Search results for tag #life
The Doctor's Eyes
Curious minds never grow old. Their fear isn't aging, but running out of time to learn.
Gmornin fedifam
Welp.. yesterday was a bust. All the plans, none of the energy. Just couldnt shake the cobwebs so I just went with it and napped it out.
I did get a little done.. cleared out and washed all the old food fridge containers and started a crock pot of bacon beans which is currently smellin up the house nice and purty..lol
Hooefully Ill get my mojo back and try another run at project.. we'll see..
Party On and make sure to do a little takin care of you time
An intriguing read. It confirms a theory about life I've had for a long time…
( No paywall: https://archive.is/FtA31 )
#science #life #brain #neuroscience #biology #research #knowledge #info #information #reading #article
Curious minds never grow old. Their fear isn't aging, but running out of time to learn.
Up, 16 Years Later
A new pair of earbuds triggers a sudden journey back 16 years.
https://my-notes.dragas.net/2026/02/14/up-16-years-later/
#MyNotes #Life #Reflections #Blogging #Memories #LifeLessons
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The real reasons people love playing games
A seemingly trivial practice has deep benefits—but there are times we simply don’t get them.
https://www.vox.com/podcasts/479253/games-play-benefits-philosophy-thi-nguyen-score-book#health #life #mental-health #podcasts #the-gray-area
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A Settlers of Catan game board with a hand, wearing a ring, moving pieces on it
So very true❣️
❣️❤️There are Two things we get everyday 🎀
❤‼️ A chance and a Chance 🙏🙏
#choice #chance #today #gratitude #healing #hearts #thoughts #life #positivevibes
#BahdlexEmpire #BahdLex Bahdlexblog
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As a guy born in 1982, I feel the urge to share this video with you guys.
Xennials... we exist! 😉
The greatest joke played on me by the people that stole my #home, my #life, my #purpose, my #friends and #neighbors, and my #community is that I will be living in one of things I hate most in this world. A #car.
This piece is about drystone walling, and about belonging. About building something solid before building something beautiful. About making a life, and a place in it, with your own hands.
https://kristiedegaris.substack.com/p/the-work-of-belonging
#Scotland #UK #Books #Book #Reading #Writing #WritingCommunity #Women #Land #Nature #Life
I have some pieces for my-notes that would be, in many ways, much better than what I’ve been posting lately.
But I can’t write them. Or, at the very least, I can’t publish them.
And this is fantastic on the one hand, but a sort of curse on the other. Who knows, maybe one day I will, perhaps in a less direct way.
It might seem sad, but it’s actually the opposite: when some of the best parts of your life can’t be told, it means you’ve lived through some definitely interesting experiences.
A sleepless night, a thought about the day I arrived and the day I'll leave.
https://my-notes.dragas.net/2026/02/08/arrivals-and-departures/
Decisions: should I rush up the stairs and catch the 15.57 to Hamburg, or relax with a drink and catch the 16.33?
I should have rushed.
The 15.57 left on time. After my coffee I wandered over to the platform and, with plenty of others, waited patiently. You know where this is going. Ten minutes, and no news. Fifteen minutes, and the 16.33 simply disappears from the board. No announcement, nothing.
What to do?
1/n
Follow everyone else, the 16.57 is also there. And, of course, with double the number of passengers.
Standing room only for the next hour and a quarter.
The 16.33, suddenly announced, has been cancelled at Rotenburg.
So, another fun trip out. Let's see how it goes from here.
Gmornin fedifam
Well then.. Im up at normal morning for some reason.. mmmk..
No plans for today but no raman yesterday so thats still hangin out and a maybe..
Weather is decent.. maybe a little rain sprinkle later today but in general, dealable.
Later today Ill prolly get back to project. 3d printing when the weather is bad is askin for probs so thats clear now
Also got some celery and carrots that need cooked, might make chicken soup..
Party On and have a little you time today
We are rapidly getting to the stage where it is easier to state which oligarch, businessman, royal, poltician, or billionaire is not mentioned in the Epstein files.
