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I don’t think I can stick this job out. The stress is too much. It’s not even so much all the extra work and precautions we have to take...it’s my bloody new coworker I’ve found myself lumped with. He’s maddening. And the general public aren’t helping matters either. I know it’s an important service and you should take what money you can at the moment but still...

 Future War Cultist wrote:
I don’t think I can stick this job out. The stress is too much. It’s not even so much all the extra work and precautions we have to take...it’s my bloody new coworker I’ve found myself lumped with. He’s maddening. And the general public aren’t helping matters either. I know it’s an important service and you should take what money you can at the moment but still...

Have you talked to him?

Encouraging news from France then. If risks are low and recovery times cut nearly in half that makes a huge difference to the potential for the volume of patients the hospital system can cope with over a period of time.

Not Online!!! wrote:

 Future War Cultist wrote:
I don’t think I can stick this job out. The stress is too much. It’s not even so much all the extra work and precautions we have to take...it’s my bloody new coworker I’ve found myself lumped with. He’s maddening. And the general public aren’t helping matters either. I know it’s an important service and you should take what money you can at the moment but still...

Have you talked to him?

You can't negotiate with stupid.

I’ve tried talking to him...but I might as well be talking to my van. He’s constantly hovering around me while I’m working, telling me what to do, how to do it, so much so he keeps fething up his own work whilst getting in the way of mine. Also, he’s not captain obvious...he’s major general fething obvious. No banter either...literally all work...with that fething stupid smile on his face...

He’s...got something wrong with him...he’s very robotic...he never deviates from his pre determined route or script. No matter how many times I tell him that I’ve worked here longer than him, that I’m more trained than him, that this route is in my home neighbourhood, and to stop fething coming closer than 2 feet to me it just literally goes in one ear and out the other. He’s infamous amongst the rest of us as a ‘nice guy...but also a total pain in the ass’.

It’s been 4 days now, and with everything else that’s going on at the moment my brain is melted. They need to work out some sort of rotation system or something because I can’t much more of this.

 Azreal13 wrote:

Not Online!!! wrote:

 Future War Cultist wrote:
I don’t think I can stick this job out. The stress is too much. It’s not even so much all the extra work and precautions we have to take...it’s my bloody new coworker I’ve found myself lumped with. He’s maddening. And the general public aren’t helping matters either. I know it’s an important service and you should take what money you can at the moment but still...

Have you talked to him?

You can't negotiate with stupid.

Disagree, mostly because it depends on the form said stupid takes.



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 Future War Cultist wrote:
I’ve tried talking to him...but I might as well be talking to my van. He’s constantly hovering around me while I’m working, telling me what to do, how to do it, so much so he keeps fething up his own work whilst getting in the way of mine. Also, he’s not captain obvious...he’s major general fething obvious. No banter either...literally all work...with that fething stupid smile on his face...

He’s...got something wrong with him...he’s very robotic...he never deviates from his pre determined route or script. No matter how many times I tell him that I’ve worked here longer than him, that I’m more trained than him, that this route is in my home neighbourhood, and to stop fething coming closer than 2 feet to me it just literally goes in one ear and out the other. He’s infamous amongst the rest of us as a ‘nice guy...but also a total pain in the ass’.

It’s been 4 days now, and with everything else that’s going on at the moment my brain is melted. They need to work out some sort of rotation system or something because I can’t much more of this.

oof.

My condolences, yeah i'd talk to your direct superior or collegues if a rotation system would be better with that person.

In the positive news bracket, I have really enjoyed both of the NASCAR iRacing Pro Invitational races they have broadcast the last couple of weekends. Its amazing to me to see how things are adapting to this situation and to say this is a leap forward for both gaming and NASCAR is an understatement.

The fact that NASCAR is treating it like a regular race with someone singing the anthem, a marshal, same broadcasters etc is fantastic and, while I am not a huge NASCAR fan, I have found myself actually looking forward to the races and scheduling them in to my weekend routine.

I know its not everyone's cup of tea, especially the die hard NASCAR fans, but its very well done for what it is and the iRacing software is staggeringly realistic.

Anyway, if you haven't seen them, check them out, they are loads of fun

Sorry to hear that FWC, but the minimum distance thing at least seems like something you could ask management about? Like, if it's needed that's one thing, but if it's not then that's obviously not okay in the present environment.

FWC, wage considerations aside, many supermarkets are crying out for extra delivery staff.

Whilst perhaps not quite ideal from an isolation point of view, at least you wouldn’t have a co-worker to worry about?

Might be worth a look?

Hell yeah. I'd be well up for driving deliveries for a bit. although I've heard of some very unreasonable businesses not letting the delivery drivers use the bathrooms after deliveries and other such nonsense.

 queen_annes_revenge wrote:
Hell yeah. I'd be well up for driving deliveries for a bit. although I've heard of some very unreasonable businesses not letting the delivery drivers use the bathrooms after deliveries and other such nonsense.

In fairness its a bit daft to have everyone self isolating and then at the end of the day all go and use the same public facilities. It's just begging for one person to slip the net and then infect the whole driver team/depo

I just dont think letting a delivery driver or 2 into your bathroom is really going to spread the virus. I mean, personally I wouldnt really care, I'd just go outside on the back wall of your establishment.

