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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:COVID/work/trying to homeschool, I had to have 4 surgeries in April (unrelated to COVID but an emergency), spent 10 days in the hospital, barely back on my feet....and now it turns out that the legal brief I had completely finished, except one section I had a junior working on, before my illness was somehow deleted from my hard drive and cloud during all this and the resulting kids on my computer trying to distance learn.

I just want to give up. I spent weeks on it and not to pat myself on the back, but it was REALLY good. Now I have nothing but my random thoughts the first day I made the file, which changed so many times after that. At least I opened it today to add the junior's section and found out.

I just can't. At least I have a little more time to recreate it, but honestly this is just devastating. I don't have the energy to do it all again.

Also, my file of notes also poofed and has nothing but the names of the committee I was working with. NOTHING ELSE.

I want to cry. I am so tired.

Feel free to share your own vent, no matter how small. I am sure in a year I'll laugh about this, but now I just don't have it in me.

You should not be using your work computer for distance learning, lesson learned, get them their own computers. what the hell, i am sure this is a corporate violation and if nothing else bad practice

Thanks, that makes me feel so much better! My work (a small nonprofit) always provided me a shit computer so I finally bought a Mac and we agreed, by contract, I could use it for work (I have worked 100% from home for the last 10 years). I think most of us are trying to get by now with what we have instead of purchasing expensive items during a very uncertain time. Would it have been better practice to buy my kids their own? Of course. Feasible? Not so much. Glad you work for a place that doesn’t have to make financial tradeoffs! It must be fun in your fancy office, punching people who are down.

I can't afford to buy my children their own low budget chromebooks because I bought myself a Mac. I didn't need a Mac as I clearly don't know how to computer correctly at all.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:COVID/work/trying to homeschool, I had to have 4 surgeries in April (unrelated to COVID but an emergency), spent 10 days in the hospital, barely back on my feet....and now it turns out that the legal brief I had completely finished, except one section I had a junior working on, before my illness was somehow deleted from my hard drive and cloud during all this and the resulting kids on my computer trying to distance learn.

I just want to give up. I spent weeks on it and not to pat myself on the back, but it was REALLY good. Now I have nothing but my random thoughts the first day I made the file, which changed so many times after that. At least I opened it today to add the junior's section and found out.

I just can't. At least I have a little more time to recreate it, but honestly this is just devastating. I don't have the energy to do it all again.

Also, my file of notes also poofed and has nothing but the names of the committee I was working with. NOTHING ELSE.

I want to cry. I am so tired.

Feel free to share your own vent, no matter how small. I am sure in a year I'll laugh about this, but now I just don't have it in me.

You should not be using your work computer for distance learning, lesson learned, get them their own computers. what the hell, i am sure this is a corporate violation and if nothing else bad practice

Thanks, that makes me feel so much better! My work (a small nonprofit) always provided me a shit computer so I finally bought a Mac and we agreed, by contract, I could use it for work (I have worked 100% from home for the last 10 years). I think most of us are trying to get by now with what we have instead of purchasing expensive items during a very uncertain time. Would it have been better practice to buy my kids their own? Of course. Feasible? Not so much. Glad you work for a place that doesn’t have to make financial tradeoffs! It must be fun in your fancy office, punching people who are down.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:COVID/work/trying to homeschool, I had to have 4 surgeries in April (unrelated to COVID but an emergency), spent 10 days in the hospital, barely back on my feet....and now it turns out that the legal brief I had completely finished, except one section I had a junior working on, before my illness was somehow deleted from my hard drive and cloud during all this and the resulting kids on my computer trying to distance learn.

I just want to give up. I spent weeks on it and not to pat myself on the back, but it was REALLY good. Now I have nothing but my random thoughts the first day I made the file, which changed so many times after that. At least I opened it today to add the junior's section and found out.

I just can't. At least I have a little more time to recreate it, but honestly this is just devastating. I don't have the energy to do it all again.