#life #uspol #politics #CSAM #SexOffender #felon #epsteinfiles
I may not be a millennial but I can certainly echo this sentiment. The temptation is very real. #simplicity #life
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Photo text over image of a mug of coffee: The millennial urge to delete your entire internet presence & go back to a landline, walkman and digital camera.
A distracted driver, a motorcycle crash, and the terrifying wait to see if I would ever walk again.
https://my-notes.dragas.net/2026/02/02/the-weight-of-a-millimeter/
#MyNotes #Blogging #Life #Reflections #Memories #WiFi #Hacking
Bruce Springsteen Won’t Back Down: Performs “Streets of Minneapolis” Live in Minneapolis
When the history books are written, we’ll remember the politicians, law firms, and CEOs who ...
https://www.openculture.com/2026/02/bruce-springsteen-wont-back-down-performs-streets-of-minneapolis-live-in-minneapolis.html#current-affairs #life #music
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The Weight of a Millimeter
A distracted driver, a motorcycle crash, and the terrifying wait to see if I would ever walk again.
https://my-notes.dragas.net/2026/02/02/the-weight-of-a-millimeter/
#MyNotes #Blogging #Life #Reflections #Memories #Blogging #WiFi #Hacking
The KUOW Book Club is embarking on a winter series of book talks in partnership with The Seattle Public Library this month. Our first pick is Coll Thrush's "Wrecked: Unsettling Histories from the Graveyard of the Pacific."
Thrush will join us for a live interview at the Seattle Central Library on Feb. 26. Register for free here.
https://www.kuow.org/stories/kuow-book-club-seattle-public-library-live-series-coll-thrush-wrecked
#KUOW #News #Books #Literature #Arts #ArtsAndLife #Life #History #Books
Snowy gmornin fedifam
Well, its here. Couple inches so far and still comin down.
Since I only work Sat/Sun and called in icey storm last week, I told em Id do my best to get there today..shift is 4p-12a. Ill try but if it gets silly Im just goin back home.
Stay warm and safe my fedifam
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Snow covered parking lot and apt canopy
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Weather app showing 17 degrees with moderate snow
Gmornin fedifam
Well.. Its my last full day off on this run. The weather is scheduled to be snowy single digits Sat/Sun for my work inconvenience. Ive got some concerns about my 250k mile car starting up at 4 degrees. Thatll be interesting..
Last couple days I got house cleaning, laundry, groceries and garbage taken care of, so at least the basics are covered and done.
Doin a regroup and refigure on project, but on hold till after workys.
Party On and stay warm and safe my peoples
Today's lesson in Ojibwe is:
Daashkikwadin = There is a crack in the ice
Professor Treuer has a YT channel:
I feel closely related to the Xenoturbella…
#animal #animals #life #sea #biology #science #knowledge #interesting #info #information
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Today | learned about the Xenoturbella, an organism without brain, eyes and organs with just one hole (for food to get in and out again). It just slides through the deep sea floor, existing for no clear reason.
The Scent of a Photo
My smartphone just showed me a photo, taken exactly four years ago today. I published it on the Fediverse back then, showing nothing but enthusiasm for the great takeout food we had ordered.
The truth was different.
https://my-notes.dragas.net/2026/01/28/the-scent-of-a-photo/
What was it like when #DarkEnergy rose to prominence? : Medium
#AI could be your next line #Manager : Misc
Why #Europa Might Not Have #Life After All : Misc
Latest #KnowledgeLinks
https://knowledgezone.co.in/resources/bookmarks
My smartphone just showed me a photo, taken exactly four years ago today. I published it on the Fediverse back then, showing nothing but enthusiasm for the great takeout food we had ordered.
The truth was different.
https://my-notes.dragas.net/2026/01/28/the-scent-of-a-photo/
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adventures.of.emma
Take a shower
Watch a person get murdered
Get your laundry done
Check the government's lies
Make lunch for the kids
Watch the death from a new angle
Play a quick board game
See the lies refuted
Take the dog for a walk
Argue with a stranger
Prep for a storm
Argue with a bot?
Make a pot of coffee
Make plans to help your community
Read to your kids
Wonder who will be next
We weren't meant to live like this.
