I work in a public school district and i visit about a dozen different schools. Bosses are making us share our calendars, thinking they’ll be able to track us and catch us doing something wrong. I’m planning to add “started my period” every couple of weeks. Are there other good outlook tricks to fuck with them?

ETA- This is my work calendar, not my personal calendar. I know that seems reasonable but it’s being done as a petty micromanagement tactic. There are about 20 of us in my department who drive from school to school every day working with kids with physical disabilities. They don’t just want to know when we’re in meetings - they want every minute of our day to be accounted for - 8 to 830 school A, 840 to 11 school B, etc. I go to 14 schools. If my kid at school A is absent or if i get a call from school J that i need to stop by to fix a wheelchair, am I supposed to pull over and update my calendar so they can find me? I could spend an hour a day in parking lots editing my calendar. Most days i eat lunch in my car between schools. Last year they made a rule that we can’t carry to-go cups because it looks like we have enough free time to drive thru Starbucks. It’s just to be controlling.

  • @[email protected]
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    128 months ago

    Throw in a abortion appointment in there from time to time, and maybe a STD full check up. Maybe a " retry to get gun license." And maybe once or twice a month put The unholy orgy on a weekend.

    • @[email protected]
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      “That Eyes Wide Shut party.”

      “Anal cleanse”

      “Oral Cleanse”

      “Facial with boyfriend”

      “Facial with trainer”

      “Bestie massage”

      “FBI interview”

      “EOD license review”

      “Meet with handler”

      “DOL debrief of investigation”

      “Oral argument with Boyfriend”

      “DEEP tissue massage with other boyfriend”

      “Knitting”

      “” “Knitting” "

      “Bad Dragon review due”

      “Bible Study”

      “Struggle Snuggle”

      “Train(stretch before, and during)”

      “BBC show party”

      “Prayer with elderly”

      “That thing with horses”

      “Doctor visit after horse thing”

      “Followup about the prolapse”

      “Oncology appt”

      “shave head?”

      “Wig shopping?”

      “Meet with lawyer about will”

      “Tell BF”

      “Tell sir”

      “Talk with pastor/confession?”

      “Record video for (insert kid name here)”

      • @[email protected]
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        28 months ago

        You can’t just write BD review. You have to tell us which toy you got and how much you enjoyed it?

    • @[email protected]OP
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      128 months ago

      Many people have quit and sent letters to the school board on their way out. I’ll include “Dinner with ___ (rotating list of people who have asked the board to fire her).”

  • @[email protected]
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    168 months ago

    Just have a work calendar for your working hours, don’t put anything personal on it.

    Most calendar systems let you maintain multiple calendars, and share them independently, but you still get to see them all at once on your interface.

    • @[email protected]OP
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      58 months ago

      I only use outlook for meeting invites. For now I’m just making up a fake weekly schedule and copying it to each week.

    • granolabar
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      118 months ago

      Not unless another job is secured.

      Otherwise, never resign. Do bare minimum, make them do their job.

      Fuck 'em

        • granolabar
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          Exactly… Make these clowns earn their fucking wages.

          Make them uncomfortable withim the bounds the employment policy.

          While you do this, obvi plan that exit.

          In Asymmetric engagement with a bad faith actor that is still bound by some rules, flip the rules on them;)

    • @[email protected]OP
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      138 months ago

      Exploring options. Love my job and my team, but everyone above my immediate supervisor sucks! They take these director and Asst. Superintendent jobs to bump up their ‘five high pay years’ before retirement, even though they’re not qualified.

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    Add your driving to/from schools to the calendar, turn by turn

    • 9:21 - Leave parking lot, turn to Capital Blvd and drive 420 ft
    • 9:22 - Turn right towards Trawick Rd and drive 2.5 miles
    • 9:27 - Turn left, enter parking lot
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      Make sure to turn on “at time of event” reminders for every single one, then turn your own phone/pc to DND mode so bitch boss’s only way to make them shut up is unshare the calendar

      • @[email protected]
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        38 months ago

        Pretty sure thats not a normal outlook setting. If boss added the calander to his phone maybe. But doubt it.

        • @[email protected]
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          58 months ago

          It might not be default, but I know it works for shared calendars because someone started adding things to my department calendar with the reminder turned on, and I suddenly started getting EVERY SINGLE ONE on my computer.

