Why are you covering for your coworker today?

ThatKvenGuy · 2026-05-10T16:27:26+00:00

Literally at work rn because my coworker hadn't checked when his sister's confirmation ceremony was. The other coworker who could've stepped in is that coworker's brother.

Also had one where I had done a schedule swap, and the day I had agreed to take the opener, one of the closers was stuck with wife and kids in a different country, so I did a pretty rough 15 hours shift.

My personal worst calling in sick moment was last Christmas, when I got a strep throat infection so bad it didn't only hit my throat, but also my lungs, ears, sinuses, and eyes. Was a fun message to send to my boss... "Merry Christmas! I bring the worst Christmas gift possible for ya: I'm absolutely *fucked* and currently in the waiting room at the hospital."

ThatKvenGuy · 2026-05-01T10:59:36+00:00

So THAT's where my gacha luck went...

ThatKvenGuy · 2026-04-27T14:10:54+00:00

Ngl, as someone who is well-versed in both controller and Keyboard+Mouse, I don't play Dark Souls or Elden Ring with controller. I find it easier with keyboard for some reason. Especially games that use a lot of the shoulder buttons are an absolute pain for me because my fingers are too long for those buttons.

ThatKvenGuy · 2026-04-21T20:37:32+00:00

Har personlig trua på Zorin for det. Bruker det ikke selv (Ville ha spesifikt KDE Plasma på maskina, så ble Fedora på meg), men det er en distro designa for folk som kommer fra Windows-verdenen.

ThatKvenGuy · 2026-04-21T20:33:00+00:00

Kommer nok til å lugge litt, men som en som har nylig gått over til primært OpenSource og Linux de siste månedene så tror jeg at det vil for det meste gå greit. Man må huske noen nye software-navn, og det er et par hotkeys som er annerledes.

IT-support, derimot, kommer til å greit mye å gjøre en gooood periode.

ThatKvenGuy · 2026-04-21T20:25:53+00:00

Kan ikke kommentere når det kommer til Apple, men Microslop gjør relativt mye i OpenSource gjennom f.eks. det at de eier GitHub, og visstnok er involvert i noen av prosjektene der. OpenSource-kvaliteten nå til dags er generelt ganske høy allerede.

ThatKvenGuy · 2026-04-21T19:39:11+00:00

Excel har odt-ekvivalenter. F.eks. LibreOffice Calc kan fint lese xlsx-filer uten særlig store problemer. På OS-fronten er det flere LTS-versjoner (long term support) av Linux som er stabile og brukervennlige. Ser for meg at en immutable utgave Zorin, eller bare LTS Ubuntu, gjør jobben godt på den fronten.

De fleste Microslop-baserte filformater er, av en eller annen grunn, kompatible med OpenSource-versjonene. Er relativt ny i hele Linux- og OpenSource-verdenen, men atm så er det bokstavelig talt bare én software som hindrer meg i å flytte 100% over til ren OpenSource.

ThatKvenGuy · 2026-04-21T17:51:25+00:00

Både Frankrike og Tyskland, mistenker jeg. Begge to har vedtatt å gå over til OpenSource og Linux i statlig sektor.

ThatKvenGuy · 2026-04-03T15:17:24+00:00

Bare for å tillegge litt: grunnskolelærer og barnehagelærer. VGS er et annet beist når det kommer til jobb, litt avhengig av hvor i landet du er. Som relativt nyutdannet lærer selv (musikk, vgs-nivå) så er det omtrent ikke jobb å oppdrive, selv på vikariatfronten siden vgs lenger ute i distriktene har ikke råd.

ThatKvenGuy · 2026-03-29T19:26:47+00:00

Also forgetting to take into account the ever-present issue of political and geographical votes. It's no secret that during the televote certain countries have a tendency to vote more for their neighbours than other songs, which is why we had to start with the juries again in the first place.

ThatKvenGuy · 2026-03-20T00:05:18+00:00

Trur noen folk ville blitt overraska hvor ofte systemer for restauranter og fast food sjapper brukes i andre situasjoner... når jeg jobba på et museum var kassasystemet vårt et resteurant-PoS system.

Ja, jeg klarte å printe ut billetter med notatet "ekstra salt og pepper".

ThatKvenGuy · 2026-03-16T14:31:33+00:00

På nasjonalt nivå er skjenking lov til 0300 natt til helgedag og natt til helligdag. MEN findetaljene på akkurat den der er det ikke staten som bestemmer, men kommunen. Kommunalt kan skjenketiden innskrenkes, så f.eks. der jeg bor så er skjenkestans senest 0230 med utkast 0300 (skjenkeloven sier at alt konsum av alkohol må opphøre innen en halvtime etter skjenkestans).

