Lewis is right, if the company can't operate without one person for a week, that's a problem that needs to be fixed - and it's better to find that out when he''s on vacation than to wait until he gets hit by a bus or something...
I have the same tendency to want to check on work stuff when I'm on vacation (well, not exactly want to, but you know what I mean), but the last couple of years, I've tried to force myself not to. If there's a major catastrophe, that they absolutely need you for, I'm sure your boss can always track you down and drag you back to work... On Sun, Jul 22, 2018 at 7:57 AM, Lewis Bergman <[email protected]> wrote: > First, I have to say that I feel your pain and am sorry for it. Sometimes, > you have to just gut through life till it gets better. > > I wear my ring. When I conned I tried to remember to take it off. First > because it really wears a hole in your hand. Second because I didn't want > it hanging in something. Otherwise I never take it off. 32 years. Maybe > that is more a testament to the fact we are both too lazy to try and train > another companion than get happier. Actually pretty lucky someone will put > up with me. > > Second, leave all your comms at home. You need the time and will be a > better employee after the time off. As an owner, while I spent a lot of > vacation time working on shit I never expected my employees to. In fact, I > used the opportunity to verify documentation was as good as it should be. > An organization that can't operate without one person for a week is too > fragile and that should be addressed. I am not talking about a one year old > startup. > > On Sat, Jul 21, 2018, 11:43 PM Steve Jones <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> This is super off topic, maybe really relevant to some. I note we have >> been infiltrated by list nazis this year so let me stress this is very OT, >> unless it's not. >> You other wireless gimps may have noticed I've been a bit absent of late >> with my totally awesome insight and amazing commentary. >> Let me give a quick rundown. Last year I knocked the wench up, that thing >> didn't quite finish cooking, quite an unexpected bought of those things >> real people have.. emotions I think they're called. >> The worthless tech, yet warm body broke his ankle in February or so, so I >> got to start doing my job and his since then (freaking awesome, let me tell >> you, who's my family again? Not sure, never see them) >> Picked up the two foster kids we had 6 years ago for a couple of years >> again because, well garbage cans shouldn't have kids, but they do. >> Found out the old bag was knocked up again right after we committed to >> adding the other two to the permanent mix. >> Got the joyous pleasure of watching the old ladies step mom go through >> pancreatic cancer and die in a few short months. Had made the prior mistake >> of her becoming one of my favorite people in the world... won't do that >> again. >> Dealing with the ball and chains mom going through stage 4 bone cancer, >> made the mistake of getting fond of this one too. (Historical note, I was >> an EMT-I here in illinois for 8 years who took that job way too serious, so >> I'm more aware of physiologic response to treatment than most, she's got >> near term croaks) >> I'm remodelling my house in all my spare time to fit all these tiny >> bodies in here. >> Decided to make a right woman out of this sow I've been with for 14 >> years, hammered that nonsense out in less than 30 days (was a nice wedding, >> if you like such things, I didn't cry, the preacher must have ate onions >> My old man appears to be catching a case of brain crickets, probably >> going to go south. Lucky for him he is declining slow enough to know >> exactly what's happening...what a spiteful God we have at times. >> The tech who broke his ankle has a lawyer, which is great, because >> incompetence should always get a settlement that could maybe bankrupt my >> employer for a decade and a half, right? >> My gardens full of weeds, I lost all my habanero plants, there's >> nothing tastier than a green habanero and stores don't sell them. >> The junky dad of my two fosters is in jail, and the drug dealing stunt >> cock their mom is with is calling them from jail on visits with their >> mom... great parenting there, mother of the year. >> Oh yeah, I'm a like a top ten tier functional alcoholic. Big shocker, >> right? >> >> Needless to say, I'm a bit stressed. >> >> I'm not an owner, I literally can walk away any time I want, no harm, no >> foul. I bring this up here because most of you jack bags are the same as >> me, you identify yourself by what you do, whether it's for yourself, or >> another guy. When you introduce people or talk about them, it's not John or >> mike, it's John the plumber and Mike the electrician. >> >> Two questions for the borg. The first being on topic. >> >> 1. This stupid ring that I am trying to wear since I bought the cow. Any >> of you wear it?, I figure it's getting me electrocuted or 9 fingered. But >> it seems important to the milkbag. >> >> 2. When do you justify a blank disconnect. I'm going to the lake >> Shelbyville the first week of August (highly recomend this place, great >> fishing) we've gone there for a few years once a year with family, I've >> always made a point of bringing two separate service hotspots and two >> seperate service cellphones so I can be certain to connect back to the >> office. I have spent probably 50 percent of every prior vacation either >> dealing with or checking on on work for a decade. I'm burnt guys. I expect >> the usual "you gotta seperate" stuff. But really, from an owner perspective >> who has a right hand man, or a tech perspective who is too dumb to separate >> themselves, is that even realistic? What if SHTF? As an owner, you can't >> tell your right hand man to stay connected, but that's really what you >> want, isn't it? If you could answer a poll anonymously. >> >> I missed you guys btw, even jaime >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> AF mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >> > > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > >
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