DTF Chat Thread v. OMG Guys it's a new Chat Thread

[Prog Snob]

Hey Reap.  I finally got to use Wireshark at my job yesterday.

[Hyperplex]

Good morning.

[King Postwhore]

Temps -- "I really need a job"

Me -- Show up on time every day and so improvement daily and I will hire you".

Temp -- Does not show up for work Friday.

[BlobVanDam]

I can't believe how often this crap keeps happening for you. It's a sad reflection on people in general.

[King Postwhore]

It really is Blob.  You have an opportunity to have a job with great benefits but people are their own worst enemies.

[Prog Snob]

I can't believe how often this crap keeps happening for you. It's a sad reflection on people in general.

What are you talking about?  You have the same work ethic.   

[Hyperplex]

I have a feeling if Blob had an office/field job, he'd show up.

Years and years ago, my office at the time hired a guy to work in the back. Not a high paying job but the guy wanted it and got it. Day 1, he showed up on time. Day 2, car trouble, showed up an hour late, but called to say so. Day 3, showed up at noon, claimed car trouble with no advance phone call. Day 4, showed up 2 hours late and was fired on the spot.

[King Postwhore]

Blob's lifestyle choice while these kids can't get their life in order.

[BlobVanDam]

I can't believe how often this crap keeps happening for you. It's a sad reflection on people in general.

What are you talking about?  You have the same work ethic.   

Oh, I know my shortcomings, don't you doubt that.
But this is one reason why I haven't had the confidence or intention to try to get a regular job, because I won't commit to something unless I know I can do it. I would never no-show a job, because it's selfish and shows a complete lack of respect not only for your employer, but yourself. I feel guilty if I let someone down who is relying on me for something, unlike these people who couldn't care less about anyone but themselves. At least I have the decency not to waste anyone's time.
Plus most of my problem is my stupid ADHD brain not letting me do the work I want to for more than 10 minutes at a time, rather than outright laziness.

[Prog Snob]

I can't believe how often this crap keeps happening for you. It's a sad reflection on people in general.

What are you talking about?  You have the same work ethic.   

Oh, I know my shortcomings, don't you doubt that.
But this is one reason why I haven't had the confidence or intention to try to get a regular job, because I won't commit to something unless I know I can do it. I would never no-show a job, because it's selfish and shows a complete lack of respect not only for your employer, but yourself. I feel guilty if I let someone down who is relying on me for something, unlike these people who couldn't care less about anyone but themselves. At least I have the decency not to waste anyone's time.
Plus most of my problem is my stupid ADHD brain not letting me do the work I want to for more than 10 minutes at a time, rather than outright laziness.

I know. I was just bustin' balls. 

I know what you are talking about though. I always start things but never finish them because I decide to move on to something else. I get distracted easily.

[BlobVanDam]

I know. I was just bustin' balls. 

I know what you are talking about though. I always start things but never finish them because I decide to move on to something else. I get distracted easily.

I know you were just messing around, but these guys are lazy shits even compared to me.

I'm always getting distracted because I'll get excited by some new project, then get distracted by some new idea, etc. I want to work on these things, and I enjoy working on them, at least initially, but my brain just often doesn't want to comply.
It feels good to occasionally check one off the list though. It's my periodic proof that I sometimes work at something!

[Hyperplex]

I'm the same way, but I don't think it's distraction, for me. I simply haven't dedicated myself to anything. I mean, I have a career that I work on every day, obviously, but it's not the same it seems as it is for others, where the creativity or the result of their work comes out of them ALL THE TIME. I used to draw a lot more, I used to write a lot more, but I've never put myself full force into something that was just part of who I am. I'm a drummer, always have been, and I suppose for a time that was my life. But even that, while still a huge part of who I am and a skill I'm never not using, has moved into the background.

I don't have journals of written words. I don't have sketchbooks loaded with drawings the way my wife does. She draws all the time, seemingly never out of ideas of what to draw and seemingly capable of just doing things without getting too frustrated or giving up. She gets ideas for paintings and paints them. I get an idea and if I even start it, it never becomes what I see in my mind and most of the time I never finish it.

I wouldn't say I get distracted. I just lose interest, focus, and motivation.

[King Postwhore]

You guys have a careers that you have chosen.  This is just manual labor and if you don't have skills at least there are opportunities here to grow.  They just don't want to.  It's sad.

