Random Topics 3.1

[Orchid PE]

So they're coming back next week. The system didn't pass. The horns did not sound on one floor. 

Hey, well at least they found something!

 

[LyceeFruit PE]

It's "Wear a Sports Jersey/Shirt" Day at work today.

One of the guys is wearing a Chiefs t-shirt over his dress shirt - he is being razzed for it. 

 

[txjennah PE]

My thoughts when a coworker sent us an Outlook meeting invite for her upcoming root canal:

 

[Road Guy]

I would decline that invite!

 

[LyceeFruit PE]

@txjennah PE our new guy did that to use too. instead of putting it on the PTO calendar then sending a separate email, he'd invite our manager, our PM, and myself to his doctor appointments. And we're all just like "please stop". And he wasn't new to the workforce so it's extra baffling 

 

[leggo PE]

I think I'm actually gonna max out my 401k contributions for the first time this year! Woot woot!

 

[Road Guy]

woot! 

now in 20 years you can be like me, have a bunch of money you can't touch!!!!!

 

[txjennah PE]

I would decline that invite!

Lmao I sure did!

 

[txjennah PE]

@txjennah PE our new guy did that to use too. instead of putting it on the PTO calendar then sending a separate email, he'd invite our manager, our PM, and myself to his doctor appointments. And we're all just like "please stop". And he wasn't new to the workforce so it's extra baffling 

Lmao why do people do this? The same day, another coworker sent an invite for her 10-day long PTO. Why the **** am I gonna accept that and then have my calendar being completely blocked off for 10 days? Geez people.

 

[Orchid PE]

https://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/civil-engineer-bridge-proposal

And I know what you're thinking. No, international engineers are not taking our jobs in this one.

 

[JayKay PE]

I think I am going to get a new phone soon.  I currently have an iPhone 6S+/64 GB that I got when I broke my phone while traveling.  I'm...pretty sure it's paid off by now, since I got it in 2015ish.  I was thinking of getting an iPhone 11/128 GB since it seems pretty cheap.  I was thinking of getting an android/samsung/something new but, tbh, I'm comfortable with an iPhone and every one I've had usually lasts at least 4-years with normal JK-use (first time I traded it in after I'd had it for over four years, second time was the travel incident, when horseback riding in Catalonia the wine in my saddle bag broke and killed the phone...we were able to save the cava).

I'm still on my parent's plan, I think because my dad gets a deal with having a certain number of lines attached to the account.  I don't think he cares if I stay or go, as long as I give him a heads up so he can give AT&T a call.  Trying to decide if worth it to get my own account or stick with his, if my dad doesn't care.  Also, prob won't trade in my phone since I own outright.  Phone still works, the camera just shakes a little.  Might give it to my brother to use as his ipod/video game phone.  Might wait to see if Costco has any really good deals for new accounts/new lines.  I don't need anything crazy like hotspot, or a ton of data?  I think my dad's plan is something like 10GB of data for five lines, which I don't think we use, and I use even less now that I'm not working in the field as much.  Ehhhhh. 

Thoughts on how I'm doing this all wrong?

 

[Master slacker]

So, random question, when did you get financially 'all right'.  I feel like I'm struggling with the whole single income, but I really don't want to get in a relationship/roommates/married if I don't have to.  I know it'll be slow going, but I don't really know if I ever want to buy a house/a rental/whatever.  I'd rather throw that money into the market or IRAs and ignore it.

I think I am going to get a new phone soon.  I currently have an iPhone 6S+/64 GB that I got when I broke my phone while traveling.  I'm...pretty sure it's paid off by now, since I got it in 2015ish.  I was thinking of getting an iPhone 11/128 GB since it seems pretty cheap. 

Thoughts on how I'm doing this all wrong?

 

[JayKay PE]

Lololol, I know, conflicting JK-messages, but I have an emergency "want" fund specifically for things like this that I dip into maybe once a year while adding to it?  This is def a want, not a need, but I really don't want to have to use my work phone as my 'real phone', so I'm going to tweak my budget to have it covered in a couple months by not eating out and being more conservative with groceries (prob by April when I travel back home for a bachelorette party).  The camera is starting to shake/blue all photos and I mostly use the phone for pictures, so it's slowly becoming a need vs. a want.  As noted, I tend to buy a phone and then use it for 4+ years, so I don't mind having a higher upfront cost since I end up owning it/using it for multiple years and with the speed of technology changing it makes sense (in my head).  

 

[Road Guy]

I too had a 6 for a long time, and then got a 7 a few months ago and just the difference in battery life was worth it - wish I had done it sooner -i but I didn't look at getting anything newer because of below:

I am the payer of 5 peoples phone plan, I refer to them as "parasites" - I think they should pay them themselves once they are out of High School, but I guess we pushed that back to college or age 21?

But we dont buy phones for them anymore, if they break it / lose it / etc they acquire a new one, I am just stuck with the data plan coverage

 

[JayKay PE]

@Road Guy, oh yeah, I started paying my dad monthly for the phone when I was 18/got my first flip phone, or I end up covering other stuff that balances out (like pre-paying for vacation stuff).  I was going to split from the family plan earlier/when I first left college, but for some reason having me stay on the plan was cheaper than if I left (according to the parental-unit), so I stayed on.  I was thinking of getting a 7, but I use the phone a ton for photos while traveling/etc. that I'd like a better camera for as long as possible.  I've never really broken a phone (except for that one travel time), and I've always paid in full when I needed a new one, so my dad never had to worry about that.  Only thing that stresses him is when my brother decides to use all the rollover data+ the monthly data to play apps on his phone.

 

[Supe]

Mrs. Supe just bought an 11.  Nice phone, other than the fact that it's f*cking huge.

 

[JayKay PE]

Mrs. Supe just bought an 11.  Nice phone, other than the fact that it's f*cking huge.

All the better for my crappy eyes to read books off of.  I refuse to buy an iPad if I can use my phone to read books on libby.  It's such a pain to transfer books from libby to kindle, so I just...started reading on my phone and it stuck.

 

[Supe]

 

[LyceeFruit PE]

Boyfriend offered to add me to his Google FI plan. I'm on AT&T solo and now that I've paid off my phone, it's 88$/mo.

I could trade in my phone, microspike hole and all, and get like 250$ or something from FI when I looked a few months ago. It'd be nice to have a better camera since I take it hiking but hiking is how I got the microspike hole in the first place *shrugs* 

And FI doesn't really have any better coverage than AT&T in some of the places I hike. Verizon is king 

 

[kevo_55]