I Called In Sick Today

[InternetExplorer 2,609]

so I've been tracking my weight with my spreadsheet for 20 days, and it's coming out at about a consistent 2500-2600 maintenance figure. significantly higher than my guess based on my past experience - 2200.

[Napa Lite 3,278]

That is shockingly high. I'm going to join you on this data mining this month.

[InternetExplorer 2,609]

it's very interesting to see. it's a pain to have to keep consistent exercise patterns and eat quantifiable amounts, but worth it just to know.

[Ron_Mexico 4,219]

Napa, you realize attending a wedding is optional, right?

 

Start bringing a date and leaving a smaller gift, word will spread and you'll stop getting the questionable invites

[brvheart 1,752]

It makes no sense to me that someone from your frat would schedule a wedding on the ISU-Iowa game day. That actually makes me mildly upset. I really hope that they aren't from your frat and have no connection to ISU.

[Napa Lite 3,278]

It's a mild annoyance not the end of the world. It's not like I'm missing attending since its in Iowa city. Plus, we'll be able to watch most if not all the game due it being a late wedding and being in the west coast.

[Essay21 2,385]

Christ it's 45 minutes by cab to the horseshoe. But I'm already in th cab and that's that.

[Napa Lite 3,278]

Let's have a play by play of big hands tonight. I've got nothing going on and don't feel like going out.

[Essay21 2,385]

I'm here for you. And also that cabbie fvck didn't tell me it's 1.5x the fare until we got there. ****in 70 bones.

[JubilantLankyLad 1,957]

Cabs doing surge pricing now too?

[Essay21 2,385]

I don't even know man.

 

First noteworthy hand sees our hero with JT o clubs in the big blind. Calls a raise to 12 along with 5 others, and we see a flop. AK3. No action. Turn is my queen, I check and villain bets 10 into 70. Two calls and I raise to 30 and take it.

[Essay21 2,385]

I moved to 1/2 PLO.

[InternetExplorer 2,609]

chatted with the CEO tonight over bourbon. he says, we interviewed this guy from a bigger competitor, head of project management. he says, "as he described what he did, I kept thinking, this is I.E."

 

can't for the life of me see why he made the connection between the job applicant and the Internet browser produced by Microsoft, or why he brought it up in conversation like that.

[Essay21 2,385]

Second hand AK32. And no pre flop raise. Flop is 33A. I bet 15, 25, and 40. He folded the river. Turn was a 9 and river Q. No flush.

[InternetExplorer 2,609]

I need the suits please

[Essay21 2,385]

I actually need to pay attention so that will only be conveyed if necessary for the story.

[InternetExplorer 2,609]

I am your eyes and ears. you need me informed.

[InternetExplorer 2,609]

that guy with the sunglasses? he rarely shaves. it's this kind of info you rely on from us.

[Essay21 2,385]

K 10 9 5. Hearts and King five of spades. Limped pot. Flop is J 8 3, two spades. I check called the flop bet of 15. Turn is Q of hearts. I bet 40. He calls. River is 8 of hearts, I check and am ready to call his bet but he knucks and I scoop.

[InternetExplorer 2,609]

villain is probably cheating on his wife in that pot

[Napa Lite 3,278]

Typically we get our raises on the first check after 7/1. They changed the review process this year so raises don't come into effect until 9/1. Because of this they made a big deal about how it wasn't fair to us or something and so they would pretend that the raises were effective 7/1 and we would have a true up on our 9/1 check.

 

Well, as you know, I got a promotion and I was excited to get around an extra $300 on this check. But when I looked at my pay stub yesterday and didn't see an adjustment I was a little confused. So I went and asked the payroll lady if my true up was just baked into my raise and she said no, it's just that people who got promotions didn't get the true up. And even if I did it turns out they're paying it out over the next 12 months instead of a lump sum so it would have been barely noticeable anyways. No big deal.

 

Enter today: the payroll lady stopped by my desk and told me she had been getting angry emails and calls all day from people asking where their "bonus" was. Like yelling at her and slamming phones down angry. Apparently some managers were telling people that they would get their bonus. And almost no managers, mine included, didn't make it clear that promotion meant no bonus. To top it off being Labor Day weekend the important HR people were gone and a lot of affected people probably weren't even in office so unless HR sends out a clarifying email she'll likely have to deal with it on Tuesday.

 

I can't wait to see HR's response.

[InternetExplorer 2,609]

I get so irritated with that stuff. be accountable, explain the situation. anticipate when what you're doing isn't going to meet expectations, and be ahead of it. it's a wash to the company, so why have people angry about it?

[Napa Lite 3,278]

It's such an asinine situation anyways. Like would people have really been upset about raises being 2 months later anyways? Like, shit, how many places have had wage freezes for years? It's not even in our agreements that we're promised a raise every year but we always do. They just made it overly confusing and difficult for no reason and then fvcked up the execution. Unreal.

[InternetExplorer 2,609]

in undergrad, I had a marketing prof that said, "don't ever blame the audience," which I think is such a great life lesson. regardless of the situation, you are the presenter--you have the ability to discern whether what you're saying will be misinterpreted, before you say it. these things can be foreseen, just think about it before implementation.

[Napa Lite 3,278]

That's why I rarely get mad at work. I always just blame myself for trusting that other people were capable.