# The going to work early MMP **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [August 19, 2013, 9:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-going-to-work-early-mmp/666625 "2013-08-19T09:15:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 17
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2013, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-going-to-work-early-mmp/666625/321 "2013-08-23T22:39:37Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > Hey, if you’re gonna stock a porch fridge with beer it like you’re sayin’, “hey bear, come on over and partay!” 😛 > > Mowage of the front yahd has been completed. That sounds good. Benefit from Swampy’s sage advice, unusual humor, and t he grass gets cut! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2013, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-going-to-work-early-mmp/666625/322 "2013-08-23T22:42:40Z")
> [@SpazCat](#): > > [The very last panel of this comic is relevant to the ongoing discussion.](http://theoatmeal.com/comics/pets_war) There is no reference as Pomeranian breath as a weapon of mass destruction. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Sahirrnee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sahirrnee/32/13937_2.png) [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2013, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-going-to-work-early-mmp/666625/323 "2013-08-23T22:57:46Z")
no news yet I don’t know if that is good or bad ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2013, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-going-to-work-early-mmp/666625/324 "2013-08-24T00:20:48Z")
> [@Draelin](#): > > So, I came home and walked the dog, and found myself completely confused when his output was … unusual. > > Roomie came home, and we had the following conversation when I came out of the bathroom to find her greeting the dog: > > Me: Is he telling you all about what he just pooped out? > Roomie: Was it peanuts? > Me: And also whole almonds. _How did you know that?_ > Roomie: Found an empty bag of mixed nuts on my bedroom floor that had been in a traveling bag under my bed. I thought he’d gotten it all out this morning, but maybe that was just the cashews. > > At least he wasn’t farting. While we were off to our monthly trip to VWife’s pill pusher and Wally\*World expedition today, Freya went counter surfing and scored a 3 pound roll of dog food from the kitchen. We think she had help chowing it down, but she got most of it. Her usual green clouds are now neon green, and will gross out even her. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2013, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-going-to-work-early-mmp/666625/325 "2013-08-24T01:26:09Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > I wish we lived near each other FCM. I don’t knit, but I do crochet, and I’m working on some projects for a craft booth just now. I wished we lived near each other, Baker. I don’t knit or crochet, but you bake & I… …eat. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2013, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-going-to-work-early-mmp/666625/326 "2013-08-24T02:08:19Z")
Are you by chance in NE Kansas? ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2013, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-going-to-work-early-mmp/666625/327 "2013-08-24T02:14:46Z")
I could swear I fixed the typos this morning! At the moment, I just have a neck full of annoyed muscles and no actual pain. The technique really is close to magic. They slide a series of successively larger tubes over each other, so the muscles are spread apart, rather than cut, so recovery will be rapid. If anything’s hurting, it’s my temples from where they clamped my head in a frame so nothing moves while they’re working around all those fragile nerves. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2013, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-going-to-work-early-mmp/666625/328 "2013-08-24T02:15:49Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Are you by chance in NE Kansas? I’m much closer to NE US. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2013, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-going-to-work-early-mmp/666625/329 "2013-08-24T03:32:27Z")
> [@gotpasswords](#): > > Surgery went well. In addition to nipping out he expected disk material that was pressing on nerves, he found and removed some unexpected bone spurs. :eek: > > Still in lala land thanks to the anaesthesA, Percocet and Valium. Of to mention a out two hours sleep last night. > > Some of my backpAy is in today. When I’m menyLly competent, I need to get an accounting of all my diAbity pay to make sure they’re not cheating me. “I’m not as think as you drunk I am, Occifer!” Irked. Found out I have a second inventory, and 2 8 hour meetings next month. Dear God, I hope I win the lottery. ---
**Author:** ![azraiel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@azraiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/azraiel)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2013, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-going-to-work-early-mmp/666625/330 "2013-08-24T08:57:56Z")
Checking back in at the end of my irk week. The squid didn’t get me, though it was a close thing. Oof, but my dogs are barkin’. All day on my feet in business casual shoes is uncomfortable by Wednesday, and painful by Firday. I almost went down at the end of the night tonight. I stood up, and my left heel just wasn’t having it–leg damn near buckled. The two trainees who saw looked seriously concerned. Rough day today, as I had the privilege of covering the “distressed callers” material. I fucked up pretty badly, too. I bounced the reading around the room for most of the guide, planning on taking the suicide section