What does everyone do for a living?

[jterrell]

I doubt it. No offense to Ad, but lobster tacos seem pretty darn fascinating.

and good at that.

Lobster Tacos FTW!! (for the win)

Geez, women.

 

[Juke99]

Oh yeah, I'm letting you know.

Yes Darling...scurrying off to take care of it now.

 

[Juke99]

Oh yeah, I'm letting you know.

OK...you're good to go...uh, I left out the "kisses" part...you'll have to add that.

 

[LaTunaNostra]

OK...you're good to go...uh, I left out the "kisses" part...you'll have to add that.

I'm easy.

That can be arranged. :

later!

 

[jterrell]

The Peter Principle you will love, Ad.

It was the brainchild of Laurence J Peter who wrote a book on it a few decades ago. His thesis was that in any organization, each worker will be promoted to his own particular level of incompetence.

Meaning, if you're a very good positions coach, you will end up destroying a team as a coordinator when you get that job. :laugh2:

We in IT have always used that principle to explain how admins who couldn't admin or programmers who couldn't code got to be managers and then if they couldn't manage were promoted again to Director or VP. (Just ask your man about that one)


Essssssentially as you move up the food chain your actual need for a skillset is reduced and a bumbling idiot can be the CEO because its just picking A or B, both of which have been thoproughly researched by others and even if you pick wrong they will give you a nice golden parachute to retire, ROFL.

 

[jterrell]

Ad, apparently lobster tacos served hot are the Dallas specialty of some big hotel and its famous chef located near the convention center.

I'm allergic to lobster and wouldn't dare try compete with any famous chef, so he can forget about getting any more of those tacos til the next Big D training.

Thats at the Mansion.

Excellent stuff from a world class chef.
The Dallas Stars Ed Belfour tore that place up one night and was arrested for it. Rooms go for a couple hundred per night. Its a seriously swanky joint. Not as cool as ZaZa's tho. If he heads down again tell him to check them out.

 

[WoodysGirl]

you read instructions and use all the pieces?
what a chick thing to do, lol.

Better than sitting around sitting on my thumbs, trying to figure out where that metal thingy goes...

 

[jterrell]

Better than sitting around sitting on my thumbs, trying to figure out where that metal thingy goes...

Bah, we learn by trial and error
When we buy the second one we can get it right, lol.

I was an English major as well.
I took technical writing but it was too dry.
I tended to lean more toward philosophy which was my minor.
Sadly no one pays me to sit around and philosophize lol.


Gonan go ahead get my Master in Computer Informations Systems I guess so I can move to management and take up golf, lol.

 

[WoodysGirl]

Bah, we learn by trial and error
When we buy the second one we can get it right, lol.

I was an English major as well.
I took technical writing but it was too dry.
I tended to lean more toward philosophy which was my minor.
Sadly no one pays me to sit around and philosophize lol.


Gonan go ahead get my Master in Computer Informations Systems I guess so I can move to management and take up golf, lol.

Technical writing is VERY dry. That's why I'm on here so much. :

But whenever we do something that adds a web component or adds something graphics-related, that brings a lil more spice to my usual "1. On the [blank] screen, click the [blank] box and then click OK."

Yeah my minor was in African American studies. Half my classes weren't even about things done over here in the US. Unfortunately, it's not exactly a money making field, even tho I learned alot.

Golfing should be part of your job requirement once you get to mgmt. Good luck w/that. We played miniature golf in Vegas and there were alot of Par 2's in which I was 6-over. The card told us to stop counting when we got to 6...

 

[jterrell]

Technical writing is VERY dry. That's why I'm on here so much. :

But whenever we do something that adds a web component or adds something graphics-related, that brings a lil more spice to my usual "1. On the [blank] screen, click the [blank] box and then click OK."

Yeah my minor was in African American studies. Half my classes weren't even about things done over here in the US. Unfortunately, it's not exactly a money making field, even tho I learned alot.

Golfing should be part of your job requirement once you get to mgmt. Good luck w/that. We played miniature golf in Vegas and there were alot of Par 2's in which I was 6-over. The card told us to stop counting when we got to 6...

I took some african-american lit classes that were quite fun. Lots of great literature.

My golfing skills right now are so bad I cant hit the ball in the lake from 100 yards away consistently. Our VP plays 5 days a week and hits low 80s regularly

 

[HardHittin'Witten]

I work in insurance.

*waiting for the sharp objects to start flying at me*

 

[WoodysGirl]

I work in insurance.

*waiting for the sharp objects to start flying at me*

If you can lower my homeowner's I'll toss $$$ in your direction. Texas has the highest in the nation and mine has doubled since I moved in and I can't seem to find any that could be remotely lower.

 

[WoodysGirl]

I took some african-american lit classes that were quite fun. Lots of great literature.

My golfing skills right now are so bad I cant hit the ball in the lake from 100 yards away consistently. Our VP plays 5 days a week and hits low 80s regularly

Uhmm yeah you might want to work on that...

 

[Hoov]

Im a regsitered dietitian, but i like to say nutritionist cause otherwise everyone thinks im a diet guru. working in medical field so actually most of the time im helping people who are malnourished to gain weight. right now i work part time at a dialysis facility so the patients i deal with have kidney failure, plus a third are diabetic and we have several patients with hiv, hepatitis and so on, so a lot of my work is to prevent malnutrition while presenting diet guidelines to keep their bloodwork from getting out of whack.

