ha. Jokes on you, I work from home…
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Holy shit, building a home cubicle to work in is about the saddest thing I’ve ever heard!
Really though, I hate this open office trend and hope to god I can keep dodging companies that convert to it.
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You don’t understand how much my wife is a habitual line stepper - She needs established physical barriers to get the hint…
fwiw, I get the pros - since we implemented it, collaboration has improved - however, as a con, so has the occurrences of bullshitting has also increased.
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Luckily, I’ve got an office. I can’t take office banter.
We had a small shop when I was in the Corps. (7-9 Marines). We’d swivel our chairs around and just shoot the shit for hours a day. I do miss that, sometimes.
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I’ve got an open office and I hate it now. I used to love it. I could talk to my boss whenever I needed something. Now that I’m the boss of an office I just opened, it sucks. Leave me the fuck alone. Lol. I only get work done before 730am and after 6pm.
For some reason it looks like there’s water up to your eaves in this pic. The patio/steps/retaining wall looked like roof shingles and tar paper. I thought you were going to tell us you’re trapped on the roof of your house and we should send help.
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My neighbor’s noisy leaf blower irritates me, but leaf blowers are great for gutters. 30seconds and done! Crab walking around on the edge of a roof pisses me off too.
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I’m in an office with eighteen other English teachers, no windows, all of our desks shoved together.
You know English teachers, right? We all think we’re the smartest motherfuckers on the planet, so we all talk at the same time and nobody listens.
I usually go sleep in my car on my off periods.
You know we can fix that in a jiffy, right?
J/k. That giant silver maple would be a motherfucker.
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Wrestling practice finally helps in real life. Lol
Hangs over the house like damocles’ sword.
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Sorry to call back so far, but man this my house right now.
It’s a fine line man. I’ve gotten it wrong a few times. But (I hope) I got there in time and put things right.
Only time will tell.
But true be told - I’ve been kept up at night worrying I’ve accidentally said something that will make my boys body image obsessed in a bad way.
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I don’t know if it’s a lack of finesse, bad parenting, or what ever, but I’ve told my kid directly that too much candy/junk will make him fat, weak, and stupid.
I have yet to lose a blink of sleep.
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It’s tough. How will my kids not think a certain way about body image with me in the house?
- Daddy weighs his food
- Daddy works out every day
- Daddy says donuts aren’t good for you
They absorb everything. I don’t know how I’m going to do it successfully. The truth is that I don’t think it’s okay to be overweight. It’s preventable. I just have to find a way to teach them to be healthy and find that middle ground. They don’t have to be physique models. There’s a lot of room to live between what I do and being overweight. Hopefully my kids find a place there.
Yeah, this is an issue. I moved out 18 months ago so my kids don’t have me as a model any more, and they have gotten fat. My estranged wife is 250 at least, and my daughter was 195 but has lost 25 pounds (she’s 5’8").
My son is more round than he has ever been, and they are all carb junkies. Luckily, my daughter has taken a food and nutrition class and has been eating more clean and that motivates mom as well.
I never weighed my shit, but my daughter does. She is on My Fitness Pal and has a FitBit, tracks everything now, and she has gotten much leaner. Still a big kid, but that’s genetic.
My son is beginning to see the light now that I am lifting with him - more protein, less carbs, wants to get jacked.
They’ll figure it out.
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What’s wrong with saying “carrying too much body fat is bad for you and makes you die early. But that doesn’t mean we mistreat fat people.” ?
Genuine question.
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There’s nothing wrong with that, but the kiddos observe and copy behavior. My natural tendency is to speak my mind with my wife. The odds are high that the kids will hear me say something negative.
I have to be careful because they’ll repeat something in public. Kids are brutally honest. I’d like to avoid that as well as them viewing themselves negatively for any reason.
My 6 year old went through a phase of not eating something unless I ate it. Good in respect of I eat loads of veg and hardly any crap (indoors). But he was out with his grandmother and refused to eat a mc Donald’s because its bad for you. No kid should be thinking about that. Not if they otherwise fit and healthy. Which he is.
It got to much when he would stand in the hall way measuring his arms or checking out his 6 pack.
Ive managed to kerb these. But he is so obsessive about winning. And my fear is he knows food is a big part of this he develops unhealthy eating habits.
Im 100% behind getting kids to eat better. But my ones obsessive behaviour could / would lead problems.
I have no problem explaining how being fat is unhealthy to my 5 and 7 year olds. They are observant enough to notice if someone is larger than they are used to seeing and have questions, which I answer honestly. They ask me why I eat bags of veggies, weight my food, etc…, I simply answer to be healthy. They understand very well and I do not see it affecting their eating behaviors in the least. Its just promoting healthy eating habits, which as a parent is my responsibility.
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Just gotta tell it like it is.