Govt Work at Home May Be Over

[SamSpade]

Dang! That's some dedication!

I remember the laugh we all had, especially when he had to face his wife after two years,
I mean, damn. You really had to hate being with your spouse to pretend to be at work so you wouldn't be HOME.

 

[RoseRed]

I remember the laugh we all had, especially when he had to face his wife after two years,
I mean, damn. You really had to hate being with your spouse to pretend to be at work so you wouldn't be HOME.

I'm sure it went over like a lead balloon.

 

[Gilligan]

On the other hand -

Years ago, we had a FORMER employee call in to tell his former co-workers - that if his wife called, he was busy and could not be disturbed.

When what happened was -he had RETIRED TWO YEARS EARLIER but had never told his wife.
He spent the entire day, for two YEARS, down the street at a local bar, pretending he was at work - pretending to his wife.

He just didn't want to be at HOME all day.

He's somebody's hero, I guarantee ya...might even be mine.

 

[PeoplesElbow]

Funny story related to discussions in this thread.. Names changed to protect the innocent.

Had to go onto PAX for a meeting a few weeks ago. While I was there and after the meeting (it ended around 1:30PM), I noticed the female assistant for the meeting lead headed out the door. Purse in hand, jacket on, etc.
Me: "Oh, is that Marcy headed out the door? Is she off to another meeting?"
John: "No, she has a kid in middle school and she has to pick them up."
Me: "Is there an emergency. Are they OK?"
John: "Oh yeah. They are fine. She picks them up every day."
Me: "She leaves at 1:30 every day?"
John: "Yep!"
Me: "Is she part time?"
John: "Nope. She is full time."

At this point, I didn't even continue the discussion. I know for a fact this person arrives at the office at 8:30AM every day. Now, you do the math.

Have a feeling a lot of this goes on in or around the base.

Always has, early 2000s I noticed a lot of folks that came in at 8 and left by 3 while I worked 600 to 330. The same folks were always the ones wanting me to work OT because they didn't plan properly.

 

[Blister]

On the other hand -

Years ago, we had a FORMER employee call in to tell his former co-workers - that if his wife called, he was busy and could not be disturbed.

When what happened was -he had RETIRED TWO YEARS EARLIER but had never told his wife.
He spent the entire day, for two YEARS, down the street at a local bar, pretending he was at work - pretending to his wife.

He just didn't want to be at HOME all day.

Did he stay home on Holidays?

 

[RoseRed]

Did he stay home on Holidays?

Good question. Vacations?

 

[LightRoasted]

For your consideration ...

Ever notice that when someone posts long paragraphs, it almost always could have been said in a sentence or two? Like, more words makes it more important and meaningful?

I've noticed that as well. Sure am glad that I don't do that. I took a class on being pithy.

 

[LightRoasted]

For your consideration ...

It's been my schedule for the past 15-20 years. With a small staff, everyone gets a day off when they work 4/10, and one wants Friday, another wants Monday. Since we believe SOMEONE needs to be in the office, I chose Wednesday. I very much like it. Medical offices tend to have fewer patrons and some stores like ALDI restock those days.


Probably because you were on ignore, and actually still are. Occasionally I read references when I click show ignore - and your posts about me are rude. If you want me to read your posts, you're going to have to be more persuasive than putting the blame on me.

But - I don't respond to a lot of stuff. Sometimes I forget a thread, and sometimes I find my own answers.




It's not "butt hurt". And I don't care about anyone online to have "enmity".
It's turning off the noise. If I want to read a 100 post thread, it's easier to just ignore the ones which are irrelevant or don't add anything to the discussion. I'd make an exception if you were funny.



(rolls eyes). Dude. I mean, damn.

Peace brother, peace.

What's happening here is along the lines of warring nations that has been going at it for so long, that no one knows the reason why they are fighting anymore.

 

[Merlin99]

Suppose I am in the minority then...
I have to email and call folks on PAX and other GOV facilities all the time. Consistently getting no replies, replies a week later, no answers to phone calls and leaving unreturned voicemails, etc.
Maybe the people I am calling/emailing are on this very forum and are unwilling to break away from posting

Or maybe they have you on ignore from there too.

Think of it this way, maybe it’s you and not them.

 

[Merlin99]

And it is 4/10. And I choose Wednesday mostly because someone must always be present, and Monday and Friday were taken.

I had to change my hours, I was coming in at 5:00 along with everyone else because we wanted to be off early. I was told that we had to have someone come in late because we work with people in California and missed to many calls.

