Personal life and work balance question

[Ideologue]

TBR SANCTITY.

In my thread?

Is that the rule?  Oh, this changes everything.

Anyway, my roommate says I'm being spoiled by the flexibility of the hours on this project.  He goes in at eight thirty because "that's when people are supposed to go into work."  Besides seeming a very archaic attitude more applicable to an agricultural society, he leaves at five when I leave at midnight, so there's some evidence that he's lazy one.

[crazy canuck]

I thought Marti wanted a child at some point?  He'd better get on the case soon before his ovaries dry up

I already have someone in my life who is young, immature, moody, keeps secrets and leeches up my money. It's my boyfriend.

Are you still going to get upset when people say you pay for sex?

Are you?

Only you (and Marti) would think there is a direct comparison.  Very Marti like of you.

And yes you are a real ass for breaking tbr confidentiality. You need to fix that.  Unless you want to end up like Marti in even more ways.

[Solmyr]

Marti, I hate to break it to you, but your boyfriend isn't actually gay. He just pretends to be gay so he can leech your money. It's standard Eastern European fare.

[Martinus]

I thought Marti wanted a child at some point?  He'd better get on the case soon before his ovaries dry up

I already have someone in my life who is young, immature, moody, keeps secrets and leeches up my money. It's my boyfriend.

Are you still going to get upset when people say you pay for sex?

Are you?

When you quote his posts, they actually show in my screen.

[DGuller]

Marti, I hate to break it to you, but your boyfriend isn't actually gay. He just pretends to be gay so he can leech your money. It's standard Eastern European fare.

Marti's rich, but not nearly that rich.

[garbon]

And yes you are a real ass for breaking tbr confidentiality. You need to fix that.  Unless you want to end up like Marti in even more ways.

I didn't realize Ide joking that I'd call him entitled was violating TBR sanctity...

[Brazen]

Marti, I hate to break it to you, but your boyfriend isn't actually gay. He just pretends to be gay so he can leech your money. It's standard Eastern European fare.

Marti's rich, but not nearly that rich.

I'd pretend to be gay if the price was right. And then I'd sell the video.

[garbon]

I thought Marti wanted a child at some point?  He'd better get on the case soon before his ovaries dry up

I already have someone in my life who is young, immature, moody, keeps secrets and leeches up my money. It's my boyfriend.

Are you still going to get upset when people say you pay for sex?

Are you?

Only you (and Marti) would think there is a direct comparison.  Very Marti like of you.

On this bit - just feminism.

[garbon]

I thought Marti wanted a child at some point?  He'd better get on the case soon before his ovaries dry up

I already have someone in my life who is young, immature, moody, keeps secrets and leeches up my money. It's my boyfriend.

Are you still going to get upset when people say you pay for sex?

Are you?

When you quote his posts, they actually show in my screen.

Get used to it. People quote Raz all the time.

[Zanza]

Well, in my previous job you had to hit the deadline, no matter what (at least in our region). If the deadline was a public holiday: tough noogies. If it meant you having to stay late or come in on weekends: so be it. If you missed any deadlines: prepare to be bitchslapped. And I'm talking about the "normal" employees there.

Of course. But then a good manager would assign adequate resources to the task at hand. If that's not the case, it's bad management and frankly shouldn't be the problem of the employee as he has no way to assign adequate resources.
Of course, companies being flexible means they can expect employees being flexible too. So if the deadline really, really has to be on a public holiday, it's fair to expect the employees to show up and do their work, no matter their private situation. Year-end closing in accounting is one such case. I am in IT and obviously you have to do system upgrades on weekends and sometimes in the week between Christmas and New Years' Eve and no one can seriously complain about that.

[crazy canuck]

Marti, I hate to break it to you, but your boyfriend isn't actually gay. He just pretends to be gay so he can leech your money. It's standard Eastern European fare.

Marti's rich, but not nearly that rich.

I'd pretend to be gay if the price was right. And then I'd sell the video.

[Ed Anger]

Four pages in, and nobody realizes it's just another Marti "I hate breeders, please validate my hatred" thread.  Suckers.

Oh, we knew. Best part is, IT IS NEVER GOING TO CHANGE. We rule!

[Jacob]

The last part is kinda key, isn't it? Hence I was curious about your perspective - have you ever been required to stay late/work over weekend because the extra work went to you as your colleagues could not take it due to personal life commitments, such as children?

Yes, plenty of times.

I've covered my colleagues' backs before. Conversely, they've covered my back as well.

I generally prefer working in a place where my colleagues and I act as if we're on the same team, rather than as competitors.

[Jacob]

Four pages in, and nobody realizes it's just another Marti "I hate breeders, please validate my hatred" thread.  Suckers.

Oh we know. It's obvious.

[Ideologue]

And yes you are a real ass for breaking tbr confidentiality. You need to fix that.  Unless you want to end up like Marti in even more ways.

I didn't realize Ide joking that I'd call him entitled was violating TBR sanctity...

yeah, its prolly fine