Also, my file of notes also poofed and has nothing but the names of the committee I was working with. NOTHING ELSE.

I want to cry. I am so tired.

Feel free to share your own vent, no matter how small. I am sure in a year I'll laugh about this, but now I just don't have it in me.

You should not be using your work computer for distance learning, lesson learned, get them their own computers. what the hell, i am sure this is a corporate violation and if nothing else bad practice

Thanks, that makes me feel so much better! My work (a small nonprofit) always provided me a shit computer so I finally bought a Mac and we agreed, by contract, I could use it for work (I have worked 100% from home for the last 10 years). I think most of us are trying to get by now with what we have instead of purchasing expensive items during a very uncertain time. Would it have been better practice to buy my kids their own? Of course. Feasible? Not so much. Glad you work for a place that doesn’t have to make financial tradeoffs! It must be fun in your fancy office, punching people who are down.

I can't afford to buy my children their own low budget chromebooks because I bought myself a Mac. I didn't need a Mac as I clearly don't know how to computer correctly at all.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:COVID/work/trying to homeschool, I had to have 4 surgeries in April (unrelated to COVID but an emergency), spent 10 days in the hospital, barely back on my feet....and now it turns out that the legal brief I had completely finished, except one section I had a junior working on, before my illness was somehow deleted from my hard drive and cloud during all this and the resulting kids on my computer trying to distance learn.

I just want to give up. I spent weeks on it and not to pat myself on the back, but it was REALLY good. Now I have nothing but my random thoughts the first day I made the file, which changed so many times after that. At least I opened it today to add the junior's section and found out.

I just can't. At least I have a little more time to recreate it, but honestly this is just devastating. I don't have the energy to do it all again.

Also, my file of notes also poofed and has nothing but the names of the committee I was working with. NOTHING ELSE.

I want to cry. I am so tired.

Feel free to share your own vent, no matter how small. I am sure in a year I'll laugh about this, but now I just don't have it in me.

You should not be using your work computer for distance learning, lesson learned, get them their own computers. what the hell, i am sure this is a corporate violation and if nothing else bad practice

Thanks, that makes me feel so much better! My work (a small nonprofit) always provided me a shit computer so I finally bought a Mac and we agreed, by contract, I could use it for work (I have worked 100% from home for the last 10 years). I think most of us are trying to get by now with what we have instead of purchasing expensive items during a very uncertain time. Would it have been better practice to buy my kids their own? Of course. Feasible? Not so much. Glad you work for a place that doesn’t have to make financial tradeoffs! It must be fun in your fancy office, punching people who are down.

Anonymous wrote:OP if you have a Mac you can create a separate user for each kid and then the kids won't have access to your files/email and such. I just did this for my kid because I was worried about him going through the document folder and stuff. The applications carry over but the files don't. You can even add parental controls on the account if you want.

Also, have you tried calling Apple support? I had a really difficult issue they were able to work through (after multiple hours and people, alas) only over the phone. I'm still impressed they figured out the issue remotely.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:COVID/work/trying to homeschool, I had to have 4 surgeries in April (unrelated to COVID but an emergency), spent 10 days in the hospital, barely back on my feet....and now it turns out that the legal brief I had completely finished, except one section I had a junior working on, before my illness was somehow deleted from my hard drive and cloud during all this and the resulting kids on my computer trying to distance learn.

I just want to give up. I spent weeks on it and not to pat myself on the back, but it was REALLY good. Now I have nothing but my random thoughts the first day I made the file, which changed so many times after that. At least I opened it today to add the junior's section and found out.

I just can't. At least I have a little more time to recreate it, but honestly this is just devastating. I don't have the energy to do it all again.

Also, my file of notes also poofed and has nothing but the names of the committee I was working with. NOTHING ELSE.

I want to cry. I am so tired.

Feel free to share your own vent, no matter how small. I am sure in a year I'll laugh about this, but now I just don't have it in me.

