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zuben el genub
Extreme Android User
Can't say "like" but wish him well
PattiCakeUS
Android Expert
Our water has been out at work since I got here at 8 AM today, & they're expecting it to be out pretty much the rest of the day (it's 11:30 AM now). But so far no email saying we can all go home.
Apparently the extreme cold overnight caused a water pipe to burst, which requires digging in the frozen ground to fix.
Apparently the extreme cold overnight caused a water pipe to burst, which requires digging in the frozen ground to fix.
zuben el genub
Extreme Android User
You have my permission to go home early @PattiCakeUS 
PattiCakeUS
Android Expert
Woohoo!! We finally got an email saying we could go home "if we needed to" and my boss gave me the OK. But for those who chose to stay at work, someone ran out & bought a bunch of gallon jugs of water & put them by the bathrooms for "manual flushing".
Surprisingly, a ton of people stayed but I was happy to leave, as were most of the others in my department
Surprisingly, a ton of people stayed but I was happy to leave, as were most of the others in my department
septembersrain
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Watching my bills increase but not my income. [emoji30]
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Yup. No pay rise for us this year.
AZgl1500
Extreme Android User
I am on the dole they call it.
That strange thing that I thought was my paid for retirement Social Security package??
now they say it is 'taxable income'... to hell it is, the thieves. I paid for that out of my own pocket and my employer's pockets....
I have a defined benefit retirement package to supplement that, but both are rigidly defined as to how much I get... which means, the same amount 'forever'... if groceries and gasoline increase in price, I have to forgo something else.
That strange thing that I thought was my paid for retirement Social Security package??
now they say it is 'taxable income'... to hell it is, the thieves. I paid for that out of my own pocket and my employer's pockets....
I have a defined benefit retirement package to supplement that, but both are rigidly defined as to how much I get... which means, the same amount 'forever'... if groceries and gasoline increase in price, I have to forgo something else.
UPS shipping,A laptop computer a friend sent me to upgrade the OS is sitting in the Colorado Springs,CO. UPS and isn't going to be delivered until Monday.So its just going to sit there all weekend.What a load of shit.Can't stand UPS shipping.
If it was delivered today,I could have had it done and on the way back to my friend by MONDAY.
UPS shipping blows chunks.
If it was delivered today,I could have had it done and on the way back to my friend by MONDAY.
UPS shipping blows chunks.
septembersrain
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I agree. One time I had a phone sit there for days in their warehouse. I was like "Can't I just go pick it up at the warehouse?".
No. That would make it too convenient.
septembersrain
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zuben el genub
Extreme Android User
No it isn't, Move to Colorado. Get a good Chinook and the temp can rise really fast in a couple of hours.
I think the record was 5o degrees in one hour in one of the Dakotas with a good Chinook.
I think the record was 5o degrees in one hour in one of the Dakotas with a good Chinook.
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People acting like complete knobs on StackOverflow. Seems like users with 50,000+ rep have this air of supreme condescension.
jhtalisman
Android Enthusiast
Let me preface this by saying that I received a 5.35% raise about 2 months ago. That was a plant-wide for production employees increase due to turnover rates of new hires, new hires starting pay went from $13.50 to $17.00. Anyone making $16.01 or more received $1.00/hr more.
So my annual review and merit increase were due nearly 3 months ago. My supervisor, whom of course I work with daily, attempted to get me a 10% raise. It was turned down due to the recent plant wide increase, I got 5% instead. I save the cost of that 5% extra throughout the year simply by keeping scrap clean enough so it can be reprocessed and put back into the system. And the quality issues that I caught that did not make it to our primary customer, which would result in $1000's in labor cost investigating said issues, were prevented.
There are 8 persons who normally work on my production line on 4 shifts, and, frankly I am the best of those 8. I have been operating the line for the past 8 and a half years, rarely have any quality instances of my own, which those are minor, non reject, issues (and always when I was taking my lunch break). This past Saturday I found a quality issue caused by the previous shift 45 minutes prior to my shift beginning, before my shift started, resulting in minimal waste (roughly $35 worth, most of which is labor costs).
Am I asking too much to be paid for the results that I have always had?
Also, I have known for 2 months the reason for our runtimes being 40% less than 6 months ago, however, they refuse to acknowledge that is the reason, throwing anything else at it, however, none of it fixes the issue. They had maintenance make, in their eyes, a minor change to my line, however it has wrecked major havoc for the operators on the line, with having to take the line down at literally a moments notice.
So my annual review and merit increase were due nearly 3 months ago. My supervisor, whom of course I work with daily, attempted to get me a 10% raise. It was turned down due to the recent plant wide increase, I got 5% instead. I save the cost of that 5% extra throughout the year simply by keeping scrap clean enough so it can be reprocessed and put back into the system. And the quality issues that I caught that did not make it to our primary customer, which would result in $1000's in labor cost investigating said issues, were prevented.
