Dear ExH, You are a piece of work. I understand that you also tested positive for COVID and don't feel good. But guess what? That doesn't mean you get to just sleep all day and ignore your responsibilities if you're the parent on duty with the kids! You didn't respond to me at all until 10 PM last night when I tried to check in multiple times throughout the day about DD2 and how she's doing. Suck it up, get your ass out of bed, and be an adult about it. Do you think I ignored DD1 and slept all day when I had covid? Do you think I get to just tap out with any long covid symptoms I have? No. I still parent when kids are here. This is just one of the many reasons why we got divorced. You're a selfish jerk. Signed, Aggravated
Dear beau's son, I can't wait to see you today buddy! Your dad has missed you SO much! Two weeks is way too long. I'm glad you're feeling better and out of quarantine finally. Love, Bonus mom
One more... Dear IT Team, You had 2.5 years to figure out technology to make our conference rooms hybrid meeting friendly. And you just... didn't? We have one room that's supposedly set up for hybrid meetings but the microphones don't work. So it's not actually set up. It's kind of infuriating that this wasn't a priority when we started rolling out the return to office plan fifteen different times... It's not like the technology doesn't exist out in the world. You're not building this from scratch. Signed, Sick of terrible meetings
I hope you’re not irritated I had to jump off a call yesterday, but 1) I’m in a time zone two hours ahead of you, 2) you started the meeting a full hour late because you guys were having “a great discussion over lunch”, and 3) I had a prior commitment after work that I couldn’t move.
You guys really need to figure out where I fit in this organization. Because I’m getting very tired of doing three not exactly interrelated jobs where I’m scrambling to be included in the meetings I need to be included in.
Post by supertrooper1 on May 11, 2022 11:38:58 GMT -5
Dear Beau's DIL,
I know judging people is wrong and I shouldn't judge you, but I have a hard time with so many of your decisions. Now I'm invited to a baby shower for your 2nd child, and I believe baby showers after your first child are very poor etiquette. I was just going to bring diapers until I read there is a diaper raffle, another thing that I believe is poor etiquette. And don't get me started on how you tell everyone you have "high risk" pregnancy. Now I'm hearing you're going to have a 3rd within two years, but I'm not sure that is what you actually want based on your parenting actions.
I looked up the dates from last year. May 18th I was in the Passport office getting my emergency passport.
May 19th flew out and stayed the night in Bogota. May 20th arrived in Santa Marta only to take a harrowing 1.5 hour drive through crazy streets to see dad, bringing a nurse with us for Covid testing.
May 21 flew back out with a guy who was mostly out of it. Took 4 hours to get through customs, immigration and security including a back office visit to pay off dad's fine for overstaying a visa and DH losing our passports on the previous plane because he is a moron. I didn't tell him that because he was rescuing my dad. Only to have the plane break down, spend the night in the airport, and completely change from AA going to Dallas and instead went Avianca going to Miami.
May 22 Arrive Miami, never been happier to be in the U.S. Contemplate putting him in the VA hospital in Miami, but it was decided that if he wasn't at death's door to keep going. 7pm arrive Detroit, and hand off to sister where the poor thing has been dealing with him ever since.
I haven't heard much from him at the assisted living home, so I am assuming no news is good news.
One more... Dear IT Team, You had 2.5 years to figure out technology to make our conference rooms hybrid meeting friendly. And you just... didn't? We have one room that's supposedly set up for hybrid meetings but the microphones don't work. So it's not actually set up. It's kind of infuriating that this wasn't a priority when we started rolling out the return to office plan fifteen different times... It's not like the technology doesn't exist out in the world. You're not building this from scratch. Signed, Sick of terrible meetings
We bought this thing called the Owl. It works really well. Directs the camera to whomever is speaking, projects the room, and virtual participants are projected on the flatscreen. Easy to share a screen. My laptop automatically picked it up.
rere, our school district got the owl cameras without doing any testing on them at the height of covid. They were universally hated by the teachers, from what I've heard. From what my neighbor says though, she actually thinks they'd work great in smaller settings like conference rooms.
We have some kind of smart conference rooms at work, that may as well be an Owl, since they at least do the directing camera to the person speaking. Our company sucks with technology, so if it does more than that, no one's tried it. I avoid conference rooms, so I have no idea. I'd actually just prefer all participants to be on zoom vs. having hybrid meetings.
We also have the owl at work, and it’s great. I can imagine that they would suck in a classroom because they pick up noise and direct the camera that way. So if you have a fidgety kid or someone has a cold and is coughing, the owl will pick it up.
But for our team meetings that usually have 4-5 people in the room and 3-4 remote over zoom, the owl has been great.
I've actually suggested the owl a few different times. I know the old CMO there. I've also mentioned other options. They're just trying to cobble together the existing tech that we have to "save money" and it's a complete nightmare. I think the AV company we partner with is just stupid and trying to sell us on tech they service.
Dear competitor that we’ve partnered with for a deal,
I understand your frustration. I really do. I’m probably more frustrated than you are. But please, if you’re going to attempt to place blame, don’t make up accusations that I can easily dispute. I document every single phone call and conversation with a confirming email - usually for my own benefit - but in this case, I have receipts that document every step along the way.
Signed, Can we move past the blame and move onto the solution now?
Dear competitor that we’ve partnered with for a deal,
I understand your frustration. I really do. I’m probably more frustrated than you are. But please, if you’re going to attempt to place blame, don’t make up accusations that I can easily dispute. I document every single phone call and conversation with a confirming email - usually for my own benefit - but in this case, I have receipts that document every step along the way.
Signed, Can we move past the blame and move onto the solution now?
Somehow someone saying they would like to hear more from X blew up that they don’t want Y anywhere near them and how dare Y attend. None of the last part even happened it was all people being dramatic and playing telephone and hersay. Y’all are being so dramatic. You need to calm down.
Yes, a classroom would be a nightmare because it seems super sensitive. We have 2 Owl speakers set up in our large conference room right now. They are un the middle with the tables set up in a U shape. It worked with around 25 people at our board meeting.