• Servais@dormi.zoneOPEnglish
    2·
    1 day ago

    @[email protected], it’s your lemmyversary tomorrow, but I might forget about it, so wish it to you now, happy cake day! 🎉

    (Also my instance still has the leap-year-1-day-too-early-cakeday bug)

  • whoareu@lemmy.caEnglish
    8·
    3 days ago

    Nothing special, just woke up and went to office right now writing this comment. did some configuration of zsh, vscode to make it a good experience to debug Odoo software.

    • Varyk@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      5·
      3 days ago

      This comment about odoo software made me think of that Bowie song from labyrinth where he says “voodoo who do you do the power of the baaabe!”

      So things are really looking up.

  • MintyFresh@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    3 days ago

    My brother is coming tomorrow! We’re gonna hang for a day then go north and hang with the rest of the fam. So exited, haven’t seen him for a year!

  • neidu2@feddit.nlMEnglish
    5·
    3 days ago

    Visiting the head office, something I don’t do very often. Mostly to give people a proper farewell and go through the offloading regarding my work laptop et al. Tomorrow is my last day here.

    “It’s visible that you’re field crew. It’s not often that people hand in their laptop, and the dirt is in the outside instead of covering the keyboard. On that note, once it’s off the domain you can keep it, we don’t need it”.

    So I guess I’ll be using the same laptop in my new job, starting Monday.

    • Elaine@lemm.eeEnglish
      3·
      3 days ago

      I’m starting a new job on Monday too - with the same laptop. Will you still be working in the field or are you trading that for indoors?

      • neidu2@feddit.nlMEnglish
        2·
        3 days ago

        Same as before mostly. Maybe a little bit more home office. I expect maybe 80% supporting the operations from home, and 20% in a port somewhere on the other side of the world. I like it that way: Either I’m seeing the world, or I’m chilling at home.

  • Elaine@lemm.eeEnglish
    4·
    3 days ago

    Two more days at the old job. It’s going slower than molasses. Usually there is hoopla planned when someone leaves this team but I haven’t heard anything about that happening. I can’t decide if I rather duck out quietly or do the hoopla.

    This weekend there is a big block party happening near me. I said I wasn’t gonna go but I changed my mind. I like getting out and going amongst people sometimes.

  • Dyskolos@lemmy.zipEnglish
    3·
    3 days ago

    Spent the week doing tours with wifey, gaming like a maniac, catching up on some documentaries, and being glad for not having to worry about kids or pets or anything else 😊

      • Dyskolos@lemmy.zipEnglish
        1·
        3 days ago

        Dearth of excitement? I sometimes wish for a bit less excitement :-) But the day only has 24h and there are so many hobbies to pursue…

  • veroxii@aussie.zoneEnglish
    3·
    3 days ago

    Got Influenza A. My wife and daughter too. Shit’s fucked. Haven’t felt this sick since COVID in 21. And we even had our flu vaccinations a month or 2 ago… So must be some other strain.

  • NJSpradlin@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    3 days ago

    I’ve spent the work week stuck at the office, and have the weekends back at home, since the new year. This one has been the worst one yet. I’m taking every Friday off for the next few months, so this is the last day of the week for me. But, it’s still rough. It’s been a train wreck.

    For example, there was an issue I inherited from someone else. So, when the next higher ups at regional asked about what was going on, I explained in detail what I was handed and what very limited timeline I had to get it running to meet its deadline. Not to make something perfect with more time, just to get it out the door. Then this individual didn’t read my detailed response and asked the same question again. So, I copied that small portion that originally answered her question (removing the deep dive explanation) out of my prior email, added ‘like I said in the below email’ because she added a CC of her boss to it, escalating for some reason, and I did the same for my boss, and I wanted to make sure that the new comers knew what I had said and was saying… and then her boss responded back asking about why I had ‘attitude’ and why I didn’t do it ‘right’ the first time.

    I didn’t have attitude, and I didn’t start the project, I just made sure we got it out the door in the very limited time period I had. That mission wasn’t going to wait for me, so I made sure we completed it. The email was a concise and professional. She didn’t read my last one with detail on what lead to the problem, and her boss didn’t either, before they jumped down my throat about it. The last hour yesterday, that I could have been using elsewhere on other projects, was sitting in my boss’ office as he explained to them the same situation I did and that having read the email chain himself he absolutely sees what I meant and how I meant it. If these guys would have just called and asked… instead of putting people on blast…

    Anyway, I’m still in my room at the office putting off getting up. I’m going to skip my work out and get Starbucks instead, for the second time this week. Fuck it.

    • Today@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      3 days ago

      It sucks that people are so quick to escalate, especially when they’re the ones misunderstanding the situation. Surely they were apologetic once it was explained. Ha.

      ‘room at the office’? You sleep at your office?

      • NJSpradlin@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        3 days ago

        Yeah, you’d hope they’d be sorry about it. But, no. My boss had a phone conversation with their boss and then we discussed it this morning. They’re on their toes, so we’re going to continue like we have been until everything blows over. Short, guarded and professional.

        Yeah, I got promoted from one region to the other, 4 hours away. I bought a decent home a few years ago with a really good interest rate and the value is up about 75k. I’d rather not sell it. Which means I’m living in a room on our footprint. It’s not unheard of in our industry, so much so that we even have a name for it; “Geo Bachelor”.

  • Today@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    3 days ago

    Been working on cleaning out my mom’s house. Called a guy for what i thought was a small repair. That turned into $10k (that i agreed to and am now scrambling to find) and led to a foundation repair estimate of $25k plus expected plumbing issues. I don’t really want to sell it but not sure i can afford to keep it. Sad, frustrated, still have a tremendous amount of stuff to donate/sell and much cleaning to do. Grateful that i have summer break to do it so there’s time to appreciate the memories. Also happy that my son is living there, covering the mortgage, and having a nice, safe home that he wouldn’t otherwise be able to afford.

  • BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.worldEnglish
    21·
    3 days ago

    Found out today that some of my coworkers are antivaxxers who just got the required COVID shots for work, and they spent lunch gaily chatting about how it’s not needed while I seethed. I will be avoiding them from now on.