Re: In other news

On 31.03.2024 22.39, Merlyne wrote:
> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
> news:[email protected]: 
> 
>> On 12.03.2024 14.30, Merlyne wrote:
>>> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
>>> news:[email protected]: 
>>>
>>>> On 24.02.2024 21.56, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
>>>>> news:[email protected]: 
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 11.02.2024 15.49, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>>>> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
>>>>>>> news:[email protected]: 
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 14.01.2024 16.02, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Please report any progress in this matter.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Progress?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The relative change in number of incidents where people
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> utilise your open door since starting rants by mentioning
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> it. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> This will be hard to assess in a hybrid work model.
>>>>>>>>>>>> So include whatever corresponds to walking through an open
>>>>>>>>>>>> door in your digital world. Faceapp, Whatstime or
>>>>>>>>>>>> whatever... We must have data. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> I have tons of data.
>>>>>>>>>> But do you have open door policy related data is the question?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Not yet.
>>>>>>>> How about now?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Still none.
>>>>>> Any new data?
>>>>>>
>>>>> Nope.
>>>> You didn't mention your open door policy at the meeting at all, did
>>>> you? 
>>>>
>>>
>>> I may have. I usually talk and talk.
>>> I probably said it. At least once.
>>
>> Maybe they didn't think you meant it. Maybe your tone of voice wasn't
>> sufficient open-doorish. It can happen when one says a lot of other
>> stuff as well.
>>
> 
> Maybe.
> That means no one will be by to bother me.

Yes but also that I won't get the open-door policy data that you promised.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Fetch is never going to happen, Gretchen!
>>>>>> [point]
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Some dogs like it, I think.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Maybe they want us to think that.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> No, I'm sure they genuinely enjoy the fetching part.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> It's the letting go after having fetched they are
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> somewhat ambivalent about. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> My dog fetches the ball/stick/whatever and then runs
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> away. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> IOW it can't keep cleaning up your mess. It has
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> important stuff to do. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> OR the dog does not understand the rules of engagement.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Well you have to explain it properly first. You can't just
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> assume the dog knows your intentions... They are a bit
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> like co-workers that way. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> I don't speak dog.
>>>>>>>>>>>> Just speak slow and loudly in English. I'm sure that will
>>>>>>>>>>>> work. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> It doesn't work well with foreigners.
>>>>>>>>>> Doesn't the management have a course for that?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> For yelling at foreigners?
>>>>>>>> No, for getting dogs to work well with foreigners.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I will only work if the dog speaks the same language as the
>>>>>>> foreigners or the foreigners used hand signals that the dog
>>>>>>> understands. 
>>>>>> Alternatively the foreigners can learn the few words the dogs
>>>>>> understand. 
>>>>>>
>>>>> It's that my first point?
>>>> The reverse. This it the foreigner speaking (some words in) the same
>>>> language as the dog.
>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I never eat breakfast cereal. You can keep it.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> You mean the leprechaun can keep it. I don't eat cereal
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> with added sugar bits.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> They're magically delicious!
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Diabetes!
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Yeah, yeah. None for you!
>>>>>>>>>> That was never on the table. I meant for all the sugar filled
>>>>>>>>>> cereal eating kids...
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> As long as their pancreases are functioning properly, it
>>>>>>>>> shouldn't be a problem. 
>>>>>>>>> You were advocating the consumption of carbs for breakfast in
>>>>>>>>> another post.
>>>>>>>> Specifically a sensible mix of simple and complex carbon.
>>>>>>>> "Cereal" with 30% sugar content is a candy.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> That is probably most cereals.
>>>>>>> Without the sugar, kids won't eat it.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Sure they will if they are hungry enough.
>>>>>
>>>>> Have you met modern day kids?
>>>> Sure. The kids today are okay. It's whoever buys their breakfast
>>>> cereal that's screwed up.
>>>>
>>>
>>> 100% The parents make the kids mental.
>>
>> And then drags them to a doctor who blindly prescribes some stuff to
>> counteract the hyper activity...
>>
> 
> That too.
> 
> Big pharma likes people to get used to popping pills every day starting 
> a young age.

And not even always the fun ones...

-- 
BeH

"No nation can be free if it opresses other nations"   - F. Engels