Sorry to hear it was disappointing. I thought about getting tickets, but then I was sort of afraid of something like this happening and didn't pull the trigger.
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 25 September 2012 16:24 (eleven years ago) link
I will say that I would have been a lot more pissed off had I been in normal seats and not R's company box. Free Macallan 12 and shrimp cocktail can smooth over a lot of superstar ego issues.
― DX Dx DX (dan m), Tuesday, 25 September 2012 16:27 (eleven years ago) link
Ooh, baller.
― canonical casual cordouroy (Eazy), Tuesday, 25 September 2012 16:29 (eleven years ago) link
What happened to his conservative religious convictions from a while back? I thought he had sworn off being raunchy.
― (*・_・)ノ⌒ ☆ (Je55e), Tuesday, 25 September 2012 16:30 (eleven years ago) link
They played a few bars of "Darling Nikki" and went right into another song, so it seems like raunch-trolling is the new standard.
― DX Dx DX (dan m), Tuesday, 25 September 2012 16:46 (eleven years ago) link
With all due pessimism (being realistic), this is sounds good:
http://www.suntimes.com/news/cityhall/15350928-418/chicago-aims-for-internet-access-in-parks-underserved-neighborhoods.html
The U.S.'s ranking in broadband accessibility and speed is a pretty sorry thing, IIRC. It will be awesome if the ambition behind this project keeps up and we actually get service in underserved areas. And it would be nice to give Comcast some competition.
― (*・_・)ノ⌒ ☆ (Je55e), Tuesday, 25 September 2012 16:53 (eleven years ago) link
Right before Katrina, New Orleans had started a city-wide free public wifi project. It was still partly operational in the central business district and a few other places when I was down there and it was really nice.
― (*・_・)ノ⌒ ☆ (Je55e), Tuesday, 25 September 2012 16:55 (eleven years ago) link
nice being able to get free wifi in places where you could sit and work for free, like plazas, sidewalk benches, and porches. And from indoor spots near windows.
― (*・_・)ノ⌒ ☆ (Je55e), Tuesday, 25 September 2012 16:57 (eleven years ago) link
It was a bad show, that Prince. He didn't "play" a tease of "Darling Nikki," or many other songs. He was sitting by a sampler, singing over short clips of about a dozen classics. During this his band, which was mysteriously down half its members, was literally just sitting there, waiting for him. The sound was awful, he picked up his guitar no more than twice, ceded to solo in "Purple Rain" to a saxophone, then kept the crowd waiting at the end for 30-40 minutes, in the dark, while a crew swept the stage of confetti. Then the house lights went on, 80% of the crowd left, and then he comes back out for "1999" and "Little Red Corvette."
House of Blues as a 4am curfew. He knows that shit. He let his lame protege play 3am to 3:30, then cut the show when the cops made it clear they were handing out thousands in fines for going over. He didn't play a note or even appear except to say the cops were shutting him down. Dude needs to buy a watch.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 25 September 2012 17:08 (eleven years ago) link
I'm skeptical of the wifi plan.
It was great when I was in Hong Kong and you could get wifi in public parks. Saved me many times when I needed to pull up a map.
― Jeff, Tuesday, 25 September 2012 17:14 (eleven years ago) link
Guys I have to figure out how to ask for a raise before tomorrow, so nervous.
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 25 September 2012 17:31 (eleven years ago) link
Bring the baby to work.
― canonical casual cordouroy (Eazy), Tuesday, 25 September 2012 17:41 (eleven years ago) link
Good start!
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 25 September 2012 17:43 (eleven years ago) link
Did someone mention listening parties? There is one at my favorite hat store. I find this hilarious. https://www.facebook.com/events/432896613414808/
― Jeff, Wednesday, 26 September 2012 01:05 (eleven years ago) link
C'mon, the guy is a "peerless" singer-songwriter, how can you go wrong?
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 26 September 2012 03:00 (eleven years ago) link
Oh, Jon, I revise what I wrote earlier: when going for a raise, bring the baby and a gun, too. You'll be set.
