I really do love Warren Buffett. I'm less enthralled with the Gates Foundation, but that's mostly for personal reasons.
Oooh, do tell.
Yes. Men like sports. Men watch the action movie, they eat of the beef, and enjoy to look at the bosoms. A thousand years of avenging our wrongs and that's all you've learned?
Xander ,'End of Days'
Natter 45: Smooth as Billy Dee Williams.
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.
bon bon - Jun 26, 2006 11:19:06 am PDT #4119 of 10002
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
Kalshane - Jun 26, 2006 11:23:13 am PDT #4120 of 10002
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
Okay, I called about the job, and it turns out that with benefits, the pay is around $12/hour. Right. No.
Ouch. This is for an IT job? You can make that working at Home Despot around here. Someone at that company needs to take a look at salary.com or something.
shrift - Jun 26, 2006 11:25:18 am PDT #4121 of 10002
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Ouch. This is for an IT job? You can make that working at Home Despot around here.
Help Desk, yeah. The lady was very nice, and doesn't work for the company that would be paying that rate. But honestly, they wonder why they're having trouble keeping anyone at their call center?!
Jesse - Jun 26, 2006 11:26:28 am PDT #4122 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Oh, mostly that they don't want to give money to the places I work. Due to having their own (specific, different) priorities. Personal like that -- the woman who runs the foundation is the BIZZOMB.
OMG I don't want to work on the thing I need to be working on.
Kalshane - Jun 26, 2006 11:30:30 am PDT #4123 of 10002
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
You know, I do not know how people work in cubicles, because I have my own freaking office and I can hear people 6 and 7 doors down both ways in their office! WTF?
Heh. I sit in an alcove with cubical-style dividing wall with two other people, near a copier, a shredder and a huge line printer. And I (and the other two guys) have to answer phones all day. I don't see the logic in this.
DavidS - Jun 26, 2006 11:34:40 am PDT #4124 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
CoughHecCoughJZCough
I don't know yet! We've got weird scheduling with two birthdays, Emmett's baseball tournaments and a visiting cousin in the next two weeks.
I'll go check the calendar and try to figure it out.
Sophia Brooks - Jun 26, 2006 11:36:02 am PDT #4125 of 10002
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
As long as I am complaining about loudness in the office-- people freaking SHOUT down the hallway. Like they are in their office down the hall TALKING TO ME! WTF. Call me on the telephone or get up and talk to me. I am OK with my boss doing this a) because she is my boss and b) because her office is right next door. But the accountant down the hall should JUST STOP IT.
Kalshane - Jun 26, 2006 11:36:40 am PDT #4126 of 10002
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
Help Desk, yeah. The lady was very nice, and doesn't work for the company that would be paying that rate. But honestly, they wonder why they're having trouble keeping anyone at their call center?!
Our company had a similar problem before they wised up. Granted, we're healthcare, so we still pay less than average, but it's lot better than it used to be.
And having worked both Help Desk and Field Tech now, I honestly feel like Help Desk is a harder job. Though it might be my personal issues. I'd much rather be fixing things hands-on than trying to use VNC, RDP or *shudder* talking users through things over the phone. I so want my old job back.
juliana - Jun 26, 2006 11:37:49 am PDT #4127 of 10002
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
I'll go check the calendar and try to figure it out.
tempts Hec with tasty gifties from Canuckistan
§ ita § - Jun 26, 2006 11:38:16 am PDT #4128 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I just changed an in person meeting to a conference call. I have to admit, I'd care more about the 30 minutes warning if a) they weren't all in the building with the conference room (I'm not) and b) more than two of them had actually accepted the invite. What I really want to do is reschedule it, but that would be too involved.