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Stuck at home with a mancold
Feb. 12th, 2016 10:51 am1. I'm dying because I cannot fight off disease
Have totally started polling for any suggestion why I get sick so often and stay sick so long. By many measures I'm healthy, but on this one I'm dying.
2. Ex-marine claim unimpressive when made 3rd time in quick succession
"Time 3 he stated that he was an ex-marine, I had pretty much decided I would never hire him as a contractor..."
On the bottom floor the stoners finally moved out - the owner of the unit owns a nearby bar-restaurant, and has repeatedly rented out to employees. These guys not only were constantly skunking the hallway, but one was often outside smoking cigarettes and drinking Flying Dog Raging Bitch (IPA) at all hours - 9am even. I support their right to smoke but also try to live in the myth that maybe they aren't getting high all day. However, they were just suddenly gone...I heard that both were failing at work (one was a manager) and that relationship was terminated - which goes along with the rent.
Since they left, a contractor came in and started renovating. The noise has been atrocious. For days, nay, weeks now, there have been loud noises of drilling through or in concrete, or metal, or both. Loud mechanical vibrations have reverberated through the walls to my top floor for more than 8 hours a day - and I work at home a lot. They have also had the water shut off multiple times.
Yesterday I met the guy, who invited me in to see the place (he knows I'm the president on the condo assoc, as my neighbor outed me) (I try to pretend I just live here). He changed tone a bunch when I noted I wanted to renovate my place some day...then he launched into this absurd speech about how he doesn't just want to change the space, but the way it helps you live - UGH. He also "name dropped" the fact he is an ex-marine...over and over. This is the reason for my fb post quoted above. Here's my lawyer lesson for you, and it's like many others just a people lesson, "Don't trust someone who tries to invoke trust with a title." If you watch american greed and see how many financial scams start at church you'll see what I mean. Military is respected, rightfully so, but there is something super sketchy about a guy who keeps blasting his service to someone he barely knows.
On review, they've been down there for weeks. The only work I saw done was the kitchen gutting, wall removal, and they had dug channels through the concrete to re-wire the very old inadequate wiring. So that would explain the long days of drilling / pummeling noise, but...why would it take so long? Rewiring is a great idea, and I'm glad I now know how very hard it is, but I also know another guy who regularly does renovations here who knows the territory and I'm pretty sure he doesn't take over a week just to do the teardown. Or I'm wrong.
3. omgomgomg I won.
So that case that I freaked out over in LA / CA, I got the decision Wed and we won - 100%. That means the fucktard has to pay for his own legal fees and has 2 disciplinary actions on his record that can't be appealed. He could fucking be fired for fucking farting. It's only sad he can't be disciplined for using the EEO process to harass and intimidate his managers and coworkers, but at least he went too far and is now stuck with the price. Not much to say on this, but it makes me literally giddy with joy. I love what I do and this is my fire - the unbelieveable luck that after all the years I worked hard but lacked direction, that somehow I either developed this appreciation or stumbled into something that is incredibly rewarding to me - I get paid!? I mean sure, 4 college degrees and 20 years of government service - I sacrificed a lot and damn well better be paid. But I love and enjoy what I do.
The strong downside is when we lose but should have won, plus the consequences are significant. I noted a curious parallel where BLM and more mainstream groups have raised the issue that innocence is not a good defense against prosecution - once the machine starts rolling your guilt or innocence may be based on political and racial lines. Well, for an EEO complaint, innocence is also no defense - or at least not a sure one.
This joy is my fire, this joy over winning and taking the wind out of this bully. However, this strength of the fire I have for caring is also my weakness - I care, and when I lose it's devastating. I know every loss I ever had, and still replay them wishing I could fix or prevent the damage. I care, which is good and bad.
Have totally started polling for any suggestion why I get sick so often and stay sick so long. By many measures I'm healthy, but on this one I'm dying.
2. Ex-marine claim unimpressive when made 3rd time in quick succession
"Time 3 he stated that he was an ex-marine, I had pretty much decided I would never hire him as a contractor..."
On the bottom floor the stoners finally moved out - the owner of the unit owns a nearby bar-restaurant, and has repeatedly rented out to employees. These guys not only were constantly skunking the hallway, but one was often outside smoking cigarettes and drinking Flying Dog Raging Bitch (IPA) at all hours - 9am even. I support their right to smoke but also try to live in the myth that maybe they aren't getting high all day. However, they were just suddenly gone...I heard that both were failing at work (one was a manager) and that relationship was terminated - which goes along with the rent.
Since they left, a contractor came in and started renovating. The noise has been atrocious. For days, nay, weeks now, there have been loud noises of drilling through or in concrete, or metal, or both. Loud mechanical vibrations have reverberated through the walls to my top floor for more than 8 hours a day - and I work at home a lot. They have also had the water shut off multiple times.
Yesterday I met the guy, who invited me in to see the place (he knows I'm the president on the condo assoc, as my neighbor outed me) (I try to pretend I just live here). He changed tone a bunch when I noted I wanted to renovate my place some day...then he launched into this absurd speech about how he doesn't just want to change the space, but the way it helps you live - UGH. He also "name dropped" the fact he is an ex-marine...over and over. This is the reason for my fb post quoted above. Here's my lawyer lesson for you, and it's like many others just a people lesson, "Don't trust someone who tries to invoke trust with a title." If you watch american greed and see how many financial scams start at church you'll see what I mean. Military is respected, rightfully so, but there is something super sketchy about a guy who keeps blasting his service to someone he barely knows.
On review, they've been down there for weeks. The only work I saw done was the kitchen gutting, wall removal, and they had dug channels through the concrete to re-wire the very old inadequate wiring. So that would explain the long days of drilling / pummeling noise, but...why would it take so long? Rewiring is a great idea, and I'm glad I now know how very hard it is, but I also know another guy who regularly does renovations here who knows the territory and I'm pretty sure he doesn't take over a week just to do the teardown. Or I'm wrong.
3. omgomgomg I won.
So that case that I freaked out over in LA / CA, I got the decision Wed and we won - 100%. That means the fucktard has to pay for his own legal fees and has 2 disciplinary actions on his record that can't be appealed. He could fucking be fired for fucking farting. It's only sad he can't be disciplined for using the EEO process to harass and intimidate his managers and coworkers, but at least he went too far and is now stuck with the price. Not much to say on this, but it makes me literally giddy with joy. I love what I do and this is my fire - the unbelieveable luck that after all the years I worked hard but lacked direction, that somehow I either developed this appreciation or stumbled into something that is incredibly rewarding to me - I get paid!? I mean sure, 4 college degrees and 20 years of government service - I sacrificed a lot and damn well better be paid. But I love and enjoy what I do.
The strong downside is when we lose but should have won, plus the consequences are significant. I noted a curious parallel where BLM and more mainstream groups have raised the issue that innocence is not a good defense against prosecution - once the machine starts rolling your guilt or innocence may be based on political and racial lines. Well, for an EEO complaint, innocence is also no defense - or at least not a sure one.
This joy is my fire, this joy over winning and taking the wind out of this bully. However, this strength of the fire I have for caring is also my weakness - I care, and when I lose it's devastating. I know every loss I ever had, and still replay them wishing I could fix or prevent the damage. I care, which is good and bad.
