Cajungal
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No problems hereI fail to see the problem. But if you want to consider that batch a loss, I'll take them off your hands for you...
The Random Crap Thread 2: It Hits the Fan.
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Cajungal
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It's interesting to talk to kids about death and the afterlife. A little fundamentalist kid started telling my niece she's going to burn in hell. She says, "No I'm not. I believe in reincarnation. " and skips away.
How do you confront complete strangers? I'm pretty sure the fire that occurred across my lake was made by these people who camp there on a regular basis and I want to call them on their misdeeds.
So, my boss (the VP of Procurement and Engineering) was "let go" yesterday. The president of the company took purchasing back over (this is the second time he's done it in the 11 months I've worked here). The search is on for a new purchasing manager, which would be our 5th in those same 11 months. I'm hoping he has the good sense to either give the department to either the incredibly brilliant and hardworking guy that he put in charge of our board material for the interim, or to me (of the two of us, I'd choose the other guy just because he has a lot more experience), because if we get another moron (the VP wasn't a moron, she just fell into the classic purchasing trap of getting too caught up on one aspect of the job and failing to get everything else we need, to the point that we dropped 800 cabinets out of production last week and lost $135k), we're sunk. The job is incredibly time intensive, challenging but not impossible, and fun as hell; but so far, not one of our managers has been able to either see the bigger picture, or delegate appropriately to their buyers. Meanwhile, my job is going to be a hell of a lot more stressful for the foreseeable future as I try to pick up the slack from not having an actual manager and make sure I don't let anything fall through the cracks with my defacto manager being the president and owner of the company (and also my brother-in-law).
Once worked with a purchasing manager that ordered short tons instead of long tons. Yeah, it didn't end well. Not when you order hundreds of tonnes of product. Best was when he demanded that the police get involved to determine where the missing 20 tons went.
Yeah... that's not good. Our VP's downfall was a complete and utter lack of flexibility. Every time scheduling announced that the schedule was set for the following week, she would print it out and start ordering core (and have the rest of us start ordering our responsibilities) to just that print out. Here's the thing though - the schedule is the most fluid thing out there. The whole point of the schedule is to attempt to run 1000 cabinets' worth of production through the shop each week, which is the level we need to hit consistently in order to make a profit. If any of those cabinets drop out of production, for any reason (say, we can't get the laminate in time), that job has to move and something else has to take its place. Then we also have to figure in the fact that we're a subcontractor. The GC's schedule may slip, it may need to be moved up, the building could have a fire or storm damage, or the customer may just move the completion date up. We have no control over any of that, but we do have to react. We can't work off of a schedule that we printed out once 4 days ago, we absolutely must keep updating the schedule multiple times a day to make sure we're caught up with the most recent updates. The VP didn't get that, or she couldn't keep up, one of the two.
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And calling it a night at 1,800 words. @Dave will be happy(?). I've brought back the word CAPICHE! Twice! And made a joke about it.
“Dilbert Dashiel Augustus Pinkerton!” Tony commanded. Swear he missed his calling as a Kindergarten teacher. “Sit your lard ass up right now or I’ll call Lily and tell her how much of a whiner baby you’re being!”
And calling it a night at 1,800 words. @Dave will be happy(?). I've brought back the word CAPICHE! Twice! And made a joke about it.
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That depends if there's a pile of bodies that randomly pops up anywhere.
Calleja!
figmentPez
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I'm sorry, bacon would like a word.
figmentPez
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Bacon is welcome to talk all it wants, but cheese is busy getting things done!
Bacon can have a word. It's "Cheese".
No, just cheese.
This brings up a random observation: yesterday at McDonald's, I ordered a Bacon Cheese McChicken (yes, they make those now).
I got my order when it was done, went happily to my table and was about to put some extra condiments on - yes, I like ketchup on my McChicken sandwich, don't you judge me - and I noticed that the patty on my sandwich was... a hamburger.
The wrapper said "McChicken". My receipt said "McChicken." The sandwich said, "Nope, I'm a bacon cheeseburger, bro."
This brings up a random observation: yesterday at McDonald's, I ordered a Bacon Cheese McChicken (yes, they make those now).
I got my order when it was done, went happily to my table and was about to put some extra condiments on - yes, I like ketchup on my McChicken sandwich, don't you judge me - and I noticed that the patty on my sandwich was... a hamburger.
The wrapper said "McChicken". My receipt said "McChicken." The sandwich said, "Nope, I'm a bacon cheeseburger, bro."
To be fair, my thoughts went to Calleja first, too, and only to our resident psycho lesbian second. Don't ask me how that happened, I didn't use to be so whipped.
Also, bacon and cheese and everything greasy is fine, but deep down, you know the ultimate food, the only thing to cheer you up, the only thing to make the woes of the world seem insignificant, is chocolate*.
*The good kind, much like "cheese-flavored condiment paste" isn't cheese, most things you've eaten probably weren't real chocolate.
Also, bacon and cheese and everything greasy is fine, but deep down, you know the ultimate food, the only thing to cheer you up, the only thing to make the woes of the world seem insignificant, is chocolate*.
*The good kind, much like "cheese-flavored condiment paste" isn't cheese, most things you've eaten probably weren't real chocolate.
Bubble, You and I have already been down this road, if you are talking to a north american person they probably have never had what you consider milk chocolate. I remember being told that our chocolate is mostly filler and wax compared to chocolate from continental europe.
You need to find a weasel to bribe so next year you're my SS recipient
I have a cousin stationed in germany with the US Army, she travels all over europe, she still hasnt sent me any choclate.You need to find a weasel to bribe so next year you're my SS recipient