Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-01-05T05:01:21-05:00
Well... technically it's morning. 4 am. I haven't gone to sleep yet. It's 4 am. I'll probably stay up just a little longer to be sure. And I wish it'd just snow already!
Eric 'Trinkets&Nopes' Baumgarten 2016-01-05T08:30:44-05:00
Good morning all.
Well, yesterday of inventory was worse than last Thursday. And today might be the worst day of all. Unless the boss buys pizza for lunch. It's only Pizza Hut, so it's not like it's anything great. But it would be a free lunch.
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-01-05T08:42:16-05:00
Morning Trinket.
Free lunch is free lunch. I'll take your pizza slice if you don't want it.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-01-05T09:11:27-05:00
Good Morning Kittens!
Inventory sucks! We always get something when we're doing inventory. Normally pizza or chicken dinner, not the best, but free is the right price! Our inventory is coming up in a couple of months and normally takes at least two days. We have an inventory of over 6 mil and 30 people to count it all. Uhhhggg!
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-01-05T09:13:38-05:00
free is the right price!
And will usually make food taste better.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-01-05T09:32:24-05:00
@Geist, I'm not so sure about that. Love. Love makes food taste better!
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-01-05T09:35:27-05:00
I kinda agree with you BaKhan but if it isn't made with love, free is a great seasoner.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-01-05T09:59:24-05:00
lololol! and they said hunger was the best sauce... ;)
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-01-05T10:12:21-05:00
Completely true. It's the only reason why McDonald's hamburgers can taste like prime rib at times.
@Geist: McDonald's always tastes like death. Not sure how it could taste like prime rib, even if it was the last food on earth.
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-01-05T10:39:53-05:00
Morning GM.
I don't have the same problem with Mickey D's food that you do. I think their hamburgers taste like wet cardboard but I'd scarf one down if I hadn't eaten anything all day and probably enjoy it.
I think the last time I ate at McDonald's and didn't get sick, I only ate the French fries. Not 100% sure though, since it was something like 12+ years ago.
Eric 'Trinkets&Nopes' Baumgarten 2016-01-05T11:04:28-05:00
I try to stay away from McD's. When Taco Bell is right next to McD's, it's never a choice.
I really hate how slow my work computer is when it's scanning.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-01-05T11:59:09-05:00
I really hate how a customer calls and leaves a voicemail for me, when my voicemail says specifically that I don't recommend them doing that, rather, call one of my co-workers, or send me an email, and then when I don't get back to them right away, complains to my boss. Yeah, lets see what kind of customer service he gets going forward... Grrrr!
Lord Zombitten 2016-01-05T12:11:36-05:00
Last time I ate at McDonald's, it was on a day when I was planning on Wendy's so I didn't take lunch to work. Wendy's closed early because of a blizzard. It was a Sunday and the company cafe was closed on Sundays. By the time I finished my shift at 2 AM, I was starving and McDonald's was the only place open. The first burger was delicious. The second was okay. The third wasn't very good. I don't think I tasted the fries. The chicken nuggets were decent.
Lord Zombitten 2016-01-05T12:17:34-05:00
I wished Taco Hell had been open, though
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-01-05T12:44:33-05:00
I hate when people call me to ask a question when the SOP says that you have to send your question to the help desk first. What if I'm not at work? Then you'll get bitchy when I don't respond BECAUSE I'M NOT THERE!
Eric 'Trinkets&Nopes' Baumgarten 2016-01-05T12:50:43-05:00
GM, we used to drive 45 miles to the closest Taco Bell. Then a town over got one and it was only 20 miles. Finally we got one. Best thing ever. And we recently got an Arby's. Yeah meat!!
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-01-05T12:59:40-05:00
Arby's? I know of only one in the DMV area off the top of my head. Ick to that.
I'm waiting for approvals....and then I need to wait for the controller and VP of HR to be out of their meetings to go over the payroll...THEN I need to submit it.
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-01-05T15:22:24-05:00
Is it the end of the day yet? Kind of going crazy here.
I'll just repeat this because it applies to me as well. The first of the month and it's check cutting day. *sigh* There are two bars nearby. Maybe I still have time to sneak out and have a nip or 3 before quitting time.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-01-05T15:28:19-05:00
Eh, McD's fries just taste like chemicals to me. Their breakfast can be good and the iced coffee is pure sugar, but it's great. Other than that, though...
