H'rm. I bet there are several extraneous and borrowable laptops in the family. Time to answer the calls from relatives saying, "What can we do for you?" with "Well, now that you mention it..."

Now, to the couch.

Well, you won't be borrowing my laptop, as she is an ex-laptop. This is pretty distressing, and will require lots of doing things that I don't quite know how to do. Like figuring out who to talk to to see about retrieving information from it, and choosing a new computer, which I can ill afford.

Jeez, JZ. Three weeks? A laptop is definitely needed. Also, insent shortly.

Three weeks on bedrest and I'd probably eat the couch. I suspect JZ has a better approach/attitude towards these things than I do.

We finished interviewing candidates for one of our positions yesterday. Today my department met to see if we had a consensus (we did -- an overwhelming one, shared by all of the staff that has expressed an opinion) and then the Head of the department basically told us what we had to say wouldn't matter -- the candidate who was last on our list was probably going to get the nod. Oy.

Geez, Sparky. Why doesn't the Head take your opinions and factor them into the mix? It seems odd that the whole staff liked A and Head would choose B. Did Head at least explain why B is a better choice?

B adds to diversity around here. All things being equal, I absolutely agree. However, I was part of the two groups that took B out to dinner and lunch while B was here, and she never asked any of us one question. Not one. She didn't want to know where she might live, what rents were like, how we made our commute, where I got my fabulous shoes, etc. Nothing. We work in a bullpen type arrangement, so having someone we like having around is pretty important to us.

Yeah, having a person like B in a group that works very closely is hard to do. It's one of the reasons I left my old job. They brought in A and A made no attempt whatsoever to try to relate to any of us in the office. I thought maybe it was just that she was shy or quiet, but whenever anyone above her or someone she had worked with at the Wells Fargo building cam einto the office, she opended up like a cheap whore on Sunday.

wow, I 'm nopt a big talker - but if I was lunching with people I might work with I'ds ask some sorta questions ...

Happy birthday Katie B

It's pretty disconcerting when a candidate doesn't at least try to get along with the people they're going to spend their work-life.

It's pretty disconcerting when the BigBoss tries to tell you it was because the candidate was "just tired," too. (Which she just came in to especially mention, it seems.) Um, er -- wouldn't you suck it up on the day you're interviewing and make an effort to impress instead of refusing to engage your potential co-workers at all? And is someone who can't be bothered to even try someone we want to employ?

File under: Things I don't get.

Oh, and JZ? I lived on Ensure, when eating was Proving Difficult.