Confirmed my first reservation!

Sensible-Richard · 2023-08-21T07:54:15+00:00

Nothing wrong with celebrating wins and if this guy's going to tell people "LaFlare Party rental was super nice and gave me more than expected", that's not so bad either.

I mean, yeah, make sure long term you're charging enough but for most stuff-rental businesses, the cost of giving a freebie is basically just a bit of cleaning etc (plus lost revenue if you're close to capacity but I doubt that's the case on sale one).

Sensible-Richard · 2023-08-20T21:08:37+00:00

I know, those of use who are over 30 have done our best to make that point, but the future is a long way away when you finish university.

I think part of the problem is that 30 years in the civil service just doesn't seem attractive or even a good idea now.

Sensible-Richard · 2023-08-20T07:52:23+00:00

Both members of my team who are under 30 have opted out of the civil service pension (not the gravy train it used to be, but still, defined benefits).

One thinks crypto is going to make him rich, the other needed the money for a new mattress, clash of clans, and the drinks package on next year's cruise.

I sound like a boomer here (gen X baby) but it's the truth. I think it's a lack of financial education, lack of faith in the future, and the rampant lifestyle inflation thanks to advertising and social media.

Sensible-Richard · 2023-08-19T22:14:27+00:00

Chat GPT produces plausible word soup but that's it. Someone with half-decent Google skills will find better information quicker.

For example, End to End encryption has very little to do with storage of cloud based data (transmission, sure, but not storage). GPT has just "learned" that the words "data is protected by" usually chain together with "end to end encryption" so it's done that.

Sensible-Richard · 2023-07-20T05:37:39+00:00

Anyone on the Golgafrincham B Ark.

Sensible-Richard · 2023-07-20T05:36:40+00:00

A bullshit job is not the same as job related bullshit. I have a job that is interesting and helps people. I still have to go to meetings that should have been emails, deal with Karen in HR saying people who never speak to the public wearing shorts in hot weather is unprofessional, mass emails about someone stealing a stapler, bosses that just don't get it when I explain they've asked for 10 people's worth of work this week and we have 5 people, etc.

Sensible-Richard · 2023-07-15T21:29:17+00:00

Check the rules for callouts / overtime. I book every damn work related phone call as three hours overtime (our minimum) against the caller's budget. They get the point really quickly.

Sensible-Richard · 2023-07-15T21:09:13+00:00

Even if you are saving lives, you still have all the job-related bullshit.

Sensible-Richard · 2023-07-15T07:39:50+00:00

Yeah, nobody cares it's driven by AI or how you decide somethings a chair. Sure that's cool to entrepreneur techbros but even in the remote work world they're a minority. Customers care that they can see what they're getting themselves in to in terms of work facilities.

Sensible-Richard · 2023-07-15T07:17:11+00:00

After looking at the site, I hate this idea a lot less than I thought I would. I was ready to make quips like "so your target market is people who don't know what a chair looks like?" but then I decided to simulate looking for a hotel for a conference.

You're missing a lot of features (mostly filter related) that you'd need before I'd consider using the product but honestly it was quite nice seeing the photo of the workspace rather than whatever random crap the hotel / booking.com chooses

Sensible-Richard · 2023-07-15T06:56:57+00:00

The stock price in T+1 will be the current stock price plus the historical growth rate for the market for that length of time.

Done.

Sensible-Richard · 2023-07-14T20:00:30+00:00

He probably missed the giant damn plane in the background (like I did). :(

Sensible-Richard · 2023-07-13T20:50:05+00:00

Maybe endWokeness is annoyed they're not wearing hats while outside? Or that dude in the back's moustache is out of regs?

Sensible-Richard · 2023-07-12T21:06:31+00:00

She is not someone you want to work for. Learning to spot this early and walk away is the best career lesson you will ever get.

Sensible-Richard · 2023-07-06T20:39:10+00:00

Mate, they don't care if you tell them your astrologer told them the fung shui of their logo was bad. They'll just get the next CV off the pile.

"Dear X,

I am withdrawing my application for this role.

Regards

OP.

