This, That and the other thingamig.
Jun. 15th, 2022 09:49 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
shadowkatCovid
Between COVID and the merger, my poor little work place has been decimated.
Yet another co-worker was out with it. Almost four weeks now. He'd managed to avoid it until now - and had been out on reasonable accomodation until roughly April - when the PTB decided everyone had to "return to the office" or as they like to call it "return to work" - as if in order to do a good job, requires leaving your home and commuting to some destination with no windows, cubicles, florescent lighting, and recycled air. As a direct result of their dictate - two people, who are already overworked - inherited this guy's work and had to take it over completely. When we were all working from home - this wasn't an issue and people could actually continue with their projects.
We've all had it now, more or less, to varying degrees. Some of us wear masks, many don't. I'm in close proximity with folks that don't wear them - on trains, on platforms, on subways, in the apartment complex, on sidewalks, in stores, in the office, in the lunch room, near my cubicle, in my cubicle, in the bathroom. After a while, I kind of shrugged it off. I still wear a mask - I've upgraded to a KN95, the highest possible next to the uncomfortable N95 that they wear in hospitals.
People don't wear masks - because they don't care and don't feel like it.
My anxieties require that I continue to wear one - also my empathy for others like myself requires it. Well, at least we know I'm not a sociopath.
Crazy Org sends us these marketing emails and promotions telling us how great they are doing, how new agency is getting recognition and awards, and how they've accomplished great things - naming bosses we've never met in person or seen, outside of a video screen or heard on the phone. Worse they ignore and fail to mention all the people who actually worked on these projects, did the scutwork, and lost hours of sleep over it. It's as if they did all by themselves. Whenever I get one of these alleged "moral" boosters...I think, well, say what you will about insane organization - they have a great marketing team.
Except the marketing team is pissing people off - as opposed to boosting morale and making them feel proud, like it is supposed to. So bad marketing team?
Some days I wish I had magical powers and I could wave a magic wand and send all the people I despise to an alternate universe, where they would be happy and thrive, just far away from me.
Safety Meeting From Doom
Breaking Bad is a bit of a hoot. Considering he looks like a deranged screech owl this kind of makes sense. Imagine Walter White mixed with a Screech Owl, and a scraggily beard by way of Dumbledore, and you've got Breaking Bad.
Breaking Bad lead it. Of course. It's gotten more entertaining since he took over from Boss (who avoided it like the plague) and Jay (who took it too seriously).
BB: Stress..well they have all of this stuff about dealing with and suffering from stress. But stress is kind of relative. I mean we're not primitive cultures hiding from wild boar that are hunting us down. Now that's stress.
BYT (Bright Young Thing Manager): Yes, but we do suffer stress. This is a stressful environment.
BB: Well that is true - we have an insane management and a crazy agency that feels the need to stress us all out ...but I choose to take the philosophical approach to all of this. It's temporary. It won't last for long. Sooner or later the sun will explode or die, and the earth will go out with it, killing all of us.
BYT: In short we're dead, and won't care?
BB: Pretty much. It helps to keep things in perspective.
BYT: Well, on that incredibly depressing note..
[I shared this with mother, who cackled.)
***
Face Book
Mother's Cousin: Which pill would you choose? The Red Pill - you get to relive your entire life from the age of 6 onwards, knowing everything you know now OR the blue pill - you get 10 Million Dollars.
Most of the people responded, including cousin with the Red Pill.
Me: The Blue Pill. I've watched one too many time traveling science fiction stories that explored this very concept. (Including the X-men comics.) None of them ended well. And they explored it from every angle imaginable. Plus, call me crazy, but I really don't want to relive my life, it wasn't that entertaining the first go-around. I can do stuff with $10 Million, like buy a condo in NY (near the park, with a balcony, and a washer/dryer, and elevator and doorman, and pool and exercise room, and mail room, and dishwasher), and retire in comfort. Heck, I'd be happy with $2 Million. Seriously you have to be a trust fund baby or have a million to buy a home in this town.
Cousin who is retired and rich, probably doesn't care about the money. This is one of those memes that depends on a) whether you are rich, b) how old you are - cousin is in his late 70s, c) whether you've watched or read any time traveling sci-fi in your lifetime that explored this topic every which way imaginable.
**
I told mother, I'm languishing. I'm not exactly depressed, I'm just...
**
Former Minister decided as a former economics major (how he an economics major ended up becoming a Unitarian Minister...I've no clue), that this isn't inflation this is greed and the result of capitalism.
Eh, no, it's a little bit of both. But I decided not to try to explain that to a Unitarian Minister, socialist, former economist - on FB (aka social media).
The reason prices are escalating across the board is the pandemic. The Pandemic shut down various supply lines - resulting in various items being either delayed or no longer shipped at all. So, you are building a house, you need certain materials to complete the foundation - those materials have been delayed and there's a limited supply as a result - this delays your house being built, which in turn means you are renting longer...
Or say you need to paint your walls, and require a specific color - but they are back ordered months - because the paint comes from China, and China is under quarantine...
Inflation happens when demand exceeds supply. I grew up in the 70s, I remember this well.
Sometimes I wonder about folks on social media. Does posting on it too often screw with the brain? (Checks brain - doesn't appear to.)