Arby's is actually pretty good, though. Taco Hell is one of the best! But Trinkets, I know your pain. If we want fast food out here, the closest place, or at least the easiest, is Lincoln, half an hour away. If we go to Omaha for something else, it's at least 45 minutes and at least a 100 mile round trip.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-01-05T15:30:50-05:00
I would feel snooty since I don't go back until next monday, but I go back next monday, so I'm not too happy. Less than a week left of freedom. And then starts what promises to be the absolute worst semester so far.
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-01-05T15:41:13-05:00
If I had my way, I'd eat breakfast at this place everyday. I've had the T.U.B.S. sandwich many times and the Walk of Shame Burrito is a joy to eat.
Eric 'Trinkets&Nopes' Baumgarten 2016-01-05T15:51:50-05:00
Walk of Shame burrito, lol.
That wins best burrito name.
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-01-05T15:53:53-05:00
@Trinkets: You should try the adult milkshakes. Talk about a party in your mouth.
Eric 'Trinkets&Nopes' Baumgarten 2016-01-05T15:55:19-05:00
There's a place in Madison(Wisconsin) called Bennett's. I'm not sure what day it is on, but they have a thing called smut and eggs. They show vintage porn durring breakfast.
Lord Zombitten 2016-01-05T16:05:42-05:00
So many things...
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-01-05T16:07:04-05:00
@Trinket: Thank you. You just decided where I'm going to go on vacation this year. ;-)
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-01-05T16:49:57-05:00
Does anybody have a dark corner somewhere where I can just curl up and die?
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-01-05T17:25:58-05:00
How about my closet? I never find anything once stuff get tossed in there.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-01-05T17:28:31-05:00
@Geist, thanks, I'll bring an air freshener...
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-01-05T17:36:12-05:00
BaKhan, sounds like you need to go to bed. And this is coming from a person who couldn't sleep until after 5 last night. Also, I didn't even get a chance to finish my breakfast. I made eggs and ate them while I microwave cooked ramen noodles, but just as I got to the noodles, literally had the fork raised, I noticed I had to go somewhere. Surprisingly, they were still warm when I got back like an hour later!
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-01-05T17:36:37-05:00
Air freshener? Why do you need that? Can't you just light a match?
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-01-05T17:40:38-05:00
@Zem, I need to get a different job, but sleep would be good as well. Can't light a match when you're dead, not easily anyways. I'm too grumpy to be creative right now.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-01-05T17:52:15-05:00
Shoot, I missed the Steam sale. Forgot about it the last few days, so now I'll have to pay full price if I want Just Cause 3. It was 20% off.
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Sleep fixes everything.
Lord Zombitten 2016-01-05T18:33:51-05:00
Speaking of steam, I recently found a Steam key a friend had given me for Street Fighter IV Ultimate Arcade Edition...a year ago. It still worked. That was good news.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-01-05T18:41:47-05:00
I don't think those things expire really, do they? As long as the game is on steam, usually forever, then it should work.
I don't think they ever remove a game from steam. At least, not for usability. MAYBE from the store if it never gets bought, but even then, I highly doubt that.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-01-05T18:50:22-05:00
I think only for controversy, really, but that virtually never happens. There are some really stupid, pointless games that never sold from 10 years ago some people I know have that are still supported.
Zack "KitKat" Rice 2016-01-05T21:03:56-05:00
I love you people
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-01-05T21:37:01-05:00
Awh, LZ- haven't heard you say "so many things" in a long time!
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-01-05T22:42:07-05:00
Hi! How's Leo?
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-01-05T22:42:26-05:00
Did those people ever leave last night or are you still there waiting for the table to empty?
Eric 'Trinkets&Nopes' Baumgarten 2016-01-05T23:28:04-05:00
Finally decided to start the book I got for Christmas. The complete works of H.P. Lovecraft. Kind of hard to read when you have 2 cats fighting to be the one who lays on top of the book. Off to bed. Here's to a better day tomorrow foe everyone.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-01-05T23:50:57-05:00
Yeah, even i hope it's better. Was NOT feeling great today. Not very much went as planned. Though I did have even more hamburger than I could eat, which is nice. The bacon, though. Half a pound gone like a magic trick. Which was even better.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-01-06T01:42:52-05:00
It says the humidity here is 80%. My throat begs to differ. At least I haven't woken up with a bloody nose like last year, but having an already sore throat that's just kicked while it's down by this dry of air is terrible. I think I might have to sneak out my parents' humidifier while they're gone.
