ND, your boss may pay you well, but he has unreasonable expectations as to the workload you can handle.

It's the little guy's first convention.

Woohoo!

I've had two nights of around seven hours of uninterrupted sleep in a row this week and it seems like a frigging miracle. I need at least seven hours of sleep, but I've been getting usually about 5-6, and rarely without waking up at some point for the last few years. It sucks.

Quick question for the hivemind: Tip the furniture delivery guy? What if I've already paid the delivery fee? What if he's the owner? I don't want to hurt his feelings if I should tip but don't, or insult him if I shouldn't tip an owner but do. Help?

So I have this cousin that adores me, and I him. But he basically has no filters and ..stuff ( I'm guessing he's autistic but we've never been told and I don't know he's been diagnosed. The Midwestern denial runs strong in that family.) Anyway, he's on fb and we've had the occasional run in where I've either had to tell him "inappropriate, stop it" or he's taken something I've said completely wrong. Uhg. I'm one of the few cousins who will really engage him because the rest tend to get all offended and off put, where I'm mostly able to negotiate the gap between his communication and intent and call out of bounds when he's being too much. In person, he takes my limit setting pretty well, but on fb, gets all butthurt. Sigh. I'd just block him, but he'd notice and God forbid he mention it to his mom, who is still pretty fragile after losing my uncle and worrying about him. Oh family.

Not sure about the "if he's the owner". I'd probably tip $20 if he's not. Unless it was like, a super easy "hey, I walked this chair three steps into your house", vs "I maneuvered a couch up two flights of stairs"?

JZ, I would tip if you feel the service deserved it. I would likely decide in the moment.

sarameg, my guess is that he adores you because you communicate with him on a level that others don't. Pick your battles. But keep communication open as it is likely valuable for him.

I don't think I've ever tipped the furniture delivery guy.

Yeah, I plan to. Just finding a bunch of butthurt IMs, realizing I gotta send a careful clarification...it's tiring. His partner has my respect. I suspect her esl status helps, she's always asking him to rephrase, to say what he means. Her patience must come from when she was much less fluent (she's pretty cautious around new people in social situations, and yet she's a restaurant mgr in a fancy pants place, so communication isn't a core issue.)

um east coast? GO TO BED OR AT LEAST GET OFFA YOUR COMPUTER.

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