Random Thoughts.....

We are crazy busy at work now-a-days due to the number of projects the company has taken on. I'm in meetings 6-7 hours every day. I regularly get double booked, and sometimes get triple booked. Then you get the moron who schedules a meeting during lunch hour because that is the only time people show available in their outlook calendar. Lunch hour here is 11:30-12:30.

I created this and sent it to some of my coworkers:

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drkelly said:
We are crazy busy at work now-a-days due to the number of projects the company has taken on. I'm in meetings 6-7 hours every day. I regularly get double booked, and sometimes get triple booked. Then you get the moron who schedules a meeting during lunch hour because that is the only time people show available in their outlook calendar. Lunch hour here is 11:30-12:30.

I created this and sent it to some of my coworkers:

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I have coworkers that block out lunch on their calendar indefinitely.

I have no qualms telling someone I am not attending a meeting at certain times, too prevent being overloaded. Or asking them where they are taking us for lunch.
 
paradisePWoffrd said:
I have coworkers that block out lunch on their calendar indefinitely.

I have no qualms telling someone I am not attending a meeting at certain times, too prevent being overloaded. Or asking them where they are taking us for lunch.
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If you were to look at my calendar, everything before 10am is blocked off…because mornings suck and I don’t want to be around people. Every Tuesday 1130-2, is blocked off for lunch with my best friend. Every other Friday from 1130-130 is blocked off for lunch with my mom. Don’t bother me, don’t call me, don’t talk to me during any of those times. Anyone else wants a meeting, propose to me why it’s worth my time to attend before putting it on the calendar. And if it’s not worth my time, it’s not worth anyone else’s. Unless it’s a strategic meeting for legitimate growth/improvement, the meeting can fawk right off. Flip side of that, I will do 1-on-1’s…which I guess are technically meetings, but a helluvalot more productive in my opinion and usually take less than 15mins…I don’t want 10 peoples opinion, I want facts and data presented concisely.
 
paradisePWoffrd said:
I have coworkers that block out lunch on their calendar indefinitely.

I have no qualms telling someone I am not attending a meeting at certain times, too prevent being overloaded. Or asking them where they are taking us for lunch.
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I have lunch hour booked as 'Out of office', but it doesn't stop some of the new guys and ladder climbers from trying to schedule one. I typically just reply as 'Tentative', then don't call in. I've had to let a few new guys know the rules:

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Our CEO is a lunch meeting guy.
He works from the office and regualrly eats his delivery ordered salad or health food on the lunch call. With no regard for the peons in remote offices that dont have delivery available...Probably 2x a week I live that.,...and Im a fat boy so lunch is a big deal around these parts
 
Im good with lunch meetings. As long as the company buys the lunch and Im on the clock. I usually work through lunch anyway.
 
I will take virtual meetings during lunch. Only virtual, and you bet your ass there will be no camera and liberal use of the mute button. So yes, I'll be sitting there eating my lunch and probably surfing NC4x4 and Amazon and WTFever while somebody rambles.
 
I just read this quote - the internet seems to attribtue it to a couple different people. I dont know who said it - but I love it and want to share.

"The problem is that tolerant has changed its meaning. It used to mean 'I may disagree with you completely, but I will treat you with respect.' Today, tolerant means - 'you must approve of everything I do.' There's a difference between tolerance and approval. Jesus accepted everyone no matter who they were. He doesn't approve of everything I do, or you do, or anybody else does either. You can be accepting without being approving."
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I'm glad everyone else feels the same way about lunch meetings. We have a weekly meeting on Monday at lunch because that's the only time a client on a big project could meet. So far he's been on once. I complain weekly about the lunch meeting
 
@Jody Treadway is onto something with this crocs thing. Never wore any, but got some for the beach since my old flip flops are on their last leg. I could get used to these things.
 
I hate traffic lights. This morning, I'm happily driving to work (ok, happily might be a little bit of a stretch) when the light I'm approaching on a 2 lane backroad turns red, even though there is no cross traffic. Ugh. Nobody comes and nobody goes for a good 30 seconds. Then finally, right as the cross light is turning yellow, Mr. Pokey comes meandering through turns right (in the direction I'm headed) and accelerates to a blistering 32mph in a 45 zone. Of course I get to sit behind this jackass for the next 5 miles. A decade ago I could have passed him in one of the 4 passing zones that used to be along that stretch, but now have been double yellow'd over because government knows best.
 
