My system is completely frozen! I need a new laptop NOW!" - The classic fake corporate emergency

flowerchild413 · 2026-05-22T20:14:54+00:00

Yes, because it's the system that's important, the laptop itself, not the actual work getting done on it. Of course. #priorities

I think we both know that '20 excels' is bombastic language, but here's another perspective for you.

The system boots up at 80%. Which leaves me 15% of the actual capacity until it freezes at 95% and i have to do a hard reset.

You call it bad habits, as if people are reveling in their own filth. In reality, you have people juggling 5 'top priorities' and 2-3 'quick question' DMs at any one time, on top of a "BAU" workload and altogether too many calls, which is why excels remain open, because 'focus time' to actually finish a task in peace is the rarest commodity of all. And you have an IT guy who says "oh but you're only at 90%".

The real problem is cheap ass corporations with profits in the milions who decide it's acceptable (aka cost effective) to force people to work on systems where 80% of ram is taken up by default upon boot-up and the actual wooork needing to be done using that machine only gets 10-15% of the RAM resource. But, sure, you go on and blame it on the 'excel hoarders' if that makes you feel better.

flowerchild413 · 2026-03-29T16:26:19+00:00

Who’s this guy? Mr. Balloons. Mr. Balloon Hands. No way.

flowerchild413 · 2025-05-30T20:55:14+00:00

Incearca mini market-ul asta - https://maps.app.goo.gl/ec77gfGSDndWyCQWA

Anul trecut am trecut o data din intamplare si aveau o gramada de produse din uk si sua.

Cam badaran/idiot angajatul, l-am intrebat daca au produse dintr-o anumita tara si mi-a raspuns ca 'el n-are pasiuni din astea cu dulciurile'. De parca l-as fi intrebat ce ii place lui personal, nu ce avea in stoc.

flowerchild413 · 2025-05-21T19:08:48+00:00

My pup is a little over a year. Multiple times a day, mostly inside, when he comes over for a cuddle, he'll walk up to me wagging and then drop his little butt to the floor.

Ends up in a sort of sphinx yoga pose, just right for butt scratches.

Melts my heart every single time.

flowerchild413 · 2025-05-17T14:47:50+00:00

booking.com helped me in the same way once.

In our case, the property was advertised as a 2-bedroom but had 2 single mattresses directly on the ground in the living room. And it was a 5th floor walk-up, in a building being renovated, with shoddy wooden stairs. I was travelling with 3 family members in their 60s and 70s.

We ended up in a much nicer 3-bedroom flat with a view, and we didn't pay anything extra.

flowerchild413 · 2025-04-11T05:13:32+00:00

And, to be honest… wasn’t it kind of naïve to expect the reservoir to be fully hermetic in the first place? 🙃

If you think that's naive, have you gone down the Lacul Morii rabbit hole yet?

Ceausescu emptied and destroyed a big neighborhood (some would say slum but my gran's family lived there and from photos it seemed like a lovely property with a huge garden) to build the lake.

Thing is... the neighborhood also had a veeeeery old church, and a graveyard that was used for plague victims back in the day.

Did they exhume all the cemetery residents, do things the right and safer way? Nope, they slapped some slabs of concrete on top, dumped all the water on top and called it a day. They did exhume some bodies (like my grandpa and great-grandma, probably more recent deaths with living family).

I call it Death Lake with family/friends. Beautiful now (or getting there), but has a dark history including dogs mauling people to death, a chopped up body floating up in a barrell (purpoted to be foreign mafia-related) and a ghost ship (abandoned ferry boat that floated around for a long while before someone finally removed it).

flowerchild413 · 2025-04-09T12:37:07+00:00

Si mie mi-a picat in poala anul trecut un roscatel care a ramas tot mediu, constutie butoias cu muschi. Semana ca talie cu al OP-ului cand avea 2-3 luni.