What do these people actually mean when they shout that man is a machine? It is, as I’ve suggested, that human beings are ‘‘computable’’ (berechenbar), that they are not distinct from other objects in the world, in any way deserving of special respect or even attention. This then leads, at first gradually and then with exponentially increasing speed, to a view of human beings as mere objects who—no! Not who, that—can be exploited, inducted in killing machines, imprisoned, tortured, killed (providing they are ‘‘enemy combatants’’). It leads to the American military sponsoring programs to produce robot soldiers. What is then left of Norbert Wiener’s vision of the human use of human beings? And does not our world show us with utmost clarity how far we have already come?#AI #ComputerScience #human #life #TormentNexus #machinicI want here to emphasize, especially to this audience, that all this is not the fault of the computer. Guilt cannot be attributed to computers. But computers enable fantasies, many of them wonderful, but also those of people whose compulsion to play God overwhelms their ability to fathom the consequences of their attempt to turn their nightmares into reality.
Perhaps the most (in)famous and illustrious American computer scientist and acknowledged principal pioneer of the discipline now known as artificial intelligence (AI), Professor Marvin Minsky of MIT, once pronounced—a belief he still holds—that ‘‘the brain is merely a meat machine.’’ It is significant that the English language distinguishes between ‘‘flesh’’ on the one hand, and ‘‘meat’’ on the other. The latter is dead and may be eaten, thrown in the garbage, fed to pigs, and so on. Flesh, on the other hand, is living matter and, as such, deserves the respect and dignity for life of which, among others, Albert Schweitzer spoke eloquently. The word ‘‘merely’’ in Minsky’s sentence means essentially ‘‘nothing but,’’ that is, also not deserving unusual respect. His statement is a clear reflection of a profound contempt for life that, as I see it, is shared explicitly by important sectors of the AI community, the artificial intelligentsia, as well as many scientists, engineers, and ordinary people. Daniel C. Dennett, an important American philosopher, once said that we must give up our awe of life if we are to make further progress in AI.From Weizenbaum, Joseph (2007). Social and Political Impact of the Long-term History of Computing
The tipping point. #grickledoodle #minotaur #myths #maze #life #cartoon #art #drawing #funny
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A cartoon illustration of an introspective Minotaur lying in bed after his 6am alarm has just sounded. Caption reads "As his alarm sounded the Minotaur realized he had no love left for guarding the maze the rest of his life. Things needed to change."
Goood mornin fedifam
Luckily, icey storm crazy weather didnt hit as hard as it coulda, power stayed on, and my 1/2 gallon of milk lasted. lol. Currently just cold at 18F/Feels like 2F. Brrr.
Pretty much lazy day today. No gottas but I might do laundry.. maybe..
Kinda chewin on project and decidin whether to remodel and keep the big face/servos or scale down to smaller face/servos and keep the current battery stuff.. choices..
Aaaanywho..
Party On and gitcha a hot chocolate today. 😊
Looking up from reading, it strikes me that the snake plants were intentional on either side. That because I reuse soil after it lays dormant about 6 months, that some seeds made it through...the coral plants and the avocado tree.
That will be a project, replanting those. But live is #life.
Na na na na na.
(Long walk 🤣🤣🤣)
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A long grey planter, indoors, against a wall painted in Sherwyn Williams seashell, containing snake plants on either side, and an avocado tree.
Gmornin fedifam
Welp, my sleep schedule has wandered back upside down.. Im up on the wrong side of dawn..yay.. but I did get thru an Iron Chef Japan marathon..so.. I got that goin for me
Cold front comes thru today and its gonna get icy for a couple days looks like. Crossin my fingers on electricity. Ive got enuf everything for at least a week so.. bring it
Big bump on project Ill report more later.. just a big ugh.
Party On and gitcha some soup. Nice, hot soup.😁
Good mornin fedifam
Little bit project hungover this mornin.. I made an executiv e decision to use bigger servos so I had a buncha modeling to redo.. stayed up till 7am hammerin that...
Also decided to sleep on it before setting it all loose on the printer..cuz.. sleepys
My window says its bright and shiny outside so I might make a run for some stuff if I can finish coffee before the surrounding schools lock up the roads.