myself. One of my trainees told me beforehand that her grandmother died recently, and was concerned she might become emotional when the module came to ‘deceased beneficiaries’. I never considered the possibility that someone might bounce to her in the middle of that section. :smack: Of course, someone tried to bounce to her during that part of the lesson. I turned to her, saw her face, and _then_ remembered what she had shared. I redirected, but she still needed to leave the room. When I collected her and the other trainees who had left during the module (most during the suicide section), I pulled her aside and apologized profusely. She was more than gracious. Still, I feel like an utter ass that I exposed her to that emotional trauma. Lesson Learned: Zazzy reads both the suicidal caller and recently deceased sections of the module. I can bounce the read around the room on the angry, confused, or frustrated caller sections. **MOOOOOOM** , it would be a time suck if I wasn’t too tired to do anything but read after work, and if my current corporate workplace wasn’t locked down tighter than a DoD open-storage facility (not even kidding). Going anywhere outside of corporate or .gov can lead to disciplinary action up to, and including, decapitation. Anyway, felt I couldn’t leave y’all hangin’ after my arrival. Off to read the rest of the thread! ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2013, 9:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-going-to-work-early-mmp/666625/331 "2013-08-24T09:19:29Z")
Damn! Morning flight cxl’d due to it being windy. I am in serious need of sleep but I’m up now. Too early to go out b/c it’s still dark out. Mebbe some caffeine & house cleaning??? ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2013, 10:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-going-to-work-early-mmp/666625/332 "2013-08-24T10:08:05Z")
Good morning!! It’s cool out this morning, so I’ve opened a few windows to enjoy it. It probably won’t last long, but I’ll take what I can get. Four crabbers on the list so far, but none are mine, dammit. ☹ It’s still early. Maybe I’ll get one. Maybe. Since today is the ballgame with the bikers and we’ll be doing the ride with them at 4:30, I’m just hoping I don’t have any late crabbers. Being the weekend, I doubt it. \*\*Zazzy \*\*- can you explain “bounce the read around the room” - what kind of training are you doing? \*\*Baker \*\*- I crochet also. In fact, last night I finished crocheting a kid’s hat. Today, I’ll be putting up an ad to sell 2 great big bags of wool - some is 100%, some is blended with mohair or silk, some is a mystery because the skeins or balls had no labels. Since the things I make are donated to nursing homes and homeless organizations, they want items that don’t require any special care. Everything I make is from synthetic yarn, primarily acrylic - easy to wash and dry, not likely to rot. Anyway, the wool was donated and I decided rather than have it go to waste, I’ll sell it, then use the money to buy more acrylic yarn. It’ll free up space in my yarn room and give me what I really need. Win-win!! Other than maybe getting a crabber today, I’m going to take advantage of the loverly weather and do a load or 2 of laundry. I’ve got **FCD** ’s travel duds and a pile of assorted towels and rags that will benefit greatly from a day in the sun. I may push the mower in the ditch, too. Or I’ll save that for tomorrow - don’t want too much fun in one day!! 😃 Happy Saturday, all!! ---
**Author:** ![Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sticks_and_scones/32/16951_2.png) [@Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sticks_and_Scones)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2013, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-going-to-work-early-mmp/666625/333 "2013-08-24T10:09:40Z")
I’m glad your surgery went well, **gotti**. **Sari** , since I was just getting back to the MMP this morning, I was hoping as I read along that you would have found something out by now. ☹ Well, I survived the first week of school and managed to pick up a cold. That was fun trying to drill children on math facts yesterday in between blowing my nose and washing or purelling my hands. Today I have a show and then tonight and tomorrow I plan to do nothing. Hopefully I can stick with that plan. ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2013, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-going-to-work-early-mmp/666625/334 "2013-08-24T10:14:15Z")
Blurf ---
**Author:** ![Filbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/filbert/32/3433_2.png) [@Filbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Filbert)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2013, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-going-to-work-early-mmp/666625/335 "2013-08-24T10:39:03Z")
Blurf. One thing I’m definitely not going to miss moving out- the new neighbour. I may have mentioned him- he yells ‘WOOOOO!’ at random intervals, day and night. He spent last night trying to pick a fight with someone inside a house, 'cos he reckoned the guy was looking at him, and he doesn’t like being looked at (all the time sitting in the front yard, yelling comments at passers by, and desperately trying to flirt with all the passing women. He’s currently yelling at everyone going into the shop two doors up, telling them not to go in, because the shop’s racist. He might well have a point, that shop is obnoxious (I actually don’t shop there either, since they’ve tried to badly overcharge me several times), but that doesn’t change the fact that he should just _shut up_ already. It’s quite impressive actually- the same guy woke me up yelling at 1, 3, 6.45 and 8 and he’s still going now at 11.30. Anyway… I has interview today, with the company I argued about the rejection letter with. Not wholly sure what the job entails- it’s security, either for a harbourside nightclub, or possibly for a party boat- the ad wasn’t very clear… Anyway, we shall see. I hope the Mumper job fairy is still around! ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2013, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-going-to-work-early-mmp/666625/336 "2013-08-24T10:39:13Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > Since the things I make are donated to nursing homes and homeless organizations, they want items that don’t require any special care. Everything I make is from synthetic yarn, primarily acrylic - easy to wash and dry, not likely to rot. Anyway, the wool was donated and I decided rather than have it go to waste, I’ll sell it, then use the money to buy more acrylic yarn. It’ll free up space in my yarn room and give me what I really need. Win-win!! Thank you. I’m so glad there are some knitters/hookers who realize the need for acrylic. Everywhere I go online people are singing hymns to the greatness of wool, but they don’t consider people who might be allergic to wool (several members of my family) or if you want to donate the finished item to the cause, like Project Linus or nursing homes where they don’t want something that may cause allergic reactions or need to be handled with great care. I loves my acrylic. Except when I’m making potholders. Then it’s cotton all the way, baby. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2013, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-going-to-work-early-mmp/666625/337 "2013-08-24T11:07:40Z")
Definitely cotton for potholders, dishcloths, and hot pads. ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2013, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-going-to-work-early-mmp/666625/338 "2013-08-24T11:26:45Z")
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and well, caffienated and brekkied already. Tis a pleasant and mild feelin’ 72 Amurrkin out with a predicted high of 87 for the day. Should make mowin’ the back forty over to the church house not too bad this mornin’. **Sari** appropriate/inappropriate appendages still crossed. Look at it as a good sign. It means they’re workin’ hard to push the mortgage through for ya. > [@MOOOOOOM](#): > > Definitely cotton for potholders, dishcloths, and hot pads. I read potholders as _potheads_ and thought, “yeah, them potheads do like their all natural fibers.” 😃 Ok, I need to go somewhat purtify for back forty mowage. I figure I should at least brush my teeth and shave so as to be somewhat publicly presentable. Happy Sattidy Y’all! ---
**Author:** ![azraiel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@azraiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/azraiel)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2013, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-going-to-work-early-mmp/666625/339 "2013-08-24T11:39:09Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > \*\*Zazzy \*\*- can you explain “bounce the read around the room” - what kind of training are you doing? Of course. Corporate training. Training new hires to be CSRs on different government contracts. Training has to follow a certain order and include certain things, as laid out in training modules. Training teams get shuffled for every class, and every team has it’s own synergy with its class. We employ a lot of different tactics from module to module–activities, read alongs, self-paced, collective, etc. We try to tailor the tactics to what we’ve gleaned about our trainees’ learning styles. And we try to regularly switch, to satisfy different learning styles. When I talk about ‘bouncing the read,’ I mean that I ask for a volunteer to start a particular lesson off–reading the module while everyone else follows along. The reward for volunteering is getting to choose who the next reader is. Reading is not optional (with the sole exception I mentioned before). The person who just finished reading ‘bounces’ the read to the person they name. It keeps people on their toes and paying attention, knowing they may be called upon (by their peers) and need to know where we’re at in the lesson (helpful at 11:30 at night…). A trainee finishes a page and I’ll ask them, “who do you want to pick on?” When done right (and so far), they always pick kindly. To contrast, the trainer reads the module. Or we ‘snake’ the room, picking someone to begin. and the person next to them has to continue. And since I know your background in contracting **MoooooM** , I’ll just say that I’m on a sub with a prime on a new initiative. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Vorlon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@The\_Vorlon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Vorlon)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2013, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-going-to-work-early-mmp/666625/340 "2013-08-24T12:58:48Z")
> [@Sticks\_and\_Scones](#): > > I’m glad your surgery went well, **gotti**. > > **Sari** , since I was just getting back to the MMP this morning, I was hoping as I read along that you would have found something out by now. ☹ > > Well, I survived the first week of school and managed to pick up a cold. That was fun trying to drill children on math facts yesterday in between blowing my nose and washing or purelling my hands. Today I have a show and then tonight and tomorrow I plan to do nothing. Hopefully I can stick with that plan. We call the walking petri dishes for a reason. HINT: This will happen after each vacation, when they get a chance to cross-pollinate with the family. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-going-to-work-early-mmp/666625.md?page=16) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-going-to-work-early-mmp/666625.md?page=18)