Today I Consign To Hell -the All Saints version

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  • finelinefineline Shipmate, Host Emeritus
    I think the kind of thing CK is describing is what we had in the sixth form, but we had a simplified version, no doubt, without engineers or social media. But it was about constructing something, and needed maths to solve it. It was just a written answer needed, I think, rather than an actual construction. And we didn't subvert it. But the idea was to see how we communicate and who takes what role and what approaches everyone takes to solving a problem. And then we had a personality test thing, and I remember I was a 'completer,' which I think was because I answered that I handed my homework in on time!
  • ClimacusClimacus Shipmate
    edited September 2018
    See, I do get the "problem" exercise. And while it's not my preferred style I could go with it. But I am led to believe these are individual efforts where we build something to reflect those questions... And then talk about it (sorry, not "to it" :smile: ). I don't see the point.

    But I should give it a go. I'm just annoyed we're spending hours on this and less than an hour on actually planning for the year ahead...on a planning retreat! That plays into my frustration with it. I'm usually the positive one at these things!
  • finelinefineline Shipmate, Host Emeritus
    Maybe the idea is that you will naturally build the lego in your own way, using all the strategies and priorities you apply to life in general, but in a fun environment, so you can feel free to observe yourself and your ways without feeling the need to conform to someone else's idea of how a person should work, because it's just a fun lego thing. I would see it that way - so I wouldn't answer the questions beforehand, but just go and build something out of lego, and then think about how I approached it in relation to what the questions are asking, and talk about that. Go there and decide that your lego construction will be something fun and attention-grabbing, and then build it with that in mind.
  • Lamb ChoppedLamb Chopped Shipmate
    edited September 2018
    I generally do something really abstract and OUT THERE and, when asked to explain, come up with some impressive psychobabble to explain what is really me just being an ass. But you don't stick a bored PhD on such games without running this kind of risk. (The hardest part is keeping a straight face)
  • I need your creativity, LC.

    Thanks fineline; good advice.
  • Curiosity killedCuriosity killed Shipmate
    edited September 2018
    OK, it sounds as if what you are getting is LEGO® BuildToExpress™ which is something I've come across in special needs education. Those sets are no longer available from LEGO®, but the Nurture Group is continuing to sell their own version called Nurture ABC™ apparently building on the LEGO® Education’s 4C approach to learning. I'd engage in a workshop teaching me the use of this technique, with some of the practice questions. This, not so much. BuildToExpress™ is used to give young people another way of expressing ideas, concepts and feelings .

    (My daughter's experience was a complete subversion from the intention of that workshop, but the conference organiser was so delighted by the way it was going with the normally isolated engineering groups all discussing a current problem together he overruled the workshop leader and let it run. It didn't do much for discussion of the difficulties of engineers communicating with management, although some of the managers did take away some useful insights, which was the original purported purpose. Others took away that engineers made no sense.)
  • You could subvert it by bringing along a large box of Meccano, not that anyone has that these days ...
  • Or Bayko - remember that, anyone?
  • Baptist TrainfanBaptist Trainfan Shipmate
    edited September 2018
    Yes ... highly dangerous with all those little rods sticking up and ready to poke your eye out or stab your finger! But I really enjoyed it.
  • la vie en rougela vie en rouge Purgatory Host, Circus Host
    What type of leadership do you prefer?

    Totalitarianism (provided that you get to be the dictator, of course). Use the lego to build a big gawdy statue of yourself.
  • Using the Orange bricks, of course....
    :grimace:

    IJ
  • Today I consign to hell the manufacturers of a very good potato peeler purchased in ASDA. they had thoughtfully protected less mentally-competent purchasers of said implement by covering the peeling blade in blue sticky plastic - which proved impossible to remove except with a sharp knife, a scouring pad and a lot of elbow grease. Any Little Old Lady would certainly have but her fingers to ribbons :rage:
  • TICTH venues where valet parking is non-optional -- and then dealing with a totally incompetent valet company who did not hire enough people, and those they did hire didn't have a clue what they were doing. I had to wait 20 minutes for my car, but then they blocked me in with an unclaimed car -- and when I finally got going (and needed some calm classical music to calm me down), I had lost all of my radio pre-sets! (Needless to say, the tip money I had earlier pulled out of my wallet went right back in my wallet.)
    :rage:
  • I suspect this middle-aged man would also have ribboned fingers, Intrepid Mrs S.

