We do that at my work, msbelle. We have a rotating list, so every individual employee gets to pick out a lunch once a month. In your case, it could be a cake/cupcake flavor.
Well some friends of Buffy played a funny joke and they took her stuff and now she wants us to help get it back from her friends who sleep all day and have no tans.
Xander ,'Lessons'
Natter 56: ...we need the writers.
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.
Allyson - Jan 16, 2008 6:21:59 am PST #3556 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
brenda m - Jan 16, 2008 6:22:16 am PST #3557 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
I think that's a much better idea, msbelle. We've been having some issues at work with different levels of celebration (or lack thereof) for different people's life events, and it's really sucky.
msbelle - Jan 16, 2008 6:38:08 am PST #3558 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
I am not sure I want to allow choice. Cake Dictator may need to be part of my job title. I kid, I kid. kinda. hmm, I will discuss with the boss, although I do not think this will fall into what he considers "important department business".
eta - yeah, at previous job we had a situation where an email went out asking for donations and giving a time for a "shower" for a pregnant employee. Neither myself, nor the 2 men in the company who had children in the last 2 years had any such event from the office. Needless to say I did not contribute and sent an email. Also there was a tradition of cake for departing employees, but they started being widely different and not always paid for by the office. so bad.
Cashmere - Jan 16, 2008 6:38:33 am PST #3559 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
msbelle, I very much prefer a monthly celebration, too.
Crap. My vacuum is trapped in the closet in the den behind some huge boxes of audio-visual equipment. The dustbuster isn't cutting it.
sarameg - Jan 16, 2008 6:39:42 am PST #3560 of 10001
I prefer nothing at all.
But I'm a non-celebrating grouch who doesn't want to be forced to socialize with coworkers.
Frankenbuddha - Jan 16, 2008 6:39:58 am PST #3561 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
My vacuum is trapped in the closet
R. Kelly must be using it for something, then.
msbelle - Jan 16, 2008 6:43:59 am PST #3562 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
What I would really like to do is to have monthly donuts/muffins/pastries people can grab as they want accompanied by an email noting the events we know about, rather than an "event", but I am not sure that will fly.
shrift - Jan 16, 2008 6:45:42 am PST #3563 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Oh god, the stupid, it burrrrrrrns.
Dana - Jan 16, 2008 6:57:44 am PST #3564 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I think it's time for me to go get soup.
Susan W. - Jan 16, 2008 6:58:55 am PST #3565 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
Assuming it's for your historical novel, I think giving up a piece or two would be the more likely handicap to offer.
I can work with that. Right now my semi-expert's dialogue reads something like, "But I am helping you! I didn't let you do [STUPID THING WITH HER KNIGHT]."
Notes like this are common in my rough drafts. When this scene is finished, if I'm doing it right, readers should think I'm a decent chess player who speaks French (the semi-expert is a Frenchman struggling to learn English). Right now it's painfully obvious neither is the case.
And...I'm off to a sexual harassment prevention class. Lucky me.