[Hyperplex]

Oh I understand you. Trust me, I know what it's like to have people who don't do anything, or don't even show up. They're everywhere. I was just giving an unrequested, longwinded analysis of my own mediocrity.

[King Postwhore]

 

I think Sunday will be a unproductive day for me.  I need it.

[BlobVanDam]

I think Sunday will be a unproductive day for me.  I need it.

You and me both, brother.





The unproductive part, not the needing it part.

[King Postwhore]

There is no cake in the forecast for this weekend Blob.  Are these peasants making me go buy my own cake?


The atrocity!

[BlobVanDam]

There is no cake in the forecast for this weekend Blob.  Are these peasants making me go buy my own cake?


The atrocity!

This is an insult to your beliefs and your people!


I will be having cake on Tuesday! I'll be sure to eat an extra piece in your honour.

[King Postwhore]

Pose with it covering your face like Kiss in 16 Magazine in the late 70's/

[BlobVanDam]

Pose with it covering your face like Kiss in 16 Magazine in the late 70's/

Or I'll do it Mrs Doubtfire style

[BlobVanDam]

Pose with it covering your face like Kiss in 16 Magazine in the late 70's/

Or I'll do it Mrs Doubtfire style

[JayOctavarium]

Good morning peeps.  Gonna be a rebel again and wear jeans to work.. Even when I do this,  I'm still dressed more professionally than a quarter of my office. 

[Hyperplex]

I have had so many different dress codes in my career. First couple jobs were 100% casual. Could wear anything at all as long as it wasn't sleeveless or offensive. Then I got into management and it was business casual with jeans on fridays. Collared shirts, tuked in with slacks and dress shoes, no tie needed.
When I started this job, I assumed it was smart casual: jeans okay, collared shirts. Not long after I started I was told solid tshirts and shorts are fine. So I am always very casual, though sometimes I feel kind of out of place since I'm the only guy and the girls will wear flowy outfits that are no more casual than mine, but look differently professional. Whatever.

[axeman90210]

Good morning all, and happy Friday.

I'm in dress pants and a button down shirt every day (unless I'm in working on a holiday, in which case it's shorts/jeans and a t-shirt). I've often thought I should take it more casual though, because we never meet with clients, I only have one coworker in this whole building, and my boss is on another continent

[Hyperplex]

Yeah the logic behind the "almost anything goes" dress code here is that 99.5% of the people with whom we meet are either out of the office or over the phone, so there's no real need to dress up.

[JayOctavarium]

There is technically not a dress code for my agency..  But it's highly recommended to dress businessy.  Slacks.  Collared shirt.  Dressy shoes.  My department doesn't deal with the public face to face... So they're a bit more casual..  But I still won't dress down to the point that some people are.  Usually I'm in slacks and a long sleeve collared button up... A few days I wear slacks and a Polo (because fuck summer)..  And on the days my lead is gone I've been wearing jeans and a short sleeved collared shirt.  I'll admit...  I do wear my ratty walking shoes...  But I can get away with it because my agency is competing with the rest of the county agencies in a walking (step)  competition. But I still always have my nice dress shoes in my cube if needed. 

[BlobVanDam]

I just had to restart my computer. After 85 hours straight of rendering and editing, it was not happy with me.

[King Postwhore]

I just had to restart my computer. After 85 hours straight of rendering and editing, it was not happy with me.

You make everyone hot, crazy and in the end they shut down.  If you had a droid it would shut down too.

[BlobVanDam]

Yeah, I'd get that android all hot and bothered because I'd be too much to take.



:foreveralone:

[Prog Snob]

I'm so glad it's Friday.

[King Postwhore]

Yeah, I'd get that android all hot and bothered because I'd be too much to take.



:foreveralone:

Or her charging paterns never match up with your sleeping patterns.

I'm so glad it's Friday.

A huge hell yeah.

[BlobVanDam]

Yeah, I'd get that android all hot and bothered because I'd be too much to take.



:foreveralone:

Or her charging paterns never match up with your sleeping patterns.

SHE'LL CHARGE WHEN I DAMN WELL MAKE HER CHARGE!

And on that note, I'm off to bed, as it's 4:35am.

[Prog Snob]

Good morning, er, good night. Whatever it is. 

[King Postwhore]

 

Night Blob!

It's whiskey time.

[Prog Snob]

It's nap time.