You jerk awake with a start. As your vision adjusts to the dim light, you see the blurred form of someone in front of you. Given the subdued nature of the lighting, it seems to take longer than normal … Continue reading Job Rants Thread – 4/19/2019 – One Year Later

  Hey, all; Happy Friday – No topic this week; I’ve been dealing with a hint of –Whatchacallit–pneumonia, for most of it. While my mind has been…SO many different places this week, none of them have been work-related. Don’t worry, … Continue reading Job Rants Thread – 4/12/2019 – Open Bar

  Hey, all; Happy Friday –   Hope everyone’s dong well. For those not in the know, or for those who simply couldn’t give a damn, I took a few days off for PAX East this past week; as I … Continue reading Job Rants Thread – 4/5/2019 – Suggestion Box!

  Hey, all; Happy Friday-   Believe it or not, I’m actually writing this on a Wednesday. Why, you may ask? Well, because, by the time this goes up, I will already be well into the throes of gaming geekdom … Continue reading Job Rants Thread – 3/29/2019 – “Gaming” The System

  Hey, all; Happy Friday-   For those in the know, and for those who do, it’s been almost two weeks since the Daylight Savings changeover here in the U.S. and, well…To be frank, it’s still kicking my ass. I … Continue reading Job Rants Thread – 3/22/2019 – Missing Time

  Hey, all; Happy Friday –   Last Wednesday, around the time Michael Cohen was being called by those on-high to answer for his many, many misdeeds against man, country, and God, I found myself experiencing what best could be … Continue reading Job Rants Thread – 3/8/2019 – Waiting

  Hey, all; Happy Friday –   New month, same problems; amirite?   Or…Maybe new ones?   Or…Maybe no problems at all, but you feel the need to complain, anyway? (It’s the American way!)   Well, however this week treated … Continue reading Job Rants Thread – 3/1/2019

  Hey, all; Happy Friday-   So, I’m skipping lunch today. Why, you may ask? Is it because I’m not hungry? Haha, noo. Is it because I only have 30 min, and consuming any food item larger than an orange … Continue reading Job Rants Thread – 2/22/2019 – Traditions!

Hey, all; Happy Friday, No real topic this week, so it’s all about you. Share your ups, your downs, your successes your failures; or hell, even if you just need a minute to rant about the one dick who keeps … Continue reading Job Rants Thread – 2/15/2019

  As workers your joys are scant, And though you might think you can’t, Why not let loose with a rant?   Rant, You ‘Cados!   Put all those papers away, Send emails some other day, Like what’s your boss … Continue reading Job Rants Thread – 2/8/2019

  Hey, all; Happy Fr– <THIS PAGE HAS BEEN BLOCKED BY YOUR INTRANET FIREWALL SETTINGS. PLEASE CONTACT YOUR NETWORK ADMINISTRATOR FOR ASSISTANCE>   So…I can’t speak for anyone else here, but apparently my company actually expects their employees to get … Continue reading Job Rants Thread – 2/1/2019 – Great Walls of Fire

Hey, all; Happy Friday-   So, considering the relative heaviness of the past few weeks, I thought it was time for a lighter tack this week; an idea which was, in no small part due to the fact that, by … Continue reading Job Rants Thread – 1/25/2019 – Playin’ Hooky

  Hey, all; Happy Friday-   So, for all of you keeping score at home, we are now in day 27 of the longest shutdown in our nation’s history, with depressingly no end in-sight. While I gave them a shout-out … Continue reading Job Rants Thread – 1/18/2019 – Still Shutdown

  Hey, all; Happy Friday-   No topic this week, so consider it a rant Free-For-All. I don’t know about you, but it’s been a long start to the year so far; even discounting a recent head cold; I hope … Continue reading Job Rants Thread – 1/11/2019 – Open Table

  Hey, all; Happy Friday-   Welcome one and all to the first Job Rants Thread of the new year.  A time of new beginnings, new ideas, new chances, and… Yeah, I got nothin’. So, I can’t speak for anyone … Continue reading Job Rants Thread – 1/4/2019

  Hey, all;’ Happy Friday –   Hope everyone who did is sufficiently recovered form their  holiday revels, and is able to put a fine point on everything, come Monday. To be perfectly frank, I planned ahead and took the … Continue reading Job Rants Thread -12/28/2018 – The Crunch

  The restaurant is decorated even more garishly than usual as the usual disorienting green florescent lighting is joined by equally-bright red lighting  animatronic Santas belt out their tinny laughter while “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” is pumped over the speakers. … Continue reading Job Rants Thread – 12/21/2018 – Holiday Party!

  Hey, all; Happy Friday –   So, in lieu of a topic this week, I thought I’d present some interesting statistics regarding unemployment in 2018. (In the the U.S, anyway. Any Internatiocados want to chime in with information regarding … Continue reading Job Rants Thread – 12/14/2018 – Facts and Figures

  “Well, I generally come in at least fifteen minutes late, ah, I use the side door – that way Lumbergh can’t see me, hehe – and, uh, after that I just sorta space out for about an hour.” -Peter … Continue reading Job Rants Thread – 12/7/2018 -Tardy Edition

  Hey, all; Happy Friday-   So, I had a topic this week but, due a glitch on my end, the write-up I had planned got blitzed. Therefore, it’s another free-for-all this week, but I’ll be back next week for … Continue reading Job Rants Thread 11/30/2018

(Pictured: Any Big Box store within 1400 miles of you, right now)   Hey all; Happy (Black) Friday- Hope all Americados had themselves a good, filling, and all-around non-stressful holiday, and I hope that all you Internatiocados are amusing yourselves … Continue reading Job Rants Thread – 11/23/2018 – Black Friday Edition