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My day started off the Kuerig giving up the ghost this morning.  Yippee!  Then I was surprised by some wasps who had made a nest inside the hose rack storage.  Didn't get stung and they died.  Jokes on the them.  How's your today going?

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Gotten into a argument between two land owners and a fence line, just another day but both had weapons ready. 

2 hours ago, MissingInAction said:

I just had a couple of doctors mistake me for their pancreatic cancer patient. 

Luckily we figured that out quickly.

GF's DIL got a call from her doctor today.  "GET TO THE ER RIGHT AWAY, YOUR WHITE CELL COUNT IS NEAR ZERO AND IT CAN BE FATAL".

She (from China, and very funny) says "I'm at the gym working out.  I'm not dying and you don't know what the fuck you're doing.  Figure it out and call me back". 

They call her back and apologize.  Mistakes were made, and she's fine. 

1 hour ago, Humpy said:

Gotten into an argument between two land owners and a fence line, just another day but both had weapons ready. 

What the fuck do you do that that is a normal day 

Daughter just totalled her car.  Thank god she's ok.  After taking care of all that, I come home to the downstairs A/C being out.  Hopefully just the capacitors are blown.

happy pre-fathers' day.....yay.....

1 hour ago, UT_OB1 said:

What the fuck do you do that that is a normal day 

Drink huge amounts of beer, talk to lawyers, and laugh at the warring parties, give treats to my neighbors pups. That's about it.

1 hour ago, Bevo&Pevo said:

^^ hang in there.

all I want is the big piece of chicken.  🤣

5 hours ago, Humpy said:

Gotten into an argument between two land owners and a fence line, just another day but both had weapons ready. 

I’ve never understood this. A couple of inches makes you (the royal you) want to shoot someone?  Get more excitement in your life. 

Last meeting of the day, found out for our project, no vacation after Labor Day through BOY.  Oh, and will be working 6 days/ wk until further notice, with some 7 day work weeks.

 

Fuck yeah.  Who wouldn't be revved about that horseshit?  I mean, it beats unemployment, and that's about it.

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I pretty much told my team the same thing, at least until the end of July.

$700M project on the line and we can’t screw this up. 

2 hours ago, Superhero said:

I’d shoot someone for a few extra inches.

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Sad but people feel this way.

I spent the day giving a customer a 335% price increase for some enterprise software, at the insistence of my director and VP. We are talking low 5 digits, and their previous price was laughably low because it was offered back when that product was a startup. Negotiated for a few hours, til they told us they were cancelling and to fuck off.

Last email of the day was my director asking our VP how he wanted to respond.

Admittedly, this deal was inconsequential in terms of my attainment, and I used it as a low-risk trial experiment in negotiating future deals. Honestly, I wanted to show leadership that I was aligned with their strategy and willing to stand firm and believe in our worth.

Keyboard warrior of a customer refused to pick up the phone and sent two emails that could be vaguely construed as threats.

No specifics, but this is what DOGE hath wrought.

7 hours ago, Superhero said:

$700M project on the line and we can’t screw this up. 

Don't sell you and your team short. Of course you can screw it up.

On 6/14/2025 at 10:23 AM, Iceman said:

Last meeting of the day, found out for our project, no vacation after Labor Day through BOY.  Oh, and will be working 6 days/ wk until further notice, with some 7 day work weeks.

 

Fuck yeah.  Who wouldn't be revved about that horseshit?  I mean, it beats unemployment, and that's about it.

My team would have to hang me by my testicles before id do that.

 

The grammar in the thread title is what went sideways that day.  

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