What's scorching your groove today? - Page 76

Clodfobble · 07-28-2013, 07:30 AM

What does your wife say in all this, Perry?

ZenGum · 07-28-2013, 07:22 PM

My thoughts:

If you stay, things will probably be pretty good.

If you move, things will probably be pretty good.

In both cases, the combo of work/salary/package/lifestyle will be such that whether or not you are *happy* will be depend, not on the work-package, but on your stance toward it and other aspects of your and your family's lives.

What is it that the new position offers that you aren't getting now? Can you talk with your current boss to see if something along those lines can be found for you here?

footfootfoot · 07-29-2013, 06:45 PM

Sometimes just because you can doesn't mean you should.

Perry Winkle · 07-30-2013, 07:09 AM

Background check cleared yesterday. Now to either rebuff the suitor or submit my resignation.

I think I will be rebuffing the suitor, as much as it pains me to go back on my word. (As my inner voice screams about how shiny the suitor is. Probably has to do with all the buffing.)

Thanks for the advice all.

glatt · 07-30-2013, 07:18 AM

It sounds like you know it's the right call.

Griff · 07-30-2013, 11:41 AM

I didn't want to weigh in because you needed to figure it out for yourself. It sounds like you know where you need to be.

Perry Winkle · 07-30-2013, 03:26 PM

Made my choice. Informed the relevant parties. Staying put.

Felt like chopping off a limb. It's probably the right decision. We'll never know, right?

orthodoc · 07-30-2013, 03:40 PM

My thought is that you make your decision, and then don't look back. It sounds like you know your needs very well. And you've saved yourself the huge stress of a move, selling your house, etc. That's a major bonus.

Perry Winkle · 07-30-2013, 05:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by orthodoc

My thought is that you make your decision, and then don't look back. It sounds like you know your needs very well. And you've saved yourself the huge stress of a move, selling your house, etc. That's a major bonus.

Thanks for the perspective. I'm the king of ruminating on every decision.

Sometimes it feels like all I do is make decisions to keep my bipolar disorder under control. I need the reminder that that's not a trivial or idiotic thing, no matter how limiting it feels.

lumberjim · 08-02-2013, 09:49 AM

The new controller in our office is scorching my groove. She keeps sending emails telling me and my boss and his boss how many deals are on the open deal list. "Today there are 44 deals on the open deal list and no new deals made it into accounting yesterday." Like she has no idea that when you are delivering 10 cars in a day you really don't have time to bill them and put them into accounting.

14 of those 44 deals were not even on the road yet. Another 20 are all fucked up and can't be billed for this for that reason.... I have worked from 9 a_m till 11 p_m the last 4 days straight. I am really not in the mood for any shit from a jumped up secretary.

I just got off the phone with my boss. I called to yell at him about these emails. He gets it.... He sees me running around like a 1 armed paper hanger all day

he just says ignore her. I would prefer to.... something something something dark side.

footfootfoot · 08-02-2013, 11:35 AM

Knock knock. You say "who's there?"

Who's there?

Controller. You say "controller who?"

Flint · 08-02-2013, 11:38 AM

ƒucking "controller" is the real name of a position? There's your problem.

Perry Winkle · 08-02-2013, 11:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Flint

ƒucking "controller" is the real name of a position? There's your problem.

We've got one of those. She's the reason it takes ~60 days to get reimbursed for expenses (when it should be < 30). Because of "accounting" it makes the company look better if they hold onto money longer.

Fucking pay on time. Don't play games with your employees or vendors.

Nirvana · 08-03-2013, 12:47 AM

I am supposed to pick up a puppy in Denver in Sept. Before I paid the deposit the lady in Grand Junction. CO agreed to bring the puppy to Denver. Flights from Chicago to Denver are $200 round trip. Flights from Chicago to Grand junction are $500. I am closer to South Bend IN and flights from there to Denver are less than $200. It will cost an extra $150 to bring the puppy in cabin. Shipping the puppy alone including a new crate is about $350 she does not want to ship but offered before.

Why am I pissed you ask? [maybe you didn't ask] Now she wants me to come to Grand Junction and I am not willing to fork out more money than the puppy cost to pick him up. Especially since she was supposed to bring him to Denver. That was the arrangement pre deposit..

I think I just want my deposit back.

Old Bunyip · 08-03-2013, 04:31 AM

Nirvana (hello)
You had a verbal contract with the pup's owner. If you remind her of that and make noises like "breach of Contract" and ask for your deposit back because SHE has cancelled said contract, she might go back to the original deal for you. If she is a registered breeder you could say you might report her to the Canine Association (whatever it is called in US).

