Hey, all; Healthy Friday – Hope everyone’s well and keeping (relatively) sane in these especially contentious days. The day after the election four years ago, I remember walking into work almost in a daze; (and somewhat hungover) my mind still … Continue reading Job Rants Thread – 11/6/2020 – Working From Home XXXIV: Isocation

Ah, hello kiddies; Gruesome Friday! It’s your old pal, the Gimp’d Keeper here; back again with another weekly entry into that most dark and gruesome of settings, the workaday world! It seems that, no matter what time of year it … Continue reading Job Rants Dread – 10/30/2020 – Screaming From Home XXXIII: Pandemic Spooktacular!

Hey, all; Healthy Friday – You ever have one of those weeks? You know the kind: where your alarm gets you up late at the start of the week, starting you off on the wrong foot, and then things just … Continue reading Job Rants Thread – 10/23/2020 – Working From Home XXXII: One Of THOSE Weeks

Hey, all; Healthy Friday – So, believe it or not, this entry will actually be my first presence on our erstwhile Avocado in over a week. Before anyone asks, no, I still love it here, and all of you. It’s … Continue reading Job Rants Thread – 10/16/2020 – Working From Home XXXI: Weathering The Work

Hey, all; Healthy Fri–Oh my God, we’ve hit thirty. Sooooo…Full disclosure: I was again hit by the Fog Of Ages this week; and therefore, don’t have anything prepped. Indeed, the closest thing to creativity on display is in the header; … Continue reading Job Rants Thread – 10/9/2020 – Working From Home XXX: Insert Porn Joke, Here

Hey, all; Healthy Friday – Thankfully, not a lot to say, this week; at least from my end. It appears that the righteous (for him) ass-chewing our boss gave us a few weeks ago has borne fruit. Before, we could … Continue reading Job Rants Thread – 10/1/2020 – Working From Home XXIX: Caught Up

Hey, all; Healthy Friday – Some of you might wonder about the title for this week; and all I can say is: Yeah; that’s about the size of it. I’m feeling, at least when it comes to my job and … Continue reading Job Rants Thread – 9/25/2020 – Working From Home XXVII: …I’m Good; You?

I love my jobHe loves his jobPull that leverSister, start the engine Pump the water, yeahHoney, build the pressurePump the water, build the pressure, push the piston, press the buttonIt’s the perfect job – Tori Amos, The Happy Worker Hey, … Continue reading Job Rants Thread – 9/18/2020 – Working From Home XXVI: Smiles, Everyone; Smiles

Hey, all; Healthy Friday – Given the date, and what it means to many, I can understand if people’s minds are elsewhere, today. (I know mine is) But, as ever, you have something that really cheeses you off about your … Continue reading Job Rants Thread – 9/11/2020 – Working From Home XXV: And Yet, We Stand

Hey all; Healthy FriAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH! Okay, so…The fire alarm in my apartment just went off. Don’t worry, I’m fine. Apparently, it was just my apartment, and it was due to a faulty alarm in my room. Good news, they fixed it, … Continue reading Job Rants Thread – 9/3/2020 – Working From Home XXIV: *beep* *beep* *beeeeeep*

Hey, all; Healthy Friday – It might be hard to believe, but, there was a world that existed prior to this pandemic. I know! I couldn’t believe it, either; but, apparently, it existed. And to further blow your minds, it … Continue reading Job Rants Thread – 8/27/2020 – Working From Home XXIII: The Productivity Paradox II: Work Harder/Hardly Workin’

…And I can half-ass it if I want to, Hey, all; Healthy Friday – Not much to say this week, as, while you’re reading this, I’m celebrating my birthday. Yay. (Well, technically it was Wednesday, but I took some extra … Continue reading Job Rants Thread – 8/21/2020 – Working From Home XXII: It’s My Party…

Hey, all; Healthy Friday – Not a lot to say, week, on my end. Still gratefully employed, if not still great-fully annoyed by our process. and those above us seeking to complicate out lives by revising it again and again … Continue reading Job Rants Thread – 8/14/2020 – Working From Home XXI: Treading Water

Hey, all; Healthy Fri–Holy crap, I’ve posted twenty of these under the “Working From Home” banner –   So…Cases are up, rollbacks are a possibility so long as enough idiots decide that the beach is apparently worth dying, or crippling … Continue reading Job Rants Thread – 8/7/2020 – Working From Home XX: I’m Writing This At 2:00 A.M.

Hey, all; Healthy Friday –   Nothing much to say this week. The market took the largest dive since…Ever, but at least they passed a second round of unemployment bonuses where the amount wasn’t an affront to basic human decency, … Continue reading Job Rants Thread – 7/31/2020 – Working From Home XIX: …Yup

Hey, all; Healthy Friday –   As per CNN:  1.4 million (that’s million with a DAMN) filed for unemployment benefits last week; reversing the downturn in applications that have supposedly been falling since March; a trend that’s being partially blamed … Continue reading Job Rants Thread – 7/24/2020 – Working From Home XVIII: Understimulated

Hey, all; Healthy Friday –   As has been the usual for the past few weeks, I haven’t had a whole lot to say, as honestly, work’s basically been chugging along at a steady clip, with no shake-ups expected, and … Continue reading Job Rants Thread – 7/17/2020 – Working From Home XVII: Checking In

Hey, all; Healthy Friday –   Honestly, I got nothing, this week. I took a few days off, so the worst I’ve experienced is having to play catch-up. Not surprisingly, there’s been no word as to when we’re getting back … Continue reading Job Rants Thread – 7/10/2020 – Working From Home XVI: Chugging Along

  Hey, all; Healthy Friday-   This Saturday will mark the 244th observance of Independence Day in our increasingly dis-United States of America. While much could likely be discussed about the nature of observing a holiday that celebrates freedom in … Continue reading Job Rants Thread – 7/2/2020 – Working From Home XV: Independence(?) Day

  Hey, all; Healthy Friday –   So, I did a little mental math and figured out that, as of next Wednesday, I’ll have been working from home for exactly 100 days. That’s beyond strange to even think about, let … Continue reading Job Rants Thread – 6/26/2020 – Working From Home XIV: …Day 95

  Hey, all; Healthy Friday-   …It’s too nice to be writing a column right now. I mean it; it’s really nice out right now, and I am going to soak up some desperately-needed Vitamin D. While I will be … Continue reading Job Rants Thread – 6/19/2020 – Working From Home XIII: Recess!