Party On. Ya only get one ticket so enjoy the ride..
7 unnecessary #Assumptions about #Life in the #Universe : Medium
#AI’s #Memorization #Crisis : Misc
Why Finding #Motivation Is Often Such a #Struggle : Misc
Latest #KnowledgeLinks
https://knowledgezone.co.in/resources/bookmarks
Welp fedifam, Im on weird time. Woke up from a "nap" at like 3am, stayed up 3dmodeling for a while, ate, then snoozed it out till..looks at clock..yeaaa..
Nothin major on the schedule, no gottas or even shoulds. Ill wander back to 3dmodeling after some coffee and maybe "breakfast".
Just a lazy day and Im good with that.
Party On and keep the electric blanket on..warm bed is so nice 😊
💚🧡🖤🤍💚🧡🖤🤍💚🧡🖤🤍💚🧡🖤🤍
#birds #animals #animal #nature #naturelover #naturelovers #wildlife #art #arts #artnet #life
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an image of a chickadee-type of bird, not sure what kind, maybe an oriole, orange colored with a white collar and dark eye patches, really cute, flying towards the viewer, green grass under it and blurred trees behind it
The Mechanically Perfect Lie
A loud noise outside my window brings back a memory from 2002. The night I truly could have died.
https://my-notes.dragas.net/2026/01/11/the-mechanically-perfect-lie/
A loud noise outside my window brings back a memory from 2002. The night I truly could have died.
https://my-notes.dragas.net/2026/01/11/the-mechanically-perfect-lie/
In the USA you pay tens of thousand for a degree which won't get you employed.
Now they're offering a degree which doesn't even offer an education.
https://pen.org/press-release/plato-has-been-censored-what-next/
New blog post is up! Now that I'm done looking for a job, I'm hopefully going to get back to blogging.
Ideally, it can be one of those use-your-discretion kind of situations. If only some technical elements overlap, that might be fine, we will see.
#homelab #blogging #kubernetes #update #life
https://medium.com/@a.j.longchamps/im-here-and-what-s-next-for-my-blog-4169f517b36a
Very much this.
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Jamie Bonkiewicz
Thanks for the free 7-day trial of 2026
I'd like to unsubscribe from whatever the hell this is
I hate it when folks dismiss simpler forms of life as "unintelligent." Yes, animals are very smart, but it's a mistake to think intelligence began with us! It's not about having big brains. If we want to understand what intelligence is and where it came from, we have to consider much simpler forms of intelligence, and the complex interactions between cognition and evolution.
https://thinkingwithnate.wordpress.com/2026/01/07/evolution-and-cognition/
The Virtue of Finished Things
An email asking if my software was abandoned made me realize how the ideal of completeness has disappeared from our lives. In an era of mandatory updates and disposable goods, I reflect on the value of boring software - the kind that is finished, reliable, and simply does its job.
https://my-notes.dragas.net/2026/01/06/the-virtue-of-finished-things/
An email asking if my software was abandoned made me realize how the ideal of completeness has disappeared from our lives. In an era of mandatory updates and disposable goods, I reflect on the value of boring software - the kind that is finished, reliable, and simply does its job.
https://my-notes.dragas.net/2026/01/06/the-virtue-of-finished-things/
The Universes Behind the Lights
A small domestic 'crime', a cold night walk, and the mind starts to wander...
https://my-notes.dragas.net/2026/01/01/the-universes-behind-the-lights/
#MyNotes #Blogging #FirstPostOfTheYear #PersonalReflections #Reflections #Life #People
A small domestic crime, a cold night walk, and the mind starts to wander...
https://my-notes.dragas.net/2026/01/01/the-universes-behind-the-lights/
#MyNotes #Blogging #FirstPostOfTheYear #PersonalReflections #Reflections #Life #People
The KUOW Book Club read "Positive Obsession: The Life and Times of Octavia E. Butler" by Susana M. Morris this month. Morris joined KUOW's Katie Campbell to talk about her biography of the literary legend.
https://www.kuow.org/stories/kuow-book-club-december-susana-morris-positive-obsession-the-life-and-times-of-octavia-butler-eloquent-elegant-voice-movement
#KUOW #News #Literature #ArtsAndLife #Arts #Life #Books #Books
Rigpa Australia offers courses that can help us face the challenges and big questions in #life, and an in-depth curriculum of study, reflection and practice based on the graduated stages of the #Buddhist path of awakening.
https://rigpa.org.au/
#NewYear2026 #completepath
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Complete Path
Because, in the end, we are beings whose lives are meant to gather memories and experiences.