A week ago I adopted a rescued dog from our RSPCA. She was seized from a terrible "puppy farm" and has severe neurosis. 3 years old and it will take that long again and tons of TLC to heal her. First step is to get her out from under the bed and to eat and drink. I am having to offer food and water from my fingers...she freaks out at every noise or sudden movement.

good luck with your pup arrangements.

07-28-2013, 07:30 AM	#1
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07-28-2013, 07:22 PM	#2
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	My thoughts: If you stay, things will probably be pretty good. If you move, things will probably be pretty good. In both cases, the combo of work/salary/package/lifestyle will be such that whether or not you are happy will be depend, not on the work-package, but on your stance toward it and other aspects of your and your family's lives. What is it that the new position offers that you aren't getting now? Can you talk with your current boss to see if something along those lines can be found for you here? __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

07-29-2013, 06:45 PM	#3
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	Sometimes just because you can doesn't mean you should. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

07-30-2013, 11:41 AM	#6
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	I didn't want to weigh in because you needed to figure it out for yourself. It sounds like you know where you need to be. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

07-30-2013, 03:40 PM	#8
orthodoc Not Suspicious, Merely Canadian Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 3,774	My thought is that you make your decision, and then don't look back. It sounds like you know your needs very well. And you've saved yourself the huge stress of a move, selling your house, etc. That's a major bonus. __________________ The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. - Ghandi

07-30-2013, 07:09 AM	#4
Perry Winkle Esnohplad Semaj Ton Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: A little south of sanity Posts: 2,259	Background check cleared yesterday. Now to either rebuff the suitor or submit my resignation. I think I will be rebuffing the suitor, as much as it pains me to go back on my word. (As my inner voice screams about how shiny the suitor is. Probably has to do with all the buffing.) Thanks for the advice all.

07-30-2013, 07:18 AM	#5
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	It sounds like you know it's the right call.

07-30-2013, 03:26 PM	#7
Perry Winkle Esnohplad Semaj Ton Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: A little south of sanity Posts: 2,259	Made my choice. Informed the relevant parties. Staying put. Felt like chopping off a limb. It's probably the right decision. We'll never know, right?

08-02-2013, 09:49 AM	#10
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	The new controller in our office is scorching my groove. She keeps sending emails telling me and my boss and his boss how many deals are on the open deal list. "Today there are 44 deals on the open deal list and no new deals made it into accounting yesterday." Like she has no idea that when you are delivering 10 cars in a day you really don't have time to bill them and put them into accounting. 14 of those 44 deals were not even on the road yet. Another 20 are all fucked up and can't be billed for this for that reason.... I have worked from 9 a_m till 11 p_m the last 4 days straight. I am really not in the mood for any shit from a jumped up secretary. I just got off the phone with my boss. I called to yell at him about these emails. He gets it.... He sees me running around like a 1 armed paper hanger all day he just says ignore her. I would prefer to.... something something something dark side. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

08-02-2013, 11:35 AM	#11
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	Knock knock. You say "who's there?" Who's there? Controller. You say "controller who?" __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

08-02-2013, 11:38 AM	#12
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	ƒucking "controller" is the real name of a position? There's your problem. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

08-03-2013, 12:47 AM	#14
Nirvana Back in 10 Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 3,684	I am supposed to pick up a puppy in Denver in Sept. Before I paid the deposit the lady in Grand Junction. CO agreed to bring the puppy to Denver. Flights from Chicago to Denver are $200 round trip. Flights from Chicago to Grand junction are $500. I am closer to South Bend IN and flights from there to Denver are less than $200. It will cost an extra $150 to bring the puppy in cabin. Shipping the puppy alone including a new crate is about $350 she does not want to ship but offered before. Why am I pissed you ask? [maybe you didn't ask] Now she wants me to come to Grand Junction and I am not willing to fork out more money than the puppy cost to pick him up. Especially since she was supposed to bring him to Denver. That was the arrangement pre deposit.. I think I just want my deposit back. __________________ Speaking simply... do not confuse this with having a simple mind.

08-03-2013, 04:31 AM	#15
Old Bunyip Antagonistic Antagonist Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: South Australia Posts: 22	Nirvana (hello) You had a verbal contract with the pup's owner. If you remind her of that and make noises like "breach of Contract" and ask for your deposit back because SHE has cancelled said contract, she might go back to the original deal for you. If she is a registered breeder you could say you might report her to the Canine Association (whatever it is called in US). A week ago I adopted a rescued dog from our RSPCA. She was seized from a terrible "puppy farm" and has severe neurosis. 3 years old and it will take that long again and tons of TLC to heal her. First step is to get her out from under the bed and to eat and drink. I am having to offer food and water from my fingers...she freaks out at every noise or sudden movement. good luck with your pup arrangements. __________________ Love many. Trust few. Always paddle your own canoe

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