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[gordo]

Just taking an August break. RE: Print will be back in September so don't do anything silly while I'm away!

 

[cementary]

so don't do anything silly while I'm away

Eh, well, ok. Suppose I'll have to do smth silly in September

 

[MailGuru]

so don't do anything silly while I'm away!

Classic textbook FOMO (Fear of Missing Out)

 

[gordo]

Classic textbook FOMO (Fear of Missing Out)

Maybe it's "JOMO" - the joy of missing out.

I don't know if all the likes are because I'm not posting or because I will be posting later on. Hmmm.

 

[claude72]

I don't know if all the likes are because I'm not posting or because I will be posting later on. Hmmm.

Or because we cheer you on to be sure that you will come back.

 

[Possumgal]

Something silly, let's see. Use Comic Sans for everything this week? Sniff the press wash? Hide in the darkroom when someone's looking for you? Actually be honest with a customer and tell them no you can't have this huge job in two days?

Oh, I know. Somebody do a comic and pretend to be Gordo!

 

[YourCastle]

Hide in the darkroom when someone's looking for you?

what's a darkroom?

(I'm kiding, but surprised you still have one?!)

 

[gordo]

what's a darkroom?

It's also called the boss's office.

 

[tngcas]

Actually be honest with a customer and tell them no you can't have this huge job in two days?

<Cries in Comic Sans>

 

[Possumgal]

what's a darkroom?

(I'm kiding, but surprised you still have one?!)

The darkroom in my old workplace had been dismantled, but it used to have a revolving door. I actually did hide in there once. I stood there with all the lights out while the manager used the door to see if I was in there. She came within a foot of me, but once she saw that it was totally dark, she left.

 

[smalloffsetpressexperts]

Thanks for the warning

 

[gordo]

The darkroom in my old workplace had been dismantled, but it used to have a revolving door. I actually did hide in there once. I stood there with all the lights out while the manager used the door to see if I was in there. She came within a foot of me, but once she saw that it was totally dark, she left.

In the early 70s I camped out for several months in the darkroom at Zenith Graphics a full service prepress/graphics shop in Calgary Canada where I was the photographer. I hadn't been able to find an affordable apartment. It was mid winter with temps of -30 and the heater in my old van no longer worked. Happy times.

 

[Possumgal]

And your boss allowed this? Or didn't he know?

Your temporary "home" must have had some real ambiance.

 

[gordo]

And your boss allowed this? Or didn't he know?

Your temporary "home" must have had some real ambiance.

He didn’t know. I had keys to the place because I often had to work late.

 

[Shawnd]

Why not, seems like everyone else has been taking vacations this summer then want jobs out next day when they get back from traveling abroad for the past month...

 

[Possumgal]

You may get lucky. Many workplaces don't realize an employee's worth until they have to live without them for a while. I did get a raise once after I got back from a week off.

 

[MailGuru]

You may get lucky. Many workplaces don't realize an employee's worth until they have to live without them for a while. I did get a raise once after I got back from a week off.

Don't it always seem to go, you don't know what you've got 'till it's gone (They paved paradise and put up a parking lot......)

 

[smalloffsetpressexperts]

Every work place seems to have that one person who thinks the company managers, supervisors and 3/4 of the co-workers are stupid, lazy and piles work on the hero's back, They see themselves as irreplaceable when in reality no one is. In a work place in my experience has had Workplace personality such as Workplace personality #1: The Leader. Workplace personality #2: The Task Manager. Workplace personality #3: The Abstract Thinker. Workplace personality #4: The Champion. Plus the clicks of workers. My rule is

 

[gordo]

You may get lucky. Many workplaces don't realize an employee's worth until they have to live without them for a while. I did get a raise once after I got back from a week off.

You're lucky. Many companies lay off employees when the employees return from their vacation.

 

[Possumgal]

Don't it always seem to go, you don't know what you've got 'till it's gone (They paved paradise and put up a parking lot......)

I prefer Cinderella's "Don't Know What You've Got Til It's Gone."