 

[Merlin99]

I remember a gov dude would check in in the morning, disappear during the day and return in the afternoon. He got busted for double dipping. Turns out, he was working for a contractor by providing training classes during the work day. He actually did get fired by the gov.

There was a guy in Warminster doing the same thing. Check in at work first thing and then disappear, he was working at Lowes all day.

 

[TPD]

Jobsworth​

A jobsworth is a person who uses the authority of their job in a deliberately uncooperative way, or who seemingly delights in acting in an obstructive or unhelpful manner. It characterises one who upholds petty rules even at the expense of effectiveness or efficiency. Wikipedia

Are these DC restaurant workers considered a jobsworth?

DC food workers pledge to make Trump officials unwelcome, echoing confrontations in first term

Washington, D.C., food workers vow to disrupt service for incoming Trump administration officials, echoing past harassment of his allies during the president-elect's first term in office.

www.foxnews.com

 

[RoseRed]

There was a guy in Warminster doing the same thing. Check in at work first thing and then disappear, he was working at Lowes all day.

Is Lowe's worth it to lose the probably better paying job and benefits?

 

[SamSpade]

I had to change my hours, I was coming in at 5:00 along with everyone else because we wanted to be off early. I was told that we had to have someone come in late because we work with people in California and missed to many calls.

Had something like that too. And you can imagine how early I had to get up even to make the hour plus drive to arrive by five.

Then upper management decided on “core hours” which started at 6:30, so that ended that.

 

[jrt_ms1995]

Actually, the work I perform subsidizes his Corona and rusty trailer habit.
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So he's on his own for the antique outboards? Maybe you should work a little harder.

 

[jrt_ms1995]

I remember the laugh we all had, especially when he had to face his wife after two years,
I mean, damn. You really had to hate being with your spouse to pretend to be at work so you wouldn't be HOME.

Decades back worked with an older guy (let's call him "Barney") who had so much leave accrued he was directed (forced) to take a week off. So he did. Found out he left home at the usual time, spent his days at the library, and went home as usual - to avoid having to be with his wife and adult live-at-home son!

 

[BOP]

Suppose I am in the minority then...
I have to email and call folks on PAX and other GOV facilities all the time. Consistently getting no replies, replies a week later, no answers to phone calls and leaving unreturned voicemails, etc.
Maybe the people I am calling/emailing are on this very forum and are unwilling to break away from posting

I didn't say it was easy.

- With the FST at Cherry Point, you had to figure out who responded to emails and who did not; who responded to phone calls and/or vox mail, and who did not

- The time difference between Point Mugu and China Lake was a years long, chronic pain in the butt. Ditto for the email/phone thing.

- The training squadron at Pendleton was bad about not calling or emailing if they didn't know who you were, or didn't think you rated highly enough to bother with.

- The IWST at ASO/NAVICP wasn't actually too bad to deal with.

- Mechanicsburg, on the other hand....

And we haven't even talked about the other services. The Army doesn't play well with others. And anyone who doesn't know that the Air Force can be more secretive than all the Alphabets combined. I finally cracked that code by mentioning it in an on-site DAU course to one of the AF guys in my class. Later on, one of the retired Marines on our program went to work for the AF up in Taxachussetts, and later, Wright-Patt. So, that smoothed that out a great deal.

But yeah.

Oh, and my favorite was when you'd call somebody you needed to talk to, and they were one of the SMEs, but they were out-of-pocket, and their vox mail (or email) said "Call so-and-so, they're my backup," so you'd call so-and-so, and their vox mail or email said "I'm out of pocket, call/email the first person."

 

[BOP]

I would concur that there are SOME like this. "I only answer the phone when it is someone who is important."
Its funny when I am in meetings and asked about movement on a project and I have to say "I emailed them 3 times and called twice.. no response." Because then my upper levels call their upper levels and then magically, I have the info I need in less than an hour! Sad!!
Even more sad that months later, I still have to deal with the same person(s) even though those person(s) have had this cycle happen repeatedly. This is with about a half-dozen people!!

There are a bunch of them, both in the Gov't, and in the Fleet, as I related in another post.

 

[BOP]

That happens a lot even in the office. Some people think to highly of themselves or the request is "not in my swimlane" and

Mechanicsburg, where emails and voice mails go to die if they don't happen to get to the correct person. They're like the opposite of NSWC Crane - or a lot of places, actually.

 

[DoWhat]

Thank God I retired at the end of September.