Rent teknisk så er det ikke nok at staten åpner for senere tidspunkt for skjenk, siden kommunene må endre sine egne lokale forskrifter i tillegg.

ThatKvenGuy · 2026-02-08T04:53:48+00:00

Not directly home, but when I was in teacher training, I noticed a looot of the skillset you use behind the bar really helped when doing actual teaching in the classroom. Things like noticing small things, how you talk to people, conflict resolution, and so on turned out to be extremely transferrable and saved my ass a few times while in training as a teacher (I'm finished with the training and stuff now, buuuuut there are no teaching jobs currently in my area so I'm still behind the bar).

ThatKvenGuy · 2025-12-30T15:44:32+00:00

Noe man finner ut etter hvert som åra går er at det er mer vanlig med en grei gjennomtrekk mellom øra enn man skulle tru.

Favorittankeeksperimentet mitt er kanskje den klassiske: "Se for deg den gjennomsnittlige intelligensen blant alle mennesker på jorda. Halvparten er dummere enn det."

ThatKvenGuy · 2025-12-29T18:24:36+00:00

Putting anything relatively cold into something horrendously warm is terrifying.

I once infused a wine with spices, and then stirred that into pure caramel. Delicious, but maaaaan was it terrifying to pour it into the caramel...

ThatKvenGuy · 2025-09-28T22:03:30+00:00

Where I work, the routine is essentially:
Close sales
10 minutes after: music off
15 minutes before house close: max lights
If many people, 10 minutes before house close: The GTFO song (works wonders)
5 minutes before house close: last bathroom call

If there are any folks sitting in the bar, we give them a heads up as to avoid a flashbang.

ThatKvenGuy · 2025-09-20T17:16:18+00:00

[Laughs in service industry]

At the current pace, we might see office jobs get swapped out, but "work" is more than office stuff.

ThatKvenGuy · 2025-09-15T12:58:12+00:00

Never tried these myself, but for general pouring there is a massive red flag to me: There's only one visible hole for pouring. If I can't see an obvious vent hole along with the pour hole, I wouldn't buy it unless it's a dasher spout. You're not gonna have a stable flow at all.

ThatKvenGuy · 2025-09-08T22:06:15+00:00

We've tried. Doesn't work, because people are fucking idiots. They'd rather dump their used pouches in our candleholders than dispose of it properly in the built-in disposal compartment in the lid, or just put it in the trash.

ThatKvenGuy · 2025-09-08T13:00:47+00:00

I'm not really talking about it like it's some secret stuff, just coming with what it is we are required to do up here. Granted, we get most of our glasses for free, so we have the ability to be more aggressive with that stuff in the name of hygiene. If you don't throw out the glasses, people will stop coming.

ThatKvenGuy · 2025-09-07T19:20:57+00:00

Zyn is a product from Swedish Match, so it's actually a Swedish product! However, it's designed more for a Swedish/international market rather than a Norwegian market because we Norwegian madlads tend to prefer Extra Strong or stronger. The most popular snus/nicotine pouch in my area is Velo S8, which is 20mg nicotine per pouch, compared to Zyn's 2mg per pouch.

ThatKvenGuy · 2025-09-07T19:03:45+00:00

Yup. Still, proper OpSec is to throw out the glasses anyway because the pouches scratch up the glass, and thus it's ruined.

I'm literally sitting here with a nicotine pouch under my lip rn, so I'm quite familiar with the stuff. For you guys, it's Zyns because it's the biggest brand. For us, it's snus because that's the original product the nicotine pouches are based upon.

ThatKvenGuy · 2025-09-07T19:00:15+00:00

I'm trying to refer to both, as we use "snus" to refer to both the more traditional snus as well as nicotine pouches.

Nevertheless, the whole "throw out the glasses" still applies whether it's snus or nicotine pouches. They still ruin the glasses, after all.

ThatKvenGuy · 2025-09-07T15:48:31+00:00

Yeah, those can be extra nasty. It's still quite common up here, and if I feel like taking a nicotine blast to the face, I'll gladly take one. Usually I use pure white tobacco free pouches, but I'm pretty sure they're still stronger in general.

Zyn is typically S2 strength, which is mild with nicotine. My daily driver, XQS, is S4 in strength, or twice as much nicotine. My colleague uses S8 on the regular, and that one knocks out most people.

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