jeepinmatt said:
I hate traffic lights. This morning, I'm happily driving to work (ok, happily might be a little bit of a stretch) when the light I'm approaching on a 2 lane backroad turns red, even though there is no cross traffic. Ugh. Nobody comes and nobody goes for a good 30 seconds. Then finally, right as the cross light is turning yellow, Mr. Pokey comes meandering through turns right (in the direction I'm headed) and accelerates to a blistering 32mph in a 45 zone. Of course I get to sit behind this jackass for the next 5 miles. A decade ago I could have passed him in one of the 4 passing zones that used to be along that stretch, but now have been double yellow'd over because government knows best.
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Timed/unsynchronized lights are the worst. It seems like no lights in Greenville communicate. Absolutely no mass flow during commute hours and random red lights with no cross traffic during off peak hours. Worst traffic for no reason town I've ever experienced
 
jeepinmatt said:
I hate traffic lights. This morning, I'm happily driving to work (ok, happily might be a little bit of a stretch) when the light I'm approaching on a 2 lane backroad turns red, even though there is no cross traffic. Ugh. Nobody comes and nobody goes for a good 30 seconds. Then finally, right as the cross light is turning yellow, Mr. Pokey comes meandering through turns right (in the direction I'm headed) and accelerates to a blistering 32mph in a 45 zone. Of course I get to sit behind this jackass for the next 5 miles. A decade ago I could have passed him in one of the 4 passing zones that used to be along that stretch, but now have been double yellow'd over because government knows best.
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Yet people whine about roundabouts, which prevent exactly this, and require no maintanance or electricity.
 
jeepinmatt said:
I hate traffic lights. This morning, I'm happily driving to work (ok, happily might be a little bit of a stretch) when the light I'm approaching on a 2 lane backroad turns red, even though there is no cross traffic. Ugh. Nobody comes and nobody goes for a good 30 seconds. Then finally, right as the cross light is turning yellow, Mr. Pokey comes meandering through turns right (in the direction I'm headed) and accelerates to a blistering 32mph in a 45 zone. Of course I get to sit behind this jackass for the next 5 miles. A decade ago I could have passed him in one of the 4 passing zones that used to be along that stretch, but now have been double yellow'd over because government knows best.
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There is a deep manifesto I could give you on traffic signals being the perfect example of the control the government has over people and how people are blind sheep.

I live in a small town - we have no stop lights. The next town over (york) does. Recently I was coming through there on a tuesday night with my daughter at 01:30. A light was red. I stopped looked both ways and could see nothing was coming. I proceeded right on through the red light. My daughter freaked. Why? We could see no one was coming. I didnt need to sit there for 3 minutes just because someone said I was supposed to.
 
Ron said:
There is a deep manifesto I could give you on traffic signals being the perfect example of the control the government has over people and how people are blind sheep.

I live in a small town - we have no stop lights. The next town over (york) does. Recently I was coming through there on a tuesday night with my daughter at 01:30. A light was red. I stopped looked both ways and could see nothing was coming. I proceeded right on through the red light. My daughter freaked. Why? We could see no one was coming. I didnt need to sit there for 3 minutes just because someone said I was supposed to.
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There's a left turn light behind the mall in Gastonia I regularly run for this exact reason.
 
Do twins ever realize that one of them was unplanned?
 
jeepinmatt said:
I hate traffic lights. This morning, I'm happily driving to work (ok, happily might be a little bit of a stretch) when the light I'm approaching on a 2 lane backroad turns red, even though there is no cross traffic. Ugh. Nobody comes and nobody goes for a good 30 seconds. Then finally, right as the cross light is turning yellow, Mr. Pokey comes meandering through turns right (in the direction I'm headed) and accelerates to a blistering 32mph in a 45 zone. Of course I get to sit behind this jackass for the next 5 miles. A decade ago I could have passed him in one of the 4 passing zones that used to be along that stretch, but now have been double yellow'd over because government knows best.
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Preach!

But it's not the lights fault....its the moron government employees that don't sync them or put in sufficient triggers.

Surprise
 
awheelterd said:
Timed/unsynchronized lights are the worst. It seems like no lights in Greenville communicate. Absolutely no mass flow during commute hours and random red lights with no cross traffic during off peak hours. Worst traffic for no reason town I've ever experienced
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We have a light right outside our neighborhood that is constantly being messed with it seems. I've had to run that light a couple times because I will sit there for 5+ minutes sometimes. I'm not sure what the deal is. Then it will get fixed and be good for a couple of weeks and then here we go again.
 
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