Official Bored at Work / Off-Topic Chat Thread II

[Mezlo]

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That is a cute kid though. But it does look like he just took a mouthful of sand...

[Yygdrasil]

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Success: Sometimes it tastes like sand.

[Aksannyi]

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Successful sand is successful.

[Taskmage]

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Successful sand is still sand.

[Aksannyi]

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But there's so many grains - so many possibilities! lol

[Yygdrasil]

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Successful sand is still sand.

This tells me: TM doesn't like to succeed.

[Aksannyi]

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[cidbahamut]

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So this arrived today

1 sec... I have an idea for you. Just let me find the link.

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One of my co-workers uses one of these. It's not the same brand, but she swears by it. I've actually used it a few times when she's left it overnight. It's really pretty comfortable and seems to straighten your back out really well. It might be something cheap and effective to help you at work.







This Thing

It doesn't really fit the chair I use at home, but I can see this helping at work with the kind of chair it's actually designed for. More details as this story unfolds.

[Aksannyi]

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I want to move to Orlando.

We have a satellite office out there, but to transfer, I'd have to go field and I'm not sure I'd be allowed. I would be fully willing to pay for my own classes and licensing, as well as work full shifts inside Ops while taking the classes (pulling doubles all the while, too). I love what this agency stands for and what we do, but I have been wanting to relocate for some time. There's been talk of an Ops center opening up in Orlando, but no firm timeframe and I don't want to wait another year of getting stuck in this shitty lease.

I have to formulate a plan and speak with the highers about this. I know what I want and I'm more than willing to get it, but the last thing I want is for them to tell me to start shopping for another job simply because I'm having wanderlust. If I started out as a field officer I could transfer without issue, the problem is going from Operations to field and I'm frankly not sure I'd be permitted to do so.

So I'm not sure what's going to happen. Am I going to stay here, maybe move elsewhere a bit closer to work and continue to stagnate in this part of the state or am I going to be allowed to transfer, moving back into that Ops center if it ever does happen in Orlando? Or am I going to have to shop for another job so I can go where I want to go. I wouldn't say that I'm unhappy, but I could be happier if I could be permitted to make this move. Any advice for how to approach this? I've been to one of my supervisors - who, btw, has no say in the matter, but is someone I consider a friend and can talk to about anything - and he really didn't have any advice but made it sound like it was unlikely it'd be allowed. :/

To further complicate things, I applied for the field job from the start, I was offered Operations and took it because I needed the job badly at that point. I was advised that I could change, but now that I've worked here nearly a year I'm seeing that's kind of a thing they tell you to get you in and I feel kind of stuck. I do like what I do but the location totally sucks and if I could move to where I want to live and continue to work for this agency I'd do it in a heartbeat.

[cidbahamut]

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I was amused by this.

[Feba]

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see you guys in a week.

[Raydeus]

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Bring a Katana and a Shinsengumi haori when you come back will ya?

[Mezlo]

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and a shinigami

[Yygdrasil]

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It doesn't really fit the chair I use at home, but I can see this helping at work with the kind of chair it's actually designed for. More details as this story unfolds.

Lemme know. I for one love it.

[cidbahamut]

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Lemme know. I for one love it.

It's a bit of a mixed result so far. I'm not entirely convinced it fits my chair at work, and I know for certain it won't fit some of the other styles of chairs we have in the office. So far it's taken a lot of fiddling to get it lined up on the back of the chair in a position that feels right, but isn't sliding off at the gap in the bottom of the chair's back. When it's lined up right, it feels like it's pushing me forward in my seat quite a bit, like I can't really sit at the base of the chair anymore, and the stretching of the back is kind of...intense isn't the correct word. It's a noticeable sensation, and while it isn't bad, it can be a tad annoying. All of that said however, I'm still trying to figure out if I have it fitted properly, so it's all up in the air. I can't really tell if it is helping or not.

At any rate it isn't helping enough for me to drop the pain killers just yet. My visit with the doctor this morning also netted me a ticket to physical therapy, which is kind of intimidating. I was a bit disappointed that she didn't advise me to simply stop going to my job where I sit in a chair for roughly 8 hours a day. It would have been nice to have a doctor's note saying "take a few weeks off from work".