Fame or Shame Week 10

Here is the week 10 picks.
I'm still waiting on a few people to send me a text letting me know what team they want.


I knew we were going to be Bronco's heavy and the results followed.
On that note - Go Oakland!!!!

	W10
Serge	Ravens
Bill R
Craig T	Broncos
Nick G	Seahawks
Jake
Craig O	Broncos
Sergio	Cardinals
Randy	Broncos
Joe G	Packers
Mauri	Broncos
Bosko	Broncos
Old Man	Broncos
Jason R	Steelers
Steph T	Broncos
Stephanie	Packers
Rob L	Broncos
Mike T	Cardinals
Spank	Steelers
Claudia	Broncos
Bill M
Tony V
Jason D
Carnell

Two Year Body Count

As I sit here typing this I prepare for a change at work, the first major one in the two years since I accepted my current position.
It's been almost exactly two years since my promotion and during that time I have had more turnover in my area than the rest of the store.

In fact, since the change has been announced but before I can get into my new position my body count has already increased by three.  Pretty crazy.

Seventeen.

That is my number.
That is the number of employees that I have lost from my departments whether they transferred to another position, another store, another state or they got promoted, fired or quit.

Seventeen.

Seventeen people in about two years is a crazy number especially when you consider the fact that I only run two departments in the store.


Even though I have had tremendous turnover I am proud to say that, at the end of October (3rd quarter of the year) I was running the Number One and Number 4 top departments for total sales.  Through all of the change my numbers continued to grow. I can only imagine what I'd be able to do if I had stability.

Off the top of my head this is how things broke down for me.

Plumbing
Transferred to Seasonal.
Promoted to Appliance Specialist.
Promoted to Millwork Specialist.
Transferred to the other side of the country
Promoted to Millwork Specialist.
Transferred to Electrical
Quit.
Quit.
Promoted to Millwork Department Manager (I pretty much staff this department for some reason).



Electrical
Promoted to Flooring Specialist.
Promoted to Electrical Pro at another store.
Fired.
Quit.
Quit.
Promoted to Electrical Pro at another store (oddly enough, the same store as the previous).
Quit.
Transferred to another store in a random position.

Only 5 people quit and only one was fired.
Seven Promotions and a few transfers.

So, now I enter just running the Electrical Department which had One Full Time guy and 4 part timers when I accepted the position and by the time I get into position it is down to just One Full Time and 2 part time guys.  Oh Ch Ch Ch Changes.

If ever there were a time to stop having turnover it is now.  I need to stop training new people, I need to just work on developing the ones I have so that the department can run as smooth as possible.

Fun times.

Next time I change positions I hope I'm not reporting anything near what I had to type up today.

In the future I am planning a Poker (kinda) post and a post kinda relating to porn.
I don't know what order the posts will come in nor when I'll find the time to type them up properly but that's your little tease.

Fame or Shame Week 9 Results

Week 9 is in the books and this time almost everyone actually picked a winner.
Tony decided to go against the evil empire and pick the Broncos to crush the Patriots and we see how that worked out and two guys were foolish enough to believe that the 49ers are a powerhouse and would destroy an in division opponent.
Nobody went with the Mighty Miami Dolphins who would have given you a 47 point boost, 23 points more than the next best coach and automatic contention.

Bill R pulled back into 2nd place, but the battle is tight.

W1-8		W9	Score	Points	Total
167	Serge	Chiefs	W24-10	24	191
150	Bill R	Bengals	W33-23	20	170
152	Craig T	Seahawks	W30-24	16	168
149	Nick G	Seahawks	W30-24	16	165
136	Jake	Chiefs	W24-10	24	160
139	Craig O	Bengals	W33-23	20	159
134	Sergio	Chiefs	W24-10	24	158
135	Randy	Bengals	W33-23	20	155
131	Joe G	Chiefs	W24-10	24	155
118	Mauri	Bengals	W33-23	20	138
97	Bosko	Chiefs	W24-10	24	121
95	Old Man	Chiefs	W24-10	24	119
102	Jason R	Seahawks	W30-24	16	118
107	Steph T	49ers	L10-13	(3)	104
64	Stephanie	Bengals	W33-23	20	84
52	Rob L	Seahawks	W30-24	16	68
48	Mike T	Seahawks	W30-24	16	64
41	Spank	Bengals	W33-23	20	61
39	Claudia	Bengals	W33-23	20	59
39	Bill M	Bengals	W33-23	20	59
48	Tony V	Broncos	L21-43	(22)	26
12	Jason D	No Pick	Tie	0	12
3	Carnell	49ers	L10-13	(3)	0