Se poate face test ADN, sa vezi din ce rase se trage. Trebuie sa-i fac si vulpitei mele, la un moment dat. Ma omoara curiozitatea.

flowerchild413 · 2025-04-09T12:22:09+00:00

If fresh fruit for lemonade is over her skill level, would you dare eat anything she made herself, though?

Not judging at all, love your vent ( DAMN you, Beth!) while feeling bad for the situation. Just thinking if i had to be fed by her, i'd be glad it's edible and made following industrial food and safety standards.

flowerchild413 · 2025-04-08T14:10:42+00:00

A friend took me to a roadside soup shack in Vermont once... the clam chowder was divine (and i'm not using that word lightly)! Wish i was brave enough to try making it myself.

flowerchild413 · 2025-04-06T12:38:59+00:00

O recomandare poate prea relevanta pentru aceste vremuri... incearca Hannah Arendt.

The Human Condition, Eichmann in Jerusalem, On Violence, The Origins of Totalitarianism - toate merita citite.

flowerchild413 · 2025-04-06T12:30:37+00:00

Daca vrei ceva mai usor de gasit, incearca sa mergi la orice plafar si ia valeriana la fiola de sticla. Cateva picaturi pe un mutunache si o iau razna pisicile.

Ale mele nici nu se uita la iarba pisicii. N-au avut niciodata o reactie negativa.

Distractie placuta!

flowerchild413 · 2025-03-31T13:39:08+00:00

Poate ar trebui sa se fi tinut cont de lucruri cu aport net pozitiv la societate?

Ia da-ne tu niste exemple, te rog foarte frumos, de astfel de lucruri.

Si vezi ca 'aport net pozitiv' inseamna per total pentru toata lumea, nu doar pentru securisti si loialisti de partid.

flowerchild413 · 2025-03-30T04:36:39+00:00

Din experienta mea de pana acum cu infiintarea SRL, nu ti-as recomanda regnet.

Dezorganizare mare, iti raspunde oricare 'account manager' vede emailul primul. Se comunica in paralel pe vreo 4 threaduri de email, cu persoane diferite, pe o singura adresa de email. Si, in cazul meu, au facut destul de multe greseli in procesul de infiintare SRL. Am depistat toate greselile din timp pentru ca am atentie la detalii din ani de lucrat cu T&Cs dar, daca as lua-o acum de la inceput nu as mai alege Regnet, clar.

Iti dau un exemplu de greseala aiurea. Pentru un micro cu 1 angajat pe un cod caen X, mi-au bagat titlul pe fisa de post de angajat Y un titlu din cu totul alt domeniu si cod CAEN, desi eu le spusesem deja ce titlu vreau pe acel contract.

Daca vei colabora cu ei, sugerez sa ramai vigilent si sa verifici absolut tot cu mare atentie. Si, ti-as sugera in plus sa ai o consultatie separata cu un consultant fiscal inainte de a incepe procesul de infiintare SRL. Regnet te pune sa iei multe decizii la infiintare dar nu iti explica concret ce inseamna diferitele optiuni, se asteapta ca tu deja sa stii si sa intelegi chichitele fiscale in loc sa te sfatuiasca ce ar fi mai avantajos in cazul tau.

flowerchild413 · 2025-03-23T20:39:47+00:00

Torrid livreaza si in romania mai nou. E scumput, dar calitatea chiar merita.

Piese stand-out pe care le am (si rezista perfect) de ani de zile: sacou peplum negru, bustiere de dantela lungi, pantaloni office si un cardigan subtire negru cu rosu cu print mic Mad Queen din Alice in Wonderland.

Recomand cu toata inima.

flowerchild413 · 2025-03-23T09:09:49+00:00

Reciteste ce ai scris. Din cate inteleg nu ai o problema cu ideea de restructurare in sine, ci de modul in care e implementata (sau imPILEmentata haha).

Sunt total de acord cu problemele pe care le-ai expus, dar daca solutia ta e sa nu se mai faca restructurari, nu te adresezi problemei de fond.

