Grumpy Old Man
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@barbarian said in Grumpy Old Man:
Sometimes I wish I was a farmer or a builder, someone who delivers real value to the world. But then I realise that would actually entail hard work, something I've steadfastly avoided for all of my 36 years on earth.
As the son of a farmer, let me say:
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You made the right decision on that.
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There is something primal and mentally very powerful about producing something physical. I rebuilt my garage shelving into something a lot better so I could fit a home gym, and it was very satisfying (except painting which is great for the first 55 minutes and/or serious mis-step with the roller). Same feeling I got when building my pool deck, even tho most chippies would laugh at it.
You can see why men's sheds exist.
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@Rancid-Schnitzel said in Grumpy Old Man:
Can't say the same about the 50 plus year old "floaters" though. Not sure if they switched their brains off at 40 or whether they've always been like that and coasted the entire time.
A colleague and I - both in our 40s
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Anyway, we're having a coffee because we only see each other every couple of months, and we were talking about some of the mouth-breathers in the building, particularly the "ways of working" types and such. I quipped:
"I've noticed that most of these Agile Facilitators appear to be middle aged women with no discernible skills"
She snorted coffee.
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@NTA said in Working From Home:
Today's grump: finance people with what I'm calling undiagnosed Asperger's Syndrome.
Accountants?
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@antipodean said in Working From Home:
@NTA said in Working From Home:
Today's grump: finance people with what I'm calling undiagnosed Asperger's Syndrome.
Accountants?
One in particular, who has regularly thrown me and my team lead under the bus in front of senior leadership about the data we produce.
Four fucking years of working a system from the ground up, doing my absolute best to anticipate and correct the yawning chasm full of fuckups by every other fluffybunny in the building, and this prick just walks into meetings to vent his spleen.
"But surely, Nick" you enquire, astounded "SURELY he came to you or your boss with his concerns first?"
Nup. Just lobbed a hand grenade into a meeting full of people who assess my performance and then walked away. Multiple times.
And, surprise surprise, when he finally sent me examples of "incorrect or missing" data, I found that the retard wasn't even looking in the right place.
I've got the receipts you dickhead. Come at me.
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Still on workplace gripes........
Pronouns.
Thank FUCK I no longer work in an industry that "encourages" the use of them just to make others comfortable.
I'm tall. I have a beard and a deep voice. I'd mention that I lift weights but I might not be able to compete with some Eastern European women so I'll leave that out.......
I am ( hopefully ) obviously a "CIS" male ( yep the ones that cause all the crime aye Marama )
What possible fucken use is there for me to put "he/him" in my email signature just to make a tiny minority more comfortable ?
Identify as whatever the fuck you want, doesn't bother me ( and I mean that, go for gold, fill your boots....) just don't make me pander to your imaginary bullshit.
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@MN5 we had a global town hall yesterday, I turned it off after twenty minutes of sycophantic yanks on the chat backslapping the shit out of the leaders. The final straw was when they announced the launch of "BProud" in direct response to "global activities" to broadcast that everyone is welcome.
No one was feeling unwelcome.
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@Bones a couple of years back one of our KPIs was about doing something for the LGBTQI+ community. Like actually nominating it and then showing how we'd gone abut doing it.
I was already there; fully supportive of everyone's preferences as long as they got their work done.
I'll definitely call out any fuckwit behaviour around it. Do I have to make a flag as well?
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@nzzp said in Grumpy Old Man:
@MN5 said in Grumpy Old Man:
I'm tall. I have a beard and a deep voice. I'd mention that I lift weight
do you mention that you like craft beer, or do people just assume that about you?
Did you just assume my bender ?
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@MN5 said in Grumpy Old Man:
@nzzp said in Grumpy Old Man:
@MN5 said in Grumpy Old Man:
I'm tall. I have a beard and a deep voice. I'd mention that I lift weight
do you mention that you like craft beer, or do people just assume that about you?
Did you just assume my bender ?
this is an underappreciated post people. Quality.
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@nzzp said in Grumpy Old Man:
@MN5 said in Grumpy Old Man:
@nzzp said in Grumpy Old Man:
@MN5 said in Grumpy Old Man:
I'm tall. I have a beard and a deep voice. I'd mention that I lift weight
do you mention that you like craft beer, or do people just assume that about you?
Did you just assume my bender ?
this is an underappreciated post people. Quality.
might be a bit too subtle for some of the lunkheads on here but I appreciate the support.
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@nzzp said in Grumpy Old Man:
@MN5 said in Grumpy Old Man:
@nzzp said in Grumpy Old Man:
@MN5 said in Grumpy Old Man:
I'm tall. I have a beard and a deep voice. I'd mention that I lift weight
do you mention that you like craft beer, or do people just assume that about you?
Did you just assume my bender ?
this is an underappreciated post people. Quality.
I just assumed it was an accident.
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@taniwharugby said in Grumpy Old Man:
I really had to rack my brains about this one, it took me way longer than it should have. Then again I haven't seen that show for I don't know how long.
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I hate when watching rugby, a player scores a try and all the subs swarm in for the group hug...
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@taniwharugby said in Grumpy Old Man:
I hate when watching rugby, a player scores a try and all the subs swarm in for the group hug...
Any other stoppage, surely that's a penalty.
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@taniwharugby said in Grumpy Old Man:
I hate when watching rugby, a player scores a try and all the subs swarm in for the group hug...
Hate with an absolute passion..
