I don’t know what’s gone wrong with this thread …
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This was the weirdest thread derailment I’ve seen in quite a while…But now I’m thinking if I ever get to return to my office, maybe I’ll add my old brass stall nameplates as some sort of decor. RIP to my career!
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I never realized hat my"office",“cave” was so bad. Horse photos , old "big league " ribbons, certificates. Every time I walk in I will dutifully cringe. ;):lol::lol::lol::lol:
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More likely to “Not get (as much of) a raise” due to being female. That isn’t legal either.
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so, you feel a thread on how to hang, display an antique or special bridle is how this thread has gone? OMG. perfect example of : NOT what OP was asking for. and a totally different tangent. however, OP has not revisited, so who knows what the desire was all I know is in literal review it was only for suggestions on HOW TO DISPLAY it. not how to run her career.
LOL my flair count would be thru the roof!
I can not be the only one who wants to see the antique bridle. OP, post photos please.
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first we don’t know if the OP is referring to home office, business office and for all we know might be the owner/president of their company. Romney is a well known billionaire and running for President for Pete’s Sake. And FWIW an antique bridle - the OP could’ve gotten it anywhere - a flea market, antique store, a tack shop, grandparents attic, gift who knows. Sheesh.
Saying the OP is putting future salary increases on the line shows how ignorant you must be of basic HR requirements. Are you saying that employers base salary increases on what employees do in their spare time? There are plenty of activities people participate in that are expensive. Sorry Sally that country club membership just cost you your bonus for sealing that $10M deal for us; sorry John that time share in Utah - no raise this year. That river cruise you took - yeah we know how much they cost - nope. you don’t need a raise either. Do you honestly believe companies operate this way?
Back to topic at hand. Not knowing what this bridle looks like and since it’s antique I’m assuming that it’s got some interesting features so I’d probably use a shadowbox so I could hang it in a way which would highlight any interesting tool and/or silver work on the bridle.
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Elegant shadowbox and nice lighting.
Research has shown that people who display tasteful personal items in their workplaces are perceived as more mature, nicer, more reliable, easier to work with, more “team players,” and more likely to stay in a job, and therefore be considered for promotion/raises.
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I would go with a shadowbox. My reasoning is that it might get moldy just hanging around and cleaning it constantly would be a pain.
Yes, plus as decoration, a shadow box would be more appropriate than just hanging out there, in any other place than a tack room.
I THOUGHT I made relatively less money vs private practice because I work for a non profit, but this thread made me reconsider…
I used to hang an old work harness on a horse skeleton in my lobby, but I have since taken it down. I ran it by this guy I know, and he said you have to be really careful with antique leather tack, because a lot of it is actually new construction bioengineered with alien DNA to look old, and it emits pheromones that the Illuminati are using for mind control.
Basically, the pheromones are designed to make us content little worker bees, so we don’t rise up against the Illuminati when the time comes. That’s why people who hang “antique” tack don’t notice they are being paid, on average, 16% less.
All the bosses are tools of the Illuminati, so they know about the pheromones and can get away with paying less. That’s why my boss pretended to admire the harness.
Fortunately, this guy I know was able to get me an ultrasonic jammer, so I should be good now.
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@cattywampus wampus :lol::lol::lol:
Inquiring Minds want to know where you got the skeleton.
No office, but I may want to put one up in my barn as a Warning to my horses.
The Gang of 3 who just held a Kegger in the barn when I foolishly did not completely latch a stall door.
Discovered when I went to feed the evening grain.
All survived the surfeit of feed - TG just whole oats & probably a mere 10# scarfed down among them.
Rice bran was tipped over but largely ignored.
Treats ~3# of DuMor cookies were decimated along with the apple set aside for the dinner they did not get.
Lids to the galvanized cans feed was stored in are now suited only to become part of a steel band.
New cans were purchased, old ones will become planters in front of the barn.
Only 1 bale of the 200+ stacked on pallets was disassembled for inspection & a mere 3 piles of poop told me the raid was recent.
Even though all 3 - returned to their stalls - waited expectantly to receive the Usual & the hay-only PM ration was met with disbelief.
Gutcheck showed nobody was colicing, followup 4hrs later said the same.
My heart rate has returned to normal.
But I do think seeing former horse remains might prevent a recurrence.
Cuz, it is highly likely Aged Me will forget to secure everything again - file under S**t Happens :o
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Interesting. My Microsoft Teams photo is me standing next to my horse at a show and I’m wearing a mask. All kinds of people have seen this photo - from the CEO of our company to the CEOs and business units leaders of other companies. They all comment and joke that I should get a photo of my horse wearing a mask, too. I think my company leaders appreciate that I enjoy competition, goal setting, and finding success whether doing for for the company or in my personal endeavors. What business leader doesn’t like a person who has drive and ambition for a sport of any kind? So bizarre…
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I’d never thought of hanging some tack at work, but I recently got an office and put up a “Twilight Jumpers” poster from last year, when my horse was ridden in a couple of the shows. I am pondering actually making it my own space for the first time in almost 20 years.
I’d do a shadow box of some sort I think. Make it look classy.
My colleague has drawings of the different styles of bits on his white board, because a pair of his loafers have egg-butt snaffles, and when I told him what it was, he wanted to know how it was different, then when I went to erase it, he said “No! leave it” so, when I go into his office, under the organization brainstorming, are bits, with names. I’ve also gave another a horse shoe (he requested it) with the square nails to mount it…I asked him what size/horse he wanted, he wanted one of Neuf’s shoes.
Everyone knows I ride, everyday, before work, barring the occasional review type meeting that is big and/or all day. I’ve even had one customer laugh at me and call my job my hobby and my horses my work, I told him “Luckily, I’m very good at my hobbies!”.
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@cattywampus awesome idea…
this is what is needed to display the bridle correctly
https://www.amazon.com/3B-Scientific-T30017-Horse-Caballus/dp/B005DTI8PW?ref_=fsclp_pl_dp_12
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This is the wackiest thread. I had a 4th round interview webex last week with an EVP. Theres a bowl of horse show ribbons in my background, and the interviewer had a horse head statue on her mantle. We popped onto horses as a topic and a way to gain confidence. We had a fun sidebar chat about her daughter’s riding career and how much fun she had as a horseshow mom. Now I’m doomed to get an offer for minimum wage. Dammit.
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I could really use a horse skull…too bad I’ve ruined my career prospects with the display harness and can’t justify the $600 on my current salary.
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My goodness… My old boss had a really fancy figure 8 bridle that was hung on a plain ol wooden hook. Very modern house and office.
I have 4 bridles hanging in my kitchen (like a real weirdo) on one of those 4 hook coat racks.
I have a home office downstairs that’s more so a tack room if we are being honest.
Might be able to do you a good deal on a pony skull! Well if barn owner follows through on threat of turning one hell cute pony, who has learned to stop on a dime, drop a shoulder and buck, into a rug…might as well use the head for something…
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