not so serious but I want to rant II: Redemption

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Gared

Gared

I... I don't know if this is a rant or not. It's not a win, but it may just be a situation. Apparently tenure doesn't mean what it used to mean, and my boss at MSFT is both no longer my boss and not longer at MSFT. On a day-to-day basis this doesn't mean much for me (except that I may soon have to find a new place to sit, instead of her office), since she wasn't very involved in my job (and when she was she "helped" more than she helped) and I don't really need supervisory support. I report to her boss directly instead of reporting to her, but I had monthly status meetings and weekly status emails with him anyway. What it does mean, is that while I'm completely caught up on the 2 year backlog of cases my predecessor handed me, I'm likely to be a whole lot busier supporting the division; but again I was planning on that all along. I aced my 90 day review, and since then have been pushing myself even harder to make sure I'm getting as much done as I can, I'm as visible as I can be to the division and various teams within it, and as available as possible for additional assignments/work. I've been unemployed in this economy once already, and I'd really like to avoid it a second time.

So tell me Halforums, how am I supposed to feel about my boss no longer being my boss? Do I need to push myself even harder? I have a one year contract good through the end of June, 2012 - I'd like for that not to be my last day of employment.
 
Frank

Frank

It seems to me a good sign that you're still there and she isn't. For you at least.

Manbaw. I'm situated now in Edmonton. New position is going alright. Everything is coming up Frankhouse. Well, except for that I am missing the tight-knittedness of my old watch. I'm actually lonelier here than I was up ther now. All of my old friends are here and I'm closer to a lot of my family but I feel more cut off than ever. Hopefully this is just me adjusting, something I've never been good at.
 
Gared

Gared

Yeah, apparently she hadn't been doing so well on her own work load, and did poorly on her review. She may have been making the excuse that she was too busy with my work to get hers done properly, but it didn't wash with her boss (my new boss) because of our weekly updates and the fact that he frequently saw me pop online at 7:30 or so in the morning and drag my tired ass out of the building at 6:30 or 7:00 at night. I checked with my contract rep, and she says I did everything I should have done, so for now I'll just keep on keepin' on.

Hopefully your adjustment period gets better for you. I can imagine that it would be hard going from a small department in the boonies to a large department in the city. Hopefully you'll get to know at least a small group of fellows quickly and can get rid of some of the loneliness, even if you're never as tight knit with the entirety of the Edmonton department as you were with the back-woods one.

Edit: For a true non-major rant, Staples brand CD-Rs (or at least this spindle of them) suck ass. 1 in 3 discs can actually be burned appropriately, the rest crap out part way through and become useless. This hasn't happened at all with the Memorex CD-Rs that we used to have or the Staples brand DVD-Rs.
 
General Specific

General Specific

Gared said:
Edit: For a true non-major rant, Staples brand CD-Rs (or at least this spindle of them) suck ass. 1 in 3 discs can actually be burned appropriately, the rest crap out part way through and become useless. This hasn't happened at all with the Memorex CD-Rs that we used to have or the Staples brand DVD-Rs.
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Look on the bright side, 2 of 3 are bright, shiny coasters for your drinks.
 
Gared

Gared

Aye, but it means that I'm (more often than not) using DVD-Rs to store files that are smaller than 100MB - because we're "saving money" buying cheap, store brand CD-Rs. Ah well, nothing I can do about it.
 
Mathias

Mathias

Where the fuck does the book of life have an explicit rule in it that men MUST drink beer at a bar? I was visiting with a couple of friends in New York yesterday, and we went out. We sat at the bar and got some drinks. I ordered a whiskey sour; guy sitting next to me calls it a girly drink, and I nearly get into a fucking bar fight when I tell him my girly foot is going up his candy ass if he talks to me again.

When did whiskey sours or any straight liquor become chick drinks? Christ, I don't feel like drinking beer ALL THE TIME.
 
checkeredhat

checkeredhat

Its right here: page one, line one. See? Your book must be outdated.

(Seriously, I was just informed that whiskey sour was a girl drink last weekend.)
 
Mathias

Mathias

checkeredhat said:
Its right here: page one, line one. See? Your book must be outdated.

(Seriously, I was just informed that whiskey sour was a girl drink last weekend.)
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went in the hell did this happen? It's a well balanced drink. The syrup balances out the fairly large volume of whiskey. I don't get it. A girly drink is something like a Fuzzy Navel or Appletini - something that masks the liquor taste. Then again I love Pina Coladas and anyone can get fucked if they call me girly for enjoying a good pina colada.

Usually I'll drink beer, but damn it. I don't want beer every single time I go out.
 
checkeredhat

checkeredhat

Dude, that's what I thought too. Oh well, I won't let it stop me from drinkin' it from time to time. I'm not really one for mixed drinks most of the time anyway, and when I go for a cocktail its usually a caesar. But yeah. Anyway, it was news to me too.
 
Sparhawk

Sparhawk

Ignore them, drink what you want and be secure that you are more manly than they are. Just because they think "man must drink beer" doesn't mean that their little itty-bitty brain is correct.
 
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Sparhawk said:
Ignore them, drink what you want and be secure that you are more manly than they are. Just because they think "man must drink beer" doesn't mean that their little itty-bitty brain is correct.
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I was just discussing this with someone the other day. I have much more respect for a guy who orders a fruity drink because he likes it than a guy who orders a bitter drink because he thinks he should.

To make my meaning clear I know that a lot of people, men and women, like the bitter drinks I am just against doing anything because you think your gender requires it.
 
Gusto

Gusto

This was just some random guy? Just a dude in a bar?

If so, fuck that guy. Fuck him right in his ear. What a douche canoe.
 
LittleSin

LittleSin

My husband has gotten so hassled at the pool hall that I now have to order his drinks seeing as he likes sweeter things.

Sad, really.
 
Bones

Bones

just remind them you are a bigger man then them because you can handle drinking shit like that, I drink hurricanes anytime I am out, i get the OH BONES THATS A GIRL DRINK! fuck you this has the equal of 6 of your beers in booze content! I plan to drink 2 or 3 of these tonight and not get shit faced, which one of us is really manly asshat!?
 
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fade

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My wife told me a whiskey sour was a grandma drink when I ordered one once. That's like one worse apparently. Of course, she also tells me I drive a girl car, so what do I have to lose at this point?
 
Chad Sexington

Chad Sexington

I love my Guinness (though I've never boasted about keeping it down, what?). My favourite thing about Guinness though, is not the taste (which I like or I wouldn't drink it, naturally) but the appearance. Is there a more beautiful image than a pitch black pint crowned with an even, white foamy head? No. No there is not. Is the most aesthetically pleasing beer.
 
Cajungal

Cajungal

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It does look very nice. Tastes weird to me, though. I didn't mean to come down on every Guinness fans... really, anyone who won't let someone drink what they like in peace annoys me.
 
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