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-01-06T01:54:27-05:00
Stream? Like soda?
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-01-06T03:16:17-05:00
Steam as in the gaming platform.
Speaking of stream, which sounds like water, it's so dry here and I'm so dehydrated for no reason that last night alone I drank over half a gallon, 2 and a half movie-theater large cups, in a few hours. And somehow I only went to the bathroom like 4 times total and almost didn't need to after waking up. It's like I'm spongebob in Sandy's dome and the atmosphere is pulling the water out of me. This is just so weird. I'd say it could be worse than just not feeling good and I could be majorly sick 3 times like last year, but I won't because that's tempting fate.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-01-06T09:39:32-05:00
Good Morning Kittens!
Eric 'Trinkets&Nopes' Baumgarten 2016-01-06T09:46:42-05:00
Good morning BaKhan. How's the day going for you?
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-01-06T09:53:34-05:00
@Trinkets, well even though my department is short handed today, it can't be as bad as yesterday was! Fingers crossed! Hope your day is a good one too!
Eric 'Trinkets&Nopes' Baumgarten 2016-01-06T09:56:17-05:00
Good morning Geist. If it is, why does the weekend feel soooooooooo far away? Ugh. I almost would rather be sick than at work. Too much insanity and not enough Korbel brandy.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-01-06T10:05:09-05:00
@Geist, happy hump day! Why don't you go have one of those creme brule donuts for me?
@GM, XP fine and -12 are mutually exclusive (excepting maybe Zem... no accounting for taste). Although, tonight should be even more fun at -22C, yikes! (10F and -7.5F for those that are celciusly challanged... ;))
We're rugged Canadian men....I'm sure we'll hide under the blankets the second we have a chance. :P
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-01-06T10:27:50-05:00
*perk*
Did someone say brandy? Yes please!
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-01-06T10:29:04-05:00
@GM: The high for today will be 50 degrees. Balmy compared to yesterday which was only 30 degrees and 19 at night.
I had the heater blasting all night last night.
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-01-06T10:29:58-05:00
@BaKhan: I would love to have one of those donuts. I might bring a dozen or so into the office in a few months. Can't do it now because too many people have weight loss resolutions to stick to until March.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-01-06T10:35:07-05:00
@Geist, I seriously hope that isn't one of the those electric space heaters you are refering to! Those things kill! I knew two people that died in a house fire started by one of those! Thier scumbag landlord secured the windows with bars attached on the outside of the building, and they couldn't get out! Promise me that if you're using one, you never sleep with it on!
Lord Zombitten 2016-01-06T11:14:30-05:00
I think it depends on the type of electric space heater. If it's one of those that have the (almost completely) exposed heating elements and blow air, then it's dangerous. The one I used growing up was an electric radiator. Of course, I checked it for oil leaks every time I used it because I didn't want to die in a fire, but there were no exposed heating elements; and the radiator itself didn't get hot enough that you couldn't touch it
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-01-06T11:18:44-05:00
@BaKhan: Actually, my space heater is currently running on my desk. I'm toasty warm!
Funny you should mention a house fire. A couple of years ago when my gran was in the hospital, I took her keys and went into her house to see if I could fetch some of her belongings. When I went upstairs to the bathroom, I noticed that the small space heater (the one currently on my desk) had been running, non stop, for a whole week! I'm actually surprised it didn't catch fire.
Lord Zombitten 2016-01-06T11:22:01-05:00
The dumbest thing I ever did with a space heater was to have one running under my work bench when I was a painter for a medical equipment reconditioning company. I'd have to have the door to the outside open while painting, even in the winter time, so I had the heater running so I wouldn't freeze to death. I'm surprised that never started a fire.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-01-06T11:35:32-05:00
I'm just saying please be careful. I realize that there are different types of them, but all of them are prone to issues, just be aware of them, and never go to sleep with one on, no matter what type they are. Please.
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-01-06T11:35:45-05:00
@LZ: That sounds uncomfortable. I hope they paid you well for putting you at the risk of getting hypothermia.
Lord Zombitten 2016-01-06T11:41:21-05:00
The job paid $14/hr and I didn't have to pay a cent for health insurance.
