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1098 sats \ 31 comments \ @cryotosensei 17 Apr AskSN

I don’t like people who do things last minute.

This morning, I had a meeting with the School Staff Developer because I was slated to do a sharing on various AI-enabled features on our nation’s e-learning portal on 30 April. She gave me some feedback, which I accepted graciously.

Then she dropped a bombshell.

Oh I scheduled you to promote the sharing during the Staff Contact Time next Monday, she said.

Excuse me. Isn’t tomorrow Good Friday? Doesn’t this mean that I have to churn out the slides today because I have a full day of teaching next Monday? I groaned inwardly.

Outwardly, I am service excellence exemplified. I nodded nonchalantly and went about rushing the slides. Of course, I could have promoted the sharing without any slides, but I wouldn’t have felt secure enough. So, I just had to Just Do It.

Thank goodness, I work fast and think fast, so I finished the slides in an hour.

I understand that my Staff Developer is probably inundated with work but gggggrrrrrrrrr…..

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318 sats \ 1 reply \ @Aardvark 17 Apr

I don't you home until my job is done, do I hate assholes that waste my time.

If you call my company to pick up a dkid from you, and it isn't ready when I get there, you're an asshole. It's insane how many people crack the same stupid joke while they're wasting my time. "At least you're hourly right?" Hurr durr durr

God I hate them all.

42 sats \ 0 replies \ @cryotosensei OP 17 Apr

We have similar peeves. I get angry when people do last min work because I feel they aren’t respectful of my time!

145 sats \ 3 replies \ @BlokchainB 17 Apr

Getting a call/meeting when an email could have competed the communication

149 sats \ 0 replies \ @TNStacker 17 Apr

Most meetings!

90 sats \ 0 replies \ @398ja 17 Apr

I don't check my emails regularly as I used to, I prefer instant messaging (teams)... either chat or quick call

64 sats \ 0 replies \ @cryotosensei OP 17 Apr

Some people love face time to flex their ‘contributions’ haha

71 sats \ 5 replies \ @TNStacker 17 Apr

People not doing their jobs. I once had a boss and a direct report (both whom I was training and holding down large portions of their jobs until they learned them), in the same staff meeting, tell me they weren't learning their jobs because it was easier just to ask me. 🤦🏼‍♂️

42 sats \ 2 replies \ @cryotosensei OP 17 Apr

That’s f up

How did you even survive that terrible period?

24 sats \ 1 reply \ @TNStacker 17 Apr

I didn't. They laid me in off and outsourced my higher-level functions. It is how I ended up in Tennessee from California.

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @cryotosensei OP 18 Apr

Hope it was a blessing in disguise!

21 sats \ 1 reply \ @Undisciplined 17 Apr

Time for a sink or swim approach then.

34 sats \ 0 replies \ @TNStacker 17 Apr

I should have. I would today. I was still a nice guy (sucker) back then

45 sats \ 1 reply \ @stack_harder 17 Apr

Most all of my work is related to Amazon selling, and so I can quite easily say that the bane of my existence is seller support - the most useless, incompetent, and frustrating thing I have ever encountered.

in a sick twist, this is almost a benefit to me, because business owners and sellers get so frustrated with amazon support , they end up seeking out people like me to help.

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @cryotosensei OP 17 Apr

Talk about love/hate relationship!

48 sats \ 1 reply \ @398ja 17 Apr

I hate it when colleagues don't do the minimum research but expect that you will magically fix their problems... I used to have a colleague, she was a contractor, I trained her for a long while. She was good, understood everything halfway, and whenever she had a question, you could see she had done her homework, and applied all the knowledge that was passed onto her. I loved her (not romantically!) A shame the company did not renew her contract.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @cryotosensei OP 18 Apr

My wife is an assistant manager at her company. She needs to review the work of her more junior colleagues - even though they have been at their jobs for 3 years. She is exasperated. Your situation reminds me of hers

24 sats \ 1 reply \ @TadiRetata 17 Apr

Wow, that last-minute curveball must’ve felt like a pop quiz with no warning! 😅 Your ability to pivot so quickly (slides in an hour?!) is seriously impressive—talk about grace under pressure. It’s frustrating when others’ urgency becomes our emergency, but you handled it like a pro. Here’s hoping your Staff Contact Time goes smoothly, and maybe your Staff Developer owes you a coffee after this! ☕ #LastMinuteHero #TeacherHustle #AISlideMaster 🚀

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @cryotosensei OP 18 Apr

Thanks for your affirmation. My ego is boosted 😁

24 sats \ 3 replies \ @zapsammy 17 Apr

my biggest pet peeve are the very general statements of the problem, or no problem statement at all... just dumping the data into my workflow for me to figure out.

i follow the work checklist the same way every time, however a specific problem statement not only speeds up my work, but also significantly improves detection of the problem.

this is why i actually do not mind interruptions by a phone call, because that's a reliable way to ask for THE PROBLEM STATEMENT!

21 sats \ 2 replies \ @cryotosensei OP 18 Apr

How much time do you typically spend locating the problem statement?

24 sats \ 1 reply \ @zapsammy 18 Apr

5 seconds to 5 minutes per study, plus the documentation which is variable, likewise a few seconds to a few minutes. dictation software is becoming pretty good, but that also means the expected speed of reading and reporting is higher too.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @cryotosensei OP 18 Apr

You must be good at your job. Five mins is just enough for me to go n pee haha

24 sats \ 3 replies \ @OneOneSeven 17 Apr

Sharepoint in its entirety.

21 sats \ 2 replies \ @cryotosensei OP 18 Apr

Hahaha it was on my to-do list since my Staff Developer introduced it to me. What do you hate about it?

24 sats \ 1 reply \ @OneOneSeven 18 Apr

I mean it's mostly fine, but whoever implemented it at my work screwed up a lot of the permissions, leading to "I can't view this" problems.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @cryotosensei OP 18 Apr

This sounds frustrating

24 sats \ 3 replies \ @Satosora 17 Apr

Never a fan of whrn thry told me stuff late, even though they new months in advance. Its like when everyone is rushing to print for their classes at the end of the year.

10 sats \ 2 replies \ @cryotosensei OP 18 Apr

Results slips? Or worksheets?

Lucky for me that we have a dedicated admin department to help us print results slips!

24 sats \ 1 reply \ @Satosora 18 Apr

no, we always had to do graduation certificates. Saying congrats and something encouraging.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @cryotosensei OP 18 Apr

Do Taiwanese schools have elaborate graduation ceremonies where they dish out certificates tug at the heartstrings and basically make all attendees cry - like in Japanese schools?

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @kurszusz 18 Apr

What I like most about my job...the answer is relatively simple: the community