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12-05-23, 12:34 PM
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12-05-23, 12:38 PM
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12-05-23, 12:39 PM
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Yeah. With my luck, she'd get drunk and get into a car accident. I'd not only get fired and sued, but I would also end up in jail.
I think it was our other intern who mentioned during a group lunch that she had recently turned 21. That intern was our President's daughter. Nepotism is rampant here.
I think it was our other intern who mentioned during a group lunch that she had recently turned 21. That intern was our President's daughter. Nepotism is rampant here.
12-05-23, 12:45 PM
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Phew! Potential bad situation averted. I got the intern in our upcoming holiday Pollyanna. I was told that she likes to drink, and I thought I heard her say she recently turned 21, so I was going to get her some booze. Being cautious, I asked around. Seems like she is only 19. On top of that, both her parents work here. Her mom works in this office. They don't share the same last name, so I had no idea.
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12-05-23, 12:53 PM
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Yeah. With my luck, she'd get drunk and get into a car accident. I'd not only get fired and sued, but I would also end up in jail.
I think it was our other intern who mentioned during a group lunch that she had recently turned 21. That intern was our President's daughter. Nepotism is rampant here.
I think it was our other intern who mentioned during a group lunch that she had recently turned 21. That intern was our President's daughter. Nepotism is rampant here.
12-05-23, 12:53 PM
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In-laws in town so I got the hall pass to ride for a few hours. Bookended some endurance miles around a local hammer ride. Felt great to get out, feel some real world speed, and catch up with some local racers. Had good legs too and helped stretch things out a bit. Scale at 143# last weigh in.
group ride on Fiesta Island
middle chunk of the group ride
group ride on Fiesta Island
middle chunk of the group ride
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12-05-23, 01:09 PM
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12-05-23, 01:12 PM
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12-05-23, 01:24 PM
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Phew! Potential bad situation averted. I got the intern in our upcoming holiday Pollyanna. I was told that she likes to drink, and I thought I heard her say she recently turned 21, so I was going to get her some booze. Being cautious, I asked around. Seems like she is only 19. On top of that, both her parents work here. Her mom works in this office. They don't share the same last name, so I had no idea.
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12-05-23, 01:31 PM
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amazing how 2 people can take up a whole hotel gym. Of course one of them was getting on the peloton right when I walked in. Hour later he is still on it. Think it’s a hockey team or something. The other is literally using every piece of equipment i. his own personal circuit.
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12-05-23, 01:33 PM
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12-05-23, 01:35 PM
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12-05-23, 01:37 PM
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Its very common in private companies. I've worked for 2 private companies all with >500 employees, in both cases the CEO/president was the son of the former president. In both cases they were competent and markedly better compared to 2 other places were the top management was poor but supposedly assigned talent and merit.
Of course, writing this from my work computer which might be monitored and reported to the nepo but talented head
Of course, writing this from my work computer which might be monitored and reported to the nepo but talented head
12-05-23, 01:39 PM
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12-05-23, 01:42 PM
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12-05-23, 01:53 PM
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There is a woman here who actually works under her father in the same department. The justification is that there is a manager in between them, so it is ok. There was another guy whose desk was about 25' from his mom's office, and he lived with her. (How weird would that be?) He took a job somewhere else a few months ago. One guy who got fired for being drunk on the job is the son of a retired employee who held the same position that his son did. A guy down the hall from me is the son of the former No. 2 transportation guy, and his aunt was once in marketing. Another guy here now is the son of a retired employee who has been retained to do some consulting work. Our former paralegal who left to go in-house with Wawa (Yes. They have a free cafeteria stocked with Wawa food.) is the daughter of a former track inspector.
I could go on and on.
I could go on and on.
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12-05-23, 02:22 PM
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12-05-23, 02:23 PM
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12-05-23, 02:25 PM
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12-05-23, 02:27 PM
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Speaking of Redd Foxx, rally cars, and winter...
12-05-23, 02:28 PM
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Last weekend was the winter training camp for the men's racing team of the San Diego Bicycle Club, in Anza Borrego Springs CA. It's a pleasant, sleepy little town with some big climbs and mountainous riding nearby. I was not present due to our infant, but I did a lot of the work behind the scenes to make it happen. Sounds like it was a success and we have several promising new racers who are strong and enthusiastic about racing with SDBC in 2024. Nice.
Saturday morning photo. There's actually a bunch of sweet metal sculptures like that all around the town's perimeter
Saturday morning photo. There's actually a bunch of sweet metal sculptures like that all around the town's perimeter
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Its very common in private companies. I've worked for 2 private companies all with >500 employees, in both cases the CEO/president was the son of the former president. In both cases they were competent and markedly better compared to 2 other places were the top management was poor but supposedly assigned talent and merit.
Of course, writing this from my work computer which might be monitored and reported to the nepo but talented head
Of course, writing this from my work computer which might be monitored and reported to the nepo but talented head
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12-05-23, 02:32 PM
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lol. must be nice.
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"Your beauty is an aeroplane;
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"Your beauty is an aeroplane;
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