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"it's really not rocket surgery."

this is my favorite expression some days

seriously? how does someone not understand how to attach a file to an email in this day and age in the workplace?

3/8/2013 10:04:54 AM

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"my response is always "yeah but it's Friday morning and not Friday afternoon"...they usually shut up after that"

you must be a delight to work with.

3/8/2013 10:06:03 AM

people really like me around here, so I'd say so

3/8/2013 10:09:20 AM

do they ask you if you got plans for the weekend? i don't necessarily hate it, but depending on who's asking, i know they just want to tell me bout their plans

3/8/2013 10:25:01 AM

oh yeah

3/8/2013 10:35:20 AM

today is my last day at my company. IT contacted me earlier in the week about my phone number (I use Lync to connect via phone) and I told them Friday is my last day. Well I log in this morning and am trying to get my phone to work so I can dial into a teleconference.....come to find out IT already disconnected my phone number. I emailed IT and they're like, "oh when you said today was your last day I assumed you weren't going to need your phone."

3/8/2013 10:51:22 AM

We just got Lync installed on our computers

next we get webcams....big brother style

3/8/2013 10:56:35 AM

a lot of our laptops here have webcams - i still have a super old laptop so mine is webcam-less.

3/8/2013 10:58:38 AM

yeah the AEs with laptops already have the cam

but they're adding them to the desktops as well

3/8/2013 11:01:39 AM

LOL is right.

we have one of those big webcam/tv things in the Durham office. i sat in on a tel-presence once with our folks in our Boston office and it reminded me interview portion folks do on reality tv shows lol.

actually - when i interviewed for my job, we did it via webcam

3/8/2013 11:04:25 AM

Oh gosh they're obsessed with those tvs here!

3/8/2013 11:06:41 AM

I hate performance evaluations.

3/8/2013 3:16:04 PM

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"that is a lot of [mostly incorrect] assumptions. i expect better from a fellow conservative. 1. this performance is not for class credit 2. something like this requires notification 3. the orchestsra teacher AND the kids should have brought this to my attention before now. "

1. Doesn't matter. it's still a class, and the lacrosse team is not.
2. Requires notification? From whom? To whom?
3. So every teacher is now required to inform every possible coach of any possible conflicts with their class and the sports team? Ooooooooooor, the kids in the class and the sport should inform the coach of the conflicts? Now, if the teacher sprung this on the kids last second (which I seriously doubt she did), then you've got something...

3/8/2013 9:08:52 PM

1. it does matter. this performance is after school impeding on my time.
2. if a teacher wants some kids to miss a game then they need to notify me. I will probably still tell them no.
3. see above. also, it is standard practice to inform the entire faculty/staff of things like this via memo, which was not done.

additionally, reading between the lines these kids WERE informed and they chose to participate in the game. they are both starters and people don't earn starting positions lightly. this teacher decided to circumvent their (and their parents) decision at the last minute, or at least that's how i'm reading it.

3/9/2013 7:36:11 AM

it still matters. a CLASS always takes precedence over sports. Could she have sent a memo? Sure. It was still her students that should have let you know. So the kids knew and wanted to blow it off and didn't tell you about it at all? And you're blaming the teacher? Sounds to me like you need to have a conversation with your "star" players and set some better expectations.

Seriously, you think your shitty little after school activity is more important than a class. Stop and think about that. No matter how unimportant you think orchestra is, it's still a class, which means it takes precedence over sports. If a teacher didn't want to allow a makeup test for your team for some odd reason, I'd bet they could probably do it (even if every other teacher thought they were a dick for it). The kids can't just get out of a responsibility of a class, and, believe it or not, playing in concerts is one of those responsibilities, "credit" or not. I've never been in a music class where you could skip the concert without a damned good reason (death in the family), and we've had plenty of athletes in those classes, too. The ONLY instance where I've seen athletes be allowed to skip a "performance" was marching band and football, and the teacher kind of knew about that from the beginning. Get your players under control, man.

3/9/2013 12:52:38 PM

ok i think you are just trolling.

i have already told you this is NOT part of their normal class.

