Shit that annoys you

[riser4]

I bought a bunch of fresh fruit to make some cocktails over the weekend and am using the leftovers in my smoothies in the morning instead of frozen fruit and holy hell my stomach is not happy. Luckily I work from home or I might be in the i shit my pants thread instead.

There's a thread for that?

[Supermoon]

There's a thread for that?

Honestly one of the funniest threads ever made on this app

[Buzzworthy]

Small woman neighbor had a Great Dane. She was walking it on the little road out back. Our little yapper got up in its face, yapped at it and took off down the hill to our house. I yelled at the lady to let go of her dog before it dragged her down the hill. The Dane caught up with ours at the back door where ours stood there yapping. The Dane lost interest and went back up to the road. Apparently they don't like yappers any more than people do.

Danes are smart. They don’t like the noise.
Also people don’t bother to train dogs anymore. Danes need and in turn love it. One of the many reasons I’ve had at least one for the past three decades.
Yappy dogs are annoying.

[spanky]

Honestly one of the funniest threads ever made on this app

Different from the slaying work bathrooms thread? Care to share a link?

[Supermoon]

Different from the slaying work bathrooms thread? Care to share a link?

Bumped

[stealurface831]

Norovirus is the most unpleasant thing I have ever experienced (with exception of putting to sleep my lab-border collie mix, Lucy).

I lost 13 pounds in 13 hours.

its been like 3 months since i got over it but i still can't trust a fart.

[riser4]

Bumped

Where is it? Different forum?

[Supermoon]

Where is it? Different forum?

I've shit my pants.
https://www.tetongravity.com/forums/...ad.php?t=31230

[riser4]

No wonder. It's not in the One Forum.

[Buzzworthy]

Working with this gen Z over the past year has been super annoying. In conversation tonight I’ve realized that it’s not that they don’t know how to work. They do.

It’s that they aren’t willing. They’ve got it in their mind there’s no incentive. There is no house they can afford anymore in desirable locations. The way of life they may have grown up with, mom and dad’s house, with that yard, and a garage for your bike? That’s not attainable in their minds.
So why work for it?

That’s fucking annoying. There is always a way to better yourself and your life. No matter where you are.

[skaredshtles]

Working with this gen Z over the past year has been super annoying. In conversation tonight I’ve realized that it’s not that they don’t know how to work. They do.

It’s that they aren’t willing. They’ve got it in their mind there’s no incentive. There is no house they can afford anymore in desirable locations. The way of life they may have grown up with, mom and dad’s house, with that yard, and a garage for your bike? That’s not attainable in their minds.
So why work for it?

That’s fucking annoying. There is always a way to better yourself and your life. No matter where you are.

[californiagrown]

Working with this gen Z over the past year has been super annoying. In conversation tonight I’ve realized that it’s not that they don’t know how to work. They do.

It’s that they aren’t willing. They’ve got it in their mind there’s no incentive. There is no house they can afford anymore in desirable locations. The way of life they may have grown up with, mom and dad’s house, with that yard, and a garage for your bike? That’s not attainable in their minds.
So why work for it?

That’s fucking annoying. There is always a way to better yourself and your life. No matter where you are.

Its interesting. The old mentality was to work hard because being a hard worker was a desirable attribute the way good looks, or wealth is. It was also more widely accepted/internalized that hard work in-and-of-itself was fulfilling. But, newer generations are realizing that hard work is simply a means to an end, and there needs to be a desirable, attainable prize for them to work hard for, otherwise, why work hard?


So on the one hand, if you are a competitive, hard worker with smarts, its never been easier to advance your career because the competition amongst younger peers is less fierce and you can stand out more to the older generations with money and power. But on the other, people are now realizing that maybe killing yourself for a couple decades just to likely top out at Middle Mgmt might not worth it, and so they might as well take a more laid back approach to their career and let that MM position come to them 10 yrs later than it would have otherwise.

i also think that a lot of Gen Z are counting on an inheritance, or support from their parents to buy a house or to bolster their retirement.

[MontuckyFried]

Working with this gen Z over the past year has been super annoying. In conversation tonight I’ve realized that it’s not that they don’t know how to work. They do.

It’s that they aren’t willing. They’ve got it in their mind there’s no incentive. There is no house they can afford anymore in desirable locations. The way of life they may have grown up with, mom and dad’s house, with that yard, and a garage for your bike? That’s not attainable in their minds.
So why work for it?

That’s fucking annoying. There is always a way to better yourself and your life. No matter where you are.

Perhaps their lack of motivation COULD have something to do with most companies being like this these days? [sorry in advance for TikTok link but it's the only place vid's posted]
https://www.tiktok.com/@feloniousfal...64890193939754

Kinda like when Sephora hit $10 billion in sales, and bragged about it to employees by rewarding them with what? A freaking cookie. No doubt to remind all of their minimum wage retail staff of how all of their hard work and dedication helped buy their execs a new fleet of corporate jets and phat bonuses. Talk about tone deaf!!!
https://www.reddit.com/r/Sephora/com...ves_employees/

[Cocximus]

Working with this gen Z over the past year has been super annoying. In conversation tonight I’ve realized that it’s not that they don’t know how to work. They do.