    Non-optional valet parking. Wow.

    Oh, mecano! And thank you la vie en rouge and BF. The organiser has said he is personally making wooden trophies to hand out... I think this is getting a bit bigger than needed. I'm not competitive at all but I can see this going that way...
  • LeoLeo Shipmate
    Printers which seize up when paper gets stuck and there is no accesss to the place whic h needs sorting.
  • Workmen who don't tell you the whole story even when specifically asked. The new boiler has been installed but now the gas pipe has to be replaced. That can't be done this week. It probably can't be done at all unless I can clear out the garage, which is stacked floor to ceiling with late OH's junk. If they had warned me this was a possibility when I asked them what the worst case scenario was, I would have waited until next year, since the old boiler was still working.
  • Leo wrote: »
    Printers which seize up when paper gets stuck and there is no accesss to the place whic h needs sorting.

    And photocopiers where you can't open up every bit.
  • Or our photocopier at work that has phantom paper jams, and just likes to be touched by opening and closing a tray or door -- then it works.
  • HuiaHuia Shipmate
    There was a similar attention seeking photocopier at the school where I last volunteered.
  • LeoLeo Shipmate
    Leo wrote: »
    Printers which seize up when paper gets stuck and there is no accesss to the place whic h needs sorting.

    Thought of the misprint of Psalm 119 'Printers have persecuted me without a cause.
  • HuiaHuia Shipmate
    Nice one Leo.
  • TICTH people who cannot park sensibly. I returned from the allotment to the car park to find that one car had parked behind me and one in front of me, thus blocking me in. Luckily SWMBO was close enough to pick me up so went home, had lunch, came back. One car had gone and been replaced by - oh person with a heart! - a car with someone waiting in it in case it needed moving. May blessings fall upon them. And may shit fall upon the dickheads who blocked me in in the first place - both VAG drivers, I note. Hmm...

    AG
  • LeoLeo Shipmate
    People who look the other way when sitting in a disabled seat on a bus when a disabled person gets on.
  • They'll soon look your way if you (a) address them in a LOUD VOICE (politely, of course), or (b) poke them with your walking-stick.

    But yes, I would cheerfully CTTH too.

    IJ
  • My pc, for repeatedly crashing on the first day of my academic year, including when I was in an online planning meeting. My other half says it is a hardware issue and I need a new pc. In 2 weeks time my online tutorials start.
    On the upside, I’m getting a new pc.
  • Printers. Any make. Will they communicate? Will they "other place"
  • Fredegund wrote: »
    Printers. Any make. Will they communicate? Will they "other place"

    The error message "Cannot locate printer". I can see the printer, even without my specs. It is less than three feet away and the wifi lights on the laptop and the printer are flashing merrily. Both items run correctly alone but the magic of Marconi seems to have passed them by.
  • KarlLBKarlLB Shipmate
    sionisais wrote: »
    Fredegund wrote: »
    Printers. Any make. Will they communicate? Will they "other place"

    The error message "Cannot locate printer". I can see the printer, even without my specs. It is less than three feet away and the wifi lights on the laptop and the printer are flashing merrily. Both items run correctly alone but the magic of Marconi seems to have passed them by.

    "have you tried turning it off and turning it on again?"
  • KarlLBKarlLB Shipmate
    On the computer front - Microsoft inserting the XBox live app even into Server versions of the Windows OS - along with loads of other shite I have to dig out of the deployment image .wim file. Who imagines for a moment a large enterprise wants a load of card games installed on every desktop? Really?
  • My printer doesn't like to connect with the computer either. It's OK when printing, but for some reason refuses to do it when scanning - I have to physically connect the two with a USB cable for that. Most odd.
  • I have to use the computer settings to scan, not the printer scan settings. Then they'll talk to each other.
  • Picoprep. The (turn away if you're eating) bowel discharging solution one must drink before a colonoscopy. I get some medicine is unpleasant, but surely they could come up with an apple or orange flavour? Vomiting then dry retching all morning and just before I was put under was a nice side effect.

    Oh well. Done for now.
  • KarlLB wrote: »
    sionisais wrote: »
    Fredegund wrote: »
    Printers. Any make. Will they communicate? Will they "other place"

    The error message "Cannot locate printer". I can see the printer, even without my specs. It is less than three feet away and the wifi lights on the laptop and the printer are flashing merrily. Both items run correctly alone but the magic of Marconi seems to have passed them by.