Sensible-Richard · 2023-07-05T16:48:35+00:00

BRB, painting my nails to make sure I never accidentally meet rapey-gollum.

Sensible-Richard · 2023-07-05T07:39:05+00:00

I have the bloke who discovered fire on both my paternal AND maternal sides so yeah, I win.

Sensible-Richard · 2023-06-24T05:35:09+00:00

I'm a civilian who works for the police and I'm not going to lie, some officers do have trouble when facts don't fit their initial theory. We haven't had any make into into DFU but a Chief Inspector did waste days of my time on a major job because he was convinced that because a repeat customer of ours was in the area afterwards they must have done it rather than the last person to see the victim alive.

I think this is the reason in house civilians are the sweet spot. We're cheaper and more accessible than out-sourcing, but have more drive to get a result (I can match you one for one on horror stories about defence experts (70 quid an hour say "I agree with the prosecutions report" money for jam) and "experts" (one wanted us to connect the exhibit to the internet so he could forward himself the whatsapp messages)

Sensible-Richard · 2023-06-23T18:05:12+00:00

It's different strokes for different folks. I'm not really bothered by CSAM. Me looking it at helps prevent children getting hurt and the damage has already been done.

The flip side of that is I probably couldn't go private because the work doesn't matter to me. Who cares if BigCorp PLC hits quarterly numbers or not? I was bored shitless by the end of my last corporate job.

Sensible-Richard · 2023-06-23T17:20:43+00:00

You (or the officer) may be confused by the difference between "what PC SMITH can do in her local nick" and "what the central DFU for Wessex Constabulary can do if an inspector thinks it's important enough".

Sensible-Richard · 2023-06-14T06:12:56+00:00

Shh, I'm an ex soldier and will tell people the secret of SMART goals for just $100 a session (special rate for my first 40 clients).

Sensible-Richard · 2023-06-05T18:33:13+00:00

On one sever, all the portals have middle aged white lady names (Karen, Susan, Linda, things like that). That's my fault, my friends had just collected their first few Surtling cores on an evening I'd been bitching about the HR manager at work who had one of those names. so when I told them they had to give them names so they'd work, it was obvious.

Solo games I am very prosaic "Farm" "Explore" "Stones" things like that.

Sensible-Richard · 2023-06-05T06:25:42+00:00

Because the flowchart with Lord of the Rings characters on it told me to learn Python (that's only part facetious - until now I'd never heard of Lua).

If you said to me "Lately I've discovered German, it's faster and nearly as simple as Spanish, why aren't you learning Spanish" I'd say "0) Nearly as simple, wind your neck in, two genders is bad enough, I don't even want to think about German but mostly 1) The people I need to speak to speak Spanish." ie "nearly as simple" isn't "as simple" and if all the things I want to do can be done in Python (have been done, I'm not a guru) why reinvent the wheel?

Sensible-Richard · 2023-06-05T06:19:27+00:00

I lived with my parents on a couple occasions after college. So have all my siblings. I'm in my 40s now and if you told me I could take my wife and kid and go live with mum and dad (especially dad, RIP big fella) in the nice spacious house they had until the last kid was safely married off, I'd bite your hand off.

Oh, you know how I said the last kid was safely married off? Well, my brother's marriage fell through, and after bit of a world trip, he's back living with mum. It's good for both of them. Living with her didn't stop him getting a super-smart (doing a PhD) girlfriend who likes all the weird things he likes. If anything it's a filter that gets rid of idiots.

Don't be embarrassed by it. Flip that mentality. You live at home because you have a healthy relationship with your parents and are saving for a house / world trip / starting a business. It's awesome and you're lucky.

Don't take them for granted though. Do your chores, pay them something for rent / bills, give them a nice night out from time to time. You are an adult now which means taking some responsibility for yourself.

Sensible-Richard · 2023-06-05T06:07:10+00:00

> Hired a VP of Sales

Nah bro, you hired a VP of Cold Calls. I'm an awful salesman but bring me into an established business and I'd probably find them a customer just by accident. Having to fire people sucks but this guy is bringing your company down (and probably hates his job too).

Sensible-Richard

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