You need a comfy couch in your office, Gud.
Won't that be just as dangerous what with Gud trying to flip over the couch?
You want to meet the real me now?
Mal ,'War Stories'
Natter 62: The 62nd 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.
Frankenbuddha - Dec 10, 2008 5:30:40 am PST #5245 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Theodosia - Dec 10, 2008 5:32:09 am PST #5246 of 10002
'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"
Congrats on the impending Sparkler or Sparklette!
Gud, glad you made it home OK!
Nilly - Dec 10, 2008 5:33:05 am PST #5247 of 10002
Swouncing
the employer doesn't have to pay her salary.
The employer doesn't pay any salary here, too. It's the social security that's covering the 2/3rds of the regular salary for those 14 weeks.
(Each citizen pays a certain amount each month, deducted from the salary through the employer, or if unemployed, directly by the citizen, a smaller sum - that's our "social security". then, in cases such as maternity leave, loss of work possibilities through accidents or old age and the like, it's the social security who covers stuff back for the citizen).
Gud, what Sparky said.
Ginger - Dec 10, 2008 5:36:16 am PST #5248 of 10002
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
You live in a more civilized country than ours, Nilly.
Also, it's so good to see you.
Tom Scola - Dec 10, 2008 5:37:21 am PST #5249 of 10002
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
My boss just dropped me in the middle of a kerfuffle at work. Man, I just hate it when it's a problem with the humans and not with the computers.
Gudanov - Dec 10, 2008 5:40:52 am PST #5250 of 10002
Coding and Sleeping
Thanks for the well wishes, I'll be glad when some of the roads open up again. It's a real pain when the roads get all iced up.
Congratulations on the knocking up Sparky!
Fred Pete - Dec 10, 2008 5:42:06 am PST #5251 of 10002
Ann, that's a ferret.
We have maternity and paternity leave as well, though I don't think it's paid once you've exhausted your annual and sick leave. Though you can ask for contributions from other employees.
And men around here do take paternity leave. In fact, it's how I got my most recent transfer -- this division needed an extra person temporarily because someone was taking paternity leave, with the possibility of the transfer becoming permanent after his return. And I jumped at the chance.
beth b - Dec 10, 2008 5:42:32 am PST #5252 of 10002
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
I am juxtaposing Billytea's impending parenthood announcement with Sparky's. this is very funny.
beekaytee - Dec 10, 2008 5:44:26 am PST #5253 of 10002
Compassionately intolerant
Man, I just hate it when it's a problem with the humans and not with the computers.
Wow. We live in a parallel universe...or universes at 90 degrees. I lovewhen it is a people problem. Squishy stuff I can fix. But I feel completely helpless...okay, not completely...just a lot...incompetent when it is a computer problem.
Nilly - Dec 10, 2008 5:44:55 am PST #5254 of 10002
Swouncing
Ginger, it's great to post with you!
I try to at least skim, but regularly have to give that up and be satisfied with only asking myself how much to skip. But nothing is as fun as posting.
You live in a more civilized country than ours
More childbirth-encouraging, at least.
We also have the largest number (and variety) of tests and doctors appointments per pregnancy, as far as I could tell, especially the ones that are not usually covered and don't have to take place when everything is reported as going on OK.
Tom, I'm sorry you have to deal with other people's messes.