Lord Zombitten 2016-01-06T11:50:15-05:00
I must admit to a bit of schadenfreud when a temp took the heater from the painting room into the heated office and melted her jacket because she wasn't being careful. She asked for reimbursement for the jacket and was told that no such thing would happen, since she had been told multiple times to leave the heater where it was, and it was through her own irresponsibility that her jacket got melted.
BaKhan is 100% correct about how dangerous they are. In all honesty, I'd sleep with a lit candle before I'd sleep with a space heater on.
@LZ: I didn't start earning more than $12/hr until I got my current job. For three years running(almost four actually), Oct 2010 to April 2014, I was making that $12/hr in the same kitchen. The chef wouldn't ask to give his cooks raises until he was able to get one(and he asked at least once a month).
Lord Zombitten 2016-01-06T11:53:45-05:00
The owner of the company offered me a $1/hr raise to not go to college. I had to quit that job so I could go to the university so I could get into the field I'm in. At least one of my co-workers said I should have just taken the raise because it would have been easier. Now I'm making twice what I had been offered.
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-01-06T11:54:25-05:00
when a temp took the heater from the painting room into the heated office and melted her jacket because she wasn't being careful. She asked for reimbursement for the jacket and was told that no such thing would happen, since she had been told multiple times to leave the heater where it was, and it was through her own irresponsibility that her jacket got melted.
How stupid. Why keep the heater so dang close to you? Even the one on my desk is far enough away at the low setting so as not to set anything on fire. Unless her coat was encased in a block of ice, she should have had it at least a foot away from her. And she disobeyed an order. She should have gotten sacked.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-01-06T11:55:35-05:00
@LZ, a perfect example of the path least travelled. Most people would have taken the raise, it takes a lot more self confidence and quite frankly balls, to leave what you know and pursue a new goal. Cheers to you! (theres a lesson in there Zem...)
Lord Zombitten 2016-01-06T12:02:52-05:00
@Geist: exactly. She had draped the jacket over her chair and placed the heater behind her. When she went to lunch, she backed into the heater without realizing it and left her jacket on the heater for the duration of her lunch break. She was allowed to finish the week and told not to come back because of insubordination and putting the facility at risk through her negligence. We were very lucky there wasn't a fire. I think she might have turned it off as she stepped away, but I don't know how that could have worked without her realizing that her jacket was touching it. It was 8 years ago, so the details are a little fuzzy.
We had a guy leave a(thankfully) wet cloth sitting over a pilot light one night. Another night someone didn't turn off the fryer(thank god it didn't catch fire, and the ventilation system was off all night as well). The only thing that happened, which cause the restaurant to be closed, was the flooding that happened, what, 3 years ago? But that caused the entire downtown core to be closed for most of a week....and a lot of people were off work because of it.
Lord Zombitten 2016-01-06T12:13:27-05:00
I still marvel at the balls it would take to actually say something that amounts to "I'm a temp who disobeyed a direct order and misused company property, resulting in a destroyed jacket. I demand compensation!"
GM, that's amazing. I'm glad there weren't any fires because of stupid people where you work(ed).
We only ever had minor fires from flare-ups on the grill, or burners that weren't properly cleaned for a week. Never did we have a fire where we actually had the suppression system go off(thankfully, it did happen at another job, and it's a bitch to clean up).
Lord Zombitten 2016-01-06T12:20:49-05:00
I bet. I've always heard that the sprinklers usually do more damage than the fire does.
Rod "BaKhan" Mitchell 2016-01-06T12:24:29-05:00
Depends on what kind of fire suppression they are using... water is bad, some of the other options are even worse... foam for example.
It was a foam style that was used. Fryer overflowed, had to throw out 5 inserts of pasta sauces(and this was all at a Boston Pizza, an hour before close).
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-01-06T12:51:53-05:00
@LZ: That temp sounds like the kind of person who would sue McDonald's for coffee that is too hot.
....I left filing WAY too long....I have a Stack that is almost halfway up my forearm of new hire packages that need files made....and still a stack almost as big to find more hire packages in.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-01-06T14:03:15-05:00
Wow, up to 14 comments in one hour! You guys are chatty this morning. Kind of hard waking up late and having to catch up through all of those. I should move to an earlier time zone so I wake up at the same time.
