Making some strategic changes to current plans after gaining some very valuable information. I am hoping these new strategies pan out!!!
In the mean time...things are crazy busy!!! I really need a vacation, but my next real vacation isn't planned until January 2012! That is too far away. Must find a way to utilize some of the time I currently have available to me until then.
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
What Is Up With The Weather?
On Sunday, we are out doing a bit of shopping after church...wasting some time. When we go into the mall, it was in the 90's, and the mall was really warm. We had to stop at the food court for some big drinks because it was so warm. The lady at the food court was sharing with us that to save money, they don't even turn on the A/C in the mall until right about time the stores open (which on this day was noon), and that it takes forever to cool off the place. The people who work there usually have to show up an hour and a half to two hours before the stores open. When we leave, we are all feeling warm...sweating a little. We walk outside, and it has dropped 30+ degrees since we entered the building!!!! WHAT?
Yesterday was in the low 50's all day. Today is supposed to be warmer, but it is still only about 59 degrees right now. This crazy weather is messing with me bad...my head really doesn't like drastic weather changes like this!
Yesterday was in the low 50's all day. Today is supposed to be warmer, but it is still only about 59 degrees right now. This crazy weather is messing with me bad...my head really doesn't like drastic weather changes like this!
Monday, May 2, 2011
Ruined Conversations
Don't you just hate when you are having a good debate with someone on a forum, and someone with few facts, and plenty of hateful comments, causes the thread to be closed by forum administrators? Too many times this happens to me, and it is annoying. I've had some really good debates with some people...sure, being on different sides of the issue, but because we have a mutual respect for others' opinions, we stick to the facts as we know them without dishing out any kind of digs at each other or resorting to any kind of hate. It seems like EVERY TIME, some person starts attacking me or one of the other people involved in the debate...or even just starts dishing out hateful comments, and the whole thread gets shut down. You can't even finish your debate, because if you start up a new thread, sure enough that one will get shut down, as well, because the topic is too heated for discussion...so you you just have to leave it alone, and never really get to finish your debate. It's just so annoying!!!
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Monday, April 25, 2011
IM Etiquette Rules At Work
I have to rant a little on this topic today, because I encounter on a daily basis people who do not use proper etiquette with regards to IM'ing withing the offi
1. Pay attention to the availability status of the person you wish to message. Every program used for IM has an indicator to let others know if the person is available for IM or not. If I set mine to away, do not disturb, or offline, that means I'm not available. I hate when people ping me with, "Are you there?" when my IM status clearly states that I'm not!
2. Keep it brief, and respond quickly. In the office, people are busy doing their jobs. If you ping me with, "Do you have a moment for a quick question?", I shouldn't have to wait 10-15 minutes for the other person to get around to typing their question when I IMMEDIATELY reply that I can entertain a quick question. I have things I need to do, besides staring at my IM.
3. Don't use IM to replace emails. If you have some long set of instructions for someone, a long explanation about an issue, etc., put it in an email! This not only allows the person to read it all at once without having to pause and wait for you to finish typing, it also gives them something they can save as a point of reference.
4. Use proper word and sentence structure whenever possible...eliminate shortened words like "pls" for please, etc. In this day and age, many companies have employes form many different cultures or backgrounds...even others have offices over-seas. The person you are talking to may not know these common U.S. abbreviations. Even if you are talking to someone that you are sure knows their meanings, it just isn't professional.
1. Pay attention to the availability status of the person you wish to message. Every program used for IM has an indicator to let others know if the person is available for IM or not. If I set mine to away, do not disturb, or offline, that means I'm not available. I hate when people ping me with, "Are you there?" when my IM status clearly states that I'm not!
2. Keep it brief, and respond quickly. In the office, people are busy doing their jobs. If you ping me with, "Do you have a moment for a quick question?", I shouldn't have to wait 10-15 minutes for the other person to get around to typing their question when I IMMEDIATELY reply that I can entertain a quick question. I have things I need to do, besides staring at my IM.
