Kate
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There are still a bunch of industrial dryers going 24/7 in the kitchen, plus they turned the heat on them so they’re blowing warm air. It’s incredibly loud so I can’t do zoom calls so I’m still working from the hotel. It’s also uncomfortable in there with all the dry heat blowing, and the whole place has a smell. The water coming through the floor to the ceiling was all brown and gross. The building is almost 100 years old. Yay.
I was just catching up with someone I used to work with. Her dad just died, her boyfriend’s dad just died too (past couple of weeks for both, and he lost his mom recently too), now her mom and sister tested positive for Covid, and also she thinks a re-org is coming where she may lose her job. Can this shit stop???
Omg. The bikini wax thing. Wow. Well, it’s like, there are no boundaries between work and home anymore. Sometimes you do need to do something personal, and it’s unnatural to be expected to be on video all the time. Except for Jeffrey Toobin, he can fuck off.
Yeah, it’s sad. I’ve never had a wonderful boss. I had a guy who would get real sweaty and wield a baseball bat when talking to you, and co-owners who would fight like abusive parents… and one guy who went on to get busted for coke and trafficking a minor across state lines for sex ?.
No one deserves to die though, even if they’re a nightmare to work for.
She’s one of the better managers I’ve had, but yeah, she’s got some… quirks.
Yeah… and my boss hates stuff like that. She calls people out for the slightest background noise. Last week she spontaneously asked me to share my screen in our team meeting to review the Jira board. And then SHE was in some convo on Teams that kept pinging on my screen. Afterwards she was like, can you turn your alerts off when you’re screen sharing? It’s really distracting! Like, girl, ok. Normally when I present I’m in slideshow mode so no alerts show. Like, relax, you asked me to screen share when I wasn’t expecting it. I can only imagine what she’s saying to my co-worker. Whose dog is dying right now.
I’m honestly glad it wasn’t me. I’m sure our boss is chewing her out right now.
Fortunately someone did tip her off that we could see her phone convo, but not soon enough.
Omg. I’m in a 2-hour meeting where we’re presenting to some business partners. My co-worker is the one sharing the deck, and she’s so bad with tech. Instead of just sharing the PowerPoint window on zoom and then going into slideshow mode, she went into some convoluted presentation mode that no one uses. Whenever she would speak, it would transcribe her words into text at the bottom. At one point I was presenting my slides and she was on mute, but somehow it was still transcribing her, and she was on the phone with someone saying how she’s in this long meeting and is so cold and hasn’t even peed. I can’t.
I hope so. My parents actually own the unit and it’s their insurance. (They lived here for a long time but wanted a change a few years ago and the location was perfect for us so we moved in instead of them selling it. They live on cape cod now). My dad has been on the phone with the insurance company today and is working it out with them. He’s the calmest person imaginable, plus he’s mostly retired so he has time. I think he thinks how the neighbor is handling it is fucked up but he’s being diplomatic.
My stress reaction to this was waaaayyy more than it would be in normal times. I was hyperventilating and crying. Definitely would have lost it if I didn’t have to get on zoom. Like, your home is all you have right now, if you have one. It’s supposed to be a safe space.
That’s awful. You guys are too young for this shit. My husband turned 50 this year, and so many of his friends have died recently. 3 from heart attacks. And his good friend’s wife just passed a couple of weeks ago from cancer. My husband is on a telehealth appointment right now with a cardiologist. He has no known issues but neither did the (seemingly fit and healthy) guys who died. Ugh. I’m sorry.
Thanks everyone.
Apparently it is our insurance that covers it, not hers, even though we had nothing to do with this. They probably don’t cover hotel stays but I’ll ask. And then all the food that we have to get from restaurants too. And our Hello Fresh box arrived today but we have no way of preparing any of that food. I’m pissed off, but mostly just stressed and upset.
Yeah. And she called me and was like, “it’s nobody’s fault.” Like, really? She’s a lawyer. My parents have actually known her for 25 years, her wife was their estate lawyer but she passed away from cancer in 2019. I feel bad, but I’m also perplexed at how she’s not taking responsibility at all. When I went up there in a panic and knocked on her door, she was just like, oh yeah, I know. No urgency, and meanwhile my kitchen is flooding.