Micah "Zem the Mattress" Philson 2016-01-06T14:10:25-05:00
I'm deathly afraid of the sprinkler system in my dorm because apparently it's really sensitive, puts out a gallon per second (which is a LOT), and hasn't been cycled in 10 years, so the water 10 year old stagnant pipe water. I have a plan to save my laptop if it were to happen while I'm there and thankfully everything else is semi-protected.
Or just get up earlier anyways. I mean, I get anywhere from 4-6hours of sleep a night, and still function perfectly fine at work(if a little hangry because I didn't eat the night before).
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-01-06T14:38:37-05:00
@GM: Your company is hiring that many people? Will they take me?
@Geist: All of these positions are either administrators in the branches, or truck drivers, swampers, or mechanics. You can always try applying, not sure what is currently being hired for(other than a US benefits specialist)...though you would need to be in Houston since that's where the office is.
Also, at least half of them are no longer with the company(whether it be voluntary resignation, or being fired for being an idiot[no call, no show; property damage; etc])
Eric 'Trinkets&Nopes' Baumgarten 2016-01-06T15:01:46-05:00
Yup. Space heaters = bad news. A house on the edge of town just burnt down yesterday because of a space heater on the porch. Everyone made it out ok, but the house is a total loss. One big pile of ashes.
I never use space heaters. I wear layers. Or just suck it up until I get to go somewhere warm.
Geist de la Muerte Gatito 2016-01-06T15:05:33-05:00
Why in the world would they have a space heater on the porch? Just put in a thicker coat or take your butt indoors where there is hot chocolate spiked with Bailey's.
Well... technically it's morning. 4 am. I haven't gone to sleep yet. It's 4 am. I'll probably stay up just a little longer to be sure. And I wish it'd just snow already!
Good morning all.
Well, yesterday of inventory was worse than last Thursday. And today might be the worst day of all. Unless the boss buys pizza for lunch. It's only Pizza Hut, so it's not like it's anything great. But it would be a free lunch.
Morning Trinket.
Free lunch is free lunch. I'll take your pizza slice if you don't want it.
Good Morning Kittens!
Inventory sucks! We always get something when we're doing inventory. Normally pizza or chicken dinner, not the best, but free is the right price! Our inventory is coming up in a couple of months and normally takes at least two days. We have an inventory of over 6 mil and 30 people to count it all. Uhhhggg!
free is the right price!
And will usually make food taste better.
@Geist, I'm not so sure about that. Love. Love makes food taste better!
I kinda agree with you BaKhan but if it isn't made with love, free is a great seasoner.
lololol! and they said hunger was the best sauce... ;)
Completely true. It's the only reason why McDonald's hamburgers can taste like prime rib at times.
Morning kittens.
@Geist: McDonald's always tastes like death. Not sure how it could taste like prime rib, even if it was the last food on earth.
Morning GM.
I don't have the same problem with Mickey D's food that you do. I think their hamburgers taste like wet cardboard but I'd scarf one down if I hadn't eaten anything all day and probably enjoy it.
At least the french fries.
I think the last time I ate at McDonald's and didn't get sick, I only ate the French fries. Not 100% sure though, since it was something like 12+ years ago.
I try to stay away from McD's. When Taco Bell is right next to McD's, it's never a choice.
@Trinkets: I know, that's when you drive the extra 50 miles until you find something that actually is food.
Mmm taco smell....
I really hate how slow my work computer is when it's scanning.
I really hate how a customer calls and leaves a voicemail for me, when my voicemail says specifically that I don't recommend them doing that, rather, call one of my co-workers, or send me an email, and then when I don't get back to them right away, complains to my boss. Yeah, lets see what kind of customer service he gets going forward... Grrrr!
Last time I ate at McDonald's, it was on a day when I was planning on Wendy's so I didn't take lunch to work. Wendy's closed early because of a blizzard. It was a Sunday and the company cafe was closed on Sundays. By the time I finished my shift at 2 AM, I was starving and McDonald's was the only place open. The first burger was delicious. The second was okay. The third wasn't very good. I don't think I tasted the fries. The chicken nuggets were decent.
I wished Taco Hell had been open, though
I hate when people call me to ask a question when the SOP says that you have to send your question to the help desk first. What if I'm not at work? Then you'll get bitchy when I don't respond BECAUSE I'M NOT THERE!
