Undertoad · 12-19-2008, 01:47 PM

Hey, they accepted my unemployment insurance claim this time. Next time they might not. I won't work there unless there are several changes in upper management.

And long term, a company that can only reliably monitor FM radio is going to die anyway.

Shawnee123 · 12-19-2008, 01:49 PM

Heh...true. Still, what great vindication to know they suck without you!

Sundae · 12-19-2008, 04:16 PM

My Dad accidentally shut Diz out when he went to the shed to get ice cubes during an ad break (the shed is only a step away from the back door and is where they keep the freezer).

Good news though.
He was out for 20 minutes before I went to check on him - I assumed he was on the heater in the hall. I immediately went to the back door and called, and he streaked in on his cold little paws.

This does make me happy because he didn't run and he has the sense to know this is home.

HungLikeJesus · 12-19-2008, 04:39 PM

I hope your dad is OK. Maybe you should try to convince him to wear shoes next time he goes out for ice.

Why didn't he knock?

12-19-2008, 09:11 AM	#3032
LabRat twatfaced two legged bumhole Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 3,143	snow day!!!! __________________ Strength does not come from how much weight you can lift, or how many miles you can run. It comes from knowing that you set a goal, and rose to the challenge. Strength comes from within.

12-19-2008, 09:46 AM	#3033
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	NO WAY! It's fifty degrees over here! __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

12-19-2008, 09:52 AM	#3034
LabRat twatfaced two legged bumhole Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 3,143	Technically, not the University, but my daughter's school was cancelled, so I'm staying home with her. Now, if I could only stay out of those damn peanut butter balls... __________________ Strength does not come from how much weight you can lift, or how many miles you can run. It comes from knowing that you set a goal, and rose to the challenge. Strength comes from within.

12-19-2008, 12:22 PM	#3037
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	Have you applied for the job? Maybe you can get a raise. __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

12-19-2008, 01:07 PM	#3039
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	I think you should too, UT. Just see what happens. Today, we had our luncheon, then met in our divisions. At the luncheon I was thinking how emotionally invested I was in my old job, and sort of missing that common purpose, even though I know the common purpose is here as well. At division, they made everyone new get up, along with their boss, who introduced us and said what our role is. Before my boss spoke, my cow orkers started clapping. They told me later they said "we plan to keep her" and that made me feel really good. There are good people here. The things i was apprehensive about, in going to a new place, have already become irrelevant, and I am so lucky and happy. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

12-18-2008, 08:56 PM	#3031
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	I'd like to echo that Rock on and add a Tommy (one for the Brits)

12-19-2008, 11:58 AM	#3035
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	kinky...

12-19-2008, 12:17 PM	#3036
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Schadenfreude - the place that got rid of me just advertised the position in Craigslist again, which means they couldn't find someone in three months now, and are almost certainly desperate. My friendly ex-cow-orkers all say they don't like it there without me. It also means pager duty rolls around every 3 weeks instead of every 4 for everyone in my ex-group... with no end in sight. Three people are on the pager, so they share it on a one week on, two weeks off basis. With me in rotation, there were four of us, so it was three weeks off. They are regretting it. Upper-level management is responsible for 98% of all problems at that place.

12-19-2008, 01:13 PM	#3040
Cicero Looking forward to open mic night. Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: New Mexico Posts: 5,148	lol! Goodz Shaw! No better xmas present than work validation, and the assured promise of more work! UT, I would do it. Go for it. You could go back in with the "no harm no foul" attitude. Give people a chance to realize a mistake, and rectify it. If they can't, they blow. __________________ Show me a sane man, and I will cure him for you.- Carl Jung

12-19-2008, 01:31 PM	#3041
Yznhymr the crowd goes wild! Join Date: May 2007 Location: USA Posts: 663	Yeehaw!!! I was just informed I am getting a bonus in my next check. Totally unexpected. My company doesn't do Christmas bonuses; this is based on work I did this year that they want to reward me for. My wife is sooo excited. I am sure it will be spent before I finish typing this! LOL __________________ "The pride system tends to intensify the self-hate against which it is supposed to be a defense, since any failure to live up to one's tyrannical shoulds or of the world to honor one's claims leads to feelings of worthlessness." Bernard J. Paris, Ph.D.

12-19-2008, 01:47 PM	#3042
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Hey, they accepted my unemployment insurance claim this time. Next time they might not. I won't work there unless there are several changes in upper management. And long term, a company that can only reliably monitor FM radio is going to die anyway.

12-19-2008, 01:49 PM	#3043
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Heh...true. Still, what great vindication to know they suck without you! __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

12-19-2008, 04:16 PM	#3044
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	My Dad accidentally shut Diz out when he went to the shed to get ice cubes during an ad break (the shed is only a step away from the back door and is where they keep the freezer). Good news though. He was out for 20 minutes before I went to check on him - I assumed he was on the heater in the hall. I immediately went to the back door and called, and he streaked in on his cold little paws. This does make me happy because he didn't run and he has the sense to know this is home.

12-19-2008, 04:39 PM	#3045
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	I hope your dad is OK. Maybe you should try to convince him to wear shoes next time he goes out for ice. Why didn't he knock? __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

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