    • yeehaw
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      208 months ago

      “pulled over to put following comments in calendar”

      • @[email protected]OP
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        98 months ago

        Right? I got a call on a new first grader who showed up at school in a baby stroller. I thought, “huh, should i look for a wheelchair and class chair for him and rush over to get him set up for his first day of school? or sit here and update my calendar for each stop in that process? Visit school A to meet kid. Visit school b to look for wheelchair. Visit school c to find wheelchair. Visit my garage to clean wheelchair. Visit tire shop to air up tires on wheelchair. Visit school A to deliver and fit wheelchair.”

    • billwashere
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      18 months ago

      Well I have a pretty good idea where you live :) (I used to live in Brentwood)

  • @[email protected]
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    8 months ago

    Does your boss fish? If not, this might look disturbing to him.

    Five Guys Hooker tournament 2-4. Entry: $75. Min length: 8". Biting = Big O

    Fishing tournament sponsored by Five Guys from 2-4pm. Entry fee is $75. Any fish under 8" don’t count towards total weight. “Big O” lure is expected to perform well.

  • monsterpiece42
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    Period every couple of weeks… lmao.

    For every hour put “8am block” “9am block” etc and it will completely fill their calendar.

    You could use a paper planner and refuse to use the calendar too.

    • @[email protected]OP
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      28 months ago

      I use a separate calendar for real stuff. Just making up stuff to put in this one and copying it each week.

    • @[email protected]
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      98 months ago

      I like this. Just one little further tweak: every hour block should be a time zone conversion to a completely useless time.

      For example the hour long block at 8:00am would be: 0:00-0:59 Ugandan time

      For even more bonus points, account for Uganda not observing DST.

      • Pudutr0ñ
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        58 months ago

        This is great. And, i don’t know if you can color code events in Outlook, but if you can… color code anarchy.

  • Rhynoplaz
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    118 months ago

    Have you ever thought of tracking your bowel movements?

    Don’t forget to note consistency and whether or not there’s corn.

  • kindenough
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    88 months ago

    Just be overly nice…laced with some sarcasme. Being nice will get them infuriated because they want to be the asshole.

    • @[email protected]OP
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      48 months ago

      I’ll try, but i didn’t think i can do it. Maybe I’ll practice throwing out, “Bless your heart…”

      • Pudutr0ñ
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        • “What a lovely meeting”
        • “What a lovely conversation”
        • “What a lovely idea”
        • “What a lovely thing to say”
        • “Terrific”
        • “It’s always so nice to see you”
        • @[email protected]
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          58 months ago

          It works. Ask how they’re doing. Ask what they did last weekend. Compliment their clothing or whatever. Smile at them like you’re happy to see them. They don’t know what to do half the time and it’s hilarious.

      • kindenough
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        58 months ago

        Comes with the years. My virtue is patience and malicious complience.

  • dr-robot
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    158 months ago

    I don’t really follow your reasoning unless your bosses have already shown they’re malicious people. At work, my work calendar is shared with the entire company to see. I like it as it lets people easily schedule meetings with me, know at which of the two locations (or at home) I am. I have a personal calendar which I don’t link to my work calendar at all. I do think that accountability is an important part of healthy work relationships with managers because (with good managers) it comes with autonomy. Why do you think your bosses will use it maliciously?

      • dr-robot
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        118 months ago

        Could you please explain what is naive in my reasoning?

        • @[email protected]
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          118 months ago

          You must work in a role where your input is valued and you have a degree of autonomy, your calendar is a collaboration tool to work with other people.

          Most jobs aren’t like that, and bosses will use your calendar to micromanage you instead of supporting you

          • HobbitFoot
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            98 months ago

            And not using the calendar means giving the boss carte blanche access to bother you any time.

            After all, if you don’t have anything scheduled, you aren’t really busy, are you?

    • just some guy
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      At work, my work calendar is shared with the entire company to see. I like it as it lets people easily schedule meetings with me, know at which of the two locations (or at home) I am.

      “Fun” fact: Outlook and Teams have a Scheduling assistant feature that makes that unnecessary. If a person wants to schedule a meeting with you, they don’t need access to your calendar to check availability. They just add you, pick a day, and it will suggest to them time slots you have open in your calendar for that day. There’s no longer a need to share an Outlook calendar with anyone just so they can know when you’re free to meet.