GM, we used to drive 45 miles to the closest Taco Bell. Then a town over got one and it was only 20 miles. Finally we got one. Best thing ever. And we recently got an Arby's. Yeah meat!!
Arby's? I know of only one in the DMV area off the top of my head. Ick to that.
Arby's is only good once in a rainbow moon. I think in the past 6 years, I've eaten there 4, maybe 5, times.
Is it the end of the day yet? Kind of going crazy here.
I hear that. I'm actually looking forward to the meeting I have in 3 hours. It will eat up the rest of my day.
I'm waiting for approvals....and then I need to wait for the controller and VP of HR to be out of their meetings to go over the payroll...THEN I need to submit it.
Is it the end of the day yet? Kind of going crazy here.
I'll just repeat this because it applies to me as well. The first of the month and it's check cutting day. *sigh* There are two bars nearby. Maybe I still have time to sneak out and have a nip or 3 before quitting time.
Eh, McD's fries just taste like chemicals to me. Their breakfast can be good and the iced coffee is pure sugar, but it's great. Other than that, though...
Arby's is actually pretty good, though. Taco Hell is one of the best! But Trinkets, I know your pain. If we want fast food out here, the closest place, or at least the easiest, is Lincoln, half an hour away. If we go to Omaha for something else, it's at least 45 minutes and at least a 100 mile round trip.
I would feel snooty since I don't go back until next monday, but I go back next monday, so I'm not too happy. Less than a week left of freedom. And then starts what promises to be the absolute worst semester so far.
If I had my way, I'd eat breakfast at this place everyday. I've had the T.U.B.S. sandwich many times and the Walk of Shame Burrito is a joy to eat.
http://www.tedsbulletin.com/menu/breakfast/
Walk of Shame burrito, lol.
That wins best burrito name.
@Trinkets: You should try the adult milkshakes. Talk about a party in your mouth.
There's a place in Madison(Wisconsin) called Bennett's. I'm not sure what day it is on, but they have a thing called smut and eggs. They show vintage porn durring breakfast.
So many things...
@Trinket: Thank you. You just decided where I'm going to go on vacation this year. ;-)
Does anybody have a dark corner somewhere where I can just curl up and die?
How about my closet? I never find anything once stuff get tossed in there.
@Geist, thanks, I'll bring an air freshener...
BaKhan, sounds like you need to go to bed. And this is coming from a person who couldn't sleep until after 5 last night. Also, I didn't even get a chance to finish my breakfast. I made eggs and ate them while I microwave cooked ramen noodles, but just as I got to the noodles, literally had the fork raised, I noticed I had to go somewhere. Surprisingly, they were still warm when I got back like an hour later!
Air freshener? Why do you need that? Can't you just light a match?
@Zem, I need to get a different job, but sleep would be good as well. Can't light a match when you're dead, not easily anyways. I'm too grumpy to be creative right now.
Shoot, I missed the Steam sale. Forgot about it the last few days, so now I'll have to pay full price if I want Just Cause 3. It was 20% off.
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Sleep fixes everything.
Speaking of steam, I recently found a Steam key a friend had given me for Street Fighter IV Ultimate Arcade Edition...a year ago. It still worked. That was good news.
I don't think those things expire really, do they? As long as the game is on steam, usually forever, then it should work.
I don't think they ever remove a game from steam. At least, not for usability. MAYBE from the store if it never gets bought, but even then, I highly doubt that.
I think only for controversy, really, but that virtually never happens. There are some really stupid, pointless games that never sold from 10 years ago some people I know have that are still supported.
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Awh, LZ- haven't heard you say "so many things" in a long time!
Hi! How's Leo?
Did those people ever leave last night or are you still there waiting for the table to empty?
Finally decided to start the book I got for Christmas. The complete works of H.P. Lovecraft. Kind of hard to read when you have 2 cats fighting to be the one who lays on top of the book. Off to bed. Here's to a better day tomorrow foe everyone.
Yeah, even i hope it's better. Was NOT feeling great today. Not very much went as planned. Though I did have even more hamburger than I could eat, which is nice. The bacon, though. Half a pound gone like a magic trick. Which was even better.
It says the humidity here is 80%. My throat begs to differ. At least I haven't woken up with a bloody nose like last year, but having an already sore throat that's just kicked while it's down by this dry of air is terrible. I think I might have to sneak out my parents' humidifier while they're gone.
