Y'all, I am training a new person, and have got to start giving her more to do, but all of the current projects are like 60% of the way through something ridiculously complicated, and that doesn't seem fair! So I'm copying her on things and trying to explain it all to her, but I've basically given her 1 hour of stuff to do in the last week (plus 2.5 days of orientation...).
I got stabbed, you know, right here.
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Jesse - Jul 23, 2018 8:45:02 am PDT #27668 of 30002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Laura - Jul 23, 2018 8:53:29 am PDT #27669 of 30002
Our wings are not tired.
Eeeep! My Tesla came in! At first they said August - December. Then August to October. Now they just called and said it was delivered on the 21st! Of course I am in NY and the kids are honeymooning on the Canadian side of Niagara Falls. They get back to FL on Saturday so I told the person who called me I could take delivery then. Since the kids work at the location where it is delivered they can accept it. Eeeep! I didn't plan to go back to Florida for months. Eeeep!
-t - Jul 23, 2018 8:55:51 am PDT #27670 of 30002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Oh, wow, Laura!
I feel like that happens a lot, Jesse. Training a new person always seems to mean either too much or too little for them to do - or both.
EpicTangent - Jul 23, 2018 9:02:04 am PDT #27671 of 30002
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
Yay, Tesla! Can't wait to hear all about it, Laura!
My first car was a '73 Pinto hatchback. I didn't love it at first, but I had to defend it so much, and it turned out to be such a really reliable little car, I learned to love it. Who knows how long it would have lasted if it hadn't gotten totaled (not by me, I wasn't even in it at the time).
Jesse - Jul 23, 2018 9:04:15 am PDT #27672 of 30002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
So cool, Laura!!
I feel like that happens a lot, Jesse. Training a new person always seems to mean either too much or too little for them to do - or both.
It's true! This is part of why I had her to go to the two days of training last week instead of in November.
msbelle - Jul 23, 2018 9:05:24 am PDT #27673 of 30002
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
I'd try to explain just one of the complex projects. Anyone else on your team she can shadow to get the details on it, or just you?
Jesse - Jul 23, 2018 9:13:10 am PDT #27674 of 30002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Just me! Essentially what I'm doing is having her shadow me, but it's not that exciting.
Laura - Jul 23, 2018 9:22:52 am PDT #27675 of 30002
Our wings are not tired.
Ugh, Jesse. I hope she doesn't get discouraged.
I'm debating with DH and the kids taking a pass on this car and waiting until October to take delivery since I really didn't plan on going back home until then and it seems silly to take delivery when I won't be home for months. I don't even have my electric set up.
-t - Jul 23, 2018 10:07:40 am PDT #27676 of 30002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
That sounds pretty sensible, Laura.
Man, I just caught sight of my face in the bathroom mirror and the dark circles that I pretty much always have under my eyes are really dark today. Like, startling.
NoiseDesign - Jul 23, 2018 10:56:24 am PDT #27677 of 30002
Our wings are not tired