Goodnight, world!
The Two-Pound Lifeboat
A passport photo slips from an old book on a rainy Christmas afternoon. The memory of a week stranded abroad with nothing but a two-pound paperback for company.
https://my-notes.dragas.net/2025/12/27/the-two-pound-lifeboat/
A passport photo slips from an old book on a rainy Christmas afternoon. The memory of a week stranded abroad with nothing but a two-pound paperback for company.
https://my-notes.dragas.net/2025/12/27/the-two-pound-lifeboat/
A passport photo slips from an old book on a rainy Christmas afternoon. The memory of a week stranded abroad with nothing but a two-pound paperback for company.
https://my-notes.dragas.net/2025/12/27/the-two-pound-lifeboat/
Yaaawn..
Merry Christmas Eve ya'll !!
Passed out early, woke up early, and here we are.
Lots goin on today. Work this evening, UPS says theyre bringin me 2 laptops today ($150 refurbs) and hopefully post my makertube finale on Video Rover.
The laptops are to replace my 10yr old ones for home server and workstation. Also got another router to create a no web network for tvs and other things Im tired of shoveling my info at.
I wish you and yours a happy day with laughs and smiles 😊
Goood mornin fedifam
Im on weird time since Ive been up since.. I dunno.. like 3am? I think Im gonna get out in a bit and run a quick errand and then finish my present wrapping and 3d print a custom box for another present.
Other than that play some with my rover, maybe some video games and a nap is very likely.
Party On and give yourself a little treat today. 😊
On a gray winter morning, memory drifts back to an old classroom, a stern teacher, and the thin line between mist and humidity.
The Gray Teacher
On a gray winter morning, memory drifts back to an old classroom, a stern teacher, and the thin line between mist and humidity.
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Imagine if people knocked on your door to talk about science instead of religion. "Hi, we'd just like a quick chat about the possibility of life in the atmosphere of Venus, and thought you might be interested in hearing about phosphine?"
What If I Were Twenty Again? Thoughts on My 46th Birthday
Turning 46 triggers a question: would I go back to being twenty?
https://my-notes.dragas.net/2025/12/19/what-if-i-were-twenty-again-thoughts-on-my-46th-birthday/
Asgard archaea might be the precursors to all eukaryotic life on Earth. And the proposed process is so simple, it suggests the galaxy is teeming with complex life! 🦠
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/cells-origin-of-life-asgard-archaea
#mosstodon on #limestone in my backyard.
#mosstodon #green #moss #BackyardNature #UngovernableBotany #botanical #plants #Life #Saanich #VictoriaBC #YYJ #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #PNW #WorldInMyEyes #nature #NatureLovers #NatureFindsAWay #biodiversity
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Close-up of a weathered, mottled limestone rock face with diverse moss growth. Patches of vibrant green, feathery moss and darker, clumped moss with reddish-brown seed heads grow across the light gray, textured surface of the rock. A small, dark hole is visible in the rock, and water droplets glisten on the surface.
I'm not too sure that there is complete honesty in advertising here: over one hundred and thirty years of experience in digital work?
Seen in Bremen, Germany
#life #advertising #digital #technology #Bremen #Germany
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A storefront in Bremen, Germany, with visual advertising which reads: "Alles Wichtige digital erledigen. Über 130 Jahre Erfahrung" translated as: "Complete all important things digitally. Over 130 years experience."
Just an Old Sign
The waiting room was full, but a forgotten sign made me feel suddenly alone. Revisiting a moment when life happened all at once, leaving marks that took time to heal.