― canonical casual cordouroy (Eazy), Wednesday, 26 September 2012 03:40 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.askamanager.org/2012/06/how-to-ask-for-a-raise.html
Good luck!
― carl agatha, Wednesday, 26 September 2012 03:48 (eleven years ago) link
i find it funny for some reason that jeff has a favorite hat store. a *favorite* one.
― (*・_・)ノ⌒ ☆ (Je55e), Wednesday, 26 September 2012 04:44 (eleven years ago) link
good luck jvc.
ask a manager and mean hr lady are good blogs to subscribe to, imo. they are usually fun to read and they have good ideas to sock away and think about.
― (*・_・)ノ⌒ ☆ (Je55e), Wednesday, 26 September 2012 04:47 (eleven years ago) link
I say it is my favorite hat store, because it really is my only hat store. So favorite by default.
― Jeff, Wednesday, 26 September 2012 11:38 (eleven years ago) link
I can't cope with Evil HR Lady because of her gross underlying ideology, cf. the time she argued that there's no pay gap and even if there were, it was because women don't try hard enough to make more money.
― carl agatha, Wednesday, 26 September 2012 12:30 (eleven years ago) link
Are these blogs about office life?
― these albatrosses have no fear of man (La Lechera), Wednesday, 26 September 2012 13:00 (eleven years ago) link
No, human resources/management practices/applied employment law. Informational as opposed to personal.
― carl agatha, Wednesday, 26 September 2012 13:53 (eleven years ago) link
Thanks guys! I actually read that ask a manager one last night, was a good help.
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 26 September 2012 14:20 (eleven years ago) link
Never mind. Few things worse than agonizing and concentrating on this for a week only to have your performance review canceled literally 3 minutes before its supposed to start.
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 26 September 2012 15:04 (eleven years ago) link
how frustrating. :(
― JuliaA, Wednesday, 26 September 2012 15:06 (eleven years ago) link
Eh, it happens. I'm just frustrated because who knows when it will be rescheduled. I was told it wouldn't be this week, I'm traveling to job sites in Cali next week, one partner is traveling the following week, and the other partner is on vaction for the two weeks following that. Annoying.
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 26 September 2012 15:09 (eleven years ago) link
Gah! Definitely frustrating, even if it is a thing that happens.
― carl agatha, Wednesday, 26 September 2012 15:47 (eleven years ago) link
So this seems to be pretty common in architecture firms, based on my past experiences and talking to other people, but is that common in other industries? That employee reviews are definitely a "oh, when we get around to it" thing, rather than something that is actually treated as somewhat important?
― HAPPY BDAY TOOTS (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 26 September 2012 16:20 (eleven years ago) link
That seems like the norm in a lot of industries.
― (*・_・)ノ⌒ ☆ (Je55e), Wednesday, 26 September 2012 16:31 (eleven years ago) link
Just curious, my wife's past couple of jobs have taken them really seriously so I wondered where the norm fell between the two.
― HAPPY BDAY TOOTS (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 26 September 2012 16:32 (eleven years ago) link
I always thought performance reviews were for right after one has done something wrong so mgmt has anti-raise ammo.
― The Jesus and Mary Lizard (WmC), Wednesday, 26 September 2012 16:40 (eleven years ago) link
mine got postponed this year but it was more because my boss was new and didn't originally follow the protocol for setting it up
― congratulations (n/a), Wednesday, 26 September 2012 16:40 (eleven years ago) link
Ugh, I'd forgotten about that. TBH, I haven't read either blog in a while b/c I haven't even peeked at my Reader feed in months. I tried really hard as a thought experiment to see it in the most positive light, but she was so clearly saying what you, carl, said above.
Of course! I subscribe to some paralegals' blogs, and every profession has its bloggers.
― (*・_・)ノ⌒ ☆ (Je55e), Wednesday, 26 September 2012 16:40 (eleven years ago) link
employee reviews are definitely a "oh, when we get around to it" thing
This is the case at my job. Haven't had one in my current position (which I've been in for 2.5 yrs).
