Ever Shown Up to Work When You Weren't Supposed To?

Asharak · Post by **Asharak** » Fri Oct 15, 2004 5:26 pm

I just did.

I was all resigned to the fact that I was working on a Friday night, even going so far as to tell the GGNers that tonight's sim would be uploaded later than usual. I got dressed, bought the coffee, got all the way to the office - at which point the boss looked at me and said "You're not working tonight, Brian".

Oink?

So now I'm back, with a coffee and snack that I don't need, absolutely no clue what do with my suddenly-free Friday evening (aside from run the aforementioned GGNL sim on time, for once - you're welcome, Meal

), and generally feeling rather befuddled about the whole arrangement.

So, two questions: (1) am I alone in this feat of monumental dopiness, and (2) what should I do tonight?

- Ash

DiscoJason · Post by **DiscoJason** » Fri Oct 15, 2004 5:28 pm

1) Yes.
2) Dwell on the fact that you are utterly alone in this aspect.

wire · Post by **wire** » Fri Oct 15, 2004 5:33 pm

I'll forgive you if you make sure the 'topes get Depalma.

Discalced · Post by **Discalced** » Fri Oct 15, 2004 5:38 pm

I tend to have the opposite problem: not showing up when I am supposed to work.

And - as for your evening -

Gromit · Post by **Gromit** » Fri Oct 15, 2004 5:39 pm

Print out and color as appropriate, Ash.

Gromit · Post by **Gromit** » Fri Oct 15, 2004 5:41 pm

Speaking of Depalma...Pensacola is officially pulling out of the bidding.

My last bid of $15+ mil was beaten, and I'm not prepared to go any higher than that.

CSL · Post by **CSL** » Fri Oct 15, 2004 5:43 pm

Yes, yes I have

Asharak · Post by **Asharak** » Fri Oct 15, 2004 5:45 pm

I was leaning more towards watching Monty Python, Discalced, but thanks for the suggestion anyway.

Why, thank you, Gromit. But are you sure you couldn't put some colour in that version for me? I mean, do we really want to trust me with a task as complicated as drawing?

- Ash

Biyobi · Post by **Biyobi** » Fri Oct 15, 2004 5:53 pm

Haven't made it to the point of getting to work, but I've definitely awaken on a Saturday morning in a panic because the alarm clock I didn't set failed to wake me up. I think the farthest I've gone is mid-way through a quick shower before realizing I was pissing away valuable sleep time.

wire · Post by **wire** » Fri Oct 15, 2004 5:54 pm

Gromit wrote:Speaking of Depalma...Pensacola is officially pulling out of the bidding.

My last bid of $15+ mil was beaten, and I'm not prepared to go any higher than that.

Hmm...when I downloaded last night it showed you as the top bidder after I had retaken it with $15,500,000 previously.

Gromit · Post by **Gromit** » Fri Oct 15, 2004 6:01 pm

Gromit · Post by **Gromit** » Fri Oct 15, 2004 6:02 pm

Really, wire?

I thought I lost the high bid. Oh well, I just tipped my hand. Have at him.

bluefugue · Post by **bluefugue** » Fri Oct 15, 2004 6:10 pm

I work at home, so I guess I'm always at work. Except when I go out to the office... to pick up more work to do at home.

gbasden · Post by **gbasden** » Fri Oct 15, 2004 6:14 pm

Oh, yeah. My worst was a job where we had 3 shifts working 24/7. THe problem was, the shifts rotated. 1 week on day, 1 week on swing, 1 week on graveyard. Rinse and repeast for 10 months.

I think I showed up for the wrong shift at least 4 times. Of course, the fact that I was massively sleep deprived because my body couldn't adapt to changing my freaking sleep schedule every damned week might have had something to do with it.

Koz · Post by **Koz** » Fri Oct 15, 2004 6:37 pm

Oh crap, it's going to be on time?

TO THE EXPORT BUTTON!

If Salazar doesn't sign soon I think I'm going to withdraw my offer just to piss him off. And thanks for signing Brawn (even though I think he's one of those restricted ones) because he's stopped sending me hate mail.

Dirt · Post by **Dirt** » Fri Oct 15, 2004 7:04 pm

No, never done this.

wire · Post by **wire** » Fri Oct 15, 2004 7:07 pm

The closest I've come to doing this is waking up on a saturday morning thinking it was Friday and getting into the shower before realizing I don't have to go to work.

Asharak · Post by **Asharak** » Fri Oct 15, 2004 8:16 pm

Koz wrote:Oh crap, it's going to be on time?

Hmm, crap, I didn't think of that. It is/was on time (the file is uploading now), but since I actually announced that it was going to be late, I may have to redo this one. We'll see if anyone complains about not getting their offers in. If not, we'll stick with this... if they do, I'll have to re-run it.

Glad you got yours in, though, Koz.

- Ash

Gromit · Post by **Gromit** » Fri Oct 15, 2004 8:19 pm

A do-over?

Ummm, a bit tacky don't you think? What's done is done.

Kraken · Post by **Kraken** » Fri Oct 15, 2004 8:22 pm

I don't think I've done that, but I have showed up when nobody else had to. There was a Christmas week several years back that everybody took vacation except me. For much of the week I just showed up every day and worked alone, researching games.

Asharak · Post by **Asharak** » Fri Oct 15, 2004 8:34 pm

Gromit wrote:A do-over?

Ummm, a bit tacky don't you think? What's done is done.

Yes, but tacky is better than f*ed up - but it may not even be necessary. Further, I won't consider it as willingly for a regular sim, but FA is a more manageable beast: since players favour offers based on predetermined preferences, and not the myriad of variables (plus luck) that affect the outcome of a game, the only changes in a re-run FA sim would be those directly affected by the offers of any teams that hadn't sent their's in before the sim was run.

But again, this is me talking theoretical (I probably shouldn't even have posted it in the first place), and it assumes that (1) people actually have a problem, (2) they say so promptly, and (3) the problems are serious enough to warrant any action. So relax.

- Ash

RookieCAF · Post by **RookieCAF** » Fri Oct 15, 2004 8:55 pm

Never, But a few times I wasn't on the schedule and didn't wanna be there I left without anyone seeing me.

Gromit · Post by **Gromit** » Fri Oct 15, 2004 10:53 pm

Asharak wrote:So relax.

What? Me worry?

wankerjr · Post by **wankerjr** » Fri Oct 15, 2004 11:16 pm

Yep.

Went in on a Friday night and the Asst Manger looked at me and asked "You working tonight? You're actually off."

I looked at the schedule again and had written down the wrong date as I was actually supposed to work the following Friday. I wound up staying to work the shift and basically picked up the extra hours.

ChaoZ · Post by **ChaoZ** » Sat Oct 16, 2004 2:07 am

Say Asharak, did you transfer out of Carleton? Or did you graduate early? Haven't seen you in a while.