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AnnekeAnneke@front-end.social
Oct 14, 2026, 3:29 PM
@sarajw I get it, I asked some dudes a while ago if I could make a photo as they were doing some really exciting work on electrical infrastructure that I wanted to show my wife. I asked excitedly if I could make a photo but they asked me not to. Due to sensitivity of the work or something. But I guess maybe these peeps doing outside work get bothered more than we know. However it is the kneejerk reaction we all have towards eachother because we were burned before is what makes me sad. :(
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Sara Joy :happy_pepper:sarajw@front-end.social
Oct 14, 2026, 3:57 PM
@Anneke yeah. I mean I try not to forget how cushy I have it in my work life. I'm not sitting in the cold outdoors, working in trenches, having people come out getting annoyed at the work I've been given to do.
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dodothedev🦤💻DodoTheDev@front-end.social
Oct 14, 2026, 3:58 PM
@Anneke @sarajw
When i was a phone engineer, I often got pictures taken of me up a pole. Didn't bother me, I just didn't show my face and they were happy.
But sorry you lost your tiniternet Sara, I had plenty of instances where builders broke our network. Once 3 times in a 10m stretch! Partly in their defence though, the cable _should_ have been deeper than 10cm.
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AnnekeAnneke@front-end.social
Oct 14, 2026, 4:15 PM
@DodoTheDev @sarajw if those photographers were anything than me they just thought you were super cool :) enthousiasm can also make us forget ourselves sometimes
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dodothedev🦤💻DodoTheDev@front-end.social
Oct 14, 2026, 5:00 PM
@Anneke @sarajw
Yes, someone once said "you're the strangest thing I've seen all week" then added "er, in a nice way?" 😂
I said "that's OK, I've been called a lot worse"
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Sara Joy :happy_pepper:sarajw@front-end.social
Oct 14, 2026, 7:19 PM
@DodoTheDev @Anneke ha! I'd take that as a compliment 😅
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