Work Gripes

Looks like the kind of thing the company I work for would print. "Niche" magazines. For example, we used to print "American Recorder".... like, a monthly publication about the instrument.


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I think we may have talked about this, but once a storage unit is abandoned for a certain amount of time, don't they break-in and sell the stuff? I wonder what kind of weird things they find.
 
If you stop paying for 2 months you get auctioned the 3rd month. And it's their own fault. By that time they've gotten a ton of emails and I've called them at least 4 times.
 
JHDK said:
If you stop paying for 2 months you get auctioned the 3rd month. And it's their own fault. By that time they've gotten a ton of emails and I've called them at least 4 times.
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Isn't that time dependent on when the TV crew is available?
 
scotchandcigar said:
And next month, my best friend from work for 38 years will retire at 60. But he's the perfect candidate to do that. All of his kids' state college funds were prepaid. He buys only cheap used cars, and drives them into the ground. And his mortgage has been paid-off for years. Plus, most of his family vacations have involved driving and camping, instead of flying and staying in hotels. He's never had anything other than basic cable, and he doesn't even own a cell phone (his wife has one only for emergencies). He has no expensive hobbies or interests. But by retiring at 60, he'll be paying a lot for medical insurance.
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Yesterday was his final work day. He turned in his laptop and badge, and the rest of his employment will consist of PTO through the end of July. We did an early lunchtime walk along the walking path, with another longtime coworker. And then we went out locally for lunch. A few weeks ago, we met up with the rest of our lunch gang (the retired ones) for a more celebratory lunch out.

He was my coworker for 38 years; he started 2 months prior to me in 1984. For a while, he was just one of many work friends I had. But for the last 25 years or so, he became the one who always greeted me every morning, and talked about the day, or the weekend. We would always grab breakfast in the cafe together, and he consistently joined me and the others for lunch.

We both did the same work-from-home schedule prior to Covid, with the same 2 days per week in the office. And then when we were both full-time from home, we would make it a point to check-in with each other on chat. There was an unspoken rule, that before starting a work conversation, we'd always ask how the other is doing, or how the weekend went. That's because other coworkers and (especially) managers would see you in the hall, and instead of saying hi, they'd just start in with "how's that project going", "I need you to do something", or "let me ask you".

All of our kids were born and grew up during those last 30 or so years. And now, although I still know a few people from the early days at my company, there's no one I make a point to chat with, either online, or when I go in. So it's going to be something that I'll have to get adjusted to.
 
Congrats to your friend!
It’s great to see someone make it out, and on their own terms.
It sucks when you don’t have that person around, but I’ve always had a sense of satisfaction that they made it, and are happy. It gives me hope that I’ll get there some day.
 
I like my job well enough. IT is a fun industry to work in, but my current position (Desktop Support) is not where I want to wind up. Since I'm finishing my degree in cloud computing and will go for AWS positions once that's done or near done, that'd be something I'd want to do. Especially considering they're paying insane amounts of starting pay for any position in cloud.
 
HecticArt said:
Congrats to your friend!
It’s great to see someone make it out, and on their own terms.
It sucks when you don’t have that person around, but I’ve always had a sense of satisfaction that they made it, and are happy. It gives me hope that I’ll get there some day.
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Yeah, I'm happy for my coworker friends who have successfully retired. They're all doing well.
 
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