Sure Happy it's Thursday

[learnteach]

Rolled out of bed this morning to head out to work out, checked work email...uhoh. Minor customer issue is now major customer problem. Again. We've dropped the ball. So much for the workout...

...it's really hard to motivate myself; 3 months in and I already want to scream "THAT WAS FUCKED UP LONG BEFORE ME" because I'm trying to fix issues that have been going for a year.

Need more fukitol. BUt if I take too much, I stop moving...

Saw Alton Brown speak last night, 5 quick facts:
1. He's abandoned BMW for Ducati; it's not a crisis if you can pay for your midlife toys. (My question)
2. He cooks his daughter breakfast whenever possible; if he has to leave early he puts it into the warming drawer he had installed under the microwave.
3. He feels there's an obsession on food rather than on the ceremonies and joys around it; we look for the perfect plated palatable pie rather than sharing with family, and it's a problem. (alliteration mine).
4. He's a fat addict...Hello, my name is John, and I'm addicted to weight...the discussion was very good at this point. McDonald's doesn't make you fat, your mindless eating (which they help with) does. Think, then eat. It's not a silver bullet take a drug do a diet thing but a way of life.
5. His hardest addiction to quit was Diet Coke--from 8 a day to 0, and it reset his tastebuds on the subject of sweet.

PILES of people asked question that he answers in his book...his favorite shows? the ones he worked with his family on. His favorite fast food? In CA, In n Out burgers. How do I make a crispy waffle? Buy a real waffle iron, and up the butter and sugar a little, and cook it a little hotter. How do I make gluten free french bread? ...you don't.

back to the work

Comments

[ianhess.livejournal.com]

You know this, but sometimes I think support people have to tell themselves that the customer isnt yelling about you, hes yelling about his expectations. You can fix it, and it probably wasnt your fault.

Is this a support job you can effectively do without being emotionally involved? Being professional is one thing. Using the extra few percentage points of productivity from stress isnt sustainable.

Again, you know this.

[cvirtue.livejournal.com]

Interesting about the Diet Coke thing. Sometimes I have a diet soda with splenda, but as I'm coming off of a habit of a spoonful of sugar as a snack, I don't think I can blame the soda for some kind of sweet issue! Mostly I have herb tea, unsweetened, uncreamed, these days.

My biggest problem is "too much of a good thing." Ie, more than a serving of beans, grilled chicken, etc, etc, rather than eating things that are bad for me (except for the sugar as noted!)

[lifeofglamour.livejournal.com]

Would it be possible to get your workout done before checking work email?

[klwilliams.livejournal.com]

Good point about kicking the Diet Coke. I need sweet too much. Maybe the Diet Dr. Pepper should go.

[anthraxia.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry I missed you this trip! Hopefully late November/December/first part of January there'll be more time, less stress to catch up.

So, will a boxing kangaroo pen that really punches make work at least more amusing?