We're not gonna die. We can't die, Bendis. You know why? Because we are so very pretty. We are just too pretty for God to let us die.

Mal ,'Serenity'


Natter 47: My Brilliance Is Wasted On You People  

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.


Atropa - Oct 27, 2006 2:13:02 pm PDT #6047 of 10001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

Crazy Vincent used a lot of staples and glue in the contruction of his "couture-like" garment.

Hee! Good to know that my last-ditch "Must finish the alterations so I can wear this to the club tonight" efforts are used by "professionals".

ita, if you decide to glue any bits of your costume, be warned: some glues (like the ones for hot glue guns) glow under black light. Which can be a cool look, but only if you have a very steady hand when you apply the glue.


Gus - Oct 27, 2006 2:15:45 pm PDT #6048 of 10001
Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.

I do not want to know how an office of 18 can have more than 3 departments.

Everything about this is bad.


Steph L. - Oct 27, 2006 2:22:05 pm PDT #6049 of 10001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

My office has 18 people (20 if you count the part-timers), and we have 4 departments. Actually, 5 if you separate Finances from HR.


sarameg - Oct 27, 2006 2:24:03 pm PDT #6050 of 10001

oh my. 2 people gave notice last week. ANd I just got told that another is giving notice on Monday.

Oh dear. The craziness is catching up, I guess?

It's cold and rainy here. I hate driving at twilight in the rain. Road and sky are pretty much indistinguishable, and the contrast everywhere else is very low. It's a pretty and interesting asthetic, but it royally sucks to drive in.


brenda m - Oct 27, 2006 2:27:57 pm PDT #6051 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

You want to hear from turnover? My office, not including consultants, has roughly 30 people - sometimes a few more, sometimes a few less. We totted up the number who have left since minion and I came on board, about 3 years.

COO who just resigned is number 60.


msbelle - Oct 27, 2006 2:30:04 pm PDT #6052 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

ordering dinner in to the office.


Gus - Oct 27, 2006 2:36:16 pm PDT #6053 of 10001
Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.

18 to 20 people are one ... thing. Twenty people working together with 5 organizational boundaries seems like a recipe for failure.


msbelle - Oct 27, 2006 2:39:39 pm PDT #6054 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

marketing, customer service, IT, creative, and sales

there are people like me who hover btw 2 or 3 depts. and then people like the acct. and frot deak who have no dept.


Steph L. - Oct 27, 2006 2:44:24 pm PDT #6055 of 10001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

18 to 20 people are one ... thing. Twenty people working together with 5 organizational boundaries seems like a recipe for failure.

Well, this is my company's 40-year anniversary, so they've been doing something right.


Gus - Oct 27, 2006 2:53:16 pm PDT #6056 of 10001
Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.

marketing, customer service, IT, creative, sales, admin

I get seven org boundaries off that, counting the folks who float between stuff -- who are the folks we call 'management' when we are in our cups.

I could easily give accounting its own silo. Call it eight 'departments'. Maybe nine.