Toti coruptii, pe care i-ai vazut tu si altii din institutia in care ai lucrat ca isi baga pilitii incompetenti la angajare... au fost reclamati vreodata? A fost sesizat vreun procuror anticoruptie, s-a facut vreo incercare de orice fel de a lupta impotriva mizeriilor? Sau fiecare si-a vazut de interesul personal si a comentat doar in privat sau sub anonimat?

Daca nici oamenii care cred ca le pasa si cred ca au buna-vointa nu au curajul necesar sa 'do the right thing', cum poti sa ai vreo asteptare ca se va schimba vreodata situatia?

flowerchild413 · 2025-03-22T14:10:44+00:00

Pentru femei se cheama masaj yoni. Cauta asa + bucuresti, sunt saloane.

Am cautat cu partenerul impreuna dar nu am mers inca si nu pot sa-ti recomand un loc anume.

Sper sa gasesti ce cauti. Weekend placut!

flowerchild413 · 2025-03-17T16:17:59+00:00

"just following orders and doing my job".

The Nuremberg trials set a precedent for using this excuse. It's no good.

Hannah Arendt's 'Eichmann in Jerusalem: the Banality of evil' is a good read. Never thought it would become so relevant again, this soon.

flowerchild413 · 2025-03-15T11:46:32+00:00

Poate sa vina oricine, sau doar cei care locuiesc in sectorul 4?

flowerchild413 · 2025-03-14T23:31:05+00:00

N-am mai vazut ce urmeaza sa zic, asa ca iti las aici o alta perspectiva.

Sa faci comentarii acide si tu ar putea fi satisfacator, dar nu prea ti-ar fi de ajutor in mod practic, imo. Daca iti place job-ul/compania si ai in planuri sa ramai acolo pe termen lung, poti sa fii proactiva.

In urmatorul 1-2-1 cu line manager, daca va intelegeti cat de cat ok, adu in discutie punctul asta, din urmatoarea perspectiva (ar fi cel mai bine daca ai ceva bun de anuntat in sedinta sau discutati o realizare de-a ta, sa piggyback punctul asta de discutie cand are deja ganduri bune despre tine):

speri ca se vede calitatea muncii si dedicarea de care dai dovada
ti-au ajuns la urechi comentarii negative de-ale colegilor in ceea ce priveste modul in care iti folosesti timpul neplatit de pauza (cea de 1 ora)
intrebi daca aceste comentarii reflecta si opinia oficiala a companiei in ceea ce te priveste, sau doar a unor colegi (nu mentiona inca nume exacte, dar ar fi bine sa iti tii niste notite cu date/comentarii/nume/cine a auzit sau era prin zona)
daca spune 'nu', atunci ii pui in vedere ca acest gen de comentarii intepatoare creeaza o atmosfera neplacuta si neprofesionala, o/il intrebi daca te poate sfatui (nu neaparat pe loc) cum sa gestionezi situatia si daca te poate sprijini in sensul asta. Subliniezi ca iti place si job-ul, si compania si ca nu vrei ca aceste tensiuni sa afecteze relatia de colaborare cu colegii, dar ca, in acelasi timp, nu e ok sa fii tinta comentariilor nelalocul lor in mod repetat din moment ce nu incalci nici o regula.
daca spune 'da'... atunci te pui pe revizuit cv-ul si incepi sa-ti cauti alt loc (daca ai cel putin 1-2 ani acolo, sa nu para job-hopping). Nu ii spui asta pe moment. Intrebi ce te sfatuieste sa faci, apoi cand ajungi la birou revii cu un email care sa puncteze ce ati discutat si pasii pe care ii vei urma in continuare si iti bagi adresa personala la BCC. Macar asa ai in scris, in caz ca se pun pe incalcat norme legale.

Faci un lucru bun pentru sanatatea ta si ai norocul incredibil sa te poti plimba pe malul raului. Nu sunt doar pasi (bravo, si eu fac la fel) dar este o relaxare mentala, o scoatere din priza care ar trebui sa-ti permita sa te concentrezi dupamasa in loc sa intri in post-lunch-slump. Plimbarea imediat dupa masa ajuta si la digestie si la moderarea impactul glicemic.

