Hey, all; Happy and Healthy Friday – For around a year now, our backlog of calls from people wanting to apply and/or renew for our service had been consistently hovering in the 150 to 200 range. This was largely due … Continue reading Job Rants Thread – 3/11/2022 – Big Wheel And The Terrible, Horrible, No-Good, Very Bad Workday

Hey, all; Happy and Healthy Friday – If you can read the header, then know that’s all that I have to say, this week. Just when I thought I might be able to start getting away with putting the big … Continue reading Job Rants Thread – 3/4/2022 – It’s Just Too Damn Cold

Hey, all; Happy and Healthy Friday – Well, for anyone keeping up with the weather in the past few days, it should come as no surprise that we’re getting hammered all across the U.S. Unlike last time, however at least, … Continue reading Job Rants Thread – 2/25/2022 – Damp Days Ahead II: The Resnowening

Hey, all; Happy and Healthy Friday – Before anyone asks, no; the JRT is not going on hiatus, I write little enough as it is. Rather, the title in this case refers to a few short days I decided to … Continue reading Job Rants Thread – 2/18/2022 – A Short Break

Hey all; Happy and Healthy Friday – Hnh…Tired. Bored. Want this week to just end. On the plus side, I did get to run my office again for a day…Albeit after my boss remembered to call and tell me two … Continue reading Job Rants Thread – 2/11/2022 – Open Table

Hey all; Happy, Healthy, and hopefully dry, Friday – So, for those of you who don’t follow the meteorological, it might interest you to know that U.S. has been experiencing some rather…Inclement weather in recent days. The Northeast got slammed … Continue reading Job Rants Thread – 2/4/2022 – Damp Days Ahead

Hey, all; Happy and Healthy Friday – Not a whole lot to day, this week; much as last week. Honestly, the only even vaguely interesting thing I could think about happening this week was dislocating my hip slightly and needing … Continue reading Job Rants Thread – 1/26/2022 – Just That Kind Of Week

Hey, all; Happy and Healthy Friday – Not much to say, this week. Just feeling kind of tired, worn down, apathetic…Stiff. A little gassy. A bit hungry. I might get a kombucha–Either way, it’s been a week; so I leave … Continue reading Job Rants Thread – 1/22/2022 – Open Table

Hey, all; Happy and Healthy Friday – So! Good news and bad news: The good news is, according to the test I took on Wednesday, I am completely COVID free! The bad news however, is that means I’m required to … Continue reading Job Rants Thread – 1/14/2021 – And Back At It

Hey, all; Happy and Healthy Friday – As you might have guessed from the title, I have been working from home, this week, However, unlike during those many (many, many) weeks before, it’s just me. As one might be able … Continue reading Job Rants Thread – 1/7/2022 – Working From Home Edition Reunion Special!

Hey all; Happy and Healthy Last Friday of the year – I thought a bit about if I should have anything prepared during this rare New Years’ Eve edition of our little thread. After all, you won’t see another one … Continue reading Job Rants Thread – 12/31/2021 – Should Auld Acquaintance…

Hey, all; a Ho-ho-Happy and Healthy Friday and Christmas Eve – Though I would like to hope that you all have better things to do today than futz around on this thread, I’m also all too painfully aware that there … Continue reading Job Rants Thread – 12/24/2021 – Holiday Party ’21!

Hey all; Happy and Healthy Friday – Been under the weather, this week, so I have less to say than usual; but you don’t so…Rant! Love ya, and see you next week. As ever, have a safe and productive rest … Continue reading Job Rants Thread – 1/17/2021 – Open Table

Hey, all; Happy and Healthy Friday – I was kind of sick this week, so I really didn’t do much thinking about anything else, this week. And whatever work I did do, well…I mean, it’s not like I’m an astronaut, … Continue reading Job Rants Thread – 12/10/2021 – …Schleppin’

Hey, all; Happy and Healthy Friday – You know what’s useful? CPR. You know what my job requires us to recertify in every 2-3 years? CPR. You know what skill I am absolutely incapable of performing in any way, shape, … Continue reading Job Rants Thread – 12/3/2021 – Health And Safety Training; or, For God’s Sake, Don’t Touch That

Hey, all; Happy and Healthy (Black) Friday – So, how goes it? I hope that all of our Americados had a good day of feasting, family, and festivities; while those from outside the U.S. had…A good Thursday, at least. Myself, … Continue reading Job Rants Thread – 11/26/2021 – Stuffed

Hey, all; Happy and Healthy Friday – Unforeseen circumstances put the kibosh on what I was hoping to write, this week, so we’re going to have to fall back on the old standby. Sorry. That said, at least that means … Continue reading Job Rants Thread – 11/19/2021 – Open Table…Damn It

Hey all; Happy and Healthy Friday – I got to play at being boss, this week. Not that this wasn’t my first time in the big chair, but this was the first time that I was completely on my own … Continue reading Job Rants Thread – 11/12/2021 – Big Boy Pants

Hello. You’ve reached the Job Rants Thread; thank you for posting. Our thread is closed today; FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 5. Please come back when our regular business hours resume on FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 12. If you need further assistance, please post below, … Continue reading Job Rants Thread – 11/05/2021 – Days Off

Hey, all; Happy and Healthy Friday – As you might have guessed from the title, I’m currently working my through something, so I don’t have a lot to say. Think it’s a chill, because I’m still filly clothed and shivering … Continue reading Job Rants Thread – 10/29/2021 – Out Sick

Hey all; Happy and Healthy Friday – Not gonna lie; I actually almost forgot to get this out, my perception of time is so out of whack. I mean, it was bad enough before with the pandemic, and now that … Continue reading Job Rants Thread – 10/21/2021 – Open Table