Jeez, msbelle. That you did not need.

Happy Birthday Maidengurl!

msbelle, maybe it will work again when it dries. That happens sometimes.

msbelle, I have no idea regarding iPods, but is there any way to take it a bit apart and/or let it dry properly? Sometimes after drying off, some of the electronic instruments regain their ability to work.

[Edit: x-post with Kat, who has the gift of writing straight to the point.]

Wait until it dries and then turn it on, msbelle. Otherwise you run the risk of frying it.

I spilled a glass of water all over my laptop the night before I left for NYC for the summer. It was DED. When I came back 2.5 months later, all better!

WTF? Co-worker casually mentions something about us moving. I check with one of the managers, and - oh yeah - we're moving to the 5th floor (from the 27th) next month. Also - oh yeah - as of next pay period I'm taking over her timehsheets. (A completely NotFun biweekly audit.)

Nobody fucking told me. I'd go yell at my NewBoss except she's in a closed office with the firmwide HR director flown in from Philly.

I hate this shit. We're not a big group. Even my minion knew about the move.

Hec, that sucks. You'd think that even if NewBoss didn't have time to gather everyone and tell them in person, she'd at least send out a group email.

That's crazy Hec, how could they not make sure everybody knew about it?

Hec, that sucks. You'd think that even if NewBoss didn't have time to gather everyone and tell them in person, she'd at least send out a group email.

Admittedly, I've been doing half-days this week with Emmett sick. However, I sincerely doubt this decision was made this week.

NewBoss is so overwhelmed with this job. I attended her presentation about Harassment and she was so good. It's clear that's the kind of HR work she likes to do. Instead she's constantly stressed and swamped and being shit on from above. I remember when she started and naively said, "Well, we're doing reviews now but it'll be better when this process is over." And I thought, "Not hardly. Reviews are far from the most stressful process we do. After this it'll be something else, and then something else again."

On the one hand, I feel like she trusts me to take care of my stuff and not worry about it. On the other hand, I feel completely unmanaged. Which sucks. I don't want a micromanager, but having somebody communicate to me ever once in a while about what the department is doing would be nice.

That's crazy Hec, how could they not make sure everybody knew about it?

I plan to open the conversation like this.

Me: "Remember when we had a long talk about the upcoming move and how it would affect the department."
NewBoss: [nods nods]
Me: "Do you remember what you said?"
NewBoss: "Remind me."
Me: "We never had that talk. Ever."