I work in a public school district and i visit about a dozen different schools. Bosses are making us share our calendars, thinking they’ll be able to track us and catch us doing something wrong. I’m planning to add “started my period” every couple of weeks. Are there other good outlook tricks to fuck with them?

ETA- This is my work calendar, not my personal calendar. I know that seems reasonable but it’s being done as a petty micromanagement tactic. There are about 20 of us in my department who drive from school to school every day working with kids with physical disabilities. They don’t just want to know when we’re in meetings - they want every minute of our day to be accounted for - 8 to 830 school A, 840 to 11 school B, etc. I go to 14 schools. If my kid at school A is absent or if i get a call from school J that i need to stop by to fix a wheelchair, am I supposed to pull over and update my calendar so they can find me? I could spend an hour a day in parking lots editing my calendar. Most days i eat lunch in my car between schools. Last year they made a rule that we can’t carry to-go cups because it looks like we have enough free time to drive thru Starbucks. It’s just to be controlling.

  • gex@lemmy.world
    39·
    2 months ago

    Add your driving to/from schools to the calendar, turn by turn

    • 9:21 - Leave parking lot, turn to Capital Blvd and drive 420 ft
    • 9:22 - Turn right towards Trawick Rd and drive 2.5 miles
    • 9:27 - Turn left, enter parking lot
    • empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      27·
      2 months ago

      Make sure to turn on “at time of event” reminders for every single one, then turn your own phone/pc to DND mode so bitch boss’s only way to make them shut up is unshare the calendar

      • GlenRambo@jlai.luEnglish
        3·
        2 months ago

        Pretty sure thats not a normal outlook setting. If boss added the calander to his phone maybe. But doubt it.

        • empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
          5·
          2 months ago

          It might not be default, but I know it works for shared calendars because someone started adding things to my department calendar with the reminder turned on, and I suddenly started getting EVERY SINGLE ONE on my computer.

      • Today@lemmy.worldOP
        9·
        2 months ago

        Right? I got a call on a new first grader who showed up at school in a baby stroller. I thought, “huh, should i look for a wheelchair and class chair for him and rush over to get him set up for his first day of school? or sit here and update my calendar for each stop in that process? Visit school A to meet kid. Visit school b to look for wheelchair. Visit school c to find wheelchair. Visit my garage to clean wheelchair. Visit tire shop to air up tires on wheelchair. Visit school A to deliver and fit wheelchair.”