Oh, come on...

You know I love my job. It can be annoying at times, and sometimes I feel like a complete cock-up doing it, but overall I like the people and I like what I'm doing. Plus where I'm doing it makes up for any downside that crops up.

However, there are moments where I'd quite happily keel haul certain people.*

Here's the story.

School has started, so we're sending consultants all over the place once again. One of the places we're doing work is in Madison County, Florida, waaaaaaay up at the top of the state, just an hour outside Tallahassee.

We didn't get the schedule confirmed until early last week, and I was waiting to see if we were going to push the first trip until October, which was a mistake on my part, and I wound up having to book the travel late Saturday night. But, book it I did, shan't bore you with details, got the hotel, got the car, everything is lovely.

Sent the info to the consultants.

Get a call from one consultant, whom we will call Alice. She is very upset with me for booking the travel without speaking to her first, even though she was away at the time, and I couldn't get a hold of her.

She was upset with me because somehow, despite the fact she never told me this, she wanted to spend a couple of extra days in Florida so she could visit family.

In Tampa.



And now she wants me to change the flight - for a cost of almost $200, so she can drive to Tampa.

Not gonna happen. She wants to do it, she can do it, and she can pay for it.

Grrrrrrr


*See that? I worked in a pirate reference, for International Talk Like a Pirate Day!

Oh, come on...

You know I love my job. It can be annoying at times, and sometimes I feel like a complete cock-up doing it, but overall I like the people and I like what I'm doing. Plus where I'm doing it makes up for any downside that crops up.

However, there are moments where I'd quite happily keel haul certain people.*

Here's the story.

School has started, so we're sending consultants all over the place once again. One of the places we're doing work is in Madison County, Florida, waaaaaaay up at the top of the state, just an hour outside Tallahassee.

We didn't get the schedule confirmed until early last week, and I was waiting to see if we were going to push the first trip until October, which was a mistake on my part, and I wound up having to book the travel late Saturday night. But, book it I did, shan't bore you with details, got the hotel, got the car, everything is lovely.

Sent the info to the consultants.

Get a call from one consultant, whom we will call Alice. She is very upset with me for booking the travel without speaking to her first, even though she was away at the time, and I couldn't get a hold of her.

She was upset with me because somehow, despite the fact she never told me this, she wanted to spend a couple of extra days in Florida so she could visit family.

In Tampa.



And now she wants me to change the flight - for a cost of almost $200, so she can drive to Tampa.

Not gonna happen. She wants to do it, she can do it, and she can pay for it.

Grrrrrrr


*See that? I worked in a pirate reference, for International Talk Like a Pirate Day!

(no subject)

This is one of the projects my boss wrote for this math curriculum he is doing. Since it is International Talk like a Pirate Day, I thought those of you who enjoy math problems might enjoy this.

I'd also like to point out that I contributed the poem. His was not good. He was very happy that I did that. Now my arm hurts from patting myself on the back.

Treasure Hunt

Captain Peter Easton was one of England’s most notorious pirates. With over 500 men and a fleet of 14 ships, he was also one of the most successful pirates. To hide his treasure from other pirates, including his own men, he devised a wicked scheme. His map to the treasure is simple to follow except for the last step. Unlock his riddle and find the treasure.

Not only was Captain Easton a notorious pirate, he was a brilliant thinker. He devised the following problem so that even if his map fell into the wrong hands, it was very unlikely anyone could use it to find the treasure. This riddle was found on the back of the map.

For ye who’ll seek my buried gold
Ponder my equation bold.
For hidden in the numbers there
Ye’ll find the path to the treasure rare,
if ye walk as many paces North
as ye find in the answer I’ve set forth.

Solve this equation to find out how far north you need to walk.




ETA: Um it's Rational Expressions, whatever that means.

(no subject)

This is one of the projects my boss wrote for this math curriculum he is doing. Since it is International Talk like a Pirate Day, I thought those of you who enjoy math problems might enjoy this.

I'd also like to point out that I contributed the poem. His was not good. He was very happy that I did that. Now my arm hurts from patting myself on the back.

Treasure Hunt

Captain Peter Easton was one of England’s most notorious pirates. With over 500 men and a fleet of 14 ships, he was also one of the most successful pirates. To hide his treasure from other pirates, including his own men, he devised a wicked scheme. His map to the treasure is simple to follow except for the last step. Unlock his riddle and find the treasure.

Not only was Captain Easton a notorious pirate, he was a brilliant thinker. He devised the following problem so that even if his map fell into the wrong hands, it was very unlikely anyone could use it to find the treasure. This riddle was found on the back of the map.

For ye who’ll seek my buried gold
Ponder my equation bold.
For hidden in the numbers there
Ye’ll find the path to the treasure rare,
if ye walk as many paces North
as ye find in the answer I’ve set forth.

Solve this equation to find out how far north you need to walk.




ETA: Um it's Rational Expressions, whatever that means.