THIS fucking guy.
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpa1/v/t1.0-9/10426153_10206088811929118_5895648241401090164_n.jpg?oh=57c427247e57bf9f762bb144737d7db2&oe=557ACF73&__gda__=1438185829_917d4e825d5b2de4b40e9e71f5384258)
Those SHOES!
I just needed to freeze that image into my head for tomorrow.
It occurs to me that I have no urge to bow out gracefully.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on March 11, 2015, 04:11:57 AM
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".
Move to Texas God's Country!
I really hope that's a scarf dragging behind him. This pic I want on my office wall.. if I'm ever doomed to office work anyway.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on March 11, 2015, 04:11:57 AM
It occurs to me that I have no urge to bow out gracefully.
Sometimes grace is just not the CORRECT way. Fuck em!
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on March 11, 2015, 04:24:26 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on March 11, 2015, 04:11:57 AM
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.
Quote from: Metal Bear on March 11, 2015, 02:21:58 PM
Move to Texas God's Country!
If I leave this state, which I will not, I will be heading Northwest. Only Portland offers me the type of job I'd need, and the sheer level of fucking weirdness that I require to survive.
All is chaos. All except the immaculate glass hallway in which I stand, observing said chaos. It's like it's a TV show or maybe a bank of monitors like in the Heath Ledger Batman movie. Everything around me is quiet, and I am absolutely fascinated by the ruckus and by the fact that I had allowed myself to care about said ruckus for so many years.
So... is Lillie just a bad person, or is she more obliviously living in a self-deluded/centered world of her own creation?
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on March 11, 2015, 04:42:57 PM
So... is Lillie just a bad person, or is she more obliviously living in a self-deluded/centered world of her own creation?
She is a moral sump and a micromanaging control freak. She finds it absolutely unnecessary to be courteous.
Example: This morning, I was describing the means by which to troubleshoot compressor 419. She interrupted 6 times, one of which times she asked the safety guy what I should do. The safety guy has zero (0) knowledge of air compressors. He just sat there embarrassed, it being very obvious that he had just been used as a tool in an attempt to humiliate me.
I wasn't humiliated. I was amused, and decided right there and then to quit.
I see massive explosions and fires in the future.
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on March 11, 2015, 05:12:55 PM
I see massive explosions and fires in the future.
Nope. I'm just gonna let the experts handle things, if you catch my drift.
Oh, by no means sabotage. Simply, when you leave, there will eventually be endless glowing hot mill balls flying across the room.
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.
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on March 11, 2015, 05:49:03 PM
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?
Quote from: Emo Howard on March 11, 2015, 05:50:14 PM
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.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on March 11, 2015, 06:07:32 PM
Quote from: Emo Howard on March 11, 2015, 05:50:14 PM
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. :lulz:
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?
Quote from: Doktor Howl on March 11, 2015, 03:57:14 PM
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on March 11, 2015, 04:24:26 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on March 11, 2015, 04:11:57 AM
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.
:lulz: :lulz: :lulz: Perfect.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on March 11, 2015, 05:21:59 PM
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on March 11, 2015, 05:12:55 PM
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.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on March 11, 2015, 07:49:07 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on March 11, 2015, 05:21:59 PM
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on March 11, 2015, 05:12:55 PM
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
Quote from: Doktor Howl on March 11, 2015, 06:06:57 PM
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on March 11, 2015, 05:49:03 PM
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.
Quote from: Junkenstein on March 11, 2015, 09:10:29 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on March 11, 2015, 06:06:57 PM
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on March 11, 2015, 05:49:03 PM
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.
Yes.
It'd be a fucking lovely job.
Quote from: Junkenstein on March 11, 2015, 10:01:35 PM
Yes.
It'd be a fucking lovely job.
We're already demolishing the acid side.
The rest of it? Just a matter of time.
Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on March 11, 2015, 07:49:07 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on March 11, 2015, 05:21:59 PM
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on March 11, 2015, 05:12:55 PM
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
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.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on March 11, 2015, 10:27:49 PM
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.
MIRACLES DO HAPPEN!!
Quote from: Doktor Howl on March 11, 2015, 10:27:49 PM
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.
Things are getting weirder and weirder there. Keep an eye out for unspeakable horrors, they tend to pop up when reality gets wonky. You can always tell by the tentacles.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on March 11, 2015, 10:24:40 PM
Quote from: Junkenstein on March 11, 2015, 10:01:35 PM
Yes.
It'd be a fucking lovely job.
We're already demolishing the acid side.
The rest of it? Just a matter of time.
I'm offended you didn't call. Have your people call my people immediately.
Quote from: Reginald Ret on March 11, 2015, 10:50:58 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on March 11, 2015, 10:27:49 PM
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.
Things are getting weirder and weirder there. Keep an eye out for unspeakable horrors, they tend to pop up when reality gets wonky. You can always tell by the tentacles.
A certain unnameable squamousness in the air is a good cue too.
Today I learned that compressed air, when released, compresses itself more. :lulz:
Quote from: Doktor Howl on March 12, 2015, 12:48:52 AM
Today I learned that compressed air, when released, compresses itself more. :lulz:
:science:
You realize this is an entire book waiting to happen, right?
Quote from: Doktor Howl on March 12, 2015, 12:48:52 AM
Today I learned that compressed air, when released, compresses itself more. :lulz:
ALL THIS SCIENCE!
(http://i283.photobucket.com/albums/kk316/Jerry_Frankster/ShattnerRocketMan_zpsdyqgo9vo.gif)
I DON'T UNDERSTAND!
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on March 12, 2015, 01:19:10 AM
You realize this is an entire book waiting to happen, right?
Yeah. Yeah, I do. :lulz:
Quote from: Doktor Howl on March 12, 2015, 12:48:52 AM
Today I learned that compressed air, when released, compresses itself more. :lulz:
Oh, that's priceless.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on March 11, 2015, 03:58:05 PM
Quote from: Metal Bear on March 11, 2015, 02:21:58 PM
Move to Texas God's Country!
If I leave this state, which I will not, I will be heading Northwest. Only Portland offers me the type of job I'd need, and the sheer level of fucking weirdness that I require to survive.
Enjoy your Siracha Mayo Beer heathen!
Quote from: Metal Bear on March 12, 2015, 04:32:27 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on March 11, 2015, 03:58:05 PM
Quote from: Metal Bear on March 11, 2015, 02:21:58 PM
Move to Texas God's Country!
If I leave this state, which I will not, I will be heading Northwest. Only Portland offers me the type of job I'd need, and the sheer level of fucking weirdness that I require to survive.
Enjoy your Siracha Mayo Beer heathen!
... Red Galoche Session IPA :lulz:
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-8Ym4ZFK1e_U/VQLbLhhx6LI/AAAAAAAAB3A/6v28wdSJZE0/w716-h712-no/15%2B-%2B1)
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on March 13, 2015, 11:42:57 AM
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-8Ym4ZFK1e_U/VQLbLhhx6LI/AAAAAAAAB3A/6v28wdSJZE0/w716-h712-no/15%2B-%2B1)
THAT
is my new wallpaper.
:lulz:
:ECH:
:lulz: I hope someone else sees it.
mark my words this is going to end with the whole place blowing up in an incompetence-fueled fireball as Doc walks away from it in slow motion.
Quote from: Chelagoras The Boulder on April 02, 2015, 07:11:40 AM
mark my words this is going to end with the whole place blowing up in an incompetence-fueled fireball as Doc walks away from it in slow motion.
Facing the camera. of course, and visibly not giving a fuck. Theme music should be involved.
And DOVES. SO MANY DOVES.
:lulz: