So, as my job winds down into a chaotic bucket of insanity poop, NEW INSPIRATION

[LMNO]

Oh, by no means sabotage.  Simply, when you leave, there will eventually be endless glowing hot mill balls flying across the room.

[Bruno]

Roger, the most striking part of all this... the drama, the politics, the incompetency of management... for me, is the incredible similarity it has to what you would find behind the scene of a typical Wendy's, or Little Caesar's. I've worked more than my fair share of fast food in my time, and everything you're saying sounds disturbingly familiar.

The fact that this shit is happening at a place where people with advanced degrees are pulling down six-figure salaries and manufacturing The Motherfucking Future, and not teenagers and college age kids making $8 an hour led by some sap with an associates in Mass Comm serving fries and shakes blows my fucking mind.

Same shit, different scale.

[Doktor Howl]

Oh, by no means sabotage.  Simply, when you leave, there will eventually be endless glowing hot mill balls flying across the room.

Why can't it be both?

[Doktor Howl]

Roger, the most striking part of all this... the drama, the politics, the incompetency of management... for me, is the incredible similarity it has to what you would find behind the scene of a typical Wendy's, or Little Caesar's. I've worked more than my fair share of fast food in my time, and everything you're saying sounds disturbingly familiar.

The fact that this shit is happening at a place where people with advanced degrees are pulling down six-figure salaries and manufacturing The Motherfucking Future, and not teenagers and college age kids making $8 an hour led by some sap with an associates in Mass Comm serving fries and shakes blows my fucking mind.

Same shit, different scale.

I've done both, and the politics here are pretty intense.

[Bruno]

Roger, the most striking part of all this... the drama, the politics, the incompetency of management... for me, is the incredible similarity it has to what you would find behind the scene of a typical Wendy's, or Little Caesar's. I've worked more than my fair share of fast food in my time, and everything you're saying sounds disturbingly familiar.

The fact that this shit is happening at a place where people with advanced degrees are pulling down six-figure salaries and manufacturing The Motherfucking Future, and not teenagers and college age kids making $8 an hour led by some sap with an associates in Mass Comm serving fries and shakes blows my fucking mind.

Same shit, different scale.

I've done both, and the politics here are pretty intense.

I would hope the plotting and scheming would at least be more elaborate. 

[Q. G. Pennyworth]

Well, you were always saying The Future is bad for us. I don't know why we expected a place manufacturing it to end well.

Have you lined up a particular Next Thing, or are there enough offers on the table you don't have to worry about that just yet?

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

It occurs to me that I have no urge to bow out gracefully.

And indeed, it can only get better from here. For a given value of "better".

Lillie has sensed a difference, much as a caribou might sense a tiger nearby.  By which I mean, she knows something has changed, but has no experience with the results of the change.  I no longer give a fuck if I work here, and I am not bothering to hide it.

She is apparently used to people being paralyzed by fear for their job.

In any case, she informed me this morning that I wasn't qualified or capable of doing some very simple tests.  I told her that I was, that it was in fact my job, and if this was a problem then we should just call HR right now.  I had a smile on my face - maybe a GRIN, come to think of it, and she wasn't mentally prepared for the reaction in general.  I don't think she's "beaten" or even "intimidated", but she can't find the ground under her feet.  She is under an immense amount of stress, and the additional stress brought on by what might seem to be a crazy person running maintenance has put her off balance.

I am become Shiva, Destroyer of Arse Biscuits.

Perfect.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

I see massive explosions and fires in the future.

Nope.  I'm just gonna let the experts handle things, if you catch my drift.

That is possibly the most ominous sentence I have ever read in my life.

[rong]

I see massive explosions and fires in the future.

Nope.  I'm just gonna let the experts handle things, if you catch my drift.

That is possibly the most ominous sentence I have ever read in my life.

We refer to them as "Super Geniuses" here

[Junkenstein]

Oh, by no means sabotage.  Simply, when you leave, there will eventually be endless glowing hot mill balls flying across the room.

Why can't it be both?

I'm actually going to be offended if I can't pull work out of that place. I'm half tempted to fly over and camp out front because it's a matter of fucking time.

[Reginald Ret]

Oh, by no means sabotage.  Simply, when you leave, there will eventually be endless glowing hot mill balls flying across the room.

Why can't it be both?

I'm actually going to be offended if I can't pull work out of that place. I'm half tempted to fly over and camp out front because it's a matter of fucking time.

(You work in demolition, right?)
Don't bother travelling, just send them a disturbingly detailed price estimate. Glowing hot mill balls related damages in the price estimate are a must.

[Junkenstein]

Yes.

It'd be a fucking lovely job.

[Doktor Howl]

Yes.

It'd be a fucking lovely job.

We're already demolishing the acid side.

The rest of it?  Just a matter of time.

[Doktor Howl]

I see massive explosions and fires in the future.

Nope.  I'm just gonna let the experts handle things, if you catch my drift.

That is possibly the most ominous sentence I have ever read in my life.

I feel pretty ominous right now.

I just had the most hilariously frustrating conversation of my professional career.  I will post a transcript later today or tomorrow.  Basically, physics isn't a thing, and we're leaking compressed air into another universe.  CONSERVATION OF ENERGY IS INCONVENIENT, AND WE'D REALLY LIKE THE PROBLEM TO BE WHAT IT WE WANT IT TO BE BECAUSE THAT WOULD MAKE THINGS EASIER.

Doktor Howl,
5 POUNDS OF SHIT IN A 3 POUND BAG

[Doktor Howl]

Also, Mike melted down.  And for the first time in 7.5 years, he did it on the side of that which is Good, Right, and Not Dumb.