Stream? Like soda?
Steam as in the gaming platform.
Speaking of stream, which sounds like water, it's so dry here and I'm so dehydrated for no reason that last night alone I drank over half a gallon, 2 and a half movie-theater large cups, in a few hours. And somehow I only went to the bathroom like 4 times total and almost didn't need to after waking up. It's like I'm spongebob in Sandy's dome and the atmosphere is pulling the water out of me. This is just so weird. I'd say it could be worse than just not feeling good and I could be majorly sick 3 times like last year, but I won't because that's tempting fate.
Good Morning Kittens!
Good morning BaKhan. How's the day going for you?
Morning Trinkets/BaKhan. Happy "It's-Almost-The-Weekend" Day.
@Trinkets, well even though my department is short handed today, it can't be as bad as yesterday was! Fingers crossed! Hope your day is a good one too!
Good morning Geist. If it is, why does the weekend feel soooooooooo far away? Ugh. I almost would rather be sick than at work. Too much insanity and not enough Korbel brandy.
@Geist, happy hump day! Why don't you go have one of those creme brule donuts for me?
Good morning kittens!
How is everyone this fine -12C day?
@GM, XP fine and -12 are mutually exclusive (excepting maybe Zem... no accounting for taste). Although, tonight should be even more fun at -22C, yikes! (10F and -7.5F for those that are celciusly challanged... ;))
We're rugged Canadian men....I'm sure we'll hide under the blankets the second we have a chance. :P
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Did someone say brandy? Yes please!
@GM: The high for today will be 50 degrees. Balmy compared to yesterday which was only 30 degrees and 19 at night.
I had the heater blasting all night last night.
@BaKhan: I would love to have one of those donuts. I might bring a dozen or so into the office in a few months. Can't do it now because too many people have weight loss resolutions to stick to until March.
@Geist, I seriously hope that isn't one of the those electric space heaters you are refering to! Those things kill! I knew two people that died in a house fire started by one of those! Thier scumbag landlord secured the windows with bars attached on the outside of the building, and they couldn't get out! Promise me that if you're using one, you never sleep with it on!
I think it depends on the type of electric space heater. If it's one of those that have the (almost completely) exposed heating elements and blow air, then it's dangerous. The one I used growing up was an electric radiator. Of course, I checked it for oil leaks every time I used it because I didn't want to die in a fire, but there were no exposed heating elements; and the radiator itself didn't get hot enough that you couldn't touch it
@BaKhan: Actually, my space heater is currently running on my desk. I'm toasty warm!
Funny you should mention a house fire. A couple of years ago when my gran was in the hospital, I took her keys and went into her house to see if I could fetch some of her belongings. When I went upstairs to the bathroom, I noticed that the small space heater (the one currently on my desk) had been running, non stop, for a whole week! I'm actually surprised it didn't catch fire.
The dumbest thing I ever did with a space heater was to have one running under my work bench when I was a painter for a medical equipment reconditioning company. I'd have to have the door to the outside open while painting, even in the winter time, so I had the heater running so I wouldn't freeze to death. I'm surprised that never started a fire.
I'm just saying please be careful. I realize that there are different types of them, but all of them are prone to issues, just be aware of them, and never go to sleep with one on, no matter what type they are. Please.
@LZ: That sounds uncomfortable. I hope they paid you well for putting you at the risk of getting hypothermia.
The job paid $14/hr and I didn't have to pay a cent for health insurance.
I must admit to a bit of schadenfreud when a temp took the heater from the painting room into the heated office and melted her jacket because she wasn't being careful. She asked for reimbursement for the jacket and was told that no such thing would happen, since she had been told multiple times to leave the heater where it was, and it was through her own irresponsibility that her jacket got melted.
BaKhan is 100% correct about how dangerous they are. In all honesty, I'd sleep with a lit candle before I'd sleep with a space heater on.
@LZ: I didn't start earning more than $12/hr until I got my current job. For three years running(almost four actually), Oct 2010 to April 2014, I was making that $12/hr in the same kitchen. The chef wouldn't ask to give his cooks raises until he was able to get one(and he asked at least once a month).