There are 8 persons who normally work on my production line on 4 shifts, and, frankly I am the best of those 8. I have been operating the line for the past 8 and a half years, rarely have any quality instances of my own, which those are minor, non reject, issues (and always when I was taking my lunch break). This past Saturday I found a quality issue caused by the previous shift 45 minutes prior to my shift beginning, before my shift started, resulting in minimal waste (roughly $35 worth, most of which is labor costs).
Am I asking too much to be paid for the results that I have always had?
Also, I have known for 2 months the reason for our runtimes being 40% less than 6 months ago, however, they refuse to acknowledge that is the reason, throwing anything else at it, however, none of it fixes the issue. They had maintenance make, in their eyes, a minor change to my line, however it has wrecked major havoc for the operators on the line, with having to take the line down at literally a moments notice.
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Not at all. Any sensible management will recognise the employees who add most value and contribution to the company, and reward or otherwise encourage these employees to stay with the company.
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I was reading this article about Trump being a teetotal president
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38651623
This statement really annoys the hell out of me
"Nor might the idealistic but muddled foreign policy of Jimmy Carter, another teetotal president. Life in the Carter White House was drearily dry and a chore for its more sociable visitors."
Now two things strike me about that sentence. The view that not drinking somehow equates to a 'drearily dry' existence. And interestingly, the opinion seems to be that in order to be sociable, one must partake of alchohol.
This sums up everything I hate about the drinking culture we have. There is massive stigma attached to not drinking alchohol. Like you are some kind of weirdo if you ask for a soft drink, or god forbid, a glass of water in a pub. That somehow teetotallers are boring, and unsociable.
And despite everything, it's still socially acceptable to drink and drive.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38651623
This statement really annoys the hell out of me
"Nor might the idealistic but muddled foreign policy of Jimmy Carter, another teetotal president. Life in the Carter White House was drearily dry and a chore for its more sociable visitors."
Now two things strike me about that sentence. The view that not drinking somehow equates to a 'drearily dry' existence. And interestingly, the opinion seems to be that in order to be sociable, one must partake of alchohol.
This sums up everything I hate about the drinking culture we have. There is massive stigma attached to not drinking alchohol. Like you are some kind of weirdo if you ask for a soft drink, or god forbid, a glass of water in a pub. That somehow teetotallers are boring, and unsociable.
And despite everything, it's still socially acceptable to drink and drive.
Not enough change. 
Change! Makes me want to hustle". 
Change! Makes me want to hustle".
Dngrsone
Android Expert
I agree: my life is entertaining enough without alcohol, and I think I can get away with saying my friends can enjoy my company without.
The U.S. Navy has long had a problem with alcohol abuse within the ranks and it wasn't until just recently that any real effort had been made to change the culture to mitigate... I can't imagine how many careers and lives were shortened because of the sanctioned alcoholic shenanigans promulgated throughout the years.
(I'm using big words in an attempt to keep this post short, believe it or not).
The U.S. Navy has long had a problem with alcohol abuse within the ranks and it wasn't until just recently that any real effort had been made to change the culture to mitigate... I can't imagine how many careers and lives were shortened because of the sanctioned alcoholic shenanigans promulgated throughout the years.
(I'm using big words in an attempt to keep this post short, believe it or not).
Active Service or Vet? Not many people reveal their military aflilliation.
Definitely not getting all "Starship Trooper" on you. j/c
Definitely not getting all "Starship Trooper" on you. j/c
Fierce!
AZgl1500
Extreme Android User
73 years of age here, and 99.99% of the alcohol that I have consumed was part of some medication that I took.
like Nyquil to help me sleep at night sometimes.
I drink some soda drinks, usually not more than a couple of 12 oz cans. in fact, it usually takes me several hours to drink all of one can of soda. I sip on it, and it sets there until it gets finished.
water is my favorite beverage, and it don't need to be cold. just not warm or hot... room temp is fine.
My dad was a lot of fun when sober, but after the 2nd can of 3.2% beer I could detect a change in his personality. by the time a six pack was down, I was gone somewhere else. I did not like hearing the same story told over for the 10,000th time.
like Nyquil to help me sleep at night sometimes.
I drink some soda drinks, usually not more than a couple of 12 oz cans. in fact, it usually takes me several hours to drink all of one can of soda. I sip on it, and it sets there until it gets finished.
water is my favorite beverage, and it don't need to be cold. just not warm or hot... room temp is fine.
My dad was a lot of fun when sober, but after the 2nd can of 3.2% beer I could detect a change in his personality. by the time a six pack was down, I was gone somewhere else. I did not like hearing the same story told over for the 10,000th time.