3/9/2013 1:00:38 PM

EVERY performance is a normal part of their class. they are a freaking performing group. It's like saying plays aren't a part of drama class

[Edited on March 9, 2013 at 1:02 PM. Reason : ]

3/9/2013 1:01:36 PM

3/9/2013 1:02:06 PM

yes, , because you think your sport takes precedence over a class! go up to a teacher and tell them your precious star player doesn't have to take a test if he doesn't feel like it. see how that works out.

3/9/2013 1:03:23 PM

Smath, I fucking hate you for forcing me to side with aaronburro.

3/9/2013 1:19:25 PM

^^Athletes often do miss class if they are travelling. it is of course their responsibility to make up any missed work, including tests.

I'm sorry that you are this out of touch. Athletics is a vital and integrated part of school.

3/9/2013 4:10:25 PM

its cute how smath thinks that high school lacrosse matters

3/9/2013 4:24:45 PM

it matters to the kids who play

especially to the kids who might get into colleges because of the sport.

3/9/2013 4:27:05 PM

right, they make up schoolwork. how do you "make up" a concert that you missed? *crickets*

and if they might get into colleges because of the sport, then maybe they should do a better job keeping their coach informed of shit like this.

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"I'm sorry that you are this out of touch. Athletics Class is a vital and integrated part of school."

FTFY

3/9/2013 4:56:29 PM

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"especially to the kids who might get into colleges because of the sport. to keep playing their sport for a few more years while underutilizing their only opportunity for higher (or any) education"

3/9/2013 4:59:56 PM

^^the performance is NOT their class. It is not during school hours and not tied to their grade.

[Edited on March 9, 2013 at 5:42 PM. Reason : for the 217th time]

3/9/2013 5:42:07 PM

dude. why is this so hard for you to comprehend? A PERFORMANCE IS THE ULTIMATE FUCKING PURPOSE OF THE GOD DAMNED CLASS. Saying it's not part of the class would be like saying games are not a part of sports. Yes, it's not "graded," because the teacher isn't gonna go around and give numerical grades for how everyone performed, but it's part of the class because it's set up as an expectation from the first day: you are expected to be at all performances. GET OVER IT and tell your players that they need to inform you of shit like this. Did the teacher not tell the kids about the concert until a week beforehand? No? Well then THEY KNEW and didn't tell you about it.

Sports do NOT come before classes. If you don't like that fact, then don't be a coach at a school.

3/9/2013 5:49:24 PM

whats the salary for professional lacrosse teams, like $15k/year?

3/9/2013 5:56:50 PM

^^Being just a little bit more informed about the situation than you are, I'm going to have to disagree with you.

^Lacrosse is not a sport one plays to become a professional athlete, however it has been opening up educational opportunities for many of our players over the past few years.



[Edited on March 9, 2013 at 5:58 PM. Reason : ]

3/9/2013 5:56:50 PM

not participating in their recital would be like only practicing on your non-important team and never playing in a game. they only have a couple performances with orchestra, so its a bigger deal to miss that than a lacrosse game.

also, why are you assuming that they can get into school b/c lacrosse but not orchestra? how do you know they don't have scholarship offers for orchestra? its no different than your activity, except you want them to miss a much larger percentage of their orchestra performances than the percentage they would miss of your lacrosse performances.

[Edited on March 9, 2013 at 6:00 PM. Reason : .]

3/9/2013 5:59:07 PM

ok, then enlighten me. Explain how an orchestra performance is NOT an expected part of orchestra class. Is she taking the kids to watch someone else's performance? Did someone call her a week before and say "hey, can your kids come play here on Friday?" Please. Explain how the culminating event for several months of work in a class is not a part of the class. Please, I'm waiting!

3/9/2013 5:59:53 PM

I've already explained to you that this is NOT part of their grade. This is why the orchestra teacher had to email me asking for them to play. I'm done discussing this with you. (either way, it's a workplace annoyance)

[Edited on March 9, 2013 at 6:02 PM. Reason : ]

3/9/2013 6:02:29 PM

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"also, why are you assuming that they can get into school b/c lacrosse but not orchestra? how do you know they don't have scholarship offers for orchestra? its no different than your activity, except you want them to miss a much larger percentage of their orchestra performances than the percentage they would miss of your lacrosse performances. "

school annoyances itt

3/9/2013 6:04:19 PM

IT DOESN'T MATTER IF IT'S PART OF THEIR GRADE, IT'S PART OF THE CLASS. Why can't you understand this? It's not a part of their grade BECAUSE YOU CAN'T GRADE IT. It's just set up as an expectation from day one! Kind of like playing in games is an expectation of a sports team. And she wasn't "emailing you to ask if they could play." She was emailing you, as a courtesy, to tell you that they wouldn't be playing.