Something to cheer everyone up a bit:

Astrophysicist gets magnets stuck up nose while inventing coronavirus device

 Overread wrote:

 queen_annes_revenge wrote:
Hell yeah. I'd be well up for driving deliveries for a bit. although I've heard of some very unreasonable businesses not letting the delivery drivers use the bathrooms after deliveries and other such nonsense.

In fairness its a bit daft to have everyone self isolating and then at the end of the day all go and use the same public facilities. It's just begging for one person to slip the net and then infect the whole driver team/depo

I dont think we're all self isolating either...

Yeah but its more like letting a delivery driver or or several dozen use the facilities Along with the warehouse team and office team and managers and loaders etc....

haha! Damn, but if those are the same super powerful magnets I've come across in the past, that wouldve been super painful..

 A Town Called Malus wrote:
Something to cheer everyone up a bit:

Astrophysicist gets magnets stuck up nose while inventing coronavirus device

That's a fair bit more sad than funny.

The headline doesn't really match what actually happened either. He took a break from making his 'necklace' (to alert people to face touching, not 'fight the virus'), and was screwing around with the magnets and stuck them up his nose, and was surprised when they attached themselves firmly across his septum.

Given his next attempt was to try to dig them out with pliers, it could have ended very badly...

 A Town Called Malus wrote:
Something to cheer everyone up a bit:

Astrophysicist gets magnets stuck up nose while inventing coronavirus device

That was great, thank you

 RiTides wrote:
Sorry to hear that FWC, but the minimum distance thing at least seems like something you could ask management about? Like, if it's needed that's one thing, but if it's not then that's obviously not okay in the present environment.

So...did you get your test results back yet?

 Ouze wrote:
...and some of you will still have unpainted minis.

I should report you for violating rule 1 with such a blatant personal attack!


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 A Town Called Malus wrote:
Something to cheer everyone up a bit:

Astrophysicist gets magnets stuck up nose while inventing coronavirus device

Heh. There is a moral here about different types of intelligence I think.

 Alpharius wrote:

 RiTides wrote:
Sorry to hear that FWC, but the minimum distance thing at least seems like something you could ask management about? Like, if it's needed that's one thing, but if it's not then that's obviously not okay in the present environment.

So...did you get your test results back yet?

Not yet - 7 to 10 day turn around (and they didn't specify if it was business days, and I didn't really get a chance to ask as they were obviously pretty swamped). I'm assuming calendar days, so it should be late this week hopefully in that case.

 RiTides wrote:

 Alpharius wrote:

 RiTides wrote:
Sorry to hear that FWC, but the minimum distance thing at least seems like something you could ask management about? Like, if it's needed that's one thing, but if it's not then that's obviously not okay in the present environment.

So...did you get your test results back yet?

Not yet - 7 to 10 day turn around (and they didn't specify if it was business days, and I didn't really get a chance to ask as they were obviously pretty swamped). I'm assuming calendar days, so it should be late this week hopefully in that case.

We're really going to have to work on that lag time in this country if we're really going to get a handle on things...

So, how are your symptoms doing? How are you feeling?

How are you handling quarantining yourself from your family, who are already quarantined?

Yeah, those kind of delays kinda undermine the whole point of testing. There are quick, point-of-care tests coming, though. But I hazard to guess it'll be some weeks before they're readily available.

Without the ability to effectively 'contact trace' it becomes increasingly difficult to stem the tide.

Not Online!!! wrote:

 Azreal13 wrote:

Not Online!!! wrote:

 Future War Cultist wrote:
I don’t think I can stick this job out. The stress is too much. It’s not even so much all the extra work and precautions we have to take...it’s my bloody new coworker I’ve found myself lumped with. He’s maddening. And the general public aren’t helping matters either. I know it’s an important service and you should take what money you can at the moment but still...

Have you talked to him?

You can't negotiate with stupid.

Disagree, .

See?

 Azreal13 wrote:

Not Online!!! wrote:

 Azreal13 wrote:

Not Online!!! wrote:

 Future War Cultist wrote:
I don’t think I can stick this job out. The stress is too much. It’s not even so much all the extra work and precautions we have to take...it’s my bloody new coworker I’ve found myself lumped with. He’s maddening. And the general public aren’t helping matters either. I know it’s an important service and you should take what money you can at the moment but still...

Have you talked to him?

You can't negotiate with stupid.

Disagree, .

See?

See, as in cheapshot, or see as in regards to his own comment about his co-worker.

As in, a joke.

I know I LOL'd!

 A Town Called Malus wrote:
Something to cheer everyone up a bit:

Astrophysicist gets magnets stuck up nose while inventing coronavirus device

Oh man I needed that

We got our first brace of furlough notices today. Seems I'm to important to send home for a min of three weeks. I guess that's a compliment? Manager reckons its just the first wave though.

The great British public still continues to disappoint unfortunately. Add L-plates(who the heck is having lessons during a lockdown?) and glue to fix a shoe rail(why go to a care spares shop?) to the list of essential items

I am SOOO tired of people buying stuff that doesnt really help or are buying it and not using it properly.
Yeah, Rubbing Alchohol kills the virus, but Cmon people you dont need it or to stock up on it, just wash your hands. I need it for airbrushing
I dont know why people are panic buying nail polish remover....but I cant find it.
And masks, particularly painting masks/respirators. Im not sure on the specifics, but im pretty sure the masks, especially particulate masks which i need for airbrushing, are not gonna help you and you will look stupid
Stop being selfish, buy what is reasonable and dont be a moron.