The only gift exchanging that goes on (as far as I know) is with the admin support staff among themselves. Some of the women give little gifts, like an ornament or something. I always feel guilty becuase I've never done something for them but I've gotten gifts. I'm not sure what I'm going to do this year.
Can't even shout, Can't even cry. The Gentlemen are coming by. Looking in windows, knocking on doors. They need to take seven, and they might take yours. Can't call to mom, can't say a word. You're gonna die screaming but you won't be heard.
Dream Girl ,'Bring On The Night'
Natter 55: It's the 55th Natter
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.
askye - Dec 04, 2007 8:11:52 am PST #5373 of 10001
Thrive to spite them
lisah - Dec 04, 2007 8:13:16 am PST #5374 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate
My district claims I owe them $5000. I'd just like for that to end, thank you very much.
whoa! Is that part of the crazy problem they're having out there with paying teachers?
Steph L. - Dec 04, 2007 8:13:26 am PST #5375 of 10001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I'm not sure what I'm going to do this year.
I'm going to make fudge and/or truffles for my co-workers this year. Those are easy to make in big batches, so I can get them all wired on sugar in one fell swoop.
megan walker - Dec 04, 2007 8:13:36 am PST #5376 of 10001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
You can always counteroffer. He sounds like a lazy sack, so he may work with you so that he doesn't have to find a new tenant.
I did this in New York. I had no lease, and when the family that owned my brownstone sold it, the new landlords wanted to raise my rent from $900 to $1500. They agreed to knock a couple of hundred off when they came to my place and saw how I was taking care of it.
sumi - Dec 04, 2007 8:14:20 am PST #5377 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
Teppy, we're supposed to get 1-3 this afternoon and 3-5 overnight. (Inches of snow, that is.)
Kat - Dec 04, 2007 8:15:25 am PST #5378 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Is that part of the crazy problem they're having out there with paying teachers?
Yep. This figure is down from the $13,000 they thought I owed in September, but up from the original $500 they said they overpaid me.
Color me irked.
tommyrot - Dec 04, 2007 8:16:49 am PST #5379 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Another Buffista-ish LOLCat: [link]
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Steph L. - Dec 04, 2007 8:18:21 am PST #5380 of 10001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
tommyrot, that is AWESOME.
(Not as awesome as the cat wigs, though.)
Frankenbuddha - Dec 04, 2007 8:19:35 am PST #5381 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Here's a LOL!not!Cat for your amusement: [link]
Jesse - Dec 04, 2007 8:22:46 am PST #5382 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I think that a gift card is an appropriate gift for a subordinate, but it needs to show that you thought about where to get it from, i.e. "I always see you with a book in your bag, so I thought you'd like Borders" or "You often bring in a latte in the morning, so here's a Starbucks card"
Right -- now, I'm not sure if the one girl never has Starbucks because she hates it or to save money, but I definitely don't think of her as a Starbucks person.