I also hooked up with an old friend who does construction/remodeling so i work part time with him.

Hostile, im also doing the real eatste investing and property management, thats my plan for early retirement too, i'll send you a pm regarding that. id like to own some property in brazil, outside of Rio and spent 4-5 months ayear living on the beach down there. i recently met this guy my age who wants to do the same thing and his wife is a brazilian citizen so were looking at different options.

 

[adbutcher]

The Peter Principle you will love, Ad.

It was the brainchild of Laurence J Peter who wrote a book on it a few decades ago. His thesis was that in any organization, each worker will be promoted to his own particular level of incompetence.

Meaning, if you're a very good positions coach, you will end up destroying a team as a coordinator when you get that job. :laugh2:

That Peter guy might be on to something. At my last job the plant GM came up with a stroke of genius called, "four on the floor". He wanted all engineers to spend four hours of their day on the shop floor to discover problems and utilized the infinite wisdom of the operators to fix them. He was pleased with himself for disturbing the comfort zone of his "spoiled" engineers until one of the operators insisted the only way to install the new incoming press was to demolish a wall. My dumb former GM was all on board until I pointed out that it was a load bearing wall, lol. The nail in the coffin occurred when most of the new hire engineers were spending the other four hours on “monster.com” and “career builder.com” looking to get the heck out of dodge.

I effectively shoved his “four on the floor” when I turned in my resignation letter which was effective on my 1 year anniversary, thus avoiding to pay one red cent back for my relocation package.

 

[LaTunaNostra]

That Peter guy might be on to something. At my last job the plant GM came up with a stroke of genius called, "four on the floor". He wanted all engineers to spend four hours of their day on the shop floor to discover problems and utilized the infinite wisdom of the operators to fix them. He was pleased with himself for disturbing the comfort zone of his "spoiled" engineers until one of the operators insisted the only way to install the new incoming press was to demolish a wall. My dumb former GM was all on board until I pointed out that it was a load bearing wall, lol. The nail in the coffin occurred when most of the new hire engineers were spending the other four hours on “monster.com” and “career builder.com” looking to get the heck out of dodge.

Unbelievable! Expecting you elitest engineers to get down there on the shop floor with the clock-punchers is downright socialistic! In fact, it's reminiscent of Mao-Tse Tung's Cultural Revolution when he forced the city intellectuals into the countyside to cull the rice paddies. So your GM is not only the Peter Principle personifled, he's a gosh darn communist!

And with all the time you spend in the gym, don't tell me you can't break thru a load bearing wall, AND hold up the fall out.

I effectively shoved his “four on the floor” when I turned in my resignation letter which was effective on my 1 year anniversary, thus avoiding to pay one red cent back for my relocation package.

Prima donna.

 

[Yeagermeister]

I hate my boss for making actually talk to end users just because I work on a help desk......Oh the nerve of some people [/sarcasm]

 

[adbutcher]

Unbelievable! Expecting you elitest engineers to get down there on the shop floor with the clock-punchers is downright socialistic! In fact, it's reminiscent of Mao-Tse Tung's Cultural Revolution when he forced the city intellectuals into the countyside to cull the rice paddies. So your GM is not only the Peter Principle personifled, he's a gosh darn communist!

And with all the time you spend in the gym, don't tell me you can't break thru a load bearing wall, AND hold up the fall out.

Have you seen some of the guys I worked with? None are into anything physical and when they leave their cubicles they are easily frighten, lol.

The last I heard was my old GM friend is under heavy pressure from corporate, something to do with engineer attrition. And if I wanted to punch a clock I would have followed my original plans of either going to the “The Diesel Driving Academy” or playing for the Campo era Cowboys.

Prima donna.

I am just trying to feed my family :

 

[AsthmaField]

I am the Mississippi Account Executive for Countrywide Home Loans Wholesale Division (Countrywide Specialty Lending Group).

My customers are the Mortgage Brokers in my state, so I don't deal directly with the public. I have about a hundred or so accounts (Mortgage Brokers) that I deal with... some of them great and some not so great.

Prior to doing that, I was a student at the University of Southern Miss and worked at a local gym (for 5 years). My present job isn't nearly as fun... but the pay is much, much better.

Anyway, that's what I do in my spare time. My main occupation is being a Cowboy fan.

 

[jterrell]

That Peter guy might be on to something. At my last job the plant GM came up with a stroke of genius called, "four on the floor". He wanted all engineers to spend four hours of their day on the shop floor to discover problems and utilized the infinite wisdom of the operators to fix them. He was pleased with himself for disturbing the comfort zone of his "spoiled" engineers until one of the operators insisted the only way to install the new incoming press was to demolish a wall. My dumb former GM was all on board until I pointed out that it was a load bearing wall, lol. The nail in the coffin occurred when most of the new hire engineers were spending the other four hours on “monster.com” and “career builder.com” looking to get the heck out of dodge.

I effectively shoved his “four on the floor” when I turned in my resignation letter which was effective on my 1 year anniversary, thus avoiding to pay one red cent back for my relocation package.

Dude,
I have to send out an email requesting info to access a specific computer room every day with "my" server in it to do daily backups.

Guess who approves it? MEEEE!!
Good grief.

The door has a keypad so the record was already there of time and date and it has wall to wall camera coverage.
PITA.