#work rants

[trash-nerd]

Microsoft just deciding my microsoft password is suddenly wrong now is certainly a choice

[understandsonder]

I yearn for a simpler time. I was born in ‘99 so I got a small taste of what a wifiless, smartphoneless, streamingless life felt like. It was magical. The internet was a place to visit.

Consuming media was a much more personal experience; you had to either physically own a copy of said media, borrow it (or rent it.. remember when that was a thing?), or go to a place (theatre, library, arcade, etc.) to experience it as a collective with others who then become your peers because you are in this third place together witnessing the same media together. The closest to streaming we really got was either pirating media, or listening to the radio/watching cable tv. None of those things bothered you when you didn’t want it to. Your TV wasn’t constantly notifying you about the latest show, or randomly turning on and showing you commercials.. when you wanted to consume media, you did, and when you didn’t.. you were free.

I miss being bored. I miss flipping through magazines or newspapers. I miss reading the backs of shampoo bottles or cereal boxes to ass the time. I miss being alone with my thoughts. Sure, there’s a world where I get rid of my iPhone.. but is there really? So many random things are dependant on smartphones nowadays (tickets to events, transit services, two factor authentication, some jobs, and much more).. you can’t even order food through the phone anymore! They tell you to “download our app”… I can’t imagine being 80 years old and trying to navigate a rapidly changing, technologically dependant world.

I collect physical media as a hobby. I have VHS tapes, DVDs, books, CDs, vinyls, video games, etc. It is the only assurance I have that what I own is actually mine. Digital copies scare me. There have been far too many recent examples of people buying digital media only for them to no longer have access to something they thought they owned. All those ebooks you have on your kindle? Gone with the click of a button. Same goes for your favourite songs. It’s crazy to me that nobody sees the problem with this (or they choose to ignore it).

Anyway.. all of this is to say I am making a conscious effort to remove myself from the digital world as much as I deem possible. I am sick of billionaires ruining my fun just because they feel like it.

[eskawrites]

tbh work is so fucked up at this point that I’m not even stressed. I have completely detached. Everything’s on fire and my poor coworkers are freaking out and I’m like “oh management gave us blatant misinformation? Must be Tuesday”

Like don’t get me wrong I’m sitting here answering questions and trying to be encouraging but also I’m laughing a little behind my screen because my last fuck withered and died and every new issue is so cartoonishly dumb im surprised management hasn’t just been replaced by sitcom-level evil bosses, and im just sitting here chilling and watching YouTube videos in the background while the department burns

[spingategaston]

If you go into a restaurant and sit down at a table before ordering, see that there are sauces and napkins on said table, but then proceed to grab sauce(s) and a STACK from the little silverware table, I dislike you

[ch404]

I really can't stand people who don't make an effort to make new people welcome

And it's always worse when it comes from women

Ok i started this new job and theres two women in their 50s that i work with mostly. One is nice, the other literally doesn't include me in anything lmao.

Im not asking for my cheeks pinched or to be cooed at but jesus christ she doesnt even say good morning to me. She'll happily talk to the other woman and totally disclude me.

And maybe im sensitive, but i have always gone out of my way because i hate feeling left out and dont want anyone else to feel that way. Its so easy to just include someone, give them eye contact, and maybe explain a joke that requires context.

Im tired of having to inject myself into things or be totally ignored. I think I'm a likeable person, people usually like me. I've been told I'm charming. I'm old enough now to feel confident it's not me.

I just feel like they didn't want to take another person on to train and cant be arsed with me—hi thats not my fault???? Its not even like ive been making mistakes, im smart and i learn quick.

And i know my worth and treatment shouldnt be based on my usefulness but like FUCK what is it gonna take then?

The rest of them are teachers, and while some have been nice, i really get the feeling deep in my gut because of that. I think they think im younger—honestly bane of my life currently is stupid people thinking im 21-22 and treating me like shit. And i dont even look that young!! People just have a super warped idea of what a 30 year old looks like. I look my age imo. Im just short and slim.

I have a degree?? I got a first in a stem degree—again, thay doesnt make me "better" than anyone but hello i literally have a piece of paper that says im qualified and working on the same academic level as you?

Anyway be nice to your local poetic goth girl she's tough but sensitive.

[lavendertoastmoth]

THAT FUCKING DOCTOR THAT I HATE

[highladyluck]

Unclear if someone fucked up the math on this spreadsheet or if one of our regions has a gala sponsorship level that doesn’t cover the cost of sponsorship benefits?

Galas are the worst and they rarely break even let alone make a profit, but I truly can’t believe someone signed off on pricing something with a cost of $4,532 as $3,500. The math is not mathing.

Like, it’s perfectly normal for auction items to go for under their fair market value, in which case there’s no tax benefit to the donor but the nonprofit got the item donated so any amount of money given for the item helps the nonprofit, and the donor gets a bargain.

That is not how sponsorships work. Sponsorships pay for the event and you should not have a sponsorship that costs more in benefits than the amount you charge for the damn thing. You can make a pittance on the sponsorship but you shouldn’t lose money on it, wtf? And it provides no tax advantage to the sponsor to underpay for a nonprofit sponsorship!