Gotta work all weekend… Lumberg tells me we gotta play “catch-up” b/c Lumberg sat on his ass for several years countin’ his cash, not doing shit while everything went downhill; quietly and subtly.
Now I gotta help him rebuild this POS facility (both on paper and physically) in five days or risk being fired?
I’m not the only person in this situation, but nobody else at my work is into physical activity.
What gives?
I’m not sleeping at night. My HR is too high during rides. I feel like my feet are so low in the water they’re going to touch the pool’s bottom. I practically don’t even run… too tired and not enough time.
Anyone else been through this?
What the hell is wrong with me that I can’t just quit? Is it the mortgage, car payments, expensive bike gear? What???
Seems to me like they need you and it’s much harder to fire people now a days anyway. I say call it a day when the afternoon rolls around, take long lunches, do what you want, they can’t fire you until they talk to you first anyway…Push back dude.
Make sure to start taking your government mandated breaks… and go running then. In California it’s a 10 minute paid break every 4 hours and a 30 minute meal break at 6 hours and another at 10 hours.
If your office is light on the dress code, run on the way in (run or bike in), and sit in your sweaty running clothes until your smoke break. Lumberg will get the picture pretty quick. If not, just go to Chotchkie’s and don’t come back.
Im right in there with ya, my running is going to hell either have shin splints, joints pain, or stomach issues. I have no focus at the pool, 2mile workout have dropped to 1 mile. There isnt enough time to get in a good ride. Priorities are up in the air at this point, kinda wondering why the hell I do any of it.
Seems to me like they need you and it’s much harder to fire people now a days anyway. I say call it a day when the afternoon rolls around, take long lunches, do what you want, they can’t fire you until they talk to you first anyway…Push back dude.
Nice call!
I’ve been thinking about this option.
Lumberg rolls in around 9 and takes lunch from 11-1:30 and heads home around 3.
Until we got into this regulatory mess, I was swimming while he was out-to-lunch.
No worries, just because other people like wasting time at work and hate going home to their family and/or don’t have a hobby doesn’t mean you should suffer at work as well. Until someone above your pay grade grows the balls to tell you to stop doing it, whatever that “it” they think is wrong keep on trucking. You might get an ass chewing once or twice (doubtful) but it’ll be worth the mental energy saved.
a guy calls me this morning (i’m in “customer service”) bitching and yelling at me that he’s in the middle of a divorce, his house is upside down and he just lost a big client (none of which have anything to do with me or the service I provide). Like that’s my fault and a good reason to take it out on me and you think your job sucks? ssholes
like for the last two years, and this year is not shaping up any better. Most races are hit with training crammed, sleep deprivation state, and all your bodily rhythms shot to hell.
On the other hand - I know I am MOP and even if I had tons of time to train regularly would not be on the podium, so I just go out and do the best I can. Once in the blue moon I get the bear, but most of the time I am ursine fodder.
This HTFU video is pretty funny. Ironically, my grandmother is from Australia. Some of those folks are really tough. I have an uncle living in the burbs of Sydney and he works 3 jobs to support seven children. Guess he has his own triathlon.
In the meantime, I’m hoping to have Lumberg kiss my ass by mid-summer.
PS: I run and ride to work. I used to take a “bird bath” to freshen up, but I think the days of respecting my co-workers, are behind me.
Dude, you do this, I can tell!! Swim at lunch, come back with the pool farts and stinking of chlorine! Go for a bike ride, and since you want to have the best time possible at your Mdot event, pee yourself on the bike for practice so you come back smelling like the asparagus you had for dinner last night. : )