    "have you tried turning it off and turning it on again?"

    Yes, sometimes it does the trick. But why only sometimes? Why should a lump of metal, plastic and silicon act like a teenager?
  • Because people barely older than teenage were responsible for the firmware/software and knew no different?
  • KarlLBKarlLB Shipmate
    Programming random behaviour into kit would actually be quite an achievement. The problem is that failures can occur in any of the links in a chain - between the scanner and computer is the scanner's WiFi connection, the router, your computer's WiFi connection, the services used to connect whatever app you're using with the WiFi... depending what's gone wrong, different bits may need restarting.

    And then you've got why one of these components broke in the first place - perhaps the scanning service can be caused to crash by a buggy mouse driver but only if you double -click with the mouse pointer at the edge of the screen, or other such weirdness.
  • Life insurance company employees whose conference calls and team meetings are more important than communicating with the survivors whose policies they hold. Up to my ears in phone calls and emails and voice mails - none of which are getting my questions answered before my 11 a.m. meeting in 35 minutes.
  • People using up my text space time to inform me how I should vote. I am an adult I can read all I need to know about the issues, and people. Bug off.
  • PigletPiglet All Saints Host, Circus Host
    TICTH the television channel that's showing back-to-back Star Wars films all chuffing weekend, and (not really!) the husband who insists it be left on even though he's either reading a book or (more usually) asleep.

    If I never see one of those ******* films again, it'll still be way too soon.

    :rage: :rage: :rage:
  • I am sorry to the Lego devotees but our Lego activities for day 1 bored me shitless. It started with make a duck out of 7 pieces then one out of 4. The purpose, of course, to show us we think differently. What a revelation. It went downhill after that and I found myself describing my perfect Wednesday as Lego man at his desk surrounded by six foot (relative) walls and everyone just leaving me alone to get on with it. Worryingly, this was acclaimed.

    The gratitude activity (write something encouraging and positive about someone, anonymously) had a bump. The praise was flowing for each other, spirits soared and heads expanded. Until one person's was read out: "Keep up the good work". Ouch.

    Another set of Lego activities beckons... I walked through the canola to the old cemetery, scaring scores of kangaroos, after I woke up which has improved my mood. It is beautiful here at least.

    To those who like Serious Lego Play, or Lego itself, I am not meaning to criticise you. I just think the execution is leaving something to be desired. I am a sad sack who wants a work retreat to give useful outcomes. And I am just not a games person. If I had an alternative activity I'd be happier.
  • RossweisseRossweisse Hell Host, 8th Day Host, Glory
    Today I consign to hell the home health care company that has to evaluate my physical condition and my house before I can hire aides through my long-term care insurance or make the changes needed so that I can stay here. It's been over a week since I was sentenced to a wheelchair, and I still haven't heard from them, even to make an appointment.

  • {{ Adds fuel to the fire they are sitting on }}

    I know many health-cares are for-profit, but the way they behave to people in need is terrible.
  • RossweisseRossweisse Hell Host, 8th Day Host, Glory
    I have been told that they're just overbooked and therefore slow. It doesn't make it easier to wait for them to call.
  • Not on the level of Ross' complaint, but people who schedule meetings for one-on-ones when you clearly have the time booked in your calendar already. Then you tell them you are busy from 12:30 to 14:00, as per my calendar, so they then book a meeting from 11:00 to 13:00.

    :gah:
  • TICTH the human body and all its attendant failings. Whose bright idea was it to invent this exact mixture of chemicals and moving parts that barely anybody can make use of to its full potential before it inevitably falls to bits.

    Gah.

    In my next life I'm coming back as a rosebush.
  • You'll get Rust, Greenfly, Thrips ..,.
  • You'll get Rust, Greenfly, Thrips ..,.

    ... as well as humans lopping off branches.

  • But that's supposed to be good for you.

    Jesus said so.
  • PigletPiglet All Saints Host, Circus Host
    "If thine rosebud offend thee ..."?
  • Piglet wrote: »
    "If thine rosebud offend thee ..."?

    ...thou mightest still be in a mess without it....
  • HuiaHuia Shipmate
    TICTH the human body and all its attendant failings.

    Parkinson's :rage:

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