Decided to call it quits after a half-day of work

"gin-san - shitpost specialist" (gin-san-) 08/14/2020 at 15:08 • Filed to: ALL WORK AND NO PLAY MAKES GIN-SAN A DULL BOY

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Been so burnt out lately. I’m sure I haven’t worked as hard as many of you guys have, but I got tired of looking at insurance stuff today.

Went for a walk, picked up a shepherd’s pie for dinner (it’ll probably last me a couple of dinners but that’s okay because I love shepherd’s pie, even though technically it’s a cottage pie) and an Italian sandwich of spicy sopressata/pickled eggplant/lettuce/tomato which I just devoured. When I saw the cross-section I thought about taking a picture but by the time I finished that thought a quarter of it was already gone.

Now it’s time for whiskey, maybe watch some Youtube, and will probably fire up the Switch later since I haven’t played it in a while.

I hope your Friday (and your weekend) goes well, Oppo.

Ash78, voting early and often > gin-san - shitpost specialist 08/14/2020 at 15:21

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I’m working today, “remote remote”, ie on vacation even though it’s not a vacation day. It’s 2pm and I’m one stiff margarita into the afternoon before driving 5 hours home tomorrow to go back to some sense of normalcy and obligation.

Northwest Florida coast for your time:

OPPOsaurus WRX > gin-san - shitpost specialist 08/14/2020 at 15:21

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whats the difference between cottage pie and sheppards pie?

TorqueToYield > gin-san - shitpost specialist 08/14/2020 at 15:23

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L ast Friday at 3:00pm I dropped work and took the kids and the wife to a local farm stand to get some food for dinner and let the kids look at the pigs and goats and run around in the field a bit.

Of course my boss wanted to have a video meeting right then with no notice and she wasnt thrilled I wasn’t around.

So this Friday I learned my lesson - I’m going to fuck off at 3:30pm and just sit in my yard ha.

Sovande > gin-san - shitpost specialist 08/14/2020 at 15:39

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I shut it down just in time to watch Bayern dismantle Barcelona. 

PowderHound > gin-san - shitpost specialist 08/14/2020 at 15:42

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There is one other person in the office I waiting to leave so I can lock the front door, take of the headphones, and blast music while I work.

gin-san - shitpost specialist > Ash78, voting early and often 08/14/2020 at 15:45

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Wow looks nice out there. Don’t work too hard (unless it’s on margaritas)

gin-san - shitpost specialist > PowderHound 08/14/2020 at 15:46

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Unfortunately I don’t get the office to myself since a few others wanted to come back as well. Hopefully you’ll be rocking those open-air tunes soon.

wafflesnfalafel > gin-san - shitpost specialist 08/14/2020 at 15:46

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right... been checking my watch every 15 minutes for several hours now...  and now I really want an Italian sandwich.  Cheers

WasGTIthenGTOthenNOVAnowbacktoGTI > gin-san - shitpost specialist 08/14/2020 at 15:47

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I’m still physically at work. Mentally? long gone.

2 more hours and I’m outta here!

gin-san - shitpost specialist > OPPOsaurus WRX 08/14/2020 at 15:49

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Cottage pie: made with minced beef

Shepherd’s pie: made with minced lamb

Once it’s in the pie most people probably couldn’t tell you if it was lamb or beef anyway (I’d probably have trouble, too). 

Deal Killer - Powered by Focus > gin-san - shitpost specialist 08/14/2020 at 15:53

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I’m completing one report, then maybe finishing another appraisal that’s 99% done, then going home. Maybe I’ll get the firepit out and burn some wood tonight, with Scotch and a beer. Or two. Tomorrow maybe take the family to the zoo for the first time since Christmas . Which is weird, as it’s literally a 5 minute drive down the street from our house, and it’s a great way to spend a few hours.

gin-san - shitpost specialist > Sovande 08/14/2020 at 15:55

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I never think about CL because I’m normally at work when it happens. I guess I can catch the Man City/Olympique Lyonnais game tomorrow, though.

PowderHound > gin-san - shitpost specialist 08/14/2020 at 15:57

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There are only a few people that are coming in to the office and we are all in opposite corners of the office, which is nice. One of the people is only in sporadically, another is only in for mornings, and my boss has been off the past two days. Works out quite well for me.

gin-san - shitpost specialist > TorqueToYield 08/14/2020 at 15:57

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yup.

subexpression > gin-san - shitpost specialist 08/14/2020 at 15:57

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I spent half of yesterday and most of today figuring out how to work around a race condition in vendor software. And the other half of yesterday was meetings. It's not quite 3pm and I'm on beer #4.

gin-san - shitpost specialist > Deal Killer - Powered by Focus 08/14/2020 at 16:01

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I haven’t been to a zoo in many years. I was about to mention the deer in Nara or the park full of monkeys in Kyoto but those aren’t necessarily zoos.

I’m real jealous of the firepit/liquor idea, it’s also been a long time since I’ve sat around a fire with friends, spending hours talking and drinking.

gin-san - shitpost specialist > subexpression 08/14/2020 at 16:03

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The white collar life of fixing problems and then meeting about how we can improve fixing problems. Then there’s the post-work beers...

gin-san - shitpost specialist > wafflesnfalafel 08/14/2020 at 16:05

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It was a good sandwich, generous amount of meat and eggplant with just enough lettuce and tomato. Bread was OK, I tend to prefer the ones that have a really crispy crust and this was a bit on the soft side. Overall, I’d get it again.

gin-san - shitpost specialist > WasGTIthenGTOthenNOVAnowbacktoGTI 08/14/2020 at 16:06

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My mind was barely there for the half-day I worked. Hopefully you have something interesting to keep you occupied!

Sovande > gin-san - shitpost specialist 08/14/2020 at 16:09

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This is a full blown ass kicking.

Hopefully the game tomorrow is a bit more even. 

WasGTIthenGTOthenNOVAnowbacktoGTI > gin-san - shitpost specialist 08/14/2020 at 16:10

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I have Oppo!

OPPOsaurus WRX > gin-san - shitpost specialist 08/14/2020 at 16:31

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mix the m together and you have the sheppard’s cottage.

gin-san - shitpost specialist > OPPOsaurus WRX 08/14/2020 at 16:43

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subexpression > gin-san - shitpost specialist 08/14/2020 at 19:05

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Yeah, uh, “post” work beers....

notsomethingstructural > gin-san - shitpost specialist 08/15/2020 at 00:29

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I recently joined the builders side of the insurance biz. We just had a storm a week after I was hired and I’m not sure I’ve ever worked this hard in my life. Wrote 2.5 estimates today and did something like 200 miles or 4.5 hours of driving. Really demanding line  of work.