I spent 3.5 hours of my workday in a "time management skills" training session. It was about the biggest waste of time that I've experienced in a long while. We took some lame 21 question quiz about how we would react in different work situations, and low and behold, my highest "time management styles" turned out to be "direct" and "systematic", with a small amount of consideration, and total lack of spirit. I guess that means that I come across as one of those "yeah, yeah, yeah, get to the point" or "I really don't care about how you feel, let's look at these numbers and facts instead" type of worker. Maybe I'll make a tyrant style boss someday, or when I take over the world, I will run it as a dictatorship, but thinly veil it as a socialist global society. I sure hope that I'm not that bad in my social life, but I guess if I were, I would have zero friends because no one would want to put up with me and I probably wouldn't want to put up with them either. Anyways, back to the "training", I can definitely say that I picked up zero time management skills/tools, and most of the time was spent talking about our feelings and how to deal with people who have different time management styles. Blah.
In the afternoon, a co-worker of mine came to visit my neighbor who was listening to NPR. Visitor gave Neighbor a hard time for listening to NPR in the first place, but Neighbor stuck up for herself saying that she was listening to the Alito hearings for his Supreme Court nomination, and if he gets a seat on the bench, things will definitely be on their way to the right side of things, etc., etc., and it will probably mean changes in women's reproductive rights. Visitor responded with lack of care for current affairs, and basically stated that she didn't plan to reproduce any time soon and didn't really care what they decided. HELLO??? IS THIS THING ON??? Get with the fucking program, that's the whole point! If you don't want to/don't plan to procreate in the next 10-15 years, and a little accident happens, you sure as hell better care about how many of the Georgie lovers are on the bench!! Morons...
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Well said. I imagine you have had a chance to evesdrop on the hearings. Does it seem like the man has no problem answering, but that the majority of the Senators have problems coming up with meaningful questions? Feinstein had to steer him a little, but otherwise, it has seemed to be a soapbox for the senators. Very much seems like a bad job interview, where they ask a few questions, you give your ten word answer, and then listen to their 5 minute explanation of why they ask and what they expect. Well, I expect he will be approved, and that the senate will appoint him, and a life is a long time.
Lives can always be shorter.
So who is the co-worker?
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