It's name is LUCA and it's the ancester of every living thing on Earth and lived 4.2 Billion years ago 🙂
My #QuoteSharing for today:
"We thought of life by analogy with a journey, a pilgrimage, which had a serious purpose at the end, and the thing was to get to that end, success or whatever it is, maybe heaven after you’re dead. But we missed the point the whole way along. It was a musical thing and you were supposed to sing or to dance while the music was being played."
— Alan Watts
Really is there anything more threatening than armed white men checking personal details and papers before allowing entry into a toilet in Texas?
#life #uspol #uspolitics #texas #ICE #NationalGuard #misogyny
Re-imagined this piece...I like the emotion the blue watercolor created...Letting Go.
ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/letting-go-inspirational-tree-art-sharon-cummings.html
#lettinggo #healing #healingjourney #art #artwork #landscape #landscapes #tree #trees #colorful #colorfulart #artist #artists #watercolor #handmade #handmadeart #SharonCummingsArt #inspiration #inspirational #motivation #motivational #wordsofwisdom #lifelessons #life #freedom #maple #mapleleafs #mapleleaf #leaf #leaves
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Colorful maple tree with blue watercolor background in a decor setting by artist Sharon Cummings.
Seattleites are readers, and if you have one on your holiday shopping list, this is what other Seattle readers recommend.
https://www.kuow.org/stories/holiday-gift-guide-books-ditch-gift-cards-gimmicks-seattle-readers
#KUOW #News #Books #Life #Holidays #Literature #Arts #ArtsAndLife #Books
A day in the life of a cat
#life #animals #cat #caturday #mastocats #catsofmastodon #catcontent
TODAY is Human Rights Day
“To deny people their human rights
is to challenge their very humanity.”
~Nelson Mandela.
#compassion #WeAreOne #today #ubuntuus #IAmBecauseWeAre #dontgiveup #believeinyourself #selfcompassion #life #InclusionMatters #kindness #charterforcompassion #bewegingvanbarmhartigheid #MakeADifference #letloverulepeacetree #share #CompassionInPolitics #WithCompassion #SpeakUp #HumanRightsDay #NelsonMandela #humanity
Image by Falco
Source: Unsplash
Charter for Compassion
People are nicer than you think
We consistently underestimate how much other people like us, and it may be hurting our social lives.
https://www.vox.com/life/471602/loneliness-fix-new-friends#even-better #life #relationships
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an illustrated hand reaching out with a pink rose
I found this funny. credit https://www.threeboy.com/
#sysadmin #technology #life #jobs
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A comic strip titled "TrueNuff Heck Support"
Jay is IT person and when looking at the coworker monitor, he yells "NO," when asked, "JAY, CAN I INSTALL ...?"
Jay walks away from a female coworker who says, "I THINK MY COMPUTER NEEDS ....," to which he replies, "IT DOESN'T."
Another coworker shouts, "HEY! WHY'S MY COMPUTER BROKEN AGAIN?" Jay yells back, "BECAUSE YOU DOWNLOAD DUMB SHIT."
Later, Jay is relaxing on a couch playing video games. Another person asks him, "HOW WAS WORK?" Jay, holding a bottle, smiles and replies, "AWESOME."
Employee of a client calls me, absolutely furious. She has just arrived at the office and her laptop will not connect to the wifi. Clearly this network is broken. I suggest a couple of tests, like checking whether the network shows up (it does not) and trying a cable connection (nothing happens). So I timidly suggest checking whether there is actually power in the office, since there is construction going on. Boom. No power. She then asks me where the switch is to turn it back on. I have no idea, of course. Their electrical system is not exactly my responsibility. She snaps at me, asks why they even pay me, and hangs up with enough force that I can almost feel it.
I grin, although slightly annoyed. Luckily the people who work with her are nothing like that.
Half an hour later she calls again, apologizing deeply for how she treated me. She tells me she had a very rough night and even shares the details. Nearly thirty minutes on the phone, venting. Out of respect I will not retell anything, but she really should have stayed home today. She deserved it. She just did not want to tell her managers because she feared they would think she only wanted a longer weekend after yesterday’s holiday.
But her managers are not fools, and they immediately sent her home to rest and take care of her loved ones.
Too often honest people like her pay the price for those who act sly or arrogant. It is not fair, but the smart ones can tell the difference. Not always, but quite often.