Awww… and I was looking forward to seeing what the glowing green eyes were in the background….(insert crying emoji as I am not sure how to type that out)
I dunno, getting up early enough to be on the road so that you can start work at the stroke of 6:00am was pretty awful… ok, VERY awful. And driving down I-94 from Willmette to Gary, well, yeah, pretty much pure hell.
I’m in bed until 7:45-8am. And work at 9. This is normal. But I also don’t have a kid so…that’s a thing. But I still don’t recall waking up before 6, even in high school, where the bus comes before 7. 6 is an ungodly and unholy hour to be awake.
I ran across a video that purported to show how different people need different sleep schedules, via scientific data. *nod nod*
It divided humanity into four types, named after animals, like Wolf and Bear and Dolphin or whatever (the Dolphin’s the quirky one, supposedly).
One of them was basically “baseline human”: Get up at like 7 a.m., get ready for work, use these tricks to get you on your feet, etc. etc.
One was an early bird, always gets to bed super early, should be up at like 5 a.m., get a lot done before it’s time to head out. Fair enough.
I was expecting the other two to be “Late” (as in, wake up at 11 a.m. or later) and “Sporadic/Fluctuating.” Nope.
The collective “you should wake up at this time” varied… from 5 a.m. to 8 a.m., or thereabouts. Because it’s inconceivable that anyone would fall outside that basic schedule.
This is when I realized that while they were trying to assert some scientific basis for these patterns, what they were really asserting was how to get people with different sleep schedules to all get up in time for a 9–5 job. Because it’s inconceivable for anyone to be better equipped to work swing or graveyard (even though society runs on having swing and graveyard shifts, especially with our 24/7 convenience stores, various security jobs, medical care, police and firemen who need to be available in the middle of the night…). Or to be best equipped for an at-home, make-your-own-hours job where you just need to get a certain amount of work done in a timely manner and it doesn’t matter which hours you use to get there.
There’s some scientific backing for the concept of Early Birds vs. Night Owls — our brains are different. And there’s some evolutionary benefit to having a certain percentage of people be awake to guard the camp during the night. No reason to think that 100% of people ought to be on a schedule that naturally matches the time the sun is in the sky.
Also, the video basically gave the same advice for each group, slightly tailored: Drink a glass of water, work out or take a walk to get the blood pumping. I think there was a difference in diet (eating a certain type of food to work with your biology), but I figure that’s highly suspect given all the rest of the questionable data.
Does make me wonder, though, if different bodies (that need different diets) correlate to different schedules (that need different hours). If you have a high-fat, low-muscle body (Type A from Michael Thurmond’s divisions), then cutting carbs is good, but does that imply that you ought to be on this or that schedule? All Type A bodies, everywhere? That seems quite unlikely.
May not know that she has a kid. Back in the dark ages, (say the 70’s and 80’s) the “experts” used to advise women not to mention anything family-related in an interview with a possible exception if you were single and childless.
How you look at 0600 depends on which end of the day you’re looking from, for me 0600 is just about bedtime. So I can escape the evil daystar and slow internet connections by working through the night.
Extending deepest sympathy, and acknowledgement that you ssseeeeem to have come through with your sanity in tact. I think you should get a get out of hell free card for that. (Plus $200)
I know Andi needs the job badly, but this is a BIG HONKING RED FLAG.
It’s less a test of her “flexibility” and more a test of “how desperate is this person to get this job and how badly will we be able to get away with treating her?”
So I’m guessing Andi doesn’t read Ask A Manager.
Andi should really read Ask A Manager. *wince*
Awww… and I was looking forward to seeing what the glowing green eyes were in the background….(insert crying emoji as I am not sure how to type that out)
I’m sure the eyes are nothing to worry about today.[/sarcasm]
Generally a crying emoticon is typed out as one of the following:
T.T
T-T
T_T
TT.TT
TT-TT
TT_TT
QQ is also acceptable.
QQ
qq
Q.Q
q.q
I feel weird, or maybe a weeb. Or maybe old. While I recognize the previous crying emojis, I always imagined as ;_; or ;.;. I prefer ;_;.
This is a dumb thing to do.
Also is that a knitted cap or just another of Andi’s hairdos.
