Re: In other news

BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
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> 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. 
> 
Sure you will.
Here it is: None

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 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...
> 

They don't sell those kinds of pills.