Minor Confession Thread

In reply to dculberson :

this is where we're headed: 

I found an unopened can of marine paint stripper in my garage this weekend that has to be 15+ years old, so it's the older, more effective formulation.  I am seriously considering trying it out on some alloy wheels with bad clearcoat.  Slightly afraid after all this time it just won't work.  More afraid it'll ruin the wheels.

In reply to eastsideTim :

Small dab on the bead to test it.

I spent about 15 minutes trying to get my new to me computer to boot to USB before I realized I had taken the stick out and forgot to put it back in. I did learn a lot about it's BIOS in the process. 

Work sent an "anonymous" survey about our leadership and comfort levels with going to them.  Then a few questions on salary satisfaction and company goals and feeling if I'm part of the team.

No way dude, you're getting all Eddie Haskell answers from me........anonymous?

In reply to Datsun240ZGuy :

My employer did that last year.  I used our "report phishing" tool to report it, which also deleted the email.

The next day I got the only response I've ever gotten as a result of reporting phishing.  I was informed the email was legitimate.  Later that day or the next I got the survey email again.  I deleted it without reporting it as phishing.  I was expecting to get called to either HR or the boss' office. Never heard anything else about it, but when I had to go through our annual IT security training last month, it did show that I failed 1 of 3 phishing tests.  Really, they send us BS fake phishing emails to see if we report them. Not sure if the fail was for reporting that one which wasn't phishing or if I just deleted one of the fake ones without reporting it. At least I didn't get fired for their stupidity so life goes on...

In reply to Datsun240ZGuy :

Ugh. Anonymous, indeed. I'm fortunate to work at a small enough firm,  run by real enough people, that I am fairly comfortable speaking my mind. If something is not working well for me, maybe it's not working well for someone else.

On paper, I like cars. This is a legacy interest left over from the first half of my life, when I thought I would someday have time and money and facilities to build something special. I don't, and I won't.  At this point in my life, it's just mental muscle memory, like remembering the lyrics to an old song from your childhood that you haven't listened to in decades. 

I have less than zero interest in new cars.

I don't care about motorsports. Or any sports.

I don't even like grass, let alone roots.

I am here for the memes.

In reply to Datsun240ZGuy :

A friend of mine answered one of those anonymous surveys honestly, once. He ended up meeting with HR people for a couple of hours to discuss his "concerns".  

In reply to DarkMonohue :

I can relate to this. 

tester (Forum Supporter) said:

In reply to Datsun240ZGuy :

A friend of mine answered one of those anonymous surveys honestly, once. He ended up meeting with HR people for a couple of hours to discuss his "concerns".  

That happened to me too.  There's no anominity in corporate America.   HR will check your social media posts too.

M2Pilot said:

That happened to me too.  There's no anominity in corporate America.   HR will check your social media posts too.

The very idea that a current or potential future employer, or a neighbor, or an ex-girlfriend, or who the heck ever, is able to bleep bloop their way across the internet, at a time of their choosing, with or without your knowledge, let alone consent, and pass judgment on you, or find out where you live, or gather your thoughts on some sociopolitical issue or another for their own gain and invariably to your detriment, makes my skin crawl worse than damn near anything. And that includes jazz fusion.

I don't use social media, other than watching YouTube videos, for exactly that reason. I don't let my employer post my name and pitcher on our website. I don't have a LinkedIn account.

Nobody on GRM needs to know that my name is Herschel T. Barkenfarker of 123 Any St., and I aim to keep it that way.

You never saw me.

In reply to M2Pilot :

I check social media for people I'm interviewing or being interviewed by. Gives me a better idea if it will be a good fit or not. Most of the time it is locked down and I can't see anything (which to me is a good thing, it is just good sense to have it locked down if you have social media). Or, when I can, it is typical, boring person social media stuff. 

There have been 2 exceptions: 

Once, probably 5 years ago now, I withdrew myself from consideration because I realized I knew this person and... well, let's just say it wasn't going to work. I don't know if he would have remembered me, but he was not someone with whom I saw myself being happy being around. Helps that I already had two other offers... nowadays it would have been harder to make that decision, even though it was absolutely the right decision.  