Looks like a knitted cap to me.
Amanda needs to not start anything this morning…seriously.
Yes,… abandonment issues aside, there is such a thing as “Persona non grata”, and what is English for Haus Verbot?
Andi needs a job that pays well, but alone single Moms’ need regular hours more than more flexible groupings.
I’m pretty sure it’s not actually Satan o’clock until 7:06 AM (6:00 + 0:66).
…and Todd proves yet again that he is awesome guy.
For once in her life, Amanda has never been more right.
Waking up at six in the morning is a trend put forth by the Devil himself.
Agreed.
I dunno, getting up early enough to be on the road so that you can start work at the stroke of 6:00am was pretty awful… ok, VERY awful. And driving down I-94 from Willmette to Gary, well, yeah, pretty much pure hell.
Heavens to Betsy, people. How else are you going to get to work on time if you are still in bed after 6?
I’m in bed until 7:45-8am. And work at 9. This is normal. But I also don’t have a kid so…that’s a thing. But I still don’t recall waking up before 6, even in high school, where the bus comes before 7. 6 is an ungodly and unholy hour to be awake.
I ran across a video that purported to show how different people need different sleep schedules, via scientific data. *nod nod*
It divided humanity into four types, named after animals, like Wolf and Bear and Dolphin or whatever (the Dolphin’s the quirky one, supposedly).
One of them was basically “baseline human”: Get up at like 7 a.m., get ready for work, use these tricks to get you on your feet, etc. etc.
One was an early bird, always gets to bed super early, should be up at like 5 a.m., get a lot done before it’s time to head out. Fair enough.
I was expecting the other two to be “Late” (as in, wake up at 11 a.m. or later) and “Sporadic/Fluctuating.” Nope.
The collective “you should wake up at this time” varied… from 5 a.m. to 8 a.m., or thereabouts. Because it’s inconceivable that anyone would fall outside that basic schedule.
This is when I realized that while they were trying to assert some scientific basis for these patterns, what they were really asserting was how to get people with different sleep schedules to all get up in time for a 9–5 job. Because it’s inconceivable for anyone to be better equipped to work swing or graveyard (even though society runs on having swing and graveyard shifts, especially with our 24/7 convenience stores, various security jobs, medical care, police and firemen who need to be available in the middle of the night…). Or to be best equipped for an at-home, make-your-own-hours job where you just need to get a certain amount of work done in a timely manner and it doesn’t matter which hours you use to get there.
There’s some scientific backing for the concept of Early Birds vs. Night Owls — our brains are different. And there’s some evolutionary benefit to having a certain percentage of people be awake to guard the camp during the night. No reason to think that 100% of people ought to be on a schedule that naturally matches the time the sun is in the sky.
Also, the video basically gave the same advice for each group, slightly tailored: Drink a glass of water, work out or take a walk to get the blood pumping. I think there was a difference in diet (eating a certain type of food to work with your biology), but I figure that’s highly suspect given all the rest of the questionable data.
Does make me wonder, though, if different bodies (that need different diets) correlate to different schedules (that need different hours). If you have a high-fat, low-muscle body (Type A from Michael Thurmond’s divisions), then cutting carbs is good, but does that imply that you ought to be on this or that schedule? All Type A bodies, everywhere? That seems quite unlikely.
That was very interesting. If you post the name of the video or research, I’ll look it up. (Skylark: with night owl mate. Ugh)
So that potential boss knows you have a kid, and still calls you for an interview early in the morning? Asshole.
May not know that she has a kid. Back in the dark ages, (say the 70’s and 80’s) the “experts” used to advise women not to mention anything family-related in an interview with a possible exception if you were single and childless.
How you look at 0600 depends on which end of the day you’re looking from, for me 0600 is just about bedtime. So I can escape the evil daystar and slow internet connections by working through the night.
I used to get up at 515 the BUS for high school picked me up at 6.
Extending deepest sympathy, and acknowledgement that you ssseeeeem to have come through with your sanity in tact. I think you should get a get out of hell free card for that. (Plus $200)
I know Andi needs the job badly, but this is a BIG HONKING RED FLAG.
It’s less a test of her “flexibility” and more a test of “how desperate is this person to get this job and how badly will we be able to get away with treating her?”