MoebiusLord the Flatulent wrote:
Good to see you again Mike. Haven't had the benefit of your calm and even keeled demeanor lately.
Thanks - nice to be missed. Been busy. Work has been nasty lately. New director, reorg, etc. To top it off, we have a new problem source that the locals have been organizing against (I'm at an air pollution control agency).
It seems that the neighbors of a local mortuary are upset at the night-time operations of the crematory (can't say I blame them). They want the crematory shut down - we have legal restrictions - not enough people to qualify the situation as a "public nuisance" - they only operate at night and we don't have the budget for "after-hours" surveillance or complaint response - et cetera, et cetera, et cetera...
The few neighbors affected are frustrated (again - I don't blame them) and are now complaining to other agencies... ABOUT US. So now we have to do 10X the paperwork responding to questions from other agencies...
Back to the grind - carry on - ummm.... oh yeah!
You know what they say, "Once You Go Bald, You'll Never Go Back!"