Get Your Grump on Thursdays - Was (What's chapping my @ss today?)

[NYCfixie]

The new Director of Operations who has no actual operations experience and micro-manages because she has never managed a staff before and doe snot know any better is making me (IT Director) and the Facilities Director crazy. This has been going on for months since this person got the new job. It is making my job intolerable compared to when the previous person was in that role left me alone as a professional to just get my job done.

6 more months until the 2 year mark at this job which means I can start looking for a new job in about 3 months. No reason to quit and ruin my resume because of an inexperienced micro-manager but it is taking all of my energy not to quit and sucking my will to live.

[Matthew Strongin]

Dogs don't live long enough. And that effing sucks.

[jdp211]

Dogs don't live long enough. And that effing sucks.

That's heartbreaking. They really don't stick around long enough.

[Drew]

The new Director of Operations who has no actual operations experience and micro-manages because she has never managed a staff before and doe snot know any better is making me (IT Director) and the Facilities Director crazy. This has been going on for months since this person got the new job. It is making my job intolerable compared to when the previous person was in that role left me alone as a professional to just get my job done.

6 more months until the 2 year mark at this job which means I can start looking for a new job in about 3 months. No reason to quit and ruin my resume because of an inexperienced micro-manager but it is taking all of my energy not to quit and sucking my will to live.

Why wait? Go see your boss' boss and tell them what's going on. Get it fixed. 2 years seems like an arbitrary deadline. Not to toot my own horn... but... I hire a lot of people. Some have a short stint or two on their resume. I look past that if they had a good reason to leave - if it wasn't a good fit, it's not a good fit... no need to prolong the inevitable, that is bad for employer and employee. Another key to looking past it is did the candidate actually TRY to fix the situation? Or did they just accept it as unchangeable dogma, "woe is me?" Lead, follow, or get outta the way... cue Michael Jackson... "make a change..."

And sometimes you gotta manage your manager... sit down and have a chat. I (fondly) remeber the first time one of my direct reports did that, and I've very thankful he did. It made me a better manager, and opened my eyes to the fact that every employee requires a different technique to allow them to be most effective. It's very challenging for me, but incredibly rewarding when I see them fly on their own.

[j44ke]

Watched our flight reservations get cancelled and rebooked at ever later times until the inevitable occurred while in the cab to the airport - ding! your flight has been cancelled. There are no more flights to your destination tonight. Please contact a United representative to rebook for a later date. Cab driver turned around and went back through the Holland Tunnel to take us home as my wife ordered pizza.

My grump is we knew we weren't going to get out tonight, the airlines knew we weren't going to get out tonight, so why pull the charade of flight # pachinko, bouncing departure times later and later until sorry! And it is so pathetic that any disturbance at all to the system reduces it to a shambles. Tonight - freezing cold weather and 20 mph winds.

Also on the way home, my sister calls from Raleigh and says the NC Republicans are dismantling the state government. I laughed when she said she thought they were even taking apart all the chairs and tables, but I don't think she was joking.

Pizza was good though.

[cash]

Death in the peloton - a beloved regional cross racer in the PA and MAC passed away evening. This man was a friend to all and it always brought a smile to my face to have our weekly chat at the races. He collapsed and had a protracted cardiac arrest while finishing warm-ups last Sunday at our state championship race. I and a couple of other medical people were there but out of hospital CPR without meds or an AED is pretty much futile after a few minutes. Eventually ALS arrived and got a rhythm, but it just delayed the inevitable by a couple of days - he was gone on Sunday. As a trauma surgeon in an urban war zone, I see people die on a regular basis and my frame of reference is skewed. It is surreal and unnnerving to have a friend die at your side in the middle of a field on a cold, gray December day doing something that you both love.

Tailwinds, my good friend. We will all miss your smile and kind words.

My condolences. You said an incredible amount in a very few words. As a homicide/sex crimes cop, I see more death than life it seems like (hyperbolic, for sure ... but some days it *feels* accurate). I get what you mean about a skewed frame of reference.

