Are you a millennial? You are arent you, a millennial?What do you guys think?
Are you a millennial? You are arent you, a millennial?
Very true.. that is why I have learned to not depend on a job or be enslaved to consumerism & debt. That gives leverage because one isn't part of the "Force Labor" hence you can just decide at any moment not to work anymore and hardly easily replaced.If he has to ask us he clearly isn't an irreplaceable asset and the grammar lesson didn't help him either. It's like insulting a cops intelligence during a traffic stop it might feel good at the moment but is likely to make your overall position worse.
I don't either but they were awesome, I'm from the 80s too.I'm from the 80s but don't know what the 80s are called.![]()
Then just at 1:45 pm Boss gives me a call to which I answer. " Good afternoon boss"
B: Good afternoon; so you decided to stay this morning and not show up?
Me: No; I didn't decide; I told you this morning.
B: you said you'd be here within the hour.
Me: no; there is a semi colon along with a conditional statement If.
B: I guess it was a misunderstanding..
Are you going to be coming in tomorrow?
Me: Yes; I saw on the board that I was scheduled for a call in the field.
B: ok; then I'll see you tomorrow. Then we'll have a little chat in my office you and me.. we need to have a little chat.
Wife: I told you!
Me: worse case scenario; the job ends, we'll just pay off the debts.
I'm a field tech; not a metal workshop employee.
What do you guys think?![]()
I'm from the 80s but don't know what the 80s are called.![]()
My wife sent me that one..if that was the only difference between conditions faced by each, perhaps.
I have a similar issue with my daughter. Fortunately my son turned out pretty good.My parents grew up during the great depression, and it influenced every decision they made.
I lived with my father's parents for a year when I was very young - they were born in the 1880's and saw the inventions of steam ships, cars and airplanes; my grandfather was an artillery Captin during WWI (the Great War he called it) my grandmother was a teacher in a one-room school house in the vast frozen prairies of Saskatchewan. They knew tough times and it affected evey decision they made.
I grew up in the relative stability and prosperity of the 70's-80's and knew only what they taught me of real hardship, while my own children grew up knowing nearly nothing of 'tough times' or the value of hard work. Now in my 60's I think nothing of stripping and reshingle a roof myself, while my youngest SIL is too lazy to wak his own dog (pays a dog walker !?) - aside from the strictness of dicipline, soft times produce soft people it seems...
I find even I no longer want to talk to people.Texting instead of a short phone call seems to be the error in communications.
I think we are all disposable implements these days..if your skills are needed in the area and not easily replaced, you are in a stronger position.
I want to be a Pirate on the river sasktchewan...the vast frozen prairies of Saskatchewan.
I just don't get the getting up to complete someone else's tasks. I know it's a job; but not a lifestyle. People working from 6-6pm 5 days a week.. money in the bank; no time to spend with love ones and no time to enjoy your toys while your youth drifts away.. it's utterly nonsense. "Toiling after the wind"I find even I no longer want to talk to people.
I rather text myself....
I never was that way until I got a cell phone.
A ringing phone had to be answered.
Now I am annoyed at phone calls and I rather get a text to tell me what you and I can decide later if I think it warrens a response
I think we are all disposable implements these days..
We had a guy from Thompson on our crew starting last year.
He was a lot like this guy and he quietly just ghosted his job away.
No idea where he went...
I want to be a Pirate on the river sasktchewan...
Note:
CO-OP store in the background
At work there is a board that tells where each tech is assigned to for the week; sometimes it changes but it's never empty. I had seen the previous day that it was empty; therefore I knew to text him and find out what was to be done.I guess I am just old.
I figure something as important as "should I come into work today, where others rely on me, or can I take a day to deal with my house that is freezing cold" might warrant an actual 60-second phone-call two-way discussion, instead of a cryptic text and later drama over the mis-understanding.
The "boss" could also have taken 60-seconds to call and confirm the plan for the day - communications are two way street.
Well are you Jr, qualified?I just don't get the getting up to complete someone else's tasks.