You should not be using your work computer for distance learning, lesson learned, get them their own computers. what the hell, i am sure this is a corporate violation and if nothing else bad practice

Thanks, that makes me feel so much better! My work (a small nonprofit) always provided me a shit computer so I finally bought a Mac and we agreed, by contract, I could use it for work (I have worked 100% from home for the last 10 years). I think most of us are trying to get by now with what we have instead of purchasing expensive items during a very uncertain time. Would it have been better practice to buy my kids their own? Of course. Feasible? Not so much. Glad you work for a place that doesn’t have to make financial tradeoffs! It must be fun in your fancy office, punching people who are down.

I love Macs but you could have bought a very serviceable PC and two chrome books for that price. But I have always had a computer for personal use, I mean how do you even apply for your next job??

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:COVID/work/trying to homeschool, I had to have 4 surgeries in April (unrelated to COVID but an emergency), spent 10 days in the hospital, barely back on my feet....and now it turns out that the legal brief I had completely finished, except one section I had a junior working on, before my illness was somehow deleted from my hard drive and cloud during all this and the resulting kids on my computer trying to distance learn.

I just want to give up. I spent weeks on it and not to pat myself on the back, but it was REALLY good. Now I have nothing but my random thoughts the first day I made the file, which changed so many times after that. At least I opened it today to add the junior's section and found out.

I just can't. At least I have a little more time to recreate it, but honestly this is just devastating. I don't have the energy to do it all again.

Also, my file of notes also poofed and has nothing but the names of the committee I was working with. NOTHING ELSE.

I want to cry. I am so tired.

Feel free to share your own vent, no matter how small. I am sure in a year I'll laugh about this, but now I just don't have it in me.

You should not be using your work computer for distance learning, lesson learned, get them their own computers. what the hell, i am sure this is a corporate violation and if nothing else bad practice

Thanks, that makes me feel so much better! My work (a small nonprofit) always provided me a shit computer so I finally bought a Mac and we agreed, by contract, I could use it for work (I have worked 100% from home for the last 10 years). I think most of us are trying to get by now with what we have instead of purchasing expensive items during a very uncertain time. Would it have been better practice to buy my kids their own? Of course. Feasible? Not so much. Glad you work for a place that doesn’t have to make financial tradeoffs! It must be fun in your fancy office, punching people who are down.

Anonymous wrote:I have a small vent.

When I go to the grocery store with plastic gloves and a face mask, it takes me 3 mins to open up the plastic produce bags. I usually lick my fingers to get the plastic produce bag open but now with the plastic gloves and not being able to use the saliva from my tongue, I can not get the produce bag open to put my green onions in (or whatever vegetable I want to buy).

Certainly nowhere in the realm of losing a major document for work (sorry to hear that by the way) but it's my own personal struggle with COVID and something that gets me way more frustrated than I care to admit.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:COVID/work/trying to homeschool, I had to have 4 surgeries in April (unrelated to COVID but an emergency), spent 10 days in the hospital, barely back on my feet....and now it turns out that the legal brief I had completely finished, except one section I had a junior working on, before my illness was somehow deleted from my hard drive and cloud during all this and the resulting kids on my computer trying to distance learn.

I just want to give up. I spent weeks on it and not to pat myself on the back, but it was REALLY good. Now I have nothing but my random thoughts the first day I made the file, which changed so many times after that. At least I opened it today to add the junior's section and found out.

I just can't. At least I have a little more time to recreate it, but honestly this is just devastating. I don't have the energy to do it all again.

Also, my file of notes also poofed and has nothing but the names of the committee I was working with. NOTHING ELSE.

I want to cry. I am so tired.

Feel free to share your own vent, no matter how small. I am sure in a year I'll laugh about this, but now I just don't have it in me.

You should not be using your work computer for distance learning, lesson learned, get them their own computers. what the hell, i am sure this is a corporate violation and if nothing else bad practice