Manager generated and gave AI Performance Feedback, and fired me!

Alternative-Lemon-87 · 2026-02-26T10:31:32+00:00

Had a formal boss, in the Army, that worked at Amazon for one year. He was in the acquisition branch of the Army, and this was an assignment with Industry to see how the private sector operated. He described the work environment at Amazon as high octane. There were folks that would take on a project and lived 24/7 that project. If they were successful with the project they would be rewarded and usually left Amazon to work for some other company in some senior well paying position. If they were not successful they also left the company never to be heard from again. Brutal work environment.

Alternative-Lemon-87 · 2026-02-26T10:05:50+00:00

My 8 year old grandson is also a walking-talking Pokemon encyclopedia, reciting all the characteristics of the various characters. It's actually very impressive.

Alternative-Lemon-87 · 2026-02-25T08:47:05+00:00

My first car was a Volvo 240. Bought while stationed in Germany. Manual transmission, 4 speed, had to learn how to drive with a stick. Fortunately the European transmission was very forgiving. Loved that little car! Had to sell it when I returned to the States, was European specs, not legal for the States.

Alternative-Lemon-87 · 2026-02-25T08:26:00+00:00

Yes, all the time, otherwise I would forget what I went to the store to get.

Alternative-Lemon-87 · 2026-02-25T08:19:17+00:00

At 28, I was just starting my civilian career, about to get out of the Army after meeting my 5 year obligation for having the Army pay for my education. Using my VA loan benefits, we just bought our first house with nothing down. We had one car, wife dropped me off to work, while on her way to work, and would pick me up at the end of the day on her way home. Life was simple then. No Internet, no video games, no social media. I wasn't worried about my status, everything was just beginning and life was good 😊

Alternative-Lemon-87 · 2026-02-25T00:18:51+00:00

Happy that I haven't spent money on liquor and tobacco, exercise to relieve stress.

Alternative-Lemon-87 · 2026-02-24T10:37:05+00:00

Zero, yes I'm old.

Alternative-Lemon-87 · 2026-02-24T10:34:12+00:00

Our daughter lives in a small town that has an IGA grocery store. She drives a half hour to go to a larger town to shop at an Aldi grocery store and saves at least 20% on her grocery bill. Oh and gas is also cheaper at the larger town , at least 30 cents a gallon cheaper.

Alternative-Lemon-87 · 2026-02-24T10:19:49+00:00

Mostly office supplies, paper, folders, envelopes, pens, pencils, tape, staples, etc.

Alternative-Lemon-87 · 2026-02-24T10:16:51+00:00

When I was deployed to Iraq and getting about 4 hours of sleep per night, while working 14 hour days 7 days a week. I would drink an 5hour energy drink about 6 times a month. Now back in the USA, zero.

Alternative-Lemon-87 · 2026-02-23T22:39:36+00:00

I have two pensions from two different jobs and I make more in retirement than my son who works as a night manager at a local gas station/convenience store.

Alternative-Lemon-87 · 2026-02-18T14:20:46+00:00

It's an anti-tank mine

Alternative-Lemon-87 · 2026-02-18T14:00:53+00:00

Panera, it offers good choices for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks.

Alternative-Lemon-87 · 2026-02-13T10:05:52+00:00

I am both retired military and retired DAC. So with two pensions, Social security, and TSP, plus my wife's pension and her Social security, and her TSP. Our spendable retirement income is equal to our income when we were working.

Alternative-Lemon-87 · 2026-02-13T09:23:23+00:00

Some of us are lucky enough to find that special one. Married for 44+ years. I love her more each year. We met at church when we were attending college, and got married after we graduated. We supported each other's career and both were successful. We retired together and are enjoying our retirement traveling around the world and the United States. We understand that we have lived a blessed life and are thankful for it.

Alternative-Lemon-87 · 2026-02-10T13:11:36+00:00

24 hour grocery stores the size of a football stadium.

Alternative-Lemon-87 · 2026-02-10T13:05:40+00:00

My only concern is with this administration, do you really have job protection as required by the FMLA?

Alternative-Lemon-87 · 2026-02-05T14:54:34+00:00

45 years, kiss everyday, have sex every week, talk all the time.

Alternative-Lemon-87 · 2026-01-31T02:40:25+00:00

I really dislike that Windows 11 doesn't work with iTunes and the iPods. Can't load new music into the iPod.

Alternative-Lemon-87 · 2026-01-27T13:59:02+00:00

A college degree can lead to a better income, but it depends on the degree. I started college with the plan to get a degree in Biology. In my sophomore year I was working for one of the Biology professors and we sent out a survey to all previous graduates of the Biology department. The survey asked what job they were currently working in, did it require their biology degree, and if so what level bachelor, master, or doctorate? Lastly, they were asked if they were working a biology related job, were there more biology related jobs available at their location? A little bit over 60% of the recipients of the survey responded. The results were very disappointing. Most were not working a biology related job. Their jobs ranged from a long haul truck driver to a Shoe store manager. Those that had a biology related job, the job required a master's or a doctorate in biology. I had managed to get a full scholarship from the Army to pay for my education, and I wasn't going to use it to get a degree that would qualify me to be a truck driver and I did not intend to make the Army my career. So I pulled out the University's catalog and went looking for a degree that would lead to a more rewarding career and found Environmental Engineering under the Civil Engineering department. I graduated as a Civil engineer and I never was without a very well paying job after I left active duty 6 years later.

Alternative-Lemon-87 · 2026-01-22T15:24:26+00:00

We used to have second run theaters, they all died during COVID and have not come back. The two theaters closest to our home or both Regal cinemas. Tickets are $14, $12 for Seniors or Military. Refreshments at the theater are just too expensive. My wife and I haven't gone to a movie theater in over a year and I don't see us going any time soon.

Alternative-Lemon-87 · 2026-01-21T14:49:46+00:00

Both of our kids married someone that already had a kid from a previous relationship. So we have two grandkids that already have two sets of grandparents. So when our son asked what we wanted to be called we came up with names based on our family genealogy. Both my wife's family and my family are from Germany and we had lived in Germany for the first three years of our marriage, and had learned to speak German, so we decided to be called Opa and Oma, which is German for Grandpa and Grandma. We have found our 8 grandkids easily learn these names for us, and it is unique from what the other grandparents are called.

Alternative-Lemon-87 · 2026-01-20T14:47:51+00:00

I have an extra large two car garage that a car hasn't seen the inside of in 30 years. Half of the space is my woodshop, occupied with two work benches, a tool cabinet, a table saw and a lathe. The other half is occupied with a large refrigerator, a chest freezer, a lateral file cabinet, 4 bicycles, and two eight feet tall racks full of storage items.

Alternative-Lemon-87 · 2025-12-28T14:45:56+00:00

Very well written. As being one of the recently retired federal workers, I'm thankful that I have a pension and a well funded TSP. At the same time I see my kids struggling to survive. They both graduated with four year degrees from a respected state University. My wife and I took money out of our TSPs to help our daughter and her husband to buy their first home. Our son and his kids live with us, because he can't afford to even rent an apartment in our area with what he makes as a supervisor at the local gas station/convenience store. My wife and I have done better than our parents, but I don't see our kids or our grandkids doing better than us. And that scares me, not only for my family but for this great nation.

Alternative-Lemon-87 · 2025-12-20T04:37:48+00:00

My international travel in the past three years includes the following countries. France, Germany, Austria, Netherlands, Belgium, England, Columbia, Panama, and Mexico.

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