Maybe then we won't have to put up with all the political correctness crap of having to be accepting of other's cultures and focus on bettering the culture we have in this country already.
God. Are we still talking about "political correctness crap"? Let me put it this way, you dumb shit. I know that when your ma, Mary Sue, and your pa/uncle/cousin, Bubba Bub, sent you and your eighteen brothers/nephews/cousins off to be schooled by Miss Virgin McFrigid in the one-room schoolhouse, with instructions to spank each other every day to keep some discipline in you, they didn't explain how there'd be people who weren't related to you out there in the world. But there are, and some of them might shoot you if you talk to them like I'm talking to you right now. Or, and I know this smarts, they might not give you the job to which Nature and Nature's God entitle you. So this is why we teach all the little children to try having some understanding and compassion in their souls for people who are not just like them or, failing that, to watch their fucking mouths as a safety issue and as an aid to future employability.
No offense meant to actual Mary Sues, Bubba Bubs, Virgin McFrigids, or children of large families. No real people were depicted in this harangue, and the opinions presented here not only do not reflect the views of the board, they don't even reflect mine. Hyperbole used by an accredited sarcastic person. Do not try at home. The author knows lots of people from the backwoods of lots of places, and none of the people she knows are ignorant bigots.
Katrina exposed serious problems in our response capability at all levels of government, and to the extent that the federal government didn't fully do it's job right, I take responsibility," Bush said. "I want to know what went right and what went wrong."
"If anything went wrong, I take responsibility for it." This is the kind of taking responsibility that's not.
Yes, this. Bush also seems to have missed the meaning of the first word in "plausible deniability".
sitting in the fiction corner with Jesse.
paid too much for just an ok lunch. BAH!
The DVR will get screwed up by unprogramed stuff. You have to go and double check what the DVR listings say.
I had nice taramasalata with pita and carrots for lunch.
Also, I hadn't heard that Laura Bush didn't know the name of Hurricane Katrina a week after it hit New Orleans. Clearly they need to upgrade her chip to Stepford XP.
She kept calling it "Corina". I'm sure it's easy to confuse a class 4 hurricane with a Whoopie Goldberg movie.
Well, it probably reflects which one Laura would most dread a visit from.
Aargh!
My boss (who works in another state) emailed me yesterday to fax him a particular contract.
The Secretary who is in charge of filing contracts is all "I don't know where a contract would be, you'll have to ask my boss".
I ask her boss, he tells me to ask the accountant.
The accountant left early.
I ask the accountant today.
She tells me to ask the secretary in charge of filing the contracts.
Who tells me to ask her boss......
Pssst! Sophia's stuck in an Asterix movie, pass it on....
mearaing the lunchtime posts:
Interrupting is fine, really.
This is what I do. And telemarketers rarely do the ask-3-times thing with me.
"If anything went wrong, I take responsibility for it." This is the kind of taking responsibility that's not.
And yet, it's the best apology/responsibility-taking from anyone connected with the White House since the current administration moved in.
they didn't explain how there'd be people who weren't related to you out there in the world. But there are, and some of them might shoot you if you talk to them like I'm talking to you right now.
If someone had said this to my mother when she was a child -- or even in early middle age -- she and I might be on speaking terms today.
When we were done I asked the rep. if I could tell someone how helpful she was. Now this is tht second time I've done this in about a year and I swear both times the people sounded like they were gonna cry. Customer Service people almost never get props, so if you have a good experience, take another minute and let their supervisor know.
I've done this (with Verizon reps actually) twice.
But then I noticed that Verizon, both on the phone and actually in a store, have markedly improved their customer service now that mobile numbers can be ported to another provider. Still, very good customer service should be acknowledged. In the hopes that it is viral and will infect others.
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I am billing clients and my boss must be channeling Reagan. I swear there is voodoo economics involved.
I finally am understanding how she estimates but I will never understand how she bills. Nor how I can do the same billing and get similar numbers but in drastically different ways.
