Pet Peeves: Aka Things That Make You Go "Gah!"

[PRgal]

3 hours ago, Caoimhe said:

For part of my secondary school years students were able to arrive for their first class and leave after their final one. I always chose the earliest ones, finished around lunch, then went to work. Others chose the later classes and didn’t come in until their first one. It did restrict what classes you could take but suited more students. 

We weren't allowed that until our final year.  The late mornings were called "sleep ins" and I LOVED THAT!!!!!

[nokat]

I want to learn a new language. I'm familiar with a couple, as in I can read and understand a bit. So I was looking again at ASL. I knew the alphabet because someone taught me and we would sign to each other in class.

[Browncoat]

I guess I'm the outlier in that I prefer mornings.  In undergrad, I took all the early classes -- sometimes I had no other options, but if I had options, I'd pick the 8 am ones.  In grad school, I'd get to school way early, and often leave mid-afternoon (although in grad school, the work never really stopped).  Even now, I flex my time so that I arrive to work very early and leave early.  I am apparently physically unable to sleep late, and always have been.  I think I've slept later than 7 am twice in my life.

I guess I'd just rather get to work, get it over with, and go home.

[Dimity]

8 minutes ago, Browncoat said:

I guess I'd just rather get to work, get it over with, and go home.

This was me when I worked downtown.  I preferred to get in before the traffic built up and leave before the rush hour.  I don't know if this is the same issue now though with so many working from home.  In any event I am definitely not a morning person or a night owl.  I am the lesser known early afternoon person.

[KittyMom4]

11 hours ago, Yeah No said:

Exactly, thank you. Of course now that I'm retired the world is finally catching onto this! Although I do see how it also depends on what you do and what you need to be present for at different times of the day. Being an executive admin. I had bosses that wanted me working when they were working and if that's early, they wanted me available early should they need me for something time sensitive. So I am aware that there might be good reasons for bosses to want employees there when they are. But usually for me the people I worked for worked long hours around the clock so it was just a matter of whether they were OK with me not being there in the morning when they got in, or not there after 5:00 p.m. Often it didn't matter but that didn't stop some of them from wanting me there early even if it didn't make any difference.

EA was my old position, and while I loved the people and the perks, I am glad to have a position now where my physical presence isn't mandatory, it only matters that I get the work done. 

[Caoimhe]

1 hour ago, Browncoat said:

I guess I'm the outlier in that I prefer mornings.  In undergrad, I took all the early classes -- sometimes I had no other options, but if I had options, I'd pick the 8 am ones.  In grad school, I'd get to school way early, and often leave mid-afternoon (although in grad school, the work never really stopped).  Even now, I flex my time so that I arrive to work very early and leave early.  I am apparently physically unable to sleep late, and always have been.  I think I've slept later than 7 am twice in my life.

I guess I'd just rather get to work, get it over with, and go home.

Even after 35 years together my husband finds it hard to accept that NO I will not attempt anything mentally taxing past lunch time. Ask me from 5am until to 1pm and I’ll be happy to help! When we had flex time in work I started at six am and finished at half two. It was heaven for a person like me.

[Bastet]

12 hours ago, Yeah No said:

Being an executive admin. I had bosses that wanted me working when they were working

When I had to go into the office, and had my own assistant (now that I'm in the non-profit world, we share), I wanted her in at 9:00 precisely because I wasn't there.  If the day started with a disaster, she could either handle it or, if necessary, call me.  She needed to leave at 4:30 to catch her bus, and I was perfectly happy being on my own for a few hours in the evening.  But I liked having her there in the morning when I wasn't.