Now that PATH has died, Patience and I have to find other ways to entertain ourselves. Free energy industry webinars! Some entity or other is always holding one. It's an excuse to fix a fancy luncheon (always served with cold beer), and fire up the laptop for some silly fun listening to blowhards toot their own horns while we make snide remarks, submit loaded questions, and laugh ourselves silly. Sometimes, we even pretend to be two different, independent organizations, while we're really just sitting across the table from each other, each with her own laptop connected to the same webinar. We call this "work" because there are always useful little nuggets to take away, even when the whole exercise is nothing but a spy mission to build our own arsenal (and an excuse to have lunch and drink a cold one).
I'm never going back to a traditional office environment. I figured that out last week at the corporate Christmas party I got roped into attending. Who are these people? And how did I manage to fit into that world for so long? My, how things have changed since I checked out. Apparently it's now the "in" thing to walk up to strangers at these Christmas parties and say, "Hi! My name is Corporate Lackey and I'm in Finance!" What is one supposed to say to that? "I'm still in "Finance" but I don't have to suck up anymore!" *smile* seemed to be a little rude. But, thanks for the great line, current day corporate finance professionals. I think I'll start using it when I do have to put on a suit and go places... "Hi! I'm in Finance -- yours! And something just doesn't smell right with those annual reports you've been submitting to the government." *smile*
Anyhow, today's fun fest was hosted by transmission owner sycophant Transmission Hub (sponsored by Quanta! *insert infomercial here*). Transmission Hub cracks me up... they continually tell these energy execs what they want to hear, not what they need to hear. And I'm sure they're paid handsomely to hold up that mirror in front of energy exec faces and simply repeat the idiot's words back to him or her. It's bogus validation of the highest order!
During the webcast, one of the sycophants told the audience that PATH was cancelled because of coal plant retirements. What? That had noting to do with it! PATH simply wasn't needed in the first place, and tanking demand due to increased energy efficiency, increased demand management, and low gas prices killed it for good.
Patience submitted a "question" calling them out on their misinformation. Much to our amusement, the moderator actually took up the question during the Q & A and admitted that PATH really wasn't cancelled because of coal plant retirements, and then he blamed Herling for the misinformation. Good thing the "mute" button was on because we couldn't stop laughing!
Y'all just keep on telling yourselves all those self-serving lies, now. Meanwhile, we'll be living in our real world "out-of-office" office and concocting your ultimate demise. *smile*
I'm never going back to a traditional office environment. I figured that out last week at the corporate Christmas party I got roped into attending. Who are these people? And how did I manage to fit into that world for so long? My, how things have changed since I checked out. Apparently it's now the "in" thing to walk up to strangers at these Christmas parties and say, "Hi! My name is Corporate Lackey and I'm in Finance!" What is one supposed to say to that? "I'm still in "Finance" but I don't have to suck up anymore!" *smile* seemed to be a little rude. But, thanks for the great line, current day corporate finance professionals. I think I'll start using it when I do have to put on a suit and go places... "Hi! I'm in Finance -- yours! And something just doesn't smell right with those annual reports you've been submitting to the government." *smile*
Anyhow, today's fun fest was hosted by transmission owner sycophant Transmission Hub (sponsored by Quanta! *insert infomercial here*). Transmission Hub cracks me up... they continually tell these energy execs what they want to hear, not what they need to hear. And I'm sure they're paid handsomely to hold up that mirror in front of energy exec faces and simply repeat the idiot's words back to him or her. It's bogus validation of the highest order!
During the webcast, one of the sycophants told the audience that PATH was cancelled because of coal plant retirements. What? That had noting to do with it! PATH simply wasn't needed in the first place, and tanking demand due to increased energy efficiency, increased demand management, and low gas prices killed it for good.
Patience submitted a "question" calling them out on their misinformation. Much to our amusement, the moderator actually took up the question during the Q & A and admitted that PATH really wasn't cancelled because of coal plant retirements, and then he blamed Herling for the misinformation. Good thing the "mute" button was on because we couldn't stop laughing!
Y'all just keep on telling yourselves all those self-serving lies, now. Meanwhile, we'll be living in our real world "out-of-office" office and concocting your ultimate demise. *smile*
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