Monkey Noodle closed down!
Major woe.
Oh, look at the pretties!
Kaylee ,'Shindig'
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.
SuziQ - Dec 18, 2007 12:08:19 pm PST #8005 of 10001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
brenda m - Dec 18, 2007 12:11:51 pm PST #8006 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
Okay, I know I'm over-reacting but here's what had me so pissy before. Email from cow-orker:
Steph and I were talking and we thought it might be nice to get [Boss] a gift card to Crate & Barrel for her housewarming/the holidays since we won't officially see her again until January.
Well, it would be.
But you know - she did a marathon this fall and we got her big gift baskets for the day before and the day after (delivered at home). And you know, other people (not naming names) closed on new condos this fall as well and didn't get housewarming gift cards.
She did give us holiday gifts, but of the card-and-an-ornament type. (Which is great and nice, that's no part of my complaint.) But I really don't see the need to repay that with freaking Crate and Barrel - particularly when the reason we won't see her before the holidays is because she's taking two weeks off - none of the rest of us have that freedom because we need to, you know, cover the work.
[I'm also realizing that part of my upset is that I don't know if this place does any kind of Christmas bonus or anything, but if we do I haven't heard about it, so I'm a little extra uninclined to throw $20 of my shopping money at the boss.]
Well. How's that for a big incoherent ball of pissyness?
sumi - Dec 18, 2007 12:14:37 pm PST #8007 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
Totally understandable.
§ ita § - Dec 18, 2007 12:15:26 pm PST #8008 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
How's that for a big incoherent ball of pissyness?
Too coherent. Please revise.
hippocampus - Dec 18, 2007 12:15:39 pm PST #8009 of 10001
not your mom's socks.
Well. How's that for a big incoherent ball of pissyness?
sounds completely coherent and appropriate to me.
you need to add more pissyness
megan walker - Dec 18, 2007 12:16:43 pm PST #8010 of 10001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
People, stop buying your bosses gifts!! It's craxy!
NoiseDesign - Dec 18, 2007 12:18:55 pm PST #8011 of 10001
Our wings are not tired
Ah well. I guess no gifts for me then.
DebetEsse - Dec 18, 2007 12:22:31 pm PST #8012 of 10001
Woe to the fucking wicked.
I gave my boss cookies. I felt good about it.
I gave my assistant cookies, juice boxes of wine (impulse buy), and a gift card. Felt good about that, too.
javachik - Dec 18, 2007 12:22:41 pm PST #8013 of 10001
Our wings are not tired.
I get something very small for my boss (usually a $20 bottle of wine or an ornament. This year it's an ornament from Gumps.) but go all out on my employees.
§ ita § - Dec 18, 2007 12:24:06 pm PST #8014 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I'm glad I've never been in a position where giving a boss a gift seemed required. It's odd. I mean, make the choice if you want to, but don't apply pressure.
We have the Christmas lunch tomorrow and I don't want to go and everyone's supposed to give $$ or bring food. There's no way I'm making stuff and I missed the $$ deadline. I just haven't worked out how grinchy I'm willing to appear.
Hell, I'll work through it. I just don't want a holiday party.