Say it with me: It's. Part. Of. The. Class.

3/9/2013 6:04:48 PM

^I. have. already. told. you. that. it. is. NOT. part. of. the. class.. You. are. wrong..

3/9/2013 6:07:31 PM

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"Please. Explain how the culminating event for several months of work in a class is not a part of the class. Please, I'm waiting!"

3/9/2013 6:09:28 PM

its not part of the class in the same way that a game is not part of the team

3/9/2013 6:12:08 PM

don't you see? He'd gladly use a roster spot on his team and spend time on a kid that told him from day one he was never going to actually show up to the games. Smath would totally keep another kid from joining the team to spend time coaching and helping improve the skills of a kid who never had any intention of attending a game.

3/9/2013 6:14:51 PM

Arguing over semantics ad nauseum..oy.

As a coach, you have every right to be annoyed, and this is the place for workplace annoyances. That said, it should be up to the kids to pick where they want to be. Both you and the other teacher should accept their choice without any added pressure to go one way or the other.

That said, if I was in your shoes, outside of a playoff game, I'd nudge them to do the orchestra.

3/9/2013 6:16:52 PM

I bet aaronburro has a steel hard erection right now from this pointless bickering. The fact that he is uninformed about the situation just makes him even more intractable in his opinion. It's so totes adorbs.

3/9/2013 6:17:45 PM

^^ dude, the kids don't get to choose what parts of a class they do.

and that's just it. I remember being on a team that had a playoff game and a concert at the same time. Guess what we did? We went to the fucking concert, because it was part of the class.

3/9/2013 6:19:16 PM

Ugh this is high school for me all over again. With my performance schedule I just could not do any sports I wanted to and teachers just never communicated with each other. I would get tapped to perform at random places and I would have to miss something else. The only place that would work for my singing schedule would be my evening dance school, but I had dance 4 nights a week anyway and never got behind.

The people arguing with Smath are being idiots. This is his work annoyance, coworkers are annoying and then mix in non-communication and

3/9/2013 6:39:18 PM

i played viola, trumpet, soccer (and for awhile also football). i had coaches like smath, i told them to

3/9/2013 6:56:41 PM

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" i had coaches like smath"

lol

and for the record, the students DO have the choice... and they (along with their parents) have been planning on participating in the game the whole time. if it were a requirement as part of the class it would be a different story.

[Edited on March 9, 2013 at 7:09 PM. Reason : ]

3/9/2013 7:08:34 PM

why are you assuming they were not planning on participating in the orchestra the entire time, and just didn't say anything because they are just kids and were nervous someone would go complain about it on the internet

maybe they have college recruiters coming to see their recital for scholarship offers

3/9/2013 7:12:42 PM

I cannot wait till we get rid of the phone system here.

3/10/2013 12:25:00 AM

That same teacher sprung another name on me TODAY after school. (the recital thing is tomorrow)

The three players had made their decision to play in the game before I was contacted by the teacher. (as I suspected)

i've spoken with all of the parents, and even they had no idea about this concert until last week.

3/11/2013 10:00:08 PM

The only time I ever get good ideas for riffs is in meetings at work.

I'm Krallum and I approved this message.

3/12/2013 10:07:31 AM

'Tis too warm in the office. All of the areas of the building that aren't individual offices (i.e. the 75% that are large offices with cubes) are centrally controlled, and I believe someone did not take into account it being nearly 70 degrees today.

3/12/2013 3:10:06 PM

The fucking ratio of toilet paper roll weight to ply thickness/durability is just incorrect.

It's fine about halfway through the giant ass roll, but if the roll is new, it's like you are making confetti in the stall. By the end of the day theres little piles of it under each stall.

3/12/2013 4:00:43 PM