But it's more like Moby Dick is an assault on Ahab's sense of the world, rather than the whale forcing Ahab to update the client database.
"Call me IT."
Pretty cool except for the part where I was really terrified and now my knees are all dizzy.
Willow ,'Never Leave Me'
Spike's Bitches 41: Thrown together to stand against the forces of darkness
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Miracleman - May 27, 2008 10:07:42 am PDT #681 of 10001
No, I don't think I will - me, quoting Captain Steve Rogers, to all of 2020
Frankenbuddha - May 27, 2008 10:09:57 am PDT #682 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Mellville says that the whale "tasks" Ahab. But it's more like Moby Dick is an assault on Ahab's sense of the world, rather than the whale forcing Ahab to update the client database
See also Wrath of Khan (which is quoting Mellville, of course, but a good use of "task" as a verb).
Susan W. - May 27, 2008 10:10:32 am PDT #683 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
I want to get rid of "onboarding".
Yes, please. I'm on an orientation committee, and there's entirely too much talk of onboarding.
Mellville says that the whale "tasks" Ahab. But it's more like Moby Dick is an assault on Ahab's sense of the world, rather than the whale forcing Ahab to update the client database.
Yeah, I can live with old-school Melvillian tasking.
Nicole - May 27, 2008 10:21:58 am PDT #684 of 10001
I'm getting the pig!
I want to get rid of "onboarding".
Ooh, yes please.
ION - I've been catching up online and now I can't remember where people were discussing lost / found cell phones. Anyway, there was a document at the hospital that recommended putting a contact in your cell phone as I.C.E. (In Case of Emergency) with the phone number of whomever you want contacted.
I'm not sure how much it has caught on with the general public, but at least the ER staff will know who to call if you're ever in an accident.
juliana - May 27, 2008 10:25:30 am PDT #685 of 10001
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
Anyway, there was a document at the hospital that recommended putting a contact in your cell phone as I.C.E. (In Case of Emergency) with the phone number of whomever you want contacted.
My cell phone actually had that contact pre-programmed in, and it's on top of all of my other contacts (obviously, I had to input the actual numbers, but the entry is already there).
Ginger - May 27, 2008 10:26:35 am PDT #686 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Onboarding sounds like a torture technique.
Miracleman - May 27, 2008 10:27:15 am PDT #687 of 10001
No, I don't think I will - me, quoting Captain Steve Rogers, to all of 2020
Onboarding sounds like a torture technique.
I was JUST going to say that!
Laga - May 27, 2008 10:27:18 am PDT #688 of 10001
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
sparky your niecephew is amazing! How old are they?
I want to get rid of "onboarding"
ah crap. I hadn't noticed how obnoxious this word is until just now. And I'm the hiring manager. crap.
Atropa - May 27, 2008 10:31:59 am PDT #689 of 10001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Onboarding sounds like a torture technique.
It kinda was. When I went through the new hire orientation (which yes, they call NEO here), every time one of the HR munchkins chirpily said "onboarding", I would make a quiet growling noise. At the first break, the person sitting next to me asked "So, writer or editor? You've got to be one or the other, with that reaction to "onboarding"".
amych - May 27, 2008 10:32:23 am PDT #690 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
I was thinking that onboarding sounded like pirates. Which I guess could be welcoming, if you squint hard and tilt your head just right.