Another Sunday update
Apr. 17th, 2011 09:16 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
daidoji_giseiWow. Last week was one that I hope to not repeat soon. My assistant manager was taking some (well-deserved) vacation time, so I was down 40 labor-hours. To make things more exciting I also had to shut down dayside operations for one day so that we could repair the floor tiles in one part of the bakery production area, so we were also missing a day in which to work. The repair was important but not critically time-sensitive, and had been scheduled before Sandra scheduled her vacation, so I suppose I could have tried to move one or the other, but then I would have run into other scheduling issues. So I just decided to tough it out.
Which I did, kind of. I had some really long days and not everything I wanted to happen did, but we got through. My day-time staff was their usual awesome selves, which made it possible. I am told that some managers don't like to hire very competent people because they fear being replaced, and the longer I work as a manager the more convinced I become that these people are crazy. Hiring good people makes your work go easier and gets you the reputation for training good people, which is a win-win in my book.
On the personal side, I am looking into getting a DSL connection. I realize some people reading this are probably going, "Wait. Dial-up still exists?", but I've always had dial-up and have mostly been happy with it. Having dial-up means I am totally safe from that time-eater known as youtube, and after I got my laptop I could just take it to work and use the fast internet there to download pdfs from AEG or software updates.
But over the last few months I have become more aware of the idea of the internet as a source of music. Setting aside the classical part of my collection, most of my music was bought back in the 80s. Most of the remaining non-80s music is by artists I first started listening to in the 80s. Now I love my 80s music, but it seems to me that there must be currently active artists making music I would like if I could hear them. And the internet offers ways of finding such music.
It would also make it easier to grab podcasts. I've never been a huge fan of podcasts--an outgrowth of my general coolness towards talk radio--but riding on my exercise bike has shown me that I can take about a half hour of talk on a subject I am interested in, and that I get horribly bored on my bike with no entertainment. There are only so many times I can rewatch the Star Wars trilogy or Princess Tutu, so podcasts fill a need.
In the meantime, I need to go wash some dishes. This coming week looks to be as busy as the last: Sandra comes back, but Easter is next Sunday and there will be a lot of baking to prepare. I need to get as much done around the apartment as I can now, as I suspect I will not be coming in home in the mood to do a few loads of laundry and bake bread.
Which I did, kind of. I had some really long days and not everything I wanted to happen did, but we got through. My day-time staff was their usual awesome selves, which made it possible. I am told that some managers don't like to hire very competent people because they fear being replaced, and the longer I work as a manager the more convinced I become that these people are crazy. Hiring good people makes your work go easier and gets you the reputation for training good people, which is a win-win in my book.
On the personal side, I am looking into getting a DSL connection. I realize some people reading this are probably going, "Wait. Dial-up still exists?", but I've always had dial-up and have mostly been happy with it. Having dial-up means I am totally safe from that time-eater known as youtube, and after I got my laptop I could just take it to work and use the fast internet there to download pdfs from AEG or software updates.
But over the last few months I have become more aware of the idea of the internet as a source of music. Setting aside the classical part of my collection, most of my music was bought back in the 80s. Most of the remaining non-80s music is by artists I first started listening to in the 80s. Now I love my 80s music, but it seems to me that there must be currently active artists making music I would like if I could hear them. And the internet offers ways of finding such music.
It would also make it easier to grab podcasts. I've never been a huge fan of podcasts--an outgrowth of my general coolness towards talk radio--but riding on my exercise bike has shown me that I can take about a half hour of talk on a subject I am interested in, and that I get horribly bored on my bike with no entertainment. There are only so many times I can rewatch the Star Wars trilogy or Princess Tutu, so podcasts fill a need.
In the meantime, I need to go wash some dishes. This coming week looks to be as busy as the last: Sandra comes back, but Easter is next Sunday and there will be a lot of baking to prepare. I need to get as much done around the apartment as I can now, as I suspect I will not be coming in home in the mood to do a few loads of laundry and bake bread.