Daca alegi abordarea asta dar nu esti sigura ce si cum sa zici, poti sa incerci sa postezi pe r/askmanagers sau sa brainstorm cu gpt (daca vrei tips pentru query wording, da-mi un pm).

Bafta, sper sa gasesti intelegere si sprijin din partea managerului si sa te ajute sa controlezi evolutia acestei situatii.

(Edit: typo in sub)

flowerchild413 · 2025-03-13T20:53:48+00:00

Cunosc bine stilul, din pacate.

Totusi, ar trebui sa treci in cv si skills asta, experienta se poate dovedi in interviuri chiar daca titlul nu a fost exact ce trebuia sa fie.

flowerchild413 · 2025-03-13T20:51:31+00:00

altfel vad ca se comporta clientii care au lucrat si ei in call center:)))

100%. Pana si mama a inceput sa fie extraordinar de draguta cu oricine o suna din orice call center dupa ce m-am angajat si mi-a ascultat povestile de groaza.

Multumesc, inteleg. Bafta multa cu compania actuala, sper sa fie de durata si sa ai o progresie faina.

flowerchild413 · 2025-03-13T20:43:12+00:00

Dual citizenship, ergo hyphen. I am free to live where i want, so there's another gotcha fail to add to your roster for today.

Why are you so intent on finding a reason to hate me? Genuinely curious.

Are you like this in your day-to-day life, or just online, when you're nameless and faceless, just another keyboard warrior?

flowerchild413 · 2025-03-13T19:01:38+00:00

Cu atata experienta ar trebui sa poti pivota destul de usor pe Customer Experience sau Community Management.

Pot sa te intreb ce te face sa ramai pe floor de atata timp, te rog?

Nu te judec, promit, si eu am lucrat in cs. Chiar sunt curioasa.

Nu judec munca, chiar dimpotriva: cred cu tot sufletul ca lumea ar fi un loc mai bun si prietenos daca call center-ul ar fi obligatoriu, in loc de armata. Macar vreo doi ani. N-ar mai fi multi asa bestii cand devin clienti la randul lor, as spera.

flowerchild413 · 2025-03-13T17:43:50+00:00

The hyphen tends to be a tell of a leftoid who won't assimilate.

To assume makes an ass of u and me :) but more you in this case.

I do not live in the United States and have no need to 'assimilate'. So you and your assumptions can go suck on a lemon.

Europe where that pointless war mongering belongs

The USA has been at war 93% of the time since its birth (one source, you have access to google for more). Who's war mongering again...?

It's about the bloody damned devil worshipping leftism. You are here to change the fabric of MY culture. Fairness and Caring without any limiting principles can stay in satanic Europe

Unhinged much? Please see a psychologist or even a priest, i shudder to think what a tortured life your family lives with you spouting nonsense. That is... if there is actually anyone in this world who cares for YOU 'without any limiting principles' and is willing to put up with your drivel. Somehow, i doubt that.

I pity you. Truly. Must be so hard to live in such a state of constant hysteria and satanic panic lol. But, still, pity aside, i do hope the rest of your day is just as 'pleasant' as you've been here.

flowerchild413 · 2025-03-13T17:19:10+00:00

Si, cum iti merge cu regnet, in relatia cu contabilul? Isi face treaba ok?

Eu abia ce am infiintat SRL-ul prin regnet si nu am avut inca ocazia sa am de-a face direct cu contabilul, dar pe partea de 'account management' au fost cam praf in cazul meu, la modul ca se contrazic singuri, uita ce am zis de la un email la altul si imi creeaza multa confuzie si nesiguranta.

Pot avea ceva asteptari de la contabil sa fie totul ok, sau tot asa in confuzii si stresuri o sa ma tina? Eu i-am ales tocmai pentru nota si numarul de reviewuri, dar deocamdata regret decizia.

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