Is JZ here?
I am powerless over my need to be a wiseass in Salon Letters.
Hey, don't worry about it. Nest full of vampires, you come get me, okay. Box full of puppies, that's more of a judgement call.
Jonathan ,'Lies My Parents Told Me'
Spike's Bitches 43: Who am I kidding? I love to brag.
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Trudy Booth - Dec 02, 2008 7:52:22 am PST #3010 of 10000
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Frankenbuddha - Dec 02, 2008 7:52:41 am PST #3011 of 10000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I'm now in a Holiday Inn Express in Lodi, CA.
According to their commercials, you can now do just about ANYTHING.
Ginger - Dec 02, 2008 7:55:17 am PST #3012 of 10000
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
with the recent layoffs here at the work place, and desk space a premium, would it be uncouth to stake out one of the abandoned desks,
It is a time-honored tradition for co-workers to hover like vultures over the furniture and office supplies of the departed.
omnis_audis - Dec 02, 2008 7:55:18 am PST #3013 of 10000
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
I'm sending out the e-mail. Just trying to figure out how to open it up. I'm guessing "since the economy is in the tank, and some folks got the can, is it ok if I can squat where James used to hang" would be bad.
DavidS - Dec 02, 2008 7:58:26 am PST #3014 of 10000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I'm sending out the e-mail. Just trying to figure out how to open it up. I'm guessing "since the economy is in the tank, and some folks got the can, is it ok if I can squat where James used to hang" would be bad.
Don't ask for permission! Then people will say No.
Just take it.
Remember, Stephen Spielberg got started by showing up at a studio where wasn't employed and occupying a desk there for months.
Trudy Booth - Dec 02, 2008 7:59:39 am PST #3015 of 10000
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
It's easier to get forgiveness than permission.
That is my ethos.
omnis_audis - Dec 02, 2008 8:02:43 am PST #3016 of 10000
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
It is a time-honored tradition for co-workers to hover like vultures over the furniture and office supplies of the departed.it's not just the furniture, it's location too. This e-mail is harder to write than I thought. I'm probably making way too much of it. I'm so meek. Must find inner tiger.
Connie Neil - Dec 02, 2008 8:03:22 am PST #3017 of 10000
brillig
It is a time-honored tradition for co-workers to hover like vultures over the furniture and office supplies of the departed
Heck, it was the B Plot of an episode of "Bones", with Booth indulging in office warfare over the Ultimate Desk Chair of a departing colleague. He was trying to weasel doctor's notes out of the medically oriented squints.
brenda m - Dec 02, 2008 8:03:29 am PST #3018 of 10000
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
What they said. Maybe you can mention offhand to someone a few days later "hey, I moved my stuff to James' old spot." Preferably while you're walking so there's no real opening for discussion.
I am powerless over my need to be a wiseass in Salon Letters.
Do it!
t enabler
Connie Neil - Dec 02, 2008 8:04:28 am PST #3019 of 10000
brillig
This e-mail is harder to write than I thought
Don't phrase it as a benefit to yourself, phrase it as a benefit for the company. You're not colonizing a more unfortunate co-worker's space, you're occupying a space that would otherwise be vacant and thus look bad to anyone passing through the area.