    • @[email protected]OP
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      98 months ago

      They’re lying, shitty people who do petty things so they can pretend to be busy while ignoring any real issues. This isn’t sharing so they can see our meetings. They want us to write 8-930 school A. 945-11 school b, … to fill our whole day. That’s not how it works. I make a list of schools i need to get to and i fit those in between calls for random things that come up.

      • dr-robot
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        38 months ago

        Thanks for explaining! That sounds very different than what I had in mind (just sharing an outlook calendar of meetings) and I understand your frustration as I’d hate that too. That must really suck. Wish I could help.

      • dr-robot
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        Actually I do have a suggestion. When I’m asked to do something that I think is pointless I go full nice, but rational mode. Keep asking questions as if you’re trying to understand their request. And as you keep asking why this way and not that way they may end up realising how ridiculous they sound and drop it or accept an easier alternative. It may be important to avoid gloating and to propose your preferred solution (available by phone) as a suggestion to help them save face. The way to work with crappy managers is to keep them feeling good about themselves. You can use that to your advantage. It sucks and it may not work but there’s only so much you can do.

  • @[email protected]
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    128 months ago

    Your school district has crappy leadership. Look for a better district. Put those job interviews on your calendar.

    • @[email protected]OP
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      28 months ago

      We hired a new superintendent a few years ago. Since then they’ve been chasing away the old people and hiring their friends, who suck. They’re all just trying to get higher paying jobs to bump up their ‘five high years’ before retiring.

  • @[email protected]
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    58 months ago

    What I don’t understand about this thread:

    Each Gmail has its own calendar attached to it. My Phone’s calendar app supports multiple independent calendars displayed at the same time.

    Why not use your work email to make a work calendar and a personal email to make a personal calendar? You can see both but your boss only sees the work one. That doesn’t seem unreasonable to me?

    • @[email protected]
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      18 months ago

      Yeah I’m just confused. How would they know whether or not you’re sharing your personal calendar with them?

    • @[email protected]OP
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      68 months ago

      It is my work calendar. The issue is that they want every minute of our work day scheduled. I edited the post to explain.

    • @[email protected]
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      38 months ago

      Including snacks. Notate all deviations, including free samples and “one grape from bunch”.

  • @[email protected]
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    228 months ago

    I’d advise saturating him with an excessive amount of information. If he wants details, give him 10 times to many. Pollute every day with 50 status reports. Just keep on piling it on. If your boss decides to drive you crazy, then drive him even crazier.

  • @[email protected]
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    328 months ago

    The only one here so far not likely to immediately get you in trouble is the one about setting calendar reminders. By default, everyone with access to the event gets the alert with the event reminder.

    Also, just being stupidly stringent with your time logging. 10:03-10:17 Gas, 8.9gal, $XX.XX to start pushing for (increased) mileage compensation.

    Log every minute you go over time. It’s a wonderful way to make managers twitchy.

    Also, there are certain things you could reasonably expect them to want logged with this that legally they are not allowed to ask for. Not “Took a big fat steamer”, what are you, 12? But “Bathroom” 1:10-1:15, and dare them to challenge it on the record. If they do, take it up the chain “I felt pressured to include this information in my time logs and now I’m being judged for it”. That should raise alarm bells with anyone up above them.

    Most of all, chill out. Just keep your shit in order and keep moving on. No reason to jeapordize your employment for pettiness.

    • @[email protected]OP
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      Yeah. I really need to learn how to let things go and stop being petty, but I just can’t stand her stupid lying face! “Share your calendar so we can find you if there’s an emergency.” Well, you could call me or you could use the multi million dollar emergency alert system that i sign into at every building.

      • @[email protected]
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        48 months ago

        If you’re not in the clock, then there is no emergency you could respond to.

        I don’t understand this “work ethics” of US americans to be available 24/7. Just don’t and you don’t habe to complain vor be petty.

      • Pudutr0ñ
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        88 months ago

        I really need to learn how to let things go and stop being petty

        I mean… no, you don’t. As long as you can manage possible repercussions… I say be petty. As petty as you can be while consequence free. Go nuts with it and enjoy it. Share key events with trusted loved ones and they may offer useful strategic suggestions.

        Also, managers’ entire jobs consist in lying, manipulating, coercing, dehumanizing, snitching, and gathering info/planning around the former. A good manager is a usually a bad human being (either happily or though fear/incentives), and a good human being is usually a bad manager.

        Source: I’m a manager and I deliberately try to be as bad as possible at my job due to ethical convictions. :)