They don't count it as paid company time? That's whacked.
I'll nurse you back to health. I'll wear the nurse outfit!
"BuffyBot" ,'Dirty Girls'
Natter Area 51: The Truthiness Is in Here
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.
Polgara - May 10, 2007 10:12:01 am PDT #6593 of 10001
Karma is a cat, sleeping in my lap cuz it loves me. ~TS
Jesse - May 10, 2007 10:13:24 am PDT #6594 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Seriously.
Vortex - May 10, 2007 10:15:28 am PDT #6595 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
I used a do a little, but a little wouldn't do it
a little got more and moo-ore
just keep trying to get a little better
a little better than befo-o-ore
We've been dancing,
with Mr. Brownstone
He's been knocking
He won't leave me alone
Drugs? No way!
sarameg - May 10, 2007 10:16:07 am PDT #6596 of 10001
Newp. We can get away with long going-away lunches, and the occasional workplace-wide somethingversary/event, but no provisions have been made for this. In the past, they always held them on days off.
msbelle - May 10, 2007 10:16:21 am PDT #6597 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
yeah I can't imagine that. oh wait are you a contract employee?
sarameg - May 10, 2007 10:19:21 am PDT #6598 of 10001
We're all technically under contract to big gov't agency, but I really don't know if I'm thinking contract the way you are. Beholden to the taxpayers, must account for all the beans.
brenda m - May 10, 2007 10:26:59 am PDT #6599 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
Ah, the government thing. There's a lot of stipulations about what time can be billed to their contract, and I'm not surprised that wouldn't count.
But I sure wouldn't be planning to go.
We're going to the racetrack for our group outing. It was a vote between that and Ravinia.
Toddson - May 10, 2007 10:27:08 am PDT #6600 of 10001
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Years ago I worked for a place where there was an annual, semi-mandatory, picnic. Invariably held on a Saturday, always seemed to be the hottest day of the year, usually took most of the day, and always involved a loooong drive to the boonies. No provisions made for those of us who live in the city and don't have cars - we were responsible for lining up transportation with a co-worker. After several years of suffering this, I just stopped going. The head guy didn't like it, it caused some problems, but I just couldn't face it any more.
Jesse - May 10, 2007 10:34:35 am PDT #6601 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
There is seriously no way I would go to an inconvenient "social" work event on a day I had off. I can't even imagine it. And I like my coworkers! Just, no.
What I don't like are the specific tasks I am committed to finishing by tomorrow. I just don't wanna! And I'm leaving a little early today for a dentist appointment (woo hoo!).
§ ita § - May 10, 2007 10:39:10 am PDT #6602 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I hope we don't have social events like that here. Not that people aren't fun to socialise with, it seems. I just get hivey.
At points in college I had measurements thrown out in rap songs
Me? NEVER. No song. Always pissed.