Stephen worked for a place that had wonderful holiday parties -- always out at a fancy restaurant or club, spouses included. They also gave a kids' holiday party during a workday, and always had pictures with Santa and games and lunch. Very nice.
The publisher I used to work for went from having a holiday lunch at a nice restaurant, to a rubber-chicken kind of event at the big boss's ancient club, to what we called the "big sandwich" in the conference room. Depressing. We also stopped getting bonuses around then.
The publisher I used to work for went from having a holiday lunch at a nice restaurant, to a rubber-chicken kind of event at the big boss's ancient club, to what we called the "big sandwich" in the conference room. Depressing. We also stopped getting bonuses around then.
That sounds like the universe screaming "Get out! Get out!" in a tiny voice inside your ear.
I just really don't get the whole concept of restraining orders. Do they really stop wackos? I think juliana's guys might possibly do a better job.
There will be a series of holiday parties here, starting with the Marine Ball (which isn't until Dec 2...weird). I may attend one or two.
I just really don't get the whole concept of restraining orders. Do they really stop wackos?
Yes, because then you can call the cops (and they can arrest him) when you see the creep near you at all as opposed to wating until he actually threatens or hurts you.
That sounds like the universe screaming "Get out! Get out!" in a tiny voice inside your ear.
The big boss is famously eccentric. He never made any bones about when the bottom line was suffering. In fact, we could usually count on one of his famous "blue sky" meetings around then, when he would call us into the conference room to berate us for not having anything on the Times list ... and then demand we come up with ideas then and there for a) bestsellers, and b) bestselling authors we could steal from other publishers.
Good times.
My workplace wants to have a holiday party on Dec 15th, a Friday.
My problem? In order for Andi to go, she would have to 1, take off work, 2, Drive 50 miles to meet me at work, 3, leave one van at my workplace, to drive 20 miles *further* and 4, After the party we would both have to drive in separate vehicles back home.
Second choice: she would have to 1, take off work, 2, I would have to take off work three or four hours early, 3, drive 50 miles to pick her up, 4, drive back 70 miles to the party, then drive 70 miles back home afterwards.
Trudy! I foresee another trip to Peru in your future: [link]
yeah, sucky when you work so far away from home...
We have a holiday luncheon thing that's part of the regular scheduled meetings we have through out the year. The food isn't bad and there are drawings for small prizes and everyone gets a company mug as a gift. Plus there is usually food left over so most people get to take something home for dinner.
Teppy, I seem to recall your having some "copyright infringement" notice troubles from your ISP. What did you do? How did it go? I just got a notice and wonder whether it's worth it to file a counter-notification or just take it as the warning it is and lie low for a while and be more careful.
