The weight has lifted

New Orleans

Well, the bastards are letting me work out my 2 weeks so far. Drats.

I think when they get some sucker to take on this job they will ditch me quick, they do not want me telling them shit. The other 2 guys who used to work for them can tell them all the shit they need to know.

I am just going to decompress and I think I have a few fun things I can do. I really do not want to go back to working for idiots. I told BD it is his turn to make all the money and be the provider. I will be the fun person.

I just need to keep busy and entertain myself. And y'all of course.

They called me down today to review a squeak and rattle. This involved me laying on the cement floor under the vehicle (they did give me a piece of cardboard to lay on) with a flashlight saying yea, that looks okay to me. WTF. The engineer is supposed to show up Monday.

The week from hell, well 3 days of it

I am beaten down and used and abused.

Monday the snow was horrible, I thought I had a photo, and Big Daddy got stuck at the end of the driveway. Two guys came to help when it was obvious he was gonna hit the Mercedes parked in the street.

I went to work as I knew no one else would and we had an issue. Meeting cancelled, I worked an hour and a half and I was not fired. No one from my company said thanks for risking your life for the sucky parts.

Tuesday the boss sent the replacement in (for him) he is known in the plant as Goofey Guy. I am deliberately missspelling that so it cannot be traced. That is what they all call him. Well GG went to the meeting and the plant told me they never wanted to see GG again.

Chaos continues.

Wednesday the boss shows up and he and GG get the Come To Jesus and should be set and on board with "this is how shit happens". That is a failure, boss refuses to comprehend and GG is too scared to tell him. GG will also not tell their boss. Shit will ensue.

Still not fired.

Thursday boss refuses to show up but also will not tell the plant people. Yes, we had a bad issue blow up. Now I am pissed as I do not have the resources to fix this, but I must be Nancy Nice or get fired, replacement guy wasted 2  hours trying to measure parts his way---as he is an expert---and when they never measured right he stomped off. Oh, did I forget to tell you about when he threw the parts on the floor in the assembly area and stomped his feet. I am not joking here, he stomped his feet to get his way.  2 guys asked me if they should throw him out and I almost thought that was a good idea.

One of these days I am gonna say yes.

I am now asking myself why it is wrong to take Valium on a daily basis.

End of the day, boss is taking his new nasty tone whenever he feels why he has to explain why he does not need to be there---except he will never explain this to the plant.

He is a chicken shit, I have one more day of GG and I am wondering why I have not been fired yet.

By the way, I "work" for a Worldwide Global Company that is well known on Wall Street, this is not some chump company.

Maybe I will get fired tomorrow except the boss is pissed he has to work for the off shift person on Valentines weekend. So maybe he does not want to fire me if he thinks he can guilt me into working then. Wrong asshat, Not gonna do it.

And just so you know the bones of this soap opera, my boss is well compensated with a company car, charge card, and full bennies. And my pay is not cheap.

This has been a busy week

The kids honeymooned in Maine and brought us goodies as a thank you for helping with the wedding. Quite unnecessary but lovely to receive. Big Daddy can't wait to use the espresso rub. They also had a bar of salt soap in the bag and I cannot wait to savor that in the bath. It is not to be wasted in the early morning get out the door shower.

We are building pilots again this week and things have not been going well. I have got to say this is the sorriest launch I have ever seen. So far I have only worked 2 hours of OT this week and it is quite enough thank you. I am not a glutton and can do nicely on my 40 hours. This is going to change in the near future.

Funny of the day:

When I pulled into the lot and looked over at the pickum up truck parked next to me there was a guy inside brushing his teeth. I have never seen a person brush their teeth in public, much less a vehicle. Where the hell did he spit the toothpaste?

One of my plants was supposed to ship me a part because they shorted the releases. They could not tell me why but agreed to ship a part overnight to my house. This would have been for Saturday delivery. The box was delivered Monday morning and of course I was at work. I got home and tossed the box in my car. When I got to work Tuesday morning thank God I checked the box before handing it off to the customer. There was a lot of weird shit in that box, none of that shit being the missing part. We had to build shy on the line and overnight parts again. This is so embarrassing.

