If you have enough money to support local retailers then absolutely - it’s important.

But if you’re struggling to the extent that you’re envolope budgeting to make sure everything gets a share, then you’ve got bigger more immediate problems than Costco becoming so big you get your law degree from there.

You’ll also pay more by going into shops and using cash…

Big bag of dog food from local shop, £65.

Same bag from online only retailer with free shipping? £38.

Cash only is not a good way to budget.

I see you also are a project manager.

Aw JESUS!

That makes so much sense.

My pre pandemic job was amazing because of the people I worked with. They were great fun and we would also go out together at the weekend.

After lockdown load sof people moved on to higher paid roles as did I.

My last 2 jobs have been friendless, even the hybrid one because even if you’re in the office, others are out so you’re still not forming relationships.

It would have worked better if it was an “everybody works from home Monday and Friday” but that removes all the flex…

Today in my remote job I have no work friends, but I also got a dog, spend loads of time with my new friends (neighbours who also have dogs), am completing a full time degree while working full time bacuse I have no commute and generally I’m significantly happier.

My house is actually tidy too because my 5 min breaks are tidy up breaks rather than piss about distracting someone else breaks.

This happened in my old place - also on the business side. Asked for python, got it, then had it immediately removed because of security risks.

I told the head that I could still access tables and shit via excel if I wanted so what does it matter? He didn’t realise this, and asked that I told no-one else it could be done. FFS.

Companies pay when people make mistakes.

Why the fuck would you fire someone when you just paid for a lesson that prevents further mistakes?

Mine always bites when she’s love drunk. Proper double edged sword.

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Every paper I write should have Makers Mark as a co-author…

I visited the Smithsonian air and space museum while over from the UK a few years ago.

I had a short space of time available, and all I wanted to see was the SR-71 blackbird and the space shuttle.

That was the day I found out there were two air and space museums.

Still haven’t seen either of them.

Yeah, all the parts are Renault branded. The car itself I believe is built on a Clio chassis.

This is me too. I’m in my late 30’s, working a full time job in a bank while completing a full time degree, trying to maintain my top-of-my-class-grade while also trying to keep the rest of my life from falling apart, and genuinely thinking - I’m going to do my masters at the top university in my country because fuck it, why not.

I’ve already bought a knock off car - the Dacia jogger is just a Volvo XC90 at a 1/3rd of the cost.

I probably do the same if not more work at home as I did in the office, but only “work” about 2/3 of the time.

I don’t have a boss lecture me on blockchain for an hour because they were near my desk, I don’t need to listen to Carla’s story about her flat tyre, I don’t need to get constantly distracted when I’m deep in an analysis hole because someone on maternity leave has walked in with their new baby.

The time spent caught up in boring distractions is used to put on some washing, set the roomba going, or put a pot roast in the oven freeing up more time to just chill out later on and I still get everything done.

Never mind the 2 hours a day of commuting time I get back.

I’m 37 and already broken.

My back is killing me, the sciatica makes sitting down hard. My ankle is fucked from too many injuries doing shit like tough mudder because when you’re young you’re invincible. Top that off with an immune disorder and asthma and it’ll be a miracle if I make it to 50 with a good quality of life.

Me too, I’ll engage for around 15-30 minutes then go and do some writing rather than spend 4 hours doom scrolling.

I’ve legit got so much work done it staggers the mind.

I stopped using Reddit completely on July first, and in that time I’ve got a reflective log completed and submitted, a report on disruptive fintech completed a week early and submitted and now a mini dissertation completed 2 weeks early.

It’s almost as if spending my time doing coursework is better than freaking out trying to finish it and submit to turnitin 30 seconds before the deadline while praying the connection doesn’t fail.

Anyway…

This is what I do when I’m at busy events and the service is degraded.

Just keep cutting off levels until I get to one that works well.

I did exactly the same.

Went in with a “fuck spez” attitude and turns out I’d already had a fuck spez moment when I picked up sync after finding the Reddit app garbage.