Comments on: Worker’s Diary: No Points for Normal http://www.mattdude.com/281/workers-diary-no-points-for-normal Thoughts on Life, Work, and Other Stuff Fri, 16 Jul 2010 00:03:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Voidious http://www.mattdude.com/281/workers-diary-no-points-for-normal/comment-page-1#comment-283 Voidious Thu, 19 Mar 2009 14:22:46 +0000 http://www.mediaworkshop.com/weblog/?p=281#comment-283 My god, bro, great link. :-D "It still stings to have to part with one of my dreams through no real fault of my own," Vincent said. Quoth the Bale, "You're unbelievable man, you're un-fucking-believable." My god, bro, great link. :-D

“It still stings to have to part with one of my dreams through no real fault of my own,” Vincent said.

Quoth the Bale, “You’re unbelievable man, you’re un-fucking-believable.”

]]> By: Mattdude http://www.mattdude.com/281/workers-diary-no-points-for-normal/comment-page-1#comment-282 Mattdude Wed, 18 Mar 2009 23:27:44 +0000 http://www.mediaworkshop.com/weblog/?p=281#comment-282 Here's another one! http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/03/18/selling.prized.possessions.irpt/index.html Again, I don't fault the subjects of the stories, it's the writers who get under my skin. Like I'm supposed to feel bad for someone because he has to part with a $20,000 fucking VIOLIN BOW. Here’s another one!
http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/03/18/selling.prized.possessions.irpt/index.html

Again, I don’t fault the subjects of the stories, it’s the writers who get under my skin. Like I’m supposed to feel bad for someone because he has to part with a $20,000 fucking VIOLIN BOW.

]]> By: Mattdude http://www.mattdude.com/281/workers-diary-no-points-for-normal/comment-page-1#comment-278 Mattdude Tue, 17 Mar 2009 21:11:52 +0000 http://www.mediaworkshop.com/weblog/?p=281#comment-278 Hey thanks Patchdude! Lol, yeah that was my "Tim Duncan" approach to debating ^_^ Actually bro I totally see where you're coming from with regard to unreasonable deadlines. I can definitely imagine scenarios where these rules wouldn't be appropriate, and I do agree that people should get regular raises even for just "satisfactory" performance, due to inflation, increases in the cost of living, changes in the job market, etc. I guess I mainly envision these in situations where a deadline was reasonable, and/or the worker had previously committed to finishing a project in a certain timeframe under certain conditions (regardless of the reasonbleness of the deadline). Lots of times the rules change in the middle of the project, and that changes the situation. To some extent, I think the "expectations" come from within--we all know what we're capable of accomplishing, and in the end we know whether or not we've lived up to our abilities. Ymerej--lmao! Wow dude, that's frickin' great. Now I'm wondering if I'd seen that show before and it seeped into my subconscious. :) Hey thanks Patchdude! Lol, yeah that was my “Tim Duncan” approach to debating ^_^

Actually bro I totally see where you’re coming from with regard to unreasonable deadlines. I can definitely imagine scenarios where these rules wouldn’t be appropriate, and I do agree that people should get regular raises even for just “satisfactory” performance, due to inflation, increases in the cost of living, changes in the job market, etc.

I guess I mainly envision these in situations where a deadline was reasonable, and/or the worker had previously committed to finishing a project in a certain timeframe under certain conditions (regardless of the reasonbleness of the deadline). Lots of times the rules change in the middle of the project, and that changes the situation. To some extent, I think the “expectations” come from within–we all know what we’re capable of accomplishing, and in the end we know whether or not we’ve lived up to our abilities.

Ymerej–lmao! Wow dude, that’s frickin’ great. Now I’m wondering if I’d seen that show before and it seeped into my subconscious. :)

]]> By: Ymerej http://www.mattdude.com/281/workers-diary-no-points-for-normal/comment-page-1#comment-277 Ymerej Tue, 17 Mar 2009 17:44:06 +0000 http://www.mediaworkshop.com/weblog/?p=281#comment-277 I found some support for your argument md, go to 1:50 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7b2oCYgfik I found some support for your argument md, go to 1:50

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7b2oCYgfik

]]> By: Voidious http://www.mattdude.com/281/workers-diary-no-points-for-normal/comment-page-1#comment-276 Voidious Tue, 17 Mar 2009 17:38:47 +0000 http://www.mediaworkshop.com/weblog/?p=281#comment-276 Mattdude, your Taoist debate tactics are just too powerful for me. You sit over there not saying anything; meanwhile, I contemplate my own previous comments, and I start seeing it your way! Anyway, nice post. :-) Mattdude, your Taoist debate tactics are just too powerful for me. You sit over there not saying anything; meanwhile, I contemplate my own previous comments, and I start seeing it your way!

Anyway, nice post. :-)

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