Just had some good news - my younger boy Nick (who works at NASA at Cape Canaveral) is safe. He and his wife and my granddaughter did the smart thing and evacuated. Currently in LA. I have been so worried. But all are safe and well.
That must be a huge relief.
Sidenote: how awesome to be working at NASA.
I am insanely proud of him. Given that he started as an apprentice cos school and him could not agree. And proud of his brother too for different reasons. Give me a few drinks and I’ll take all the credit for their success.
I’ve heard it’s out of this world.
Am glad to hear they’ve gotten out - I’ve been watching live updates out of total fascination.
sorry you have a son who works for NASA?! How has that NOT come up before?!?!?!
Talk about burying the lede here! :D
Did back on reddit once.
Very good to hear :)
Glad to hear they’ve safe.
You must have been so worried.
Grand. I’m glad they’re clear
Good to hear.
That’s a relief
That is awesome and I’m glad they had the sense to get out.
Fantastic!
I haven’t been as active on here because I wanted to sit down and type out what’s been going on at work properly.
I’m still going through my performance support agreement. The first period of it went for a month, the second only went for two weeks. I was expecting to to go for the same amount of time so I didn’t do everything I was supposed to for that period and it caught me off-guard.
I’m currently on my second written warning and I can’t see myself getting through this. Something always comes up, or something goes wrong, or it feels like they point out something else I’m not doing that wasn’t brought up before.
If I wrote this all out two weeks ago I would have been more upset and frantic, but it’s like I’m at the Acceptance stage now. I’m putting in for other jobs and fully project managing my job hunt. I’ve just accepted the 18th may be my last day, and honestly my notice period is the biggest thing stopping me from moving on to work I’d rather do, even if it’s just temporary.
Things have been going alright at work the last couple of weeks, but that’s also because there hasn’t been as much for me to do. Best case scenario is they decide to keep me on and I can leave on my own terms and get my leave paid out. I’ve decided that I don’t want to work here, I don’t want to work under my manager, and I don’t want to use Marketing Cloud anymore.
I’ve found some roles where I could make things work, and they’re much more in line with what I want to do. The job I have should be easy, but it’s amazing how a job were you work from home clicking things on a screen can be made so frustrating and stressful.
🤞
It’s a very traumatic, emotional thing to go through. I hope your next steps provide relief, and a more satisfying job.
I had a sliding doors moment a few years ago where I could have taken a 12 month contract at the government department I was in or my first Marketing Cloud role.
I know the grass always seems greener but I was good at that work and enjoyed it, I’ve been thinking about how things would have turned out differently if I took that role instead
Good luck.
I was on one of these performance plans at my last job. What I learned from my experience - once you are on a plan, there’s rarely any coming back. It’s a road to the end, how quickly that happens is up to you. The microscope is on you and they will find any fault to make you want to leave. I was also not busy for a lot of my plan period, because the work was going to other people instead of me, to increase the feeling of worthlessness (although I was happy to get paid to do very little). My mental health and confidence in my work took an absolute battering. I’m glad you’ve decided to move on.
That’s what I’ve come to realise. The biggest mistake I’ve made is not putting more effort into leaving sooner. I’ve put time into applications for jobs I actually want and I know recruiters who can put me forward for roles when I don’t have a notice period.
One of the biggest things for me is even if I got through this period, I still have to work at the same place and be managed by the same person
This one’s been going since the late 1800’s was my late great aunt’s from down in Warrnambool.
When she passed she left a fair few plants to the p’s and also her beach combing spoils to meeee (which I really need to display). i only met her when I was a young kid in the late 80’s but she hoarded everything. The sad thing was that there was a falling out between the siblings (2 sisters and a brother or my grandfather) and the sisters never spoke to each other after their parents’ estate was broken up. She was a lovely lady apparently and had a huge green thumb.
My nan has a similar story. doesn’t speak to her sister at all. She dosent/didnt like to talk about. Ironic. cause now I dont talk to my mum or her. Guess it runs in the family.
I have been asked to sit on an interview panel for a position that I know my boss has applied for.
If he gets the job, I have good shot at getting his.
I pointed this out to the hiring manager and they see nothing wrong with it. Ethics shmethics I guess.
What is: Conflict of Interest? 😂
I declined the invite, despite the advice. No sense in two people getting axed over breaches.