3. Don't use IM to replace emails. If you have some long set of instructions for someone, a long explanation about an issue, etc., put it in an email! This not only allows the person to read it all at once without having to pause and wait for you to finish typing, it also gives them something they can save as a point of reference.
4. Use proper word and sentence structure whenever possible...eliminate shortened words like "pls" for please, etc. In this day and age, many companies have employes form many different cultures or backgrounds...even others have offices over-seas. The person you are talking to may not know these common U.S. abbreviations. Even if you are talking to someone that you are sure knows their meanings, it just isn't professional.
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Winds Of Change?
I may be seeing the light at the end of the tunnel! Certain issues may be a thing of the past. I am looking forward to the possible new journey ahead of me!
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
March 29, 2011 Song Addiction
Forgot all about this song, until it came on my Pandora today. Now, it is truly stuck in my head (pun intended).
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Quote Of The Day...And Various Musings
"A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort." ~ Herm Albright
That said...you know it is too cold in your office when you heat your gluten-free, all natural pizza in the toaster oven and it gets cold again before you can even finish eating it!
That said...you know it is too cold in your office when you heat your gluten-free, all natural pizza in the toaster oven and it gets cold again before you can even finish eating it!
Thursday, March 10, 2011
How Do Some People Get Their Driver's License?!?!?!
So yesterday, I'm nearly taken out by someone darting across 3 lanes of traffic coming off of the freeway off-ramp (mind you, I was in the far right lane furthest away from the off ramp). If it wasn't for the driveway, I would have been less a car! I seriously missed this idiot by about an inch, maybe less, as I carefully watched his front end in my side window.
Then, today...the TWO far left lanes enter the freeway. Dude was in the right-most of these two lanes, I was in the left. He turns on his turn signal and immediately starts to move over, with me still in his way! I lay on the horn, and he just keeps coming over, giving me jesters that he NEEDS to be in that lane. He seriously expected me to hit my brakes to make room for him, risking getting hit from behind by the person riding my rear! After he maneuvers in front of me, he keeps jestering that he NEEDED in that lane, as I jester that both lanes enter the freeway. He gets on the freeway, and darts straight over to the far left lane, as I stay in my lane knowing that in just a few miles, I will need to exit again, and that traffic will be very backed up just ahead making it more difficult to move back over.
I am really getting tired of the "entitlement" attitude people have while driving, but it seems to be par with their attitude about everything else. What is wrong with planning ahead, be courteous, and most of all, making decisions that are safe? If you have to get back off the freeway because you couldn't merge into traffic before the lane turned to an off-ramp...oh well! The frontage road goes IN THE SAME DIRECTION! If you can't get on the freeway, because heavy traffic is not letting you to the on-ramp, the frontage road goes IN THE SAME DIRECTION, and the freeway is backed up anyway!
Then, today...the TWO far left lanes enter the freeway. Dude was in the right-most of these two lanes, I was in the left. He turns on his turn signal and immediately starts to move over, with me still in his way! I lay on the horn, and he just keeps coming over, giving me jesters that he NEEDS to be in that lane. He seriously expected me to hit my brakes to make room for him, risking getting hit from behind by the person riding my rear! After he maneuvers in front of me, he keeps jestering that he NEEDED in that lane, as I jester that both lanes enter the freeway. He gets on the freeway, and darts straight over to the far left lane, as I stay in my lane knowing that in just a few miles, I will need to exit again, and that traffic will be very backed up just ahead making it more difficult to move back over.
I am really getting tired of the "entitlement" attitude people have while driving, but it seems to be par with their attitude about everything else. What is wrong with planning ahead, be courteous, and most of all, making decisions that are safe? If you have to get back off the freeway because you couldn't merge into traffic before the lane turned to an off-ramp...oh well! The frontage road goes IN THE SAME DIRECTION! If you can't get on the freeway, because heavy traffic is not letting you to the on-ramp, the frontage road goes IN THE SAME DIRECTION, and the freeway is backed up anyway!
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