It’s that they aren’t willing. They’ve got it in their mind there’s no incentive. There is no house they can afford anymore in desirable locations. The way of life they may have grown up with, mom and dad’s house, with that yard, and a garage for your bike? That’s not attainable in their minds.
So why work for it?

That’s fucking annoying. There is always a way to better yourself and your life. No matter where you are.

OK boomer.

[m2711c]

the work/life balance that worked for the olds just don’t pay off like it used to.

[fastfred]

Its interesting. The old mentality was to work hard because being a hard worker was a desirable attribute the way good looks, or wealth is. It was also more widely accepted/internalized that hard work in-and-of-itself was fulfilling. But, newer generations are realizing that hard work is simply a means to an end, and there needs to be a desirable, attainable prize for them to work hard for, otherwise, why work hard?


So on the one hand, if you are a competitive, hard worker with smarts, its never been easier to advance your career because the competition amongst younger peers is less fierce and you can stand out more to the older generations with money and power. But on the other, people are now realizing that maybe killing yourself for a couple decades just to likely top out at Middle Mgmt might not worth it, and so they might as well take a more laid back approach to their career and let that MM position come to them 10 yrs later than it would have otherwise.

i also think that a lot of Gen Z are counting on an inheritance, or support from their parents to buy a house or to bolster their retirement.

excellent answer

I pay more for labor now and get less work in return than ten years ago and I'm not dealing with Gen Z it's gen x and millennials

as much as these teenagers and early twenty somethings get shit on (don't all generations?)
these kids are getting into the trades alot of them aren't afraid to get their hands dirty
the millennials truly missed out they ate the goto college shit up and get a good job hitting enter all day on the computer and it isn't working out for alot of them

corporations don't value workers at all and the workers now fully realize that

[Foggy_Goggles]

On balance, I'm giving a higher grade to the 40 and under working hands crowd (both sexes) than the 40 and up white collar professionals.

For every 30 year old train wreck trying to be carpenter white boy, I'll raise you 5 Wendy's pounding "dog ate my homework" designers, architects, property managers and so on. You know a skill he's got? Training and managing 20somethings?

If you suck at your job, you suck at your job. Nothing more, nothing less. Trying to carve out a stereotype of who is and isn't is stupid. I'm pretty sure my covered in tats borderline whisky tango Millenial countertop guy is making about $300k. You know a skill he got that's in demand?

[Mustonen]

On balance, I'm giving a higher grade to the 40 and under working hands crowd (both sexes) than the 40 and up white collar professionals.

For every 30 year old train wreck trying to be carpenter white boy, I'll raise you 5 Wendy's pounding "dog ate my homework" designers, architects, property managers and so on. You know a skill he's got? Training and managing 20somethings?

If you suck at your job, you suck at your job. Nothing more, nothing less. Trying to carve out a stereotype of who is and isn't is stupid. I'm pretty sure my covered in tats borderline whisky tango Millenial countertop guy is making about $300k. You know a skill he got that's in demand?

Agreed. Percentage of rockstars to deadweights seems pretty consistent across generations, in my experience.

[old goat]

How come most of the people doing the hard jobs around here speak Spanish?

T

[Foggy_Goggles]

As managers and older assholes, it is our job to show them the meritocracy. It you can't walk to walk of demonstrating the path forward, thats on you. If you don't have hire/fire and pay descresion, you are limited and your employees mark you as such.

I'm sure that is annoying.

[californiagrown]

As managers and older assholes, it is our job to show them the meritocracy. It you can't walk to walk of demonstrating the path forward, thats on you. If you don't have hire/fire and pay descresion, you are limited and your employees mark you as such.

I'm sure that is annoying.

IME its not the folks who you want to fire, its the folks with a ton of potential and ZERO initiative/motivation that are frustrating. They are just good enough to not be fired, and that is good enough for them. They work to the minimum qualifications... its like they think it is still school were you will get your diploma (promotion) as long as you keep getting a C-

[fastfred]

How come most of the people doing the hard jobs around here speak Spanish?

T

long story
it's been fascinating to watch and be part of over the past thirty years

told the temp service I didn't want some jack assess last week
got two great guys attitude was amazing the job was super shitty

can always tell the "new guys" they are like a dear in headlights

[Name Redacted]

Had a guy work for me for a year and a half, friend of friends. He sucked at most of his job. But he showed up on time, and knew how to at least not fuck up the stuff that I had him do, but just couldn't learn to do a few important things. I hired a trainer to come in from out of state and teach him and two other guys how to be good at their job so that I could pay the more money as they became more autonomous. Well first day of training comes around and he didn't show. At first I was worried, thought maybe he got hit by a car walking to work or something. But two days later I get his shop key in our drop box. No call, no nothing. Just stopped coming in and turned in his key.

Better off already without him, hired a guy who in two weeks is already better than he was. I was honestly trying to help him get to the point where I could pay him more money but he just didn't want it or couldn't do it.

[Ted Striker]

Witness protection. Didn't want any extra scrutiny. Might blow his cover.

[XXX-er]

But on the other, people are now realizing that maybe killing yourself for a couple decades just to likely top out at Middle Mgmt might not worth it, and so they might as well take a more laid back approach to their career and let that MM position come to them 10 yrs later than it would have otherwise.

.

i figured out LONG ago i did not want to be the manager and have to hang out with a bunch of other managers, give me life on the road, also if I work at 100% they will always want 100 % so always leave something in reserve