The 2nd time, the person posted about their interview with my manager. In the post, he (a) said some stuff about my manager that was rather condescending and bordering on insulting, (b) bragged about the salary... which was also a lie, and (c) came off as an entitled shiny happy person. Oh, and his profile picture, or banner picture or whatever it is was super misogynistic and trashy.

He could have just locked his profile down so nobody but friends could see it. We never would have known anything about him.

The semester starts on Monday and one of the classes I'm taking is PHI310, Information Ethics.  I am irrationally excited about taking this course.

In reply to Datsun240ZGuy :

Work once sent me an email to complete a mandatory and anonymous survey, complete with a PIN number to access it. 
 

I laughed at them. 

About half of the aluminum foil consumption in the Reven' household gets sacrificed in the name of science.

<Alarm Clock> Bzzzzzzzz <Alarm Clock/>  What am I doing today, that's it, I'm teaching xyz stats class...let's see, I need two "C" clamps; check....I need a 25' tape measure; check...I need a roll of aluminum foil; Ohhh snap!!!

Note to self...buy a metric ship ton of aluminum foil at Costco and place roll after roll of it in every nook and cranny of my world (in the false bottom of my trunk, in my office, in my training room, in crazy random locations) so I will never, ever again pillage a roll from Mrs. Reven' and hope she doesn't need it or catch me making off with it ever again.

FYI, the roll has been safely returned to our kitchen (Mrs. Reven' works from home on Friday's so the deed required some super stealth 007 level maneuvers) so she's none the wiser but why, why live this way...I'm about to be the oligarch of aluminum.

The Costco "food service foil" is about 1,893 rolls of regular foil all in one single enormous roll. It'll last you. 

dculberson said:

The Costco "food service foil" is about 1,893 rolls of regular foil all in one single enormous roll. It'll last you. 

I bought one in 2015. It weighs as much as my Jeep. I still have it. 

In reply to Mndsm :

I think in the store it seems so reasonable because it's "just one roll" and when does Costco ever sell just one of anything? The scale doesn't hit you until you put it next to your now puny looking plastic wrap and parchment paper rolls. They start whimpering and sliding away from the foil in the drawer but it doesn't do any good. The foil can reach them from anywhere in the house. It's the captain now. 

I just learned that I'm going to a 30th birthday party for my niece's new husband later today. He's a great guy and I like him a lot.

Minor confession:

I don't want to do your thing on the weekend. I want to do my thing.

Just because there is a thing going on, it doesn't mean that I need to be part of it.

In reply to Woody (Forum Supportum) :

Let's be real. I don't even want to do MY thing on the weekend half the time. 

My confession- I leave for MN in four days. I still haven't told my ex-wife i'll be in town for my kids birthday. She's been throwing passive aggressive hints at me that she can't afford to do much for his 13th birthday. (this despite me knowing she was just on vacation with her beau, and having put together a small gig for her other child, that is not my child). I'll take care of my kid, but I am NOT fronting a party for you and your band of merry idiots. This is why I play my cards close to the vest. 

Whoops, wrong thread

In reply to DarkMonohue :

I'm secure enough in my job and have no desire to get promoted so part of my Facebook time is just to run up some manager's blood pressure. My account is public, it started because a lot of our relatives liked seeing our vacation pictures.  Then one day I got told that maybe I should rethink some of my choices. They look like I may be somewhat childish and not completely dedicated to my career. Really? Enjoy these pictures from a kazoo factory. Yes, I brought back enough for everyone.  When I'm at work I work hard and am as serious as anyone, the little time I get off is mine. 

Wally (Forum Supporter) said:

When I'm at work I work hard and am as serious as anyone, the little time I get off is mine. 

There you go. That ought to be enough. The expectation that being professional means putting on a public face and representing the company at all times rubs me all the wrong ways.

Having neither a lot of relatives nor vacation photos to share with them, it's easy enough to just opt out.

I catching up on some Larry Chen 240Z videos (good stuff) and I confess to myself I don't like drifting cars.  I should but they seem annoying to me.