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New broadband and tv provider. Which means we are watching The Last Of Us. Pedro Pascal has such a sexy voice. I never noticed before - is that why they gave him the Mandalorian helmet? When the mycoapalypse comes, I'll be hunting that sexy bitch down.

Also, I have free but advert ridden Paramount+ which means Brave New Worlds. Just may have to bump Mr PD off to have free reign of the remote for my tv catchup. White Lotus as well. Succession!

I finished Cobra Kai today. And then I got a little tipsy and gave Mr PD and my 8 year old son a potted history of what happened over however many series and the big finale. I just experienced the first time your kid looks at you thinking "What a twat". But it is a great final episode. The series is total shite - the main kids are not good at karate yet - as Daniel San was never good at it - IT WORKS! I loved it. What a great ending.

I don't know why but I hadn't anticipated Vance coming over to Europe peddling his bullshit. It felt less real when he was across an ocean, like it was just tv or something. Urgh. Absolute disgrace. A big part of me thinks a huge majority in Europe will treat him with the disdain he deserves but it makes me very nervous as though we're just a few years behind the descent of the US.

They really are. When you interview people you have to assume what they tell you is only the top level of their knowledge and reflects something deeper underneath that will come out day to day. Even when you dig in interview you can only go so far. Most of the time it works out but some people bring all they have to the interview and there is nothing beyond the surface.

I'm moving into painfully direct territory now. Girding myself for it later today. We have too big a milestone coming up for me to keep prancing around the issue.

I work with this guy who is absolutely useless. His uselessness makes more work for me and is very hard to manage. He joined the company a couple of years ago now and I've really tried to help him get embedded and do his job well. He never takes notes, never absorbs any real detail, we go over the same issues again and again with no solutions because it's like his memory has been wiped every time we discuss it. He doesn't have any kind of condition, he's just useless and too busy trying to show off to listen. He's at the same level as me in the management structure so I can't invoke hierarchy. His manager knows he is useless but doesn't have the bandwidth to do anything about it (I'm technically mad about this but I also sympathise). He won't accept or ask for any help to get better at his job. He puts me down in front of people whenever he gets chance but can't make a decision without checking with me 1 on 1. Fortunately everyone knows I can do my job so he only embarrasses himself trying to get one up on me. I helped interview him so it's on me as much as anyone else that we made a bad hire.

Usually I only call him out in 1 on 1 calls when I have to repeat myself to him or he does something stupid. I've given him constructive 360 feedback. Recently I upped it to small meetings and emails with only a few people copied and who I know agree with me. Today I did it in a meeting with 40 plus people in it.

I'm completely justified SO WHY DO I FEEL TERRIBLE?!?

Good luck QT. Parenting without ADHD can make me feel like the worst person in the world when it doesn't seem to be going well, so don't beat yourself up. It's a journey and medication is just one of the stops on the way. That's it.