Meteorological Banter

Yada wrote:
Based on your claims of near poverty in the past, my assumption is she isn't making buckets of money*. I learned after multiple years of answering emails at both 1am and 6am and working 10+ hours a day every day, not taking real vacations, etc… that it's just not worth it**, really no matter how much you're making. I'd tell the wife to find another job or ask for a massive raise if she's truly working those kind of hours.




*I could be wrong
**unless you're your own boss

Thanks. Without going into too much detail, I'd say we're well above poverty and well below buckets of money. She did recently get as 10%+ annual raise, but it's not money we need, and it would have been better served with some kind of promise to better distribute the work.  Getting another job has been discussed on and off for years….

yada makes a good point (ouch that hurt to say)
if it were her own business…I could see 70 hour weeks…and works out to less than minimum wage sometimes…with way more risk

but if you are working for someone else and not getting paid $250k, kinda insane to work that much
and if she's that good and working that hard, I'm sure there are tons of other opportunities out there

now if twice a month there is an all-nighter, that I can see
I work in IT and that is know to happen, but it's not an everyday/every week thing

Unfortunately, it's fairly standard for employers to expect a 50 hour work model from staff …the American way
especially if they are non-exempt

then they also screw exempt employees often by not giving them more than 30 hours a week, so not eligible for bennies and such

EAT THE RICH!

Perseverance-hatch wrote:
yada makes a good point

*knux*

Perseverance-hatch wrote:
I work in IT and that is know to happen, but it's not an everyday/every week thing

fellow IT'er here, and 50-55 hours/week is damn standard.  i regularly put in 8 hours in the office*, and anything less than another 2 hours at night was a blessing.  stupid, but it's the expectation… i rarely worked on weekends, luckily, although an occasional sunday night was spent working on a monday deadline. 

now consulting - that's a fucking shredder.  60 hours a week minimum, and work almost every weekend.  it's why i got out.  the promise of future money didn't justify the current pain.  my boss kept telling me that a few more years and i'd be rolling in it - in the meantime, he hadn't attended a single one of his kids' games or recitals.  ever.  his deal was that he made a boatload of money and his wife did 100% of the family/home stuff.  worked for him but not something i wanted.  at all.


* talking about my last job.  currently looking for my next opportunity.  damn covid.

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Yada wrote:

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jules, can you help us here?

Anyway . . . Fuck you weatherman.  We were told 12 inches.  We were told heavy snow most of today.  It snowed 3 inches last night and not a motherfucking flake today. Fucking assholes.  Fuck them up their ass with a weather satellite.

WalkOnBack wrote:
Anyway . . . Fuck you weatherman.  We were told 12 inches.  We were told heavy snow most of today.  It snowed 3 inches last night and not a motherfucking flake today. Fucking assholes.  Fuck them up their ass with a weather satellite.

Can’t be the first time you’ve been promised 12” and disappointedly discovered only 3-4” after the big reveal. You, should be, used to this, by now.

he did kinda lob that one out there

Julian, wrote:

WalkOnBack wrote:
Anyway . . . Fuck you weatherman.  We were told 12 inches.  We were told heavy snow most of today.  It snowed 3 inches last night and not a motherfucking flake today. Fucking assholes.  Fuck them up their ass with a weather satellite.

Can’t be the first time you’ve been promised 12” and disappointedly discovered only 3-4” after the big reveal. You, should be, used to this, by now.

I'm going to go out on a limb and say for practical reasons four inches is probably preferable to 12.

Better to go out on a limb than to have to go down on a limb. Shovel 12 inches and you'll probably be sore for weeks.

wait, are we talking about sex still?

eccedentesiast-hatch wrote:
wait, are we talking about sex still?

After you've had a couple of 12 inch storms, you realize that four inches can be quite pleasing as well and leave you far less sore with less cleanup. Though six inches might give you the best sledding.

This thread is GOING places.

Please continue, Space

Spring time in DC… it really is the perfect weather

At least 20 degrees shy of perfect. Not complaining, mind you. Just sayin.

I love the 60s and 70s
jeans, light jacket.

80s and 90s. T’shirts and shorts. Everyday is a sticky, sweaty mess.

StoneTheCrow wrote:
80s and 90s. T’shirts and shorts. Everyday is a sticky, sweaty mess.

Someone is fishing for a trademark Walkie "girr,rr,rrrll"