Fame or Shame Week 9 picks

Serge	Chiefs
Craig T	Seahawks
Bill R	Bengals
Nick G	Seahawks
Craig O	Bengals
Jake	Chiefs
Randy	Bengals
Sergio	Chiefs
Joe G	Chiefs
Mauri	Bengals
Steph T	49ers
Jason R	Seahawks
Bosko	Chiefs
Old Man	Chiefs
Stephanie	Bengals
Rob L	Seahawks
Tony V	Broncos
Mike T	Seahawks
Spank	Bengals
Claudia	Bengals
Bill M	Bengals
Jason D
Carnell	49ers

Fame or Shame Week 8 Results

When your top 6 teams all pick losers and not much changes you know they had a good lead over the rest of the pack.
However, Nick and his pick of the Cheifs boosted him the whole way up to 4th place and in contention.
Randy and Sergio picking the Dolphins put them back into the thick of things as well.

The Surprise is Mauri who was almost a the bottom just a few weeks ago is now sitting in 10th position and ready to strike after picking the Patriots

W8	Score	Points	Total
Cowboys	L 17-20	(3)	167	Serge
Cowboys	L 17-20	(3)	152	Craig T
Cowboys	L 17-20	(3)	150	Bill R
Chiefs	W 34-7	37	149	Nick G
Cowboys	L 17-20	(3)	139	Craig O
Cowboys	L 17-20	(3)	136	Jake
Dolphins	W 27-13	24	135	Randy
Dolphins	W 27-13	24	134	Sergio
Cardinals	W 24-20	14	131	Joe G
Patriots	W 51-23	38	118	Mauri
Cowboys	L 17-20	(3)	107	Steph T
Colts	L 34-51	(17)	102	Jason R
Dolphins	W 27-13	24	97	Bosko
Cowboys	L 17-20	(3)	95	Old Man
Cowboys	L 17-20	(3)	64	Stephanie
Browns	W 23-13	20	52	Rob L
Chargers	L 21-35	(14)	48	Tony V
Cowboys	L 17-20	(3)	48	Mike T
Browns	W 23-13	20	41	Spank
Colts	L 34-51	(17)	39	Claudia
Dolphins	W 27-13	24	39	Bill M
No Pick	Tie	0	12	Jason D
Cardinals	W 24-20	14	3	Carnell

One Crappy Sunday

I currently sit here in front of my TV/PS4 and my computer and haven't really been glued to football for the entire day like any normal Sunday.
My cheapness is partially to blame but I'm going to instead focus all of my blame elsewhere.

First, I pay good money to have the NFL Sunday Ticket.  In fact, Directv and the Sunday Ticket are set up at my parents house and I shell out the extra money for MAXX so that I can stream the games from my phone, tablet or PS4 while at my house or on the go so that I can still watch football since we don't have cable at our place.

That being said, with the amount of money that I (and many others) pay it would be nice if we could watch all of the games.  I didn't get to watch the Detroit/Atlanta game this morning (even though I woke up for it) because it was on FOX.
Ok, I can deal with that although I missed a hell of an ending.

The 10 am games I watched (kinda) the Cincy/Baltimore game which ended great but was boring for most of the game.  I really wanted to watch the Patriots game but couldn't due to NFL Blackout policy.  I wanted to watch Seattle but couldn't due to antiquated policies.

Ok, skip to the middle games and what do I want to watch? Of course I want to watch my Steelers as I have pretty much every fucking week this year.  In fact, this is a HUGE game for us as we are playing the red hot Colts who are blazing teams with Andrew Luck and cast.  But "Due To NFL Blackout policy that game cannot be played."

Oh for fucks sake.  So, I have to settle for the Browns (not a chance) or the Eagles/Cardinals game and while the Eagles/Cardinals won't be a bad game it's not my Steelers and by default I'm already agitated and annoyed and just generally pissed off and don't feel like watching inferior teams play.
Fuck The NFL.

