my boss is gone and I can probably leave as soon as I want, but I really need to get like 5 more things done. WAH!
Bester: Mal. Whaddya need two mechanics for? Mal: I really don't.
'Out Of Gas'
Natter 63: Life after PuppyCam
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.
msbelle - Jun 26, 2009 9:24:57 am PDT #26094 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Jesse - Jun 26, 2009 9:26:01 am PDT #26095 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I've done some email cleanup and misc., and I have a small project I should really just get done, but I don't want to! I have until the end of the day Monday, so it just feels non-urgent for sure.
Calli - Jun 26, 2009 9:26:20 am PDT #26096 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I'm covering my department's help desk today, so I'm here for another 2.5 hours. But hey, there's AC, caffeine, and broadband, so I'm pretty ok with it.
Gudanov - Jun 26, 2009 9:27:13 am PDT #26097 of 30000
Coding and Sleeping
But hey, there's AC, caffeine, and broadband
Almost everything that makes life worth living.
Sparky1 - Jun 26, 2009 9:30:15 am PDT #26098 of 30000
Librarian Warlord
I am not at work, but have work angst. HR is prepared to make an offer to the person we picked, but they lowered the salary by about $6K, and will be offering less than what she's making at her current job. The big boss is unwilling to fight them on this at this point, because he says they've done him a few favors lately and he doesn't want to press for more.
So I'm mad because I don't think she should have to pay for the favors HR did for him, and I'm wondering if it's kosher for me to get word to the candidate through the backchannel of mutual acquaintances that she should ask for more money (it's there in the budget, and the Dean is okay with it, so don't ask me why HR gets to call the shots).
Jesse - Jun 26, 2009 9:33:15 am PDT #26099 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I would do that, Sparky. Most subtly, you could encourage mutual acquaintances to remind the candidate about what a good idea it is to negotiate your salary.
But hey, there's AC, caffeine, and broadband, so I'm pretty ok with it.
Yeah, I'm definitely most grateful to have a full-time desk job in the summer! Due to having heat but not central air where I live.
Steph L. - Jun 26, 2009 9:34:41 am PDT #26100 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Due to having heat but not central air where I live.
You have a window unit, though, don't you?
I would spontaneously combust without a/c of some sort. I am a delicate fleur.
Gudanov - Jun 26, 2009 9:36:14 am PDT #26101 of 30000
Coding and Sleeping
Yeah, I'm definitely most grateful to have a full-time desk job in the summer!
Me too! I've worked on highway crews during the summer and it was not fun for someone like who doesn't do heat well anyhow. Setting a survey marker in a Kansas cornfield during a day with 115 degree heat index would literally make me sick.
Jesse - Jun 26, 2009 9:42:40 am PDT #26102 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
You have a window unit, though, don't you?
I do, but only in my bedroom, and I only use it when I'm in bed. I am a cheap and/or hearty Yankee.
Calli - Jun 26, 2009 9:45:52 am PDT #26103 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Yes, I am a huge fan of AC. My apartment has central air, and it's on the bottom floor, surrounded on three sides by trees and a building. I do not envy my upstairs neighbor her summer power bill.
I've lived around here for nearly 26 years. You'd think I'd be use to it.