Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet?

[payn]

NO.

Stop that. That's loser thinking.* Does anyone ever die thinking, "I'm so happy I spent so much time at work, and not traveling?"

Hear me now and believe me later... TAKE. YOUR. VAKAY.

Do it. Do it now.



*I was going to say, "Vikings Fan" thinking, but I just wanted to get your attention... not be mean.

Thing is I generate so much of it. I work from home, and can pretty much do anything I need to do and not use my vacay. I know, bad problems to have right?

In other news, the company used to pay out vacay upon layoff. My former boss told me (probably shouldn't have) that during a round of layoffs they looked over each employee's file. He said the HR guy did a cartoonish double take at my figures. Based on years with the company, and vacay reserve, they would owe me like 9 months severance. Average was like 6 weeks. I was too expensive to lay off. Of course, that just means if layoffs come around again (God forbid) i'll probably be doing the work of three people like last time.

So, yeah, Id love a cash out option.

 

[payn]

You don't have to use it all in one go either.. Or even for actual vacations..

Take a couple of Fridays/Mondays and treat yourself to a few four day weekends bookended by shorter work weeks.

Even if you're not traveling.. Just not being at work is awesome.

HR was sending me nasty notes about my totals. I have been taking Fridays off for months and it still doesn't make a dent. Clearly, I need to get out more.

 

[Cadence]

NO.

Stop that. That's loser thinking.* Does anyone ever die thinking, "I'm so happy I spent so much time at work, and not traveling?"

Hear me now and believe me later... TAKE. YOUR. VAKAY.

Do it. Do it now.



*I was going to say, "Vikings Fan" thinking, but I just wanted to get your attention... not be mean.

There were some years in my 30s where cashing in some of the time off (if allowed) would have made the time off taken as time off significantly better - either by meaning I had the money to make it an actual get away, or by reducing the financial stress a noticeable amount.

<insert rant about the stupidly large credit card limits handed out in the US>

 

[Snarf Zagyg]

HR was sending me nasty notes about my totals. I have been taking Fridays off for months and it still doesn't make a dent. Clearly, I need to get out more.

You know, I was all sympathetic ... but now that I know you're French?

Take your four-day workweek and your Gauloises and your baguettes and your ridiculous accent and shove 'em in a flaming Citroën.

 

[Cadence]

So, "echo chamber" has especially come up a lot regarding some social media places lately.

Is there a word for a place where the folks in that space argue with each other, repeatedly, over the same things, for a long period of time?

 

[Snarf Zagyg]

Is there a word for a place where the folks in that space argue with each other, repeatedly, over the same things, for a long period of time?

The internet?

 

[Deset Gled]

Is there a word for a place where the folks in that space argue with each other, repeatedly, over the same things, for a long period of time?

"Six Cultures of Play"?

 

[Snarf Zagyg]

Is there a word for a place where the folks in that space argue with each other, repeatedly, over the same things, for a long period of time?

Oh, wait. Now I know...

Thanksgiving dinner with the extended family.

 

[Scribe]

So, "echo chamber" has especially come up a lot regarding some social media places lately.

Is there a word for a place where the folks in that space argue with each other, repeatedly, over the same things, for a long period of time?

The funniest part of that, is that its actually encouraged by some, as some kind of ideal.

 

[payn]

You know, I was all sympathetic ... but now that I know you're French?

Take your four-day workweek and your Gauloises and your baguettes and your ridiculous accent and shove 'em in a flaming Citroën.

Not French, but lord I would kill for a real baguette. Nobody here makes them right.