The Inn of New Hope

Xandax · Post by **Xandax** » Sun Sep 09, 2007 9:28 am

I'm not whining on sunday morning - but I am this sunday afternoon after 6+ hours at work *grrrr*

Philos · Post by **Philos** » Sun Sep 09, 2007 12:15 pm

**Steps inside, knocks dust off of jacket, and looks around**

Well Kipi has done alright for himself.
What a great place to stop in after a long trip.

Hi gang, good to see you folks again.
Been a strange year for me, hope it finally settles down now.

Hey Kipi, how about a nice tall glass of fresh squeezed lemonade?

Kipi · Post by **Kipi** » Sun Sep 09, 2007 12:38 pm

Philos wrote:**Steps inside, knocks dust off of jacket, and looks around**

Well Kipi has done alright for himself.
What a great place to stop in after a long trip.

Hi gang, good to see you folks again.
Been a strange year for me, hope it finally settles down now.

Hey Kipi, how about a nice tall glass of fresh squeezed lemonade?

One coming right up!

So, how are things going Phil? Haven't seen you in a long time...

dragon wench · Post by **dragon wench** » Sun Sep 09, 2007 1:55 pm

Hey Philos,
long time no see, I hope you are doing OK.
I can appreciate weird years.. I've just come through one of those myself, but for me, I also seem to be nearing the end of the gauntlet.

Anyway,
must run for now. We have yet another Open House (trying to sell our place) to finish preparing for. *sigh*

Philos · Post by **Philos** » Sun Sep 09, 2007 2:31 pm

**Starts sipping on the lemonade**

Thanks Kipi,
Ahhh, now that's what I call a glass of lemonade.
I'm hanging in there. In addition to the craziness I experienced early in the year, I have a new position at work (with a LOT of additional responsibility). But it will mean a good raise once I achieve the position requirements.

Hi DW,
Thanks I appreciate that. I can kind of see the end of the tunnel. Glad you are nearing the end of yours. I understand your "pain" well (too well).

**raises glass** Here's to a quick and smooth sale. May this visitor buy!!

Kipi · Post by **Kipi** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 4:54 am

Philos wrote:**Starts sipping on the lemonade**

Thanks Kipi,
Ahhh, now that's what I call a glass of lemonade.
I'm hanging in there. In addition to the craziness I experienced early in the year, I have a new position at work (with a LOT of additional responsibility). But it will mean a good raise once I achieve the position requirements.

Well, congratulayions for the new position!!
Do you get better salary now, or is it just new position with new responsibilities?

Rob-hin · Post by **Rob-hin** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 9:44 am

Xandax wrote:I'm not whining on sunday morning - but I am this sunday afternoon after 6+ hours at work *grrrr*

Just for the record, I didn't mean you were.

I was quoting dear old grandma.

Work on sunday, eh?
Must be a law against it somewhere... *flips through some papers*
Nope! Too bad!

hehe

Xandax · Post by **Xandax** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 10:06 am

Rob-hin wrote:Just for the record, I didn't mean you were.
I was quoting dear old grandma.
<snip>

I know

Rob-hin wrote:<snip>
Work on sunday, eh?
Must be a law against it somewhere... *flips through some papers*
Nope! Too bad!
hehe

Yeah, there should .... should also be a law against going to work at 06.30 monday morning

Kipi · Post by **Kipi** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 3:41 am

Xandax wrote: Yeah, there should .... should also be a law against going to work at 06.30 monday morning

Well, at least in case of sunday, at least you get better salary from that day...
or, at least you should get...

Xandax · Post by **Xandax** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 4:16 am

Kipi wrote:Well, at least in case of sunday, at least you get better salary from that day...
or, at least you should get...

Well, I do think we get trice the payment in this period cause we are swamped with work. But normally it is just hour per hour.
So at least there'll be a little extra in the paycheck but still - could have used th weekend

Kipi · Post by **Kipi** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 4:34 am

Xandax wrote:Well, I do think we get trice the payment in this period cause we are swamped with work. But normally it is just hour per hour.
So at least there'll be a little extra in the paycheck but still - could have used th weekend

Like to what? Gaming?

j/k

Yeah, I understand you. It's pretty annoying to sit at work when you were supposed to have free time to do what you wish... I know this personal experience.

Xandax · Post by **Xandax** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 4:48 am

Kipi wrote:Like to what? Gaming?
j/k

Yeah, I understand you. It's pretty annoying to sit at work when you were supposed to have free time to do what you wish... I know this personal experience.

Yeah - gaming ....

Well, the story's more complex then so, and tells a tale of inexperienced coworkers, poor planning and all sorts of "fun" - leading to me taking it upon myself to make sure the launch of the project (which had media attention) were completed...... something I also plan on bringing up today to my boss.

Kipi · Post by **Kipi** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 5:21 am

So, were you the only one working during the sunday, or did some of the others as well?

And admit, gaming was in your mind to do during sunday... :mischief:

Xandax · Post by **Xandax** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 5:25 am

I was the only one on that project.
There were others at work on other projects ..... but people only started going to work in the weekend when they got extra money for it - I do it regardless

And of course gaming was on my mind

Kipi · Post by **Kipi** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 5:38 am

Xandax wrote:I was the only one on that project.
There were others at work on other projects ..... but people only started going to work in the weekend when they got extra money for it - I do it regardless

So, in your company, extra money for working during sunday isn't written in stone?:speech:

EDIT:
Cursed be this laggy thing that university calls internet connection...

DesR85 · Post by **DesR85** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 5:55 am

Kipi wrote: Cursed be this laggy thing that university calls internet connection...

You're lucky it's laggy. When I went back home, the internet connection went down. Had to wait a while before going back online just now.

Kipi · Post by **Kipi** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 6:02 am

DesR85 wrote:You're lucky it's laggy. When I went back home, the internet connection went down. Had to wait a while before going back online just now.

Well, at least you know you can't connect internet.

My current connection at uni is like this:
- I connect, and log in with may username and password.
- I MAY be able to surf few moments (timeline ranging from 1 min to 30 min, and it's random)
- I lose connection, have to remove my wireless adapter and plug it back in - to get access to internet again. Of course, log in is required
- Again surfin, 1 min to 30 min depending on luck
- Repeat all these steps as many times as I want to be in internet.

DesR85 · Post by **DesR85** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 6:11 am

The same can be said of my uni's connection as well, especially when there are many people using the computers. That's why I still prefer the home connection to that of the uni (obviously).

Xandax · Post by **Xandax** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 6:18 am

Kipi wrote:So, in your company, extra money for working during sunday isn't written in stone?:speech:
<snip>

Nopes, usually people take it as time off at a later time.
Only lately did we get direct economical reward for working in our weekends - and only if we've worked "enough" on the weekdays (so you do not just take all your work on weekends

)

Philos · Post by **Philos** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 9:19 pm

My current connection at uni is like this:
- I connect, and log in with may username and password.
- I MAY be able to surf few moments (timeline ranging from 1 min to 30 min, and it's random)
- I lose connection, have to remove my wireless adapter and plug it back in - to get access to internet again. Of course, log in is required
- Again surfin, 1 min to 30 min depending on luck
- Repeat all these steps as many times as I want to be in internet.

:speech:
And I thought I had it bad being stuck with dial up!! :speech:
Well, I "could" get DSL if I switched from my satellilte to a junk 26 channel cable network and then paid them $75.00 a month.

Kipi, I wasn't able to get back on line until tonight. To answer your question from the other day, Yes my new position will mean a pay raise thankfully. I just have to become fully qualified. Usually takes a few months to a year but I'm usually a quick study.