Well, part of it is that I started contracting after college, and both of my non-contract gigs started as contract slots. So by the time I was Velveteen Employee, I already knew everyone.
Frankly, I'm still shocked by things like paid time off.
Spike: You pissed in the Big Man's Chair? That's fantastic! Gunn: Spike, can you please turn off that warm fuzzy? Spike: What, the Lorne thing? Worn off. I just think that's bloody fabulous.
'Life of the Party'
Spike's Bitches 37: You take the killing for granted.
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P.M. Marc - Oct 08, 2007 5:57:01 pm PDT #9008 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Laga - Oct 08, 2007 6:04:09 pm PDT #9009 of 10001
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Velveteen Employee
love this!
NoiseDesign - Oct 08, 2007 6:11:03 pm PDT #9010 of 10001
Our wings are not tired
paid time off.
Yeah right, and Unicorns really exist.
§ ita § - Oct 08, 2007 6:18:14 pm PDT #9011 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I was taken out to lunch for one of three jobs. And at the one where I was, it became less routine as time passed. So I've never thought of it as traditional.
ChiKat - Oct 08, 2007 6:32:39 pm PDT #9012 of 10001
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?
I had a day off today, whee! I slept in then went to see a movie with a friend then out to dinner then grocery shopped and now home, just in time for bed. Not a bad day, really.
If not the first day, at least the first week, usually, depending on what's going on. There's usually a lunch, somehow.
This is my experience as well.
Laga - Oct 08, 2007 6:37:00 pm PDT #9013 of 10001
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
How was the movie, ChiKat?
DavidS - Oct 08, 2007 6:47:12 pm PDT #9014 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Even as a temp I've been taken out for lunch on my last day on some jobs. When I left WGBH they threw me a going away party and gave me a ton of stuff for my cross country drive.
NoiseDesign - Oct 08, 2007 6:49:47 pm PDT #9015 of 10001
Our wings are not tired
I've been on contract work and short term projects for so long now that I forget that there's a whole culture around how these things are done in regular office jobs.
ChiKat - Oct 08, 2007 6:52:43 pm PDT #9016 of 10001
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?
How was the movie, ChiKat?
It was good. Went to see The Kingdom. Fairly intense, but Chris Cooper is just wonderful in everything he's in.
Laga - Oct 08, 2007 6:54:45 pm PDT #9017 of 10001
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
they threw me a going away party
See this I think is pretty standard. At least a cake. I got nothin'.