The right call for sure, no way you wanna put yourself in that position 😬
Considering management and hiring standards are under a microscope right now, definitely. I am not going to be a scapegoat.
my rotund son
A perfectly baked croissant
All I can think about right now is going and buying potatoes and things to eat with potatoes after work on Friday, then spending the whole weekend eating potatoes
I’m finally going to do it 🥲
You might as well face it, you’re addicted to spuds …
If I want to go on a bender over the weekend I’m allowed to do that. I’m an adult
Clearly not where potat is concerned. No self-control at all, at all. I’d dm you the contact for Potat Anonymous, but it’s a very underground organisation.
Ty. I think it’s called tuberculosis
Just keep chipping away at the problem.
I try but it’s like peeling an onion. And my solutions are so half baked
Agreed, the potat must be confiscated. I will hold them
The CEO is disappointed that you are not thinking about your family — The Company.
That sounds ominous.
The Company Giveth and the Company Taketh
😟
You have the number one best attribute for a Russian troll worker, a love of potat because that’s what you’re paid
So apparently about half of my fellow students got a WAI for their 4 modules (8 assessments) last term, or were very late submitting them. Teachers ripped into the class about last assessment submissions, how this isn’t high school, and they won’t be chasing shit anymore. That this was pretty close to the worst the teachers had seen.
I’m just twiddling my thumbs, with my 8 passes and positive feedback, being like “doo doo doo” 👀
I don’t even understand how, they had so much class time to come in and get help lol. I even offered help and had a few people take me up on it, so I’m not sure how this happened.
I shouldn’t laugh at them, and I’m not really, but damn. Damn.
Maybe being a “mature-aged student” does help considerably with this sort of school work… 🤷🏼♀️lol. When I was mature age doing Ag. science I laughed at the kids who couldn’t read a grid system map. Had no shame about that.
Also putting an = in an excel cell was like magic to them.
I shouldn’t laugh either but it made me wonder what the fuck they were taught in HS.
It’s actually wild tbh, I have no idea what HS is like and I imagine with the state of the world, the prevalence of social media, and a lack of care in their own education, and a lack of curiosity is driving it.
I have heard anecdotally, that HS students are generally really inattentive and rude in classrooms these days. I do wonder what will happen to them when they finish up and enter “the real world”. Will they still receive a pass? Or will reality provide them harsh truths? Will they take on the lessons and change, or double down?
That excel thing also blew the minds of my 50+yo coworkers and bosses at my last job. Millennials do be surrounded by some silly people, god.
Also partly they haven’t realised that the responsibility is fully on them or should be I reckon.
It must be that, but may not explain the mature ages students who done fucked up too 😂
I just had one of those naps where you don’t know who you are when you wake up lol
Actually looking forward to work tomorrow. After having spent so long at home this year, I can’t stand it.
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How much toilet paper does Fluffy end up going through? Seems like quite a lot?
1 roll a week. Which isn’t too bad, but it absolutely is weird lol
That’s not too bad. I could think of worse.
Think Fluffy would notice if you switched to a budget brand?
That’s actually not a bad idea. See, I tried to take it away and not replace it, and she stood at the toilet door jumping for the handle at all hours of the night until I caved in.
She needs it quilted to be pillowy soft!
If you posted this as a dating profile pic in the great TP shortage of 2020 just imagine how many hits you’d get.
Emperor of the bog roll
I’m all for dogs under control and all that, but if you ride your bike directly through an off lead area and then yell at the dogs that bark at you and try to kick them you can go get fucked.
Hole bored ⛏️ ⛏️ ⛏️ ⛏️
…fuck now I gotta dig trenches.
Took a 2nd day off to recover from migraine. Nice to just relax a little from work stress. Plus get to practice a bit more for next week.
gentle hugs, migraines can be very tiring. You’re doing the right thing by resting.
Hey baby, are you today’s date because you’re 10/10.
Is that a boner in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?
I’m today’s date because I’m shrivelled up and old.
Yes, he is 😝
What a stunning day outside
So thankful for TAFE, a purpose.
The holidays were nice, but man, I was going crazy
I’ve been straight up bawling because I can see Melbcat getting old… and then she ran at full speed out of the back room to the screen door.
Was there a bad cat she scared away? The world will never know.
She’s just proving she’s still a spry lady :D
So many hugs.
You think they’re old and you feel bad and then they fucking scale the cutains and parkour off the ceiling at mach 5
She is definitely slowing down and getting creakier.
She’s still happy… eating, affectionate, curious about birds outside and moving around. But it’s a spectre. I might consider adding cbd into her regime and will be watching over the coming years to ensure she’s still okay and enjoying life.
