As part of my job I call people, a lot of people, sometimes they have amusing names. Here's two from today.

Most working class name ever

Most Polka name ever

So, for those of you who don't leave the house (or live in Toronto) today saw a "work stoppage" by the TTC and the ATWU. There's some debate if this was a wildcat or a lockout, but the labour board has declared it illegal (no surprise). The union made an offer where they'd return to work, but TTC management rejected it ( Read more... )

So the tendentious in my knee started up again this week. Tuesday was really bad, and even though I ate almost a small bottle of Tylenol extra strength, I had to quit work early (and got into a nasty fight over the radio with one of my managers in the process). This morning when I got to work the owner of the company had a meeting with everyone ( Read more... )

Medical chartSo I went to the doctor today, and he told me I have Tendentious caused by me starting to work hard after being inactive for the last couple of months - no shit. He wrote me a note for my boss saying I needed alternative duties for 3-4 days, but that as I wasn’t going to miss work he didn’t need to fill out a WSIB form. I think my ( Read more... )

Weekend Report ( Read more... )

So today was the first day back doing manual labour at my job (I had been getting soft working in the office doing sales). I also trained one of the new technicians who seems like an okay guy, and will probably work out if he learns to hustle and pay more attention to detail. The day ended up being a bit of an initiation for the new techs; it ( Read more... )