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Xander ,'Touched'


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.


Laura - Jul 15, 2005 9:29:50 am PDT #294 of 10002
Our wings are not tired.

Woo Hoo Sophia!!


msbelle - Jul 15, 2005 9:32:56 am PDT #295 of 10002
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

And the funnest part? Doing it polite as fuck. Sacchrine, even. Except the only sarcasm is in my head, not on the page.

just to see it again.


shrift - Jul 15, 2005 9:36:05 am PDT #296 of 10002
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

I can internally use the phrase "magical thinking" to explain why clients don't remember things I told them months ago

My version of "magical thinking" is people thinking things in my direction and then forgetting to actually tell me. Which results in them not getting what they need, of course, and then getting shirty with me.

"Psychic" not in job description, yo.

Oh, I hate retaliatory cc-ers. There's covering your ass, and there's being an ass.

The best part? All the of the email chain she included in her cc-ing madness only demonstrates that she never mentioned any of this in our previous communications.

I left her a polite voicemail and now we've got everything squared away... just in time for one of the servers to go kerplooey!

Now I get to wait for everyone to go home so I can do a manual reboot of the database server. Joy.


Calli - Jul 15, 2005 9:39:18 am PDT #297 of 10002
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

My version of "magical thinking" is people thinking things in my direction and then forgetting to actually tell me. Which results in them not getting what they need, of course, and then getting shirty with me.

So you're saying you work with my mom?


sarameg - Jul 15, 2005 9:39:25 am PDT #298 of 10002

All the of the email chain she included in her cc-ing madness only demonstrates that she never mentioned any of this in our previous communications.

She did all your work for you! That's awesome.


msbelle - Jul 15, 2005 9:41:06 am PDT #299 of 10002
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

people thinking things in my direction and then forgetting to actually tell me.

love that, just dealt with it today.

Me: and where are you on the invoice we sent you?
Client: yeah, I was wondering if those #s included blah and blah.
Me: well you need to call me or email me if you have questions, that is the only way they can get answered.

then there was a bunch of us laughing about it.

I like my new office.


shrift - Jul 15, 2005 9:43:32 am PDT #300 of 10002
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

So you're saying you work with my mom?

Yes. Next I expect our clients to call me up and yell at me for something I forgot to do for them in a dream they had last night.


Calli - Jul 15, 2005 9:46:34 am PDT #301 of 10002
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

So you're saying you work with my mom?

Yes. Next I expect our clients to call me up and yell at me for something I forgot to do for them in a dream they had last night.

That's entirely possible. Also, she'll bake you a cheesecake and then nag you about watching your weight. But on the upside, cheesecake.


beth b - Jul 15, 2005 9:46:56 am PDT #302 of 10002
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!

I am very excited to here that I am not the only one waiting for an electrician. who should be here in about 15 minutes. I am also haveing groceries delivered between 11 and 3 - which means since they aren't here yet they will have to go in the garage fridge. I hate waiting for people to show up.


Kristen - Jul 15, 2005 9:52:36 am PDT #303 of 10002

DHL.com tells me that my new mini mac is "with delivery courier." It does not tell me where the delivery courier is.

This is like when I was a kid on Christmas Eve, calling the Santa hotline every 15 minutes to figure out where the fuck he was already.