To top it all off I'm normally supposed to work on this Sunday but I requested it off because this is normally a Sunday that my wife has off so what happens there?  Her boss decides to screw her over and schedule her on her day off and have her work 9 straight days before a day off.
9 straight working days for a pregnant chick who is going on 7 months pregnant and when she mentions it to him he says "oh, I thought I was hooking you up by giving you a 3 day weekend."

The guy has his head up his ass and no sense of what it is like to actually work at this point.

So to recap - I'm not spending the day with my wife and I'm not watching a single football game that I wanted to.
And I can't head out to watch the Steelers game because I have two boys with me who can't sit at the sports book or a bar or whatever to watch it with me and even if they could they would be bored off their asses.

To make matters worse I need one set of level 70 legendary leg armor so that I can complete my level 70 collection for my trophy on Diablo 3 Reaper of Souls (which is one of 3 left that I need) but instead I have had 10 legendary weapons drop, 5 legendary plans, 2 shields, a necklace, a ring and a few others but no legs....none..  I also have spent about 500 in blood shards and haven't gotten a single legendary (or even a set piece) for what I want.
I swear the game knows that it's my last piece and is basically saying "screw you hippy."

Happy Sunday all.

Fame or Shame Week 8

Welcome to Dallas Cowboys Week.

It's not until after the top 5 that anyone has a chance to catch up, will it be the right move to go with a different team or will the top 5 pull further ahead?

	W8
Serge	Cowboys
Craig T	Cowboys
Bill R	Cowboys
Craig O	Cowboys
Jake	Cowboys
Jason R	Colts
Joe G
Nick G	Chiefs
Randy	Dolphins
Sergio	Dolphins
Steph T	Cowboys
Old Man	Cowboys
Mauri	Patriots
Bosko	Dolphins
Stephanie	Cowboys
Tony V	Chargers
Claudia	Colts
Mike T	Cowboys
Rob L	Browns
Spank	Browns
Bill M	Dolphins
Jason D	No Pick
Carnell

Fame or Shame Week 7 results

So here are the week 7 results and current standings.

First I want to give a big shout out to the Seattle Seahawks for being picked by 4 of the top 6 teams (including the guy who was temporarily ahead of me for a whole one week) and allowing me to re-take 1st place.
Seattle was my 12th man this week.

Second, I want to thank the Browns for being the Browns.  Destroying my team one game and then losing to one of the worst teams in the league the next.  That win over Pittsburgh was so decisive that it caused a few people to actually pick you this week and you totally cost them big time.

To Carnell for picking the Texans because he forgot to pick this weekend and then decided that Pittsburgh sucks.  Carnell, you are in last place.  You are the only guy still in the negative.
You are losing to a guy who hasn't made a pick in multiple weeks and once picked a team on a buy week.  Carnell - You Suck :)

week 7	Score	Points	Total
Cowboys	W 31-21	20	170	Serge
Packers	W 38-17	31	155	Craig T
Seahawks	L 26-28	(2)	153	Bill R
Seahawks	L 26-28	(2)	142	Craig O
Seahawks	L 26-28	(2)	139	Jake
Patriots	W 27-25	12	119	Jason R
Seahawks	L 26-28	(2)	117	Joe G
Patriots	W 27-25	12	112	Nick G
Patriots	W 27-25	12	111	Randy
Cardinals	W 24-13	21	110	Sergio
Packers	W 38-17	31	110	Steph T
Patriots	W 27-25	12	98	Old Man
Cowboys	W 31-21	20	80	Mauri
Cardinals	W 24-13	21	73	Bosko
Seahawks	L 26-28	(2)	67	Stephanie
Chargers	L 20-23	(3)	62	Tony V
Ravens	W 29-7	32	56	Claudia
Seahawks	L 26-28	(2)	51	Mike T
Browns	L 24-6	(18)	32	Rob L
Browns	L 24-6	(18)	21	Spank
Browns	L 24-6	(18)	15	Bill M
No Pick	Tie	0	12	Jason D
Texans	L 23-30	(7)	(11)	Carnell