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Unfortunately for many of those with a PhD it stands for Piled higher and Deeper. I would have been tempted to stick my head my head in the door and say the rest of us would appreciate it if you would please just get off this planet now. Have come close before in similar situations. But I like my job.

When your in a room full of them it is always interesting to make a comment like "I can't remember is coffee good for you or going to kill you this week"?

 

I was the oddball at state job. Place was full of tree huggers

 

I learn new ways that they sho......... Errrrrrrrr never mind .
Almost took it...

 

Oh sure! Another test Run.

 

We're going through the change where, when a position is vacated by someone who's been in it for a lot of years, that position is being down graded. I think anytime anyone has to work for less than the last person when they are considered "performance", it's unfortunate. Then the entire system is at risk of failure. The person now filling the position will never function at a level any better or higher than they have to. When the position is vacated again and the pay drops further, you eventually have such a decline in pay and effort that the positiin will never recover. Eventually a higher position has to be created to oversee the lessor position or the task of overseeing the lessor position is added to someone elses position description, adding more responsibility and having less time to fully commit to everything they are responsible for. This escalates until you have this self perpetuating tier system that's always in (or close to) failure where most are underpaid and over worked and hardly anyone has the skills to actually do the work or supervise it effectively.

 

How you say.....

Let er rip tater chip!!!

 

I'll take a pic of my boat launch sometime. Puts that place to shame.
I have grass.. Lol

 

Very very well said.

 

Lol! Yup, the go getter model!

 

ATTABOY!

I'd love to take that one out for a rip.

 

Yes Sir, she's a beauty!

 

I see this every working day @ my job, could tell some stories. One of my favorites is a girl in one of my dorms was upset she was late for class. A GFI receptacle had tripped during the night and her alarm clock did not go off. I preceded to educate her of the 9 volt battery backup compartment on the bottom of her clock....

 

we call it CLM. Career Limiting Mouth I have to be careful myself. I have to count to ten a lot before I say something now days.

 

And then the person that actually tries is behind and 8 ball before he even starts. So now he gives up trying because he can't win, overloaded, overseen to the hilt...

 

Yea right.......
Can't find any of that around there.

 

Lol! Just messing with ya Mike!! I bet you have some great boat lunches up that way. I miss fishing in the Adirondacks.

 

Good Afternoon Kevin, hope the neck and elbow are on the mend.

It just finally rained and we have large amounts of steam rolling of the roads. We're having one of the hottest summers that I've experienced. Stay thirsty Peeps!