I wish that worked for me. I can internally use the phrase "magical thinking" to explain why clients don't remember things I told them months ago, but I am categorically disallowed from saying that directly to the client. It's very annoying.
Zoe: Yeah? Thought you'd get land crazy that long in port. Wash: Probably, but I've been sane a long while now, and change is good.
'Shindig'
Natter 37: Oddly Enough, We've Had This Conversation Before.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Nutty - Jul 15, 2005 8:53:23 am PDT #285 of 10002
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
sarameg - Jul 15, 2005 8:57:15 am PDT #286 of 10002
Oh, I often will include past emails. Especially when people get all shirty with me over something that is categorically not my fault, and start cc'ing higher ups. It's less in-your-face when you consider that so many of the mailtools around here automatically include the original text in replies. They don't know that mine doesn't, though...
Look, if they want to make me look like an ass in front of my superiors, they'd better be damned sure they aren't being one.
I've actually been apologized to. About fell over.
sarameg - Jul 15, 2005 9:01:46 am PDT #287 of 10002
And the funnest part? Doing it polite as fuck. Sacchrine, even. Except the only sarcasm is in my head, not on the page.
I think I've got some excess bile I need to put to good use....
Dana - Jul 15, 2005 9:05:07 am PDT #288 of 10002
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
Rock on, Sophia. That sounds great.
[cc-ing everyone]
Oh, I hate retaliatory cc-ers. There's covering your ass, and there's being an ass. Incompetent man in Portland does this to me. I send him a simple e-mail. He replies to me, my boss, the people I'm doing the work for, and occasionally his boss (who cares NOTHING about me) and says things like, "Hey, have you considered doing this thing that has absolutely no bearing on what you're actually doing?"
DIE DIE DIE.
Susan W. - Jul 15, 2005 9:05:51 am PDT #289 of 10002
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
Woohoo, Sophia!
So jealous of Raquel's husband...
§ ita § - Jul 15, 2005 9:10:53 am PDT #290 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I like retaliatory ccing, even when used against me, because no one's used it properly against me yet. So it just makes them look silly, and reduces the likelihood their next e-mail will get read by the cc list (at which point I may have done something wrong, and need to hide).
Congrats, Sophia!
beth b - Jul 15, 2005 9:19:07 am PDT #291 of 10002
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
hooray Sophia!
-t - Jul 15, 2005 9:21:51 am PDT #292 of 10002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Congratulations, Sophia! Great news!
Anne W. - Jul 15, 2005 9:22:43 am PDT #293 of 10002
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
Yay, Sophia! What did asshat boss do when you told her?
Laura - Jul 15, 2005 9:29:50 am PDT #294 of 10002
Our wings are not tired.
Woo Hoo Sophia!!