Today another plant did not ship to requirements and not only did they not tell me, they refused to call the customer back. And we wonder why people talk bad about us. Maybe because we are idiots.

Am so, Are too, Nah na na nah na

I am reading so many opinions on why Democrats and Republicans are idiots and assholes. As I belong to neither party it does not personally hurt my feelings. I do wonder though why people who seem to be rational and purport themselves to be ladies and gentlemen can publish opinions that are hateful and hurtful. And then act like they are the better person for pointing out that the other person is a bigger asshole than they are. 

People, anyone going down this road of "I am better than you" because I wear a certain color coat needs to take a deep breath and make sure that generalizations based on "groups" is where you want to plant your flag. 

Lets just do a couple generalizations:

Works under the table, never gives to charity, spends no money on personal medical/dental maintenance, loves Walmart. 

Signs up for government benefits immediately, volunteers often, has great teeth, loves Costco.

Does not claim tips and cash payments on taxes, eats and feeds their kids fast food, thinks Outback is fine dining, loves-loves-loves JC Penney. 

Is pretty sure the guy who killed JFK lives next door to him. 

Is not a racist, sexist, homophobe, asshole or in a cult because he is friends with all these people. 

Substitute he for she where it is appropriate unless you then have to question if it is suspect. 

Oh I forgot some:

Belongs to the union, heroin addict, losing house, car and family. 

Regular person, goes to work, pays their bills, wishes they could do something special this year. 

So I think everyone should vote and let me know which group is which. And of course which group you belong to and support. And I would also like to know if you think all the people who think a little differently than you do should be drawn and quartered, because you are the smartest tool in the drawer. 

Oh, and I personally know all of these asshats including the JKF guy. 

People who walk in the rain

View from the plant in Mexico where Big Daddy is working.

Not just any rain, pre-Isaac rain on Bourbon Street. On one hand the President, the Govenor and the Mayor involved with this storm have been on the television all day explaining to people how this should work. On the other hand we have EarthCam on Bourbon Street showing us what is really going on. This is hilarious. Look at the laptop and then look at Jim Cantore on the television. This is why China has a chance to overtake us-if they start in the deep south.

Had a rant today for Purple Heart, the charity supposed to be picking up my used books. Some of these books are only a week old and they blew me off. When I called they put me on hold and then hung up on me. Well, they called back, apologized and are coming back tomorrow to pick up the books. I hope so because it is very hard to find a place to donate around here. I can't imagine why, Michigan is supposed to be one of the poorest states, especially the Detroit area.

Sammy is in the dog house, we do not need to discuss why, we will just say he fucked up.

Big Daddy is amazed at how the mountains in Mexico do not have trees. We both forgot about that, it is odd to see. He is trying to stick to his eating plan but in Mexico he cannot eat salad or fruit unless he peels it, just too risky after the China syndrome.

Punkin Head is going on a job interview tomorrow so he is emailing me the trip itinerary so I can follow him on FlightAware, that is the best site ever for plane activity, at least here in the US and with  US airlines.

See y'all later.

Big Daddy is sad

And frankly I would be too if I had to be in China all by myself. I would post a picture but I don't have one with tears.

His asshat boss called him about nothing (on a Sunday) so BD asked him what he is supposed to do with the mail, cereal bars and dandruff shampoo he lugged back for the idiot. This is the guy that wants no help, knows everything about China from his expat groups and can't find dandruff shampoo in Shanghai. It is everywhere for  fecks sake. Love that word, feck, swearing but not really. Kind of like wanker. So anyhoo, the cretin offers up that his friend moved into our apartment complex, in the locals section. BD tells him to get the guy to walk his sorry ass over to our apartment and pick up this shit. When the guy gets there is mouth is hanging open at how nice our apartment is compared to his. Guess TRW does not have a decent relo package.

He will be spending the next two weeks in Ning Hai and probably discussing giving our leftover furniture to his buddy. He did find the 999 roses and we will see what is coming back with the roses and the fish plaque.

Trying to get on track here and it is not easy. Can't figure out the TV channels, sleeping patterns still off and I hate my hair. I do have a hair appointment Tuesday. BD bought me a pair of rubber gloves with cuffs for Valentine's Day so I might as well put them to use.

Off to scrub something.