My wife's 16 year old cat died suddenly on Saturday morning.... and Sunday morning I was rousted from sleep at 0200 for a suspicious and blood-soaked death ... one death was a gut punch and the other, just another day at the office. Skewed, indeed.

[bigbill]

I was off today after about 110 hours at work in the last 10 days. I rode 26 miles in cold windy temps and now I'm watching Thursday Night Football. I guess I don't have a grump.

[TMB]

I was off today after about 110 hours at work in the last 10 days. I rode 26 miles in cold windy temps and now I'm watching Thursday Night Football. I guess I don't have a grump.

Have you seen the colour of the uniforms Seattle is wearing???????

[bigbill]

Have you seen the colour of the uniforms Seattle is wearing???????

Like someone dumped a box of highlighters on the field. And it's spelled color in Murica.

[TMB]

Like someone dumped a box of highlighters on the field. And it's spelled color in Murica.

Then it's spelled wrong.

[Dave Thompson]

Have you seen the colour of the uniforms Seattle is wearing???????

Teletubbies.

[joosttx]

I have been traveling for two weeks straight. Eight of those day with a cold and Sinus infection. I have not ridden a bike in two weeks. For the last week I have experienced a temperature range between 17 to -3F. Now I sit in the Minneapolis. Airport with a. 4hr flight delay. I expect to be home at 4am tomorrow.

[WMdeR]

That's heartbreaking. They really don't stick around long enough.

I got to send three cats (two barn/feral one house) into the hereafter in the last month. At least the dogs are still young/kicking. Hang in there.

Alt grump: I have two cats in the freezer, and a big terrier, which means I need a wolf stone per each cat or they get mauled....

Best Regards,

Will

[bironi]

I was born in Seattle and spent most my life there. I'm very superficial in the way I watch football. I almost always root for the team with the uniform that I like more. I liked the Rams throw back helmets, but they played so poorly that I could not root against my home team. I do hope I never see those outfits again. I can't help thinking that wearing such day-glow colors only helps defenses keep track of bodies more easily, and it should be easier for the officials to pick up on their fouls.

[UnfilteredDregs]

This is nothing compared to a lot of stuff in this thread, just perplexing college kid stuff...Daughter who's doing good, working on a psych degree- Junior...originally wanted to be a Veteran's Counselor, was talking about a doctorate, then shifted to, "the hell with this I'm going to get my bachelor's and become a wedding planner," and now...

Wants to go take the ASVAB, mentioned The Corps, I was Navy so...pffft.

[monadnocky]

"At age 77, John Glenn became the oldest person to escape Earth's gravity..."
"John Glenn, one of the few people to slip out of Earth's gravitational pull..."
"no longer under the influence of Earth's gravity..."

Can we at least honor the man by not repeating such utter scientific garbage?

[becomingblue]

"At age 77, John Glenn became the oldest person to escape Earth's gravity..."
"John Glenn, one of the few people to slip out of Earth's gravitational pull..."
"no longer under the influence of Earth's gravity..."

Can we at least honor the man by not repeating such utter scientific garbage?

What's your rewrites look like?

[joosttx]

What's your rewrites look like?

He was techinically still in the gravitational pull of the earth.

[bigbill]

This is nothing compared to a lot of stuff in this thread, just perplexing college kid stuff...Daughter who's doing good, working on a psych degree- Junior...originally wanted to be a Veteran's Counselor, was talking about a doctorate, then shifted to, "the hell with this I'm going to get my bachelor's and become a wedding planner," and now...

Wants to go take the ASVAB, mentioned The Corps, I was Navy so...pffft.

I've got a friend at work who has a son studying computer science at Texas A&M and has one year left. He's taking the ASVAB and considering joining the Air Force. I've spoken with him about finishing college and entering as an officer but he says he can finish college after he joins the USAF. I served in the Navy for 27 years, 15 enlisted, 12 as an officer. I know there are pitfalls and requirements for each officer program and I've advised against going into the military with one year remaining with the assumption that one year of college will be quickly completed. All it really means is maybe reaching E-4 in a four year period.

[Chad]

Get the degree!! Totally agree with the AF though. After 15 years in the USAR, I'm one of the AF's best recruiters.