― Sandy Denny Real Estate (jaymc), Wednesday, 26 September 2012 16:51 (eleven years ago) link
for me it's always "you provide the proof of your work in this neverending series of forms and maybe we'll talk to you about it 8-infinity months later"
― these albatrosses have no fear of man (La Lechera), Wednesday, 26 September 2012 17:01 (eleven years ago) link
also guys
NEW SOUND INSTALLATION at the fern roomit's really cool solo clarinet stuff from michael thieke
― these albatrosses have no fear of man (La Lechera), Wednesday, 26 September 2012 17:02 (eleven years ago) link
Okay, guess I should be happy to even be getting sort of annual reviews!
― HAPPY BDAY TOOTS (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 26 September 2012 17:03 (eleven years ago) link
We have rigid schedule for performance management every year. It's nice.
― Jeff, Wednesday, 26 September 2012 17:18 (eleven years ago) link
The only place I've worked that was serious/strict about performance reviews was Food Lion*. If they hadn't completed an employee's review by the day of the deadline, they would pull them off of a cash register during a rush if they had to to complete the review.
I remember at one of my reviews my manager verbally lavished me with praise, with plenty of specific examples. Then she pulled out the paper review form and said, "....but, there is no money for the raise you deserve, and corporate uses reviews to determine raises, so I had to give you 3's and 4's instead of all 5's." She added, "Soz! LOL!" and I got a $.10/hr raise.
― (*・_・)ノ⌒ ☆ (Je55e), Wednesday, 26 September 2012 17:27 (eleven years ago) link
* I think now it was because they were fending off union organization, so they tried to mimic stuff organization would bring, like regular evaluations and recognition of merit.
― (*・_・)ノ⌒ ☆ (Je55e), Wednesday, 26 September 2012 17:30 (eleven years ago) link
performance, I mean, not merit.
― (*・_・)ノ⌒ ☆ (Je55e), Wednesday, 26 September 2012 17:31 (eleven years ago) link
In case anyone's interested a couple of bands fronted by MI friends of mine are playing next Tuesday at the Burlington.
https://www.facebook.com/events/231569646965451/
― DX Dx DX (dan m), Wednesday, 26 September 2012 18:03 (eleven years ago) link
I had one performance eval in my five years w/ the state. I filled it out and my boss signed it without reading it.
― carl agatha, Wednesday, 26 September 2012 18:38 (eleven years ago) link
Ww, Hopleaf's delicious for lunch.
― canonical casual cordouroy (Eazy), Wednesday, 26 September 2012 19:32 (eleven years ago) link
OTM: http://slightlyinsultingchicagoposters.tumblr.com/post/32226728228
― carl agatha, Wednesday, 26 September 2012 23:33 (eleven years ago) link
'specially "Big 10 Bar View," which is the subsection of Lakeview where we currently live. *sigh*
― carl agatha, Wednesday, 26 September 2012 23:34 (eleven years ago) link
I'm going to get a BB gun and start shooting holes into people's giant plastic college logo beer mugs.
I bought a sweatshirt from Michigan Tech recently, the first piece of apparel from my alma mater I've owned, and happened to be wearing it through Lakeview on a chilly day last week. Even though they are far from a Big 10 school, have a D2 football program and pretty much all the students are complete nerds, I still felt slightly bro-tastic walking around.
― DX Dx DX (dan m), Wednesday, 26 September 2012 23:56 (eleven years ago) link
Haha, pretty OTM, sadly. I would much rather live RP, Uptown, or Edgewater b/c they feel so much homier, but the commute is just too good to leave. Not that I don't love where I live b/c it's crazy convenient to everything and there is tons of street life, but it's a bit homogenous w/ mostly young whites, cut with a just a dash of familiar panhandlers and derelicts of color.
― (*・_・)ノ⌒ ☆ (Je55e), Thursday, 27 September 2012 01:53 (eleven years ago) link