Tundras live: Dumb Dad Jokes, Incorrect Opinions, and Relationship Advice.

Comes with the title. The difference for me is my right to refuse non-fire/small-fire situations on PTO, versus everyone having the expectation that I'll show up for anyone who whines when not on PTO. Every day is a work day, though; PTO or no.

 

You have to take the "Down Time" or you fizzle out

Con just had two weeks approved yesterday and we will finally have much needed "re-coup" time to ourselves..

We can start 2023 with Fresh eyes

Enjoy Florida and if your traveling towards "The Man" get ready for intense traffic along the I-75 route

 

Gonna need bout 3-4 lbs of high quality sushi for that boy. Those pythons gotta eat!

 

https://yelp.to/8B6yjceQKvb

 

Our situations sound a little different. The problems I deal with are about 10% client and 90% internal (mostly our sellers being idiots). My teams are technical consulting and client success; and to a man (and woman), both are great with clients. But sometimes a seller over-promises, a vendor problem arises, or some other roadblock gets in the way of a good client experience, so that's when my folks might need help.

A small-fire problem example would be a seller wanting one of my consultants to do work on a client's production environment for free, or wanting one of my client success folks to do stuff that belongs to the operations team (the operations team actually has the gall to ask us to do their job sometimes...). Easy answers, since the 'no' is already in writing. A big fire would be if a client wasn't getting help from the teams that were supposed to help, and someone needed to call their manager (we respect chain of command, so if a manager needs to be called, I'm the one who calls).

Obviously it's a cush gig, thus my ability to browse Tundras.com during the day. That, the great folks I work with, and the decent pay make it an easy decision to work when on PTO. I'm glad to be me. I gather from your previous posts yours might be a bit cush as well, even if it carries more travel and constant attention than mine.

 

OK how about "Looks Good" then

 

What about 'meh'? Everyone disses 'meh', when it's probably the most useful waste of time. smh.

 

Just woke up a out an hour ago. Been trying to go back to sleep as tonight is the first night shift, but no luck.


I love that I can pop in here in the mornings and catch up a bit on days like this. Sounds like most of us have positions we either really enjoy, get paid enough to put up with the minimal BS, or a combo of both.

@T-Rex266 , don't let @ToyoMafia co-opt you into any Florida Man crazy shenanigans! And we obviously expect pics of the sushi and other delicacies.

 

Yep; love my job. Especially right now when people start to vacation or otherwise shut down for the holiday.

 

Same. Most telecom companies are on network freezes from mid November through the new year. Generally less stuff breaks due to stupidity, but it's offset by weather related problems. Still preferable to I-D-10-T errors.

 

What's PTO?

 

Commie countries don't get it... kind of like food.

 

Exactly!

 

Lunch with my son at Ra.

 

Damn. That's a lot of sashimi! I'm overdue for sushi, but winter storms and stupid colds/flush, and stupid work are keeping me homebound for the foreseeable future..

 

I don't really go to nicer places often - the wife doesn't like sushi. Was glad to have a reason to go today; but I'm embarassed to say that if I get to jonesing too much, I'll lower myself to grocery store sushi to get a fix.

Get well.

 

https://youtu.be/sOtlMfCyCeM

 

We had a good buffet down the street from my office prior to the plague. A real buffet, not a conveyor belt - the stations were manned, but they were all self serve. IIRC you could get out of there for under $40 a head and still need to unbutton your pants when you're done. Like lots of places, it had to close.

 

I think there are "lyrics" in there somewhere. But I know these guys are unpopular.

 

At 3 posts a day, it's still going to take a while to get to 50.