Day 221 - what we have here is a failure to communicate

 Today is the 4th day of the 32nd week, the 9th day of the 8th month, the 221st day of 2023, and:

• Book Lovers Day
• Independence Day - Singapore from Malaysia in 1965
• International Coworking Day
• International Day of the World's Indigenous People
• National Hand Holding Day
• National Passion Fruit Day
• National Polka Day
• National Psychiatric Technician Appreciation Day
• National Rice Pudding Day
• Veep Day
• World Calligraphy Day

Quote of the day:

"What you see and hear depends a good deal on where you are standing: it also depends on what sort of person you are."

~ CS Lewis, The Magician’s Nephew

I am not communicating very well these past couple of days.  I'm okay when talking about work related items, but fall apart quickly when dealing with anything of a personal level.  Managed to piss off bossman by first asking to take PTO, then changing it to WFH, then leaving the office early to rush home because they were working on my door right that moment, then texting a picture of the door wide open to the entire group.  Definitely overkill, definitely unprofessional, definitely nothing I can do about it now, other than plan to go into the office an extra day next week.   Shouldn't be necessary, but since bosmman has apparently flagged me as the one in his direct reports most reluctant to be in the office, I'll have to suck it up and do it.

At least the door's fixed  - the guy had to replace the hinges and the internal lock mechanism, and had to leave the door unlocked as he went back and forth, but I was here so it was okay.  The dent where the fireman struck it needs to be smoothed out, and then it will need to be repainted.

Because Japan failed to surrender immediately after Hiroshima,  my country decided to drop another atomic bomb.  Nagasaki was devastated when an atomic bomb, Fat Man, is dropped by the United States B-29 Bockscar. Thirty-five thousand people were killed outright, including 23,200–28,200 Japanese war workers, 2,000 Korean forced workers, and 150 Japanese soldiers.  I've always thought dropping the first bomb was morally dubious, but dropping the second one when we knew what damage it would do seems indefensible to me.  The hypothetical lives dropping it saved do not stack up against the very real human toll the bomb took, in my not so humble opinion....

What makes one person's position, or perspective, more valid than another's?  Is it just power - the power of a boss, the power of weaponry?  I hope not.  I hope that reason and morality factor in rather than capitalism and an "us VS them" mentality.  Of course I had hoped to win the lottery too....