gibbo_ap Posted February 17, 2011 Posted February 17, 2011 so last night the missus moaned i didnt tell her about work. i started to go in to a lil detail of what i had been doing and i got to the so guess how i fixed it line to be greeted with "zzzzzzzzzz" charmin i tell thee 2
pooley Posted February 17, 2011 Posted February 17, 2011 My Mrs doesn't ask me about work and I don't ask about hers! Nice 'n quiet in my house
elsiegee40 Posted February 17, 2011 Posted February 17, 2011 My OH never wants to hear about work either, but then again I don't find the finer points of Accountancy particularly exciting either!
Iain.Faulkner Posted February 17, 2011 Posted February 17, 2011 It's the same in our house as well, but in fairness my other half is a Teacher so it's not often I want to hear about the lessons she's been teaching :-) although having said that she does come in handy when pitching ideas for our school :-)
X-13 Posted February 17, 2011 Posted February 17, 2011 I don't have a Mrs. So I don't have this problem. Although I do have family that tell me I'm annoying them when I start talking about work. I think everyone gets it to some degree. Good thing you have us Edugeeks to talk to. So... Did you do anything interesting today?
Pyroman Posted February 17, 2011 Posted February 17, 2011 I don't have a Mrs. So I don't have this problem. Although I do have family that tell me I'm annoying them when I start talking about work. I think everyone gets it to some degree. Good thing you have us Edugeeks to talk to. So... Did you do anything interesting today? Today? It'd half 8 in the morning, my only acievement so far is getting out of bed and making a cup of tea!
Sirbendy Posted February 17, 2011 Posted February 17, 2011 Jem's an Ex Edutech, now a webdev, and harmony is achieved by not mentioning work..plus I don't want to teach DD bad language..such memorable lines as "aargh! What a day. "x" has been a total cockerel today. Don't ask me about "y" either - bunch of self pleasurers" etc.. I normally vent it on the car..nothing shifts stubborn bolts like a breaker bar with some annoyance behind it..heh.
Hightower Posted February 17, 2011 Posted February 17, 2011 Me and the missus quite often talk about work. Some Friday nights we turn the tele on, crack open the wine, and get talking about what has happened that week at work. Then we find it's midnight and can't remember anything from what has been playing in the background on the tele. Good stuff, wouldn't have it any other way. My missus is my best friend so if I can't vent to her, who can I vent to?!
witch Posted February 17, 2011 Posted February 17, 2011 mrwITch and I talk about work all the time - as a geek himself he is very helpful and I try to be equally as helpful to him - sometimes I don't understand what he is going on about (what IS a software technical architect anyway!) - but I do my best.
Domino Posted February 17, 2011 Posted February 17, 2011 what IS a software technical architect anyway! Sure he's not just been telling you he's an STA? and means 'Space-Time Anomaly"? 1
jamesb Posted February 17, 2011 Posted February 17, 2011 I'd love to have someone to talk to about work - unfortunately no one I talk with on a regular basis (face-to-face) can follow what I'm doing for more than a few minutes at most. It doesn't help that that includes the people I work with, so I have to talk in a simplified overview style and can't just chat about the technical aspects with anyone.
witch Posted February 17, 2011 Posted February 17, 2011 I'd love to have someone to talk to about work - unfortunately no one I talk with on a regular basis (face-to-face) can follow what I'm doing for more than a few minutes at most. It doesn't help that that includes the people I work with, so I have to talk in a simplified overview style and can't just chat about the technical aspects with anyone. Except us, of course! - I know that isnt face-to-face but maybe you could meet up with someone local to you for a drink and a techie chat?
JPS Posted February 17, 2011 Posted February 17, 2011 Well you can imagine the conversation at the dinner table at mine, my sister is a teacher, my mum is a teacher, my dad was a teacher and I was a teacher... hmmm.
jamesb Posted February 17, 2011 Posted February 17, 2011 Except us, of course! - I know that isnt face-to-face but maybe you could meet up with someone local to you for a drink and a techie chat? Good point. I've actually managed to find a .NET user group nearby, and will be going to that next week so I'm keeping my fingers crossed. Otherwise of course, anyone in the Woking/Guildford area who can put up with a few rants about security practices, SharePoint, user management and suchlike in exchange for a beer or two?
Rydra Posted February 17, 2011 Posted February 17, 2011 Sure he's not just been telling you he's an STA? and means 'Space-Time Anomaly"? Not quite right Domino. I suspect STA actually stands for Star Trek Anorak!
LosOjos Posted February 17, 2011 Posted February 17, 2011 Well you can imagine the conversation at the dinner table at mine, my sister is a teacher, my mum is a teacher, my dad was a teacher and I was a teacher... hmmm. So presumably you sit around talking about how rubbish and weird techies are
GrumbleDook Posted February 17, 2011 Posted February 17, 2011 Well you can imagine the conversation at the dinner table at mine, my sister is a teacher, my mum is a teacher, my dad was a teacher and I was a teacher... hmmm. My wife is a teacher, works at the school I used to work at, with a lot of people I know (even some of the new folk who have joined since I left ... including the Principal) ... and she is now very geeky too. She gets all geeky about computers and problems and I rant about the lack of educational change through technology in some schools. And then we watch Glee!
CAM Posted February 17, 2011 Posted February 17, 2011 "So what do you do for a living?" I get as far as School Data Manager and people immediately lose interest. 1
witch Posted February 17, 2011 Posted February 17, 2011 If any of you knew mrwITch you would know that Space Time Anomaly is probably pretty close a perfect description of him..
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