I'm leaving for the pub in twenty minutes. Mmm, mid-week beer.
Kaylee: So how many fell madly in love with you and wanted to take you away from all this? Inara: Just the one. I think I'm slipping.
'Serenity'
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.
Jars - Nov 06, 2007 6:38:03 am PST #677 of 10001
Jesse - Nov 06, 2007 6:38:09 am PST #678 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Mmm...Chipotle. I'm going to get my usual -- smoked turkey and brie. Yum!
Dana - Nov 06, 2007 6:39:13 am PST #679 of 10001
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
I gave up and broke out my lunch.
Kat - Nov 06, 2007 6:42:18 am PST #680 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
It's not diplomatic to use "we" in that situation; it's passive-aggressive.
I need to get this made poster size and hang it in my office.
And the teacher who did it had never spoken to me before. Didn't remember my name. Said she'd meet me in my office then called down and asked her if I would come up to her room. Asked me what my protocol was and after I told her said, "Well D (last guy in this position from last year) used to sit with me" (which is beyond passive-aggressive). Then when I walked in handed two stacks of papers to grade.
I guess I'm sort of still chapped.
Jessica - Nov 06, 2007 6:46:05 am PST #681 of 10001
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
Do any of you have a different reaction between offering to do something, very publicly and very often, and between someone assuming you will do the exact same thing?
Yes.
"We?" Do you mean, "me"? Because if it's me, it'll take a little bit longer than if we are ALL working on this project. So let us be clear that we is me.
And HELL YES.
Anyone have a cool-mist humidifier they love? I can't afford a bigger Venta, and the one we have isn't powerful enough for either bedroom.
Theodosia - Nov 06, 2007 6:46:22 am PST #682 of 10001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Geez, and I feel guilty asking people to do things even when it's explicitly their job to do them!
:: Vibing hard for Fred, Hubs & their fur kids ::
Scrappy - Nov 06, 2007 6:51:49 am PST #683 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Vibes to the kittycat and to Fred and hubs.
Kat--my hide is chapped just hearing about that.
Kat - Nov 06, 2007 6:54:35 am PST #684 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
But, here's why I can't really be pissed.
It IS my job to support the teachers. It is also my job to ensure that the assessments are completed and turned in on time. And that is as detailed a job description as I have around the SPA.
AND I sent a memo to all of the teachers on 10/29 saying that if teachers needed assistance with grading I could help them but to let me know within the next day or two. I did tell them I needed to mail the stuff by 11/5.
So I can't really be mad. I think I'm just mad about the whole entitled attitude. And, I'm amused at my own reaction because it isn't called for.
Kathy A - Nov 06, 2007 6:56:28 am PST #685 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Did you know that if you love falafel, you could be a terrorist?
Susan W. - Nov 06, 2007 6:57:45 am PST #686 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
It's not diplomatic to use "we" in that situation; it's passive-aggressive.
That happens ALL THE TIME here. I think it's worse because chaplaincy training is all about Group Dynamics and Supportive Listening and other assorted touchy-feelyness, and they don't know how to turn it off when practicality and clarity are more needed than warm fuzzy feelings.