The owner of the company offered me a $1/hr raise to not go to college. I had to quit that job so I could go to the university so I could get into the field I'm in. At least one of my co-workers said I should have just taken the raise because it would have been easier. Now I'm making twice what I had been offered.
when a temp took the heater from the painting room into the heated office and melted her jacket because she wasn't being careful. She asked for reimbursement for the jacket and was told that no such thing would happen, since she had been told multiple times to leave the heater where it was, and it was through her own irresponsibility that her jacket got melted.
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How stupid. Why keep the heater so dang close to you? Even the one on my desk is far enough away at the low setting so as not to set anything on fire. Unless her coat was encased in a block of ice, she should have had it at least a foot away from her. And she disobeyed an order. She should have gotten sacked.
@LZ, a perfect example of the path least travelled. Most people would have taken the raise, it takes a lot more self confidence and quite frankly balls, to leave what you know and pursue a new goal. Cheers to you! (theres a lesson in there Zem...)
@Geist: exactly. She had draped the jacket over her chair and placed the heater behind her. When she went to lunch, she backed into the heater without realizing it and left her jacket on the heater for the duration of her lunch break. She was allowed to finish the week and told not to come back because of insubordination and putting the facility at risk through her negligence. We were very lucky there wasn't a fire. I think she might have turned it off as she stepped away, but I don't know how that could have worked without her realizing that her jacket was touching it. It was 8 years ago, so the details are a little fuzzy.
We had a guy leave a(thankfully) wet cloth sitting over a pilot light one night. Another night someone didn't turn off the fryer(thank god it didn't catch fire, and the ventilation system was off all night as well). The only thing that happened, which cause the restaurant to be closed, was the flooding that happened, what, 3 years ago? But that caused the entire downtown core to be closed for most of a week....and a lot of people were off work because of it.
I still marvel at the balls it would take to actually say something that amounts to "I'm a temp who disobeyed a direct order and misused company property, resulting in a destroyed jacket. I demand compensation!"
GM, that's amazing. I'm glad there weren't any fires because of stupid people where you work(ed).
We only ever had minor fires from flare-ups on the grill, or burners that weren't properly cleaned for a week. Never did we have a fire where we actually had the suppression system go off(thankfully, it did happen at another job, and it's a bitch to clean up).
I bet. I've always heard that the sprinklers usually do more damage than the fire does.
Depends on what kind of fire suppression they are using... water is bad, some of the other options are even worse... foam for example.
It was a foam style that was used. Fryer overflowed, had to throw out 5 inserts of pasta sauces(and this was all at a Boston Pizza, an hour before close).
@LZ: That temp sounds like the kind of person who would sue McDonald's for coffee that is too hot.
Oh wait, that has already been done....
....I left filing WAY too long....I have a Stack that is almost halfway up my forearm of new hire packages that need files made....and still a stack almost as big to find more hire packages in.
Wow, up to 14 comments in one hour! You guys are chatty this morning. Kind of hard waking up late and having to catch up through all of those. I should move to an earlier time zone so I wake up at the same time.
I'm deathly afraid of the sprinkler system in my dorm because apparently it's really sensitive, puts out a gallon per second (which is a LOT), and hasn't been cycled in 10 years, so the water 10 year old stagnant pipe water. I have a plan to save my laptop if it were to happen while I'm there and thankfully everything else is semi-protected.
....or go to bed before 5 AM ;-p
Or just get up earlier anyways. I mean, I get anywhere from 4-6hours of sleep a night, and still function perfectly fine at work(if a little hangry because I didn't eat the night before).
@GM: Your company is hiring that many people? Will they take me?
@Geist: All of these positions are either administrators in the branches, or truck drivers, swampers, or mechanics. You can always try applying, not sure what is currently being hired for(other than a US benefits specialist)...though you would need to be in Houston since that's where the office is.
Also, at least half of them are no longer with the company(whether it be voluntary resignation, or being fired for being an idiot[no call, no show; property damage; etc])
Yup. Space heaters = bad news. A house on the edge of town just burnt down yesterday because of a space heater on the porch. Everyone made it out ok, but the house is a total loss. One big pile of ashes.
I never use space heaters. I wear layers. Or just suck it up until I get to go somewhere warm.
Why in the world would they have a space heater on the porch? Just put in a thicker coat or take your butt indoors where there is hot chocolate spiked with Bailey's.
Don't you mean Bailey's spiked with hot chocolate?