Between COVID and the merger, my poor little work place has been decimated.
Yet another co-worker was out with it. Almost four weeks now. He'd managed to avoid it until now - and had been out on reasonable accomodation until roughly April - when the PTB decided everyone had to "return to the office" or as they like to call it "return to work" - as if in order to do a good job, requires leaving your home and commuting to some destination with no windows, cubicles, florescent lighting, and recycled air. As a direct result of their dictate - two people, who are already overworked - inherited this guy's work and had to take it over completely. When we were all working from home - this wasn't an issue and people could actually continue with their projects.
We've all had it now, more or less, to varying degrees. Some of us wear masks, many don't. I'm in close proximity with folks that don't wear them - on trains, on platforms, on subways, in the apartment complex, on sidewalks, in stores, in the office, in the lunch room, near my cubicle, in my cubicle, in the bathroom. After a while, I kind of shrugged it off. I still wear a mask - I've upgraded to a KN95, the highest possible next to the uncomfortable N95 that they wear in hospitals.
People don't wear masks - because they don't care and don't feel like it.
My anxieties require that I continue to wear one - also my empathy for others like myself requires it. Well, at least we know I'm not a sociopath.
Crazy Org sends us these marketing emails and promotions telling us how great they are doing, how new agency is getting recognition and awards, and how they've accomplished great things - naming bosses we've never met in person or seen, outside of a video screen or heard on the phone. Worse they ignore and fail to mention all the people who actually worked on these projects, did the scutwork, and lost hours of sleep over it. It's as if they did all by themselves. Whenever I get one of these alleged "moral" boosters...I think, well, say what you will about insane organization - they have a great marketing team.
Except the marketing team is pissing people off - as opposed to boosting morale and making them feel proud, like it is supposed to. So bad marketing team?
Some days I wish I had magical powers and I could wave a magic wand and send all the people I despise to an alternate universe, where they would be happy and thrive, just far away from me.
Safety Meeting From Doom
Breaking Bad is a bit of a hoot. Considering he looks like a deranged screech owl this kind of makes sense. Imagine Walter White mixed with a Screech Owl, and a scraggily beard by way of Dumbledore, and you've got Breaking Bad.
Breaking Bad lead it. Of course. It's gotten more entertaining since he took over from Boss (who avoided it like the plague) and Jay (who took it too seriously).
BB: Stress..well they have all of this stuff about dealing with and suffering from stress. But stress is kind of relative. I mean we're not primitive cultures hiding from wild boar that are hunting us down. Now that's stress.
BYT (Bright Young Thing Manager): Yes, but we do suffer stress. This is a stressful environment.
BB: Well that is true - we have an insane management and a crazy agency that feels the need to stress us all out ...but I choose to take the philosophical approach to all of this. It's temporary. It won't last for long. Sooner or later the sun will explode or die, and the earth will go out with it, killing all of us.
BYT: In short we're dead, and won't care?
BB: Pretty much. It helps to keep things in perspective.
BYT: Well, on that incredibly depressing note..
[I shared this with mother, who cackled.)
***
Face Book
Mother's Cousin: Which pill would you choose? The Red Pill - you get to relive your entire life from the age of 6 onwards, knowing everything you know now OR the blue pill - you get 10 Million Dollars.
Most of the people responded, including cousin with the Red Pill.
Me: The Blue Pill. I've watched one too many time traveling science fiction stories that explored this very concept. (Including the X-men comics.) None of them ended well. And they explored it from every angle imaginable. Plus, call me crazy, but I really don't want to relive my life, it wasn't that entertaining the first go-around. I can do stuff with $10 Million, like buy a condo in NY (near the park, with a balcony, and a washer/dryer, and elevator and doorman, and pool and exercise room, and mail room, and dishwasher), and retire in comfort. Heck, I'd be happy with $2 Million. Seriously you have to be a trust fund baby or have a million to buy a home in this town.
Cousin who is retired and rich, probably doesn't care about the money. This is one of those memes that depends on a) whether you are rich, b) how old you are - cousin is in his late 70s, c) whether you've watched or read any time traveling sci-fi in your lifetime that explored this topic every which way imaginable.
**
I told mother, I'm languishing. I'm not exactly depressed, I'm just...
**
Former Minister decided as a former economics major (how he an economics major ended up becoming a Unitarian Minister...I've no clue), that this isn't inflation this is greed and the result of capitalism.
Eh, no, it's a little bit of both. But I decided not to try to explain that to a Unitarian Minister, socialist, former economist - on FB (aka social media).
The reason prices are escalating across the board is the pandemic. The Pandemic shut down various supply lines - resulting in various items being either delayed or no longer shipped at all. So, you are building a house, you need certain materials to complete the foundation - those materials have been delayed and there's a limited supply as a result - this delays your house being built, which in turn means you are renting longer...
Or say you need to paint your walls, and require a specific color - but they are back ordered months - because the paint comes from China, and China is under quarantine...
Inflation happens when demand exceeds supply. I grew up in the 70s, I remember this well.
Sometimes I wonder about folks on social media. Does posting on it too often screw with the brain? (Checks brain - doesn't appear to.)