Random Topics 3.1

[Orchid PE]

When you folks take vacations/days off and put the info up on shared calendars, how much info do you put?

For me, I put "Lyceefruit - PTO" or "Lyceefruit - site visit".

But some of my coworkers put "John - rockclimbing in the desert" "Jason - hunting/ATV trip in CO" "Ashley - Dr appt" 

I put "Chatt Off."

You could always start coming up with clever stuff. Like "Lyceefruit - Meeting with Chancellor Palpatine"

 

[ChebyshevII PE PMP]

When you folks take vacations/days off and put the info up on shared calendars, how much info do you put?

For me, I put "Lyceefruit - PTO" or "Lyceefruit - site visit".

But some of my coworkers put "John - rockclimbing in the desert" "Jason - hunting/ATV trip in CO" "Ashley - Dr appt" 

I put a reason for my vacation down, but the way the system works, the only people who see the reason are those who approve the vacation. We can see the names of everyone who’s on some sort of leave on a shared calendar, but we don’t know what they are up to.

 

[ChebyshevII PE PMP]

I put "Chatt Off."

You could always start coming up with clever stuff. Like "Lyceefruit - Meeting with Chancellor Palpatine"

Or LyceeFruit - taking revenge on wood chipper

 

[LyceeFruit PE]

I put a reason for my vacation down, but the way the system works, the only people who see the reason are those who approve the vacation. We can see the names of everyone who’s on some sort of leave on a shared calendar, but we don’t know what they are up to.

Ours is just a shared Outlook calendar. 

Our approval system is sending an email to the correct parties (your direct manager) and then when they say "approved", you got add to the calendar. 

Our template for the email doesn't include "reason why" thankfully. There is a line that says "special request" so I type in "think snow" or "unicorn chasing" (when I volunteer at Boston). when it was a paper request form, i'd doodle in that area lol 

 

[JayKay PE]

Ugh. I just did a mock-return for my taxes and I'm going to def owe some money.  Forgot that the money that was paid directly towards my student loan counted as income, so it bumped me into a higher bracket.  Booooo.

 

[MadamPirate PE]

When you folks take vacations/days off and put the info up on shared calendars, how much info do you put?

For me, I put "Lyceefruit - PTO" or "Lyceefruit - site visit".

But some of my coworkers put "John - rockclimbing in the desert" "Jason - hunting/ATV trip in CO" "Ashley - Dr appt" 

Literally just our name and PTO, because our admin handles that calendar. 

 

[txjennah PE]

@LyceeFruit PE I just put my name and "PTO."  No one needs to know the details unless I'm going to be out of the country, because then I want everyone to know that I'm not checking email and not to expect a response (a select few will know that they can get a hold of me in an emergency and I will still respond.)

 

[LyceeFruit PE]

@LyceeFruit PE I just put my name and "PTO."  No one needs to know the details unless I'm going to be out of the country, because then I want everyone to know that I'm not checking email and not to expect a response (a select few will know that they can get a hold of me in an emergency and I will still respond.)

but that's what the out of office reply is for?

mine always says i won't have access to email or phone (because I have AT&T and go into the woods) 

 

[txjennah PE]

Anyone looking at getting tickets to the Rage Against the Machine reunion tour?  Husband and I are gonna try to get tickets to the St. Louis show, but I expect the tickets will sell out in 3 seconds.

 

[txjennah PE]

but that's what the out of office reply is for?

mine always says i won't have access to email or phone (because I have AT&T and go into the woods) 

Well, yeah, but I still want to give everyone a heads up for major projects in advance of my PTO.

 

[JayKay PE]

I've always just told people dates and maybe what I'm doing, but if it needs to go on a work calendar I just have "JK - Out".

Surprisingly, my department does not have a calendar for everyone to see who is out/when.  I am waiting for this to get implemented, but I think they have a way of looking it up in the system if it's approved PTO (which in that case, it doesn't matter anymore).

 

[Road Guy]

CSB - We were in the "G" lot - right across the sreet from the main WP access (with the signal) - The Driveway to Mary Jane was blocked due to similar circumstances, we made it about half way up and had to turn around because multiple vehicles were stuck in the snow- I think WP was caught either understaffed or with their pants down,, if they had had some people out directing parking like normal I dont think it would have been such a **** show

 

[MA_PE]

“A dude got out his side-by-side and started taxiing people”

@Chattaneer PE what’s a side-by-side?

 

[Orchid PE]

“A dude got out his side-by-side and started taxiing people”

@Chattaneer PE what’s a side-by-side?

A UTV.

 

[LyceeFruit PE]

“A dude got out his side-by-side and started taxiing people”

@Chattaneer PE what’s a side-by-side?

things that are causing property owners in Maine to consider revoking access to their land to ATVs. 

 

[JayKay PE]

I...might have too much stuff in my schedule during the week and not enough during the weekend.  I wish my gym had more weekend hours instead of only Saturday.  My Sundays are filled with nothing, which makes me nervous.  I think I need to start baking or something to get that going.

 

[Supe]

I...might have too much stuff in my schedule during the week and not enough during the weekend.  I wish my gym had more weekend hours instead of only Saturday.  My Sundays are filled with nothing, which makes me nervous.  I think I need to start baking or something to get that going.

Time to find a 24 hr gym w/key fob.

 

[JayKay PE]

Time to find a 24 hr gym w/key fob.

Ooooof, I like my gym because its crazy classes really force me to move.  I've never been one of those people who can just go to the gym and "workout".  I just hate that the only have classes I can go to are at 5:30-6:30pm or 6:30-7:30pm.  Means I need to tighten up my schedule and figure out where all my post-work hours go?  Like, I'll go home, make dinner, sit down, and it's suddenly 9:30pm and I haven't gotten anything done that I wanted to.

 

[civilrobot PE etc etc]

I'm so tired and I have no idea why.

 

[Orchid PE]

Heading in for my mid-year review. Idk why mid-year reviews are in February.