I had fun once. It was awful.

I don’t work in an office any more, but I’m doing a happy dance over this ruling in France. I never liked feeling worried that my disinterest in certain kinds of office fun would hurt my career. (I had plenty of fun in the office, but it was my fun with the colleagues who shared my sense of humor.)

The Right Not to Be Fun at Work
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/the-right-not-to-be-fun-at-work

In another win for workplace dignity, one of [France’s] highest courts recently suggested that businesses cannot force their employees to participate in office parties and other supposedly enjoyable activities.
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the court held that Monsieur T. had no obligation to attend retreats and Friday apéros. In fact, his bosses’ expectation that he join in violated his freedom of expression. Call it, as Arte did, “the right not to be fun.”

One to-do item accomplished

The lazy person’s way to check items off your to-do list:

My house phone wasn‘t working. When one called it, one got a busy signal. Standard troubleshooting methods didn’t yield any results. I put an item on my to-do list to call the provider, then I switched to voicemail in the cloud. I was able to receive messages that way.

Several years pass…

Today my housekeeper is here and I hear a phone ringing. I think it’s her phone, but she doesn’t pick up and then I realize it’s my house phone. My answering machine still works. I haven’t changed the outgoing message since Aahz left. 😿

One to-do item accomplished!