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[Cain]

A contractor we used to use has called on us once again, after fucking up 6 consecutive projects (I did not have a say in the last 4 of those).  They used to be a top-notch organization, but in the fashion of all motor houses everywhere, the moment they developed a name, they ran off all their talent in favor of lower-cost employees.

This is the 6th time in 7 months I have been contacted by their sales & service rep.  It has been a different person every time, as being moved into sales/service there is the kiss of death.

I have told them that I will consider them when the same guy calls me 3 months in a row, and their technician turnover rate is below 50% per year (!!!).

I've wondered why success so often seems to jack everything up for many businesses and sometimes personal lives. I think it might have to do with how much effort gets put into the planning and work to 'make it' with no real thought given to the 'so now what' that comes after.

I think maybe the success is just not taken into consideration since it's far from a given during planning.

"Now what" is "hire a competent manager and essentially retire and/or start over again".

Some people are great at building stuff and terrible at sustaining.  They should concentrate on where their skills lie.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Wait.  Is it that time again ALREADY? 

Yanno, where suddenly someone is saying - or is said to be saying - that a portion of the population doesn't exist (ie, bisexuals), and because someone on Facebook or tumblr or Twitter or something said it, then it can be assumed that Nigel (and most other people on this board) suddenly ALSO think that this is the case?

Walking in here and saying you're bisexual is like saying you're left-handed.  This IS in fact the one place where equality has been achieved, because nobody cares how anyone is oriented.

I think that at least half the board has mentioned being bi. We just don't walk about it much because, as you mentioned, nobody gives a fuck. And nobody wants to hear the grotty details of anyone's sex life.

Not true. 

Well, at least nobody wants to hear the grotty details of my sex life. Trust me... you may think you do, but you don't.

Being a Holy Man™, and having been in Portland, I can make some educated guesses from the pheremones floating around in the rain.  There is a lot of screaming involved.  Not just DURING, but BEFORE, during the attraction process.  Nigel smiles.  People scream.   They don't even know WHY.  It's something way back in the lizard brain, with the sex bits of the brain in a lathered frenzy, while the fight or flight bit crouches in the corner and makes high pitched noises, like a puppy in a bear trap.

But of course, our Dark Empress is a hottie, so the sex part of the brain goes along with it, disregarding the opinion of the fight or flight part, which says "fuck it", and moves to Seattle.  Dragging the bear trap behind it.

When morning comes, Nigel looks 10 years younger, and the person she attracted is invisible and spends all day screaming soundlessly at passers-by for help.  The passers-by shiver a bit and pull their jackets a little tighter, and hurry home in the rain, wondering why they feel so freaked out.

I'd say more, but it's time for the gym, and I feel I have endangered myself enough.  I shall paint images of Saint Gulik on my door in a mixture of blood and semen to deflect Her wrath onto my neighbor (who is a shit and deserves it), but if I don't post tomorrow, just forget I ever existed.

[Ben Shapiro]

Also I went to the dollar store to top up my phone, some jack off with his stupid kid was like "son please pull up your pants" while I was paying. I told him to suck my dick. Right in front of your stupid kid. DO SOMETHING!

Also tomorrow I start first day of new gig!

[Doktor Howl]

Also I went to the dollar store to top up my phone, some jack off with his stupid kid was like "son please pull up your pants" while I was paying. I told him to suck my dick. Right in front of your stupid kid. DO SOMETHING!

I endorse this approach. 

[The Wizard Joseph]

A contractor we used to use has called on us once again, after fucking up 6 consecutive projects (I did not have a say in the last 4 of those).  They used to be a top-notch organization, but in the fashion of all motor houses everywhere, the moment they developed a name, they ran off all their talent in favor of lower-cost employees.

This is the 6th time in 7 months I have been contacted by their sales & service rep.  It has been a different person every time, as being moved into sales/service there is the kiss of death.

I have told them that I will consider them when the same guy calls me 3 months in a row, and their technician turnover rate is below 50% per year (!!!).

I've wondered why success so often seems to jack everything up for many businesses and sometimes personal lives. I think it might have to do with how much effort gets put into the planning and work to 'make it' with no real thought given to the 'so now what' that comes after.

I think maybe the success is just not taken into consideration since it's far from a given during planning.

"Now what" is "hire a competent manager and essentially retire and/or start over again".

Some people are great at building stuff and terrible at sustaining.  They should concentrate on where their skills lie.

Yeah I think I see what you mean. I have one friend in particular that is a great initiator and idea man, but often refuses to let go sometimes once he's got folks on board. He wants things to be as he wishes instead of being objective and working with what he's got.

I suppose the problem may be in people not often really knowing where their skills lie. Or perhaps envisioning for themselves an unsuitable role that serves ego and not an objective.

[Cain]

Might try a livestream this evening.  Will see how I feel, since I've been up all night working tonight.

Mostly just to test the full extent of my internet capabilities.  It should be pretty good, based on ping and upload speed, but the true test is in the doing.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Also I went to the dollar store to top up my phone, some jack off with his stupid kid was like "son please pull up your pants" while I was paying. I told him to suck my dick. Right in front of your stupid kid. DO SOMETHING!

Also tomorrow I start first day of new gig!

AHAHAHA

It's so awesome when assholes presume to tell you what to do as if you aren't a goddamn adult.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Might try a livestream this evening.  Will see how I feel, since I've been up all night working tonight.

Mostly just to test the full extent of my internet capabilities.  It should be pretty good, based on ping and upload speed, but the true test is in the doing.

Curious to see what you've got, so if you do, please do post a link. I might be in bed by then but if not I'll give it a listen.

[Cain]

I'll probably be up pretty late this evening anyway - shift finishes at 7am this morning, so getting back into a proper sleep pattern means a late night tonight.

I'm thinking something like Mass Effect - Origin has built-in streaming capabilities.  But if I can figure out how to do it with Steam games as well...well, I'll think about what I want to do.  But ME has very low impact on my machine, so it's a good potential option.

[Demolition Squid]

Damnit Nigel!

Part of my job is adding new contacts to our database. Every time I come across a Nigel I try to put him in as a woman. 

[Doktor Howl]

Damnit Nigel!

Part of my job is adding new contacts to our database. Every time I come across a Nigel I try to put him in as a woman. 

MAYBE THEY'LL LIKE IT.

[Cain]

OK, I'm grabbing a drink and something to eat, and then I shall start sleep-deprived streaming in about 15 minutes or so.

Feedback is primarily on visual quality, is there lag or not, is it choppy and "frame-y" or does it run smooth, followed by sound quality.

[Cain]

And here we go (maybe) http://www.twitch.tv/scarabandaris

[LMNO]

Well, shit.  Blocked by nannywall.

[Nephew Twiddleton]

Gunfire at Brigham and women's hospital. Suspect in custody, doctor shot. No further details at this time.