>$40,000

Yeah I have never in my life paid more than 15k for a used car. 40k is not even close to worth the price or what I would be willing to pay for a rarely used vehicle. It would need to be way cheaper to make economic sense for me and most people. Don't get me wrong think evs are very cool but it's just not worth it yet.

Yikes!!! Sounds like a grind, I'll bet working from home is like a dream come true. It's insane what things cost now.

If you do opt for a career in a fire fighting, don't wait too long, the cut off is 34.

Yeah the price is a little steep but I bought a vehicle a few years ago that was nothing special and it was $40,000. I think the EV presently makes sense as an urban, short trip vehicle but the logistics involved for all the long range stuff is years away from being workable. Also the fact that electricity is generated from fossil fuels makes it a zero sum thing environmentally. What's not coming out of a tail pipe here is still coming out where ever electricity is generated. My hope is that AI will solve our energy problems.

I was suppose to go to fashion school in boston but COVID canceled any hopes of that even now. Became my own boss and I make $12k a month sitting at home because I refuse to ever work in a retail or office environment again with those dunces that drove me to the brink of insanity.

If what I am doing ever fails I can just sign up for the fire department and work 3x more for less with somewhat decent people.

Yeah except they are too expensive still. Would if I could.

Could be wrong, but I thought Sol Of Mexico made their own tortillas. They might (or might have at one point) sold them as well but it's been a while since I've been over there.

That kind of makes the case for EVs.

I can see their point from a business perspective but also a social one. Good execs know their people and how to get the most from them. Will the day come when your employment from hire to the end occurs without ever having been in the physical presence of those with whom you work?

Gala.......but they have more Dominican and Puerto Rica selections.

Due to low staffing issues (reqs have been open for a while but not many applicants), we are working long hours and busy solving problems with new product development issues (multiple product lines). So, getting together virtually becomes very difficult. If we were on site, then I/we could discuss something by simply walking over to my/our colleague’s cubicle. This convenience is what is lacking for me in a virtual/hybrid work environment. Emails and IM’s, as many of us know, are not effective due to the sheer volume of messages most of us receive.

I'm 100% human and sort of a work voyeur. I retired when Covid became an issue because being a senior I was in a risk group. So I missed out on telecommuting and am curious about what seems to be the dawn of a new and exciting change in the work world. My career began before the age of the PCs. We had large, slow and limited main frame computers. The closest thing to a printer were the plotters that generated something like blueprints. We didn't have virtual anything and if something couldn't be resolved by a phone it meant traveling to meet with the customer. I love to travel but business travel sucks. So what I'm getting at is that I and some of you are witnesses to the end of the way we have done business for quite a long time. You are on the edge of something very different, exciting and with so much potential. If that doesn't spin your wheels, I'll be excited for you.

Are all your teammates also remote? If so why not have a work chat room, a virtual place where you can discuss business and socialize.

Although I work hybrid at times, working from home definitely saves time and transportation costs. However, depending on your role and home situation, working from home while making you more productive isolates you from the office herd. In my case, I end up feeling disconnected and also, missing out on ideas that I come up with from conversations and discussions with my teammates.

You can use these oats to make oatmeal, bread, whatever you want. I don't care, they're your oats.

Regularly take martial arts classes sounds like a good option then. You will be training with the same people every week.

And in those two hours you can cook lunch/dinner, make yourself coffee, learn a hobby. So extra savings or more relaxation.

Uff. Not a big Mexican population here compared to NC. I don't know of a Mexican grocery, but I hope someone does or that you'll share here if you find one!

Why do I get the feeling the OP is just a AI chatbot scraping data? The replies seem very robotic. Some data scientist working for City Hall is just gathering data to see if they should make municipal employees return to the office.

I have noticed global companies are creating hybrid work requirements, most 3 office days, and that this appears to be exponentially trending.

I work with CEOs and senior leaders and they are all now using the same catch phrases and ideology around the benefits of onsite presence. This trending is common, we see it in all areas of social business decisions.

But employees with options are simply choosing to find other opportunities or simply point out they will visit the office as they deem necessary which means companies have to decide where they draw the line.

With global footprints and technology the whole concept of an office space is no longer contemporary, and over time, for office work, the space will disappear. The hybrid model is part of that transformation as is employees with options (experience, educated) saying uh-huh, no thank you.

Also interested in self-defense

My interests are basically cooking, history, philosophy, debating, volunteering, and especially stock investing and day trading. It seems hard to translate that to places to go.

Also thought about paintball and air soft but don’t know any ranges.

I’m willing to drive in the area outside Worcester as well

Depends on what you're into, Worcester has diversity but if you give more details you'll get better suggestions.

Haven't we learned the juice isn't really as healthy as people think it is? Because you can drink way more than you can eat so you end up drinking way more sugar. I think I remember learning also that when you liquefy juice instead of eating your body doesn't take in the fiber or process it the same way since it recognizes it as a liquid vs solid or something like that?

Oh yeah. Less money on gas and car maintenance. Instead of driving every single day I drive maybe a few miles on average per weekend for errands.