Stupid needing to look like I'm actually working.
How did office workers ever manage to look busy before computers?
Mal: Cut it out. Job's not done until we're back on Serenity. Zoe: Sorry, sir. Didn't mean to enjoy the moment.
'Ariel'
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.
Gudanov - Jul 18, 2006 8:29:39 am PDT #7244 of 10002
Coding and Sleeping
Jesse - Jul 18, 2006 8:33:20 am PDT #7245 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
How did office workers ever manage to look busy before computers?
I swear they just didn't bother. I distinctly remember being at my father's office one time when I was little and everyone was like sitting around chatting, talking on the phone, etc., etc.
Sophia Brooks - Jul 18, 2006 8:33:43 am PDT #7246 of 10002
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
How did office workers ever manage to look busy before computers?
When my old boss(pre-old evil boss) was a secretary, she would Xerox Copy novels and type them on her typewriter!
She also used to type lists of songs, or of her grammar school teachers, etc.
What she did that was kind of weird was that even as boss, she would count the number of people with the same last name in the phone book and type up the lists! This was out University phone booke, not the one for the outside world.
bon bon - Jul 18, 2006 8:40:51 am PDT #7247 of 10002
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
she would Xerox Copy novels and type them on her typewriter!
She also used to type lists of songs, or of her grammar school teachers, etc.
What she did that was kind of weird was that even as boss, she would count the number of people with the same last name in the phone book and type up the lists!
I don't think Sophia's old boss was bored. Sounds like she was crazy.
Dana - Jul 18, 2006 8:42:02 am PDT #7248 of 10002
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Talked to my boss.
Me: "I don't think she's happy with me."
Boss: "Who's heading up the project?"
Me: "*CrazyLady'sName*."
Boss: " t phbbbbt Her? She's crazy."
Gudanov - Jul 18, 2006 8:43:46 am PDT #7249 of 10002
Coding and Sleeping
Soooo, I think it's obvious that Dana's project lead is Sophia's old boss. The whole puzzle is coming together.
Sophia Brooks - Jul 18, 2006 8:49:16 am PDT #7250 of 10002
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
I don't think Sophia's old boss was bored. Sounds like she was crazy.
She was, a little, but one of my better bosses.
ChiKat - Jul 18, 2006 8:50:02 am PDT #7251 of 10002
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
Unrelatedly, one of the funniest videos I've ever seen.
Dear god. I hurt myself.
JenP - Jul 18, 2006 8:50:54 am PDT #7252 of 10002
Lord, that was some good funny, that was.
Steph L. - Jul 18, 2006 9:05:11 am PDT #7253 of 10002
I look more rad than Lutheranism
So, on the video of nasty-ass Bush groping the German chancellor, I have a question. I showed it to my co-workers, and as I was doing my flail-y chair dance of "Ick nasty nasty ick ick ick," Chatty!co-worker said that Bush's groping wasn't a sexual thing.
I disagreed, and said that adult men who have grown up and live in Western society are damn well aware of the connotations of touching a woman like that.
He told me that was a broad, sweeping generalization, and that it was a sexist (actually, he used the term "misandrist") statement.
Question(s): (1) Do you think that Bush's grope-y gropiness was sexual in any way? (2) Do you think that, in general, adult men in